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An accomplished scholar, teacher, academic leader, filmmaker, journalist, and writer, Anthony B. Chan's last academic position was Professor and Associate Dean of Communication in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario.  
An accomplished scholar, teacher, academic leader, filmmaker, television journalist, and writer, Anthony B. Chan's last academic position was Professor and Associate Dean of Communication in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario. [http://shared.uoit.ca/shared/faculty/fssh/assets/assets/documents/FSSH%20GRADUATE%20STUDENT%20HANDBOOK2.pdf]


Born and raised in Victoria, B.C., Professor Chan returned to Canada after serving as the Chair of the B.A. and M.A. degree programs in Canadian Studies and Director of the Canadian Studies Center in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and as an Associate Professor of Communication and Head of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at California State University, Hayward. He has also taught at the University of Victoria, University of Alberta, Saint Mary's University and Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Michigan.
Chan is currently co-authoring a new book about the lives of Chinese Canadians in Victoria and Vancouver from 1931 to 1932. This is based on his parent's letters and primary archival sources. In this manuscript, he recounts the notion of arranged marriages, the economics of managing a cafe catering to a predominantly European clientele, 1930s fashion, greeting cards communication and a swing band among Chinese Canadians, interracial relations and the murder of Mary Shaw, and the social impact of the Depression among the Chinese in Victoria and Vancouver, among other topics. He is also working on a sequel to his Gold Mountain with a special chapter on the criminalizing of the Chinese in the Canadian/western media.


His family has been in Canada since 1893 when his grandfather, Chan Dun settled in Victoria, B.C.  
 
 
He continues to serve as a Consulting Editor on the Editorial Board of Asian Affairs: An American Journal (Washington, D.C.).
[http://www.tandfonline.com/action/aboutThisJournal?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=vasa20#.Udq85m23Nyk]
 
His latest publication (2013) is a review essay of 3 recently published works on Chinese Canada: Arlene Chan on the Chinese in Toronto, May Q. Wong on a Chinese family in Montreal and David Wong's path breaking graphic novel on the Chinese in North America.
[http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/vasa20/current#.UjiAMT_U2uI]
 
Born and raised in Victoria, B.C., Professor Chan returned to Canada after serving as the Chair of the B.A. and M.A. degree programs in Canadian Studies and Director of the Canadian Studies Center in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and as an Associate Professor of Communication and Head of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Previously, he was an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at California State University, Hayward. As an adjunct/sessional, he has also taught at the University of Victoria, University of Alberta, Saint Mary's University and Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Michigan.
 
His family has been in Canada continuously since 1893 when his grandfather, Chan Dun settled in Victoria, B.C.  


==Works==
==Works==


===Writing===
===Writings===
His first historical biography analyzed the magical life and relentless business pursuits of Li Ka-shing, the most famous Hong Kong deal maker and one of the richest people in Asia. ''Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong Elusive Billionaire''  [http://www.amazon.com/Li-Ka-shing-Kongs-Elusive-Billionaire/dp/0195900766] was published by Oxford University Press (1996).   
His first historical biography analyzed the magical life and relentless business pursuits of Li Ka-shing, the most famous Hong Kong deal maker and one of the richest people in Asia. ''Li Ka-shing: Hong Kong Elusive Billionaire''  [http://www.amazon.com/Li-Ka-shing-Kongs-Elusive-Billionaire/dp/0195900766] was published by Oxford University Press and MacMillan(1996).   


[[File:Anna_May_Wong_and_brother_Roger_Wong,_1934.jpg|200x|thumb|left|Anna May Wong and brother Roger Wong, 1934]]
[[File:Anna_May_Wong_and_brother_Roger_Wong,_1934.jpg|200x|thumb|left|Anna May Wong and brother Roger Wong, 1934]]


Tony Chan’s scholarly film work includes ''Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong, 1905-1961''(2003, 2007), [http://annamaywong1905.blogspot.ca/] [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810859098] [http://www.amazon.com/Perpetually-Cool-1905-1961-Scarecrow-Filmmakers/dp/0810859092/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361306594&sr=1-2] which chronicled the amazing life and hard times of the legendary Chinese American actor, Anna May Wong.


