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|Image=Wei Djao.jpg | |Image=Dr. Wei Djao.jpg | ||
|Home page=http://gingerpost.com/ | |||
|Location=Toronto | |Location=Toronto | ||
|Type=Person