Tony Chan’s scholarly film work includes ''Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong, 1905-1961''(2003, 2007), [http://annamaywong1905.blogspot.ca/] [https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810859098] [http://www.amazon.com/Perpetually-Cool-1905-1961-Scarecrow-Filmmakers/dp/0810859092/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361306594&sr=1-2] which chronicled the amazing life and hard times of the legendary Chinese American actor, Anna May Wong.  
New York-born,Hollywood actor, ''LUCY LIU'' recently bought the film rights to Perpetually Cool. She will play AMW.  


<b>Reviews for ''Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong, 1905-1961'':</b>
<b>Reviews for ''Perpetually Cool: The Many Lives of Anna May Wong, 1905-1961'':</b>
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[http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=6590]
[http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=6590]


See Anna May Wong's memoir and last will and testament:
''Anna May Wong's Memoirs, Part 1''
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2049]


''Anna May Wong's Memoirs, Part 2"
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2076]


''Anna May Wong's Last Will and Testament filed February 28, 1961''
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2081]


Chan’s other scholarly works include ''Arming the Chinese: The Western Armaments Trade in Warlord China, 1920-1928'' (1982) [http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173244] [http://www.amazon.com/Arming-Chinese-Western-Armaments-1920-1928/dp/0774819901/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361306594&sr=1-4], ''Gold Mountain: The Chinese in the New World'' (1983)  [http://books.google.ca/books/about/Gold_Mountain.html?id=hwEVAAAAYAAJ] [http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol11no4/goldmountain.html] and ''Dao of Communication'' [http://www.amazon.com/Communication-Anthony-Chan-Nancy-VanLeuven/dp/0981325106/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361306594&sr=1-7] which he co-wrote with Nancy Van Leuven.
For chapter samples of Chan's biography of Anna May Wong, see:
 
[http://www.vmacch.ca/AC_Visual/Chan_Anthony/chan_perpetually_cool.pdf]
 
Chan’s other scholarly works include ''Arming the Chinese: The Western Armaments Trade in Warlord China, 1920-1928'' (1982) [http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173244] [http://www.amazon.com/Arming-Chinese-Western-Armaments-1920-1928/dp/0774819901/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361306594&sr=1-4].
 
He wrote the classic,''Gold Mountain: The Chinese in the New World'' (1983)  [http://books.google.ca/books/about/Gold_Mountain.html?id=hwEVAAAAYAAJ] [http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol11no4/goldmountain.html].
 
In the book, he brought forth one of the most contentious issues in Chinese Canada.
(Were the Chinese "sojourners" or immigrants? Reprinted as "Orientalism" and Image Making: The Sojourner in Canadian History in the now defunct Journal of Ethnic Studies, Volume 9, Number 3 (Fall) 1981, 37-46).
 
Now reprinted and available online in Ginger Post [http://gingerpost.com/?p=2178].
 
In 2008, Tony Chan published the innovative ''Dao of Communication'' [http://www.amazon.com/Communication-Anthony-Chan-Nancy-VanLeuven/dp/0981325106/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361306594&sr=1-7], which he co-wrote with Nancy Van Leuven.


He is co-editor of ''People to People: An Introduction to Communications.'' Currently, he is writing a book length manuscript on immigrant nationalism in Chinese Canada where he is focused on examining the impact of such social network systems as Facebook on family bonds and the pervasiveness of cyber crime on this ethnic nation in Canada.
He is co-editor of ''People to People: An Introduction to Communications.'' Currently, he is writing a book length manuscript on immigrant nationalism in Chinese Canada where he is focused on examining the impact of such social network systems as Facebook on family bonds and the pervasiveness of cyber crime on this ethnic nation in Canada.
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In 2007, Chan returned to Toronto after wandering the earth for 25 years in Asia, the US, and Europe. His quest for enlightenment brought him home.
In 2007, Chan returned to Toronto after wandering the earth for 25 years in Asia, the US, and Europe. His quest for enlightenment brought him home.


===Film===
===Primary Films===


As a filmmaker, Anthony B. Chan’s independent films include a four part series on Asian Americans and Vietnam. The series was purchased by Ken Burns for his 2016 series on Vietnam [http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2011/ken-burns-vietnam/].
As a filmmaker, Chan’s independent films include a four part series on Asian Americans and Vietnam. The series was purchased by Ken Burns for his 2016 series on Vietnam [http://www.pbs.org/about/news/archive/2011/ken-burns-vietnam/].


''Lily Goes Home'' (2007)
''Lily Goes Home'' (2007)
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*Part 4: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glH915-wmuQ]
*Part 4: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glH915-wmuQ]


Before entering academic life, Tony Chan was a Senior Producer and a television journalist at Television Broadcasts Ltd., Hong Kong where he managed a television production unit and anchored Focus, an English language public affairs show.  
He has worked as a television reporter for the CBC in Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Calgary (1983-1986).  At CBC Regina, he hosted and narrated several episodes of ''The Canadians.''
 
''More than 800 Apply for CBC Visible Minority Training Program, October 19, 1983''
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2167]
 
After working for mother corp, HK-TVB (Television Broadcast Ltd., Hong Kong) hired Chan in 1986 as anchor, Senior Producer, and television journalist for a weekly public affairs program, FOCUS.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVB_Pearl]


===Notable Films===
===Notable Films===
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''Du Fu's Thatched Cottage''
''Du Fu's Thatched Cottage''
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=1942]
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=1942]
He has worked as a television reporter for the CBC in Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Calgary (1983-1986).  At CBC Regina, he hosted and narrated several episodes of ''The Canadians.''
''MORE THAN 800 APPLY FOR CBC VISIBLE MINORITY TRAINING PROGRAM, October 19, 1983''
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2167]
After working for mother corp, HK-TVB (Television Broadcast Ltd., Hong Kong) hired Chan in 1986 as anchor, senior producer, and television journalist for a weekly current affairs program, FOCUS.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVB_Pearl]


Dr. Chan’s degrees include a PhD in modern Chinese history from York University,  Diploma in Chinese from the Beijing Language Institute, MAs from Bowling Green State University and the University of Arizona, and a BA from the University of Victoria.
Dr. Chan’s degrees include a PhD in modern Chinese history from York University,  Diploma in Chinese from the Beijing Language Institute, MAs from Bowling Green State University and the University of Arizona, and a BA from the University of Victoria.
CV
[http://tspacetest.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1778/37066/11/CV%20of%20Dr%20Anthony%20Chan%20.pdf]


===Other Writings===
===Other Writings===
''"Orientalism" and Image Making: The Sojourner in Canadian History''
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2178]
(Reprint of one of the most contentious issues in Chinese Canadian History. Were the Chinese "sojourners" or immigrants? Journal of Ethnic Studies, Volume 9, Number 3 (Fall) 1981, 37-46).


''Born Again Asian: The Making of a New Literature''
''Born Again Asian: The Making of a New Literature''
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2183]
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2183]
(Reprint of the first analysis of Asian Canadian Literature, Journal of Ethnic Studies, Volume 11, Number 4 (Winter), 1984, 57-63).
(Reprint of the first analysis of Asian Canadian Literature, Journal of Ethnic Studies, Volume 11, Number 4 (Winter), 1984, 57-63).


''Social Change and Political Legitimacy in Warlord China''
''Social Change and Political Legitimacy in Warlord China''
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2172]
[http://gingerpost.com/?p=2172]
(Reprint of Chan's first scholarly article, Asian Studies, Volume X1, Number 1 (April) 1973, 151-164).
(Reprint of Chan's first scholarly article, Asian Studies, Volume X1, Number 1 (April) 1973, 151-164).


''Chinese in Canada, Canadian Encyclopedia''
''Chinese in Canada, Canadian Encyclopedia''
[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/chinese]
[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chinese-canadians/]
 


''Chinese Canada''
''Chinese Canada''
[http://www.instrcc.ubc.ca/History485_2008/AnthonyChan.pdf]
[http://www.instrcc.ubc.ca/History485_2008/AnthonyChan.pdf]


Chan also writes and edits for ''Ginger Post: An Online Asian/Chinese Canadian Magazine''  [http://gingerpost.com/]
Chan also writes and edits for ''Ginger Post: An Online Asian/Chinese Canadian Magazine''  [http://gingerpost.com/]


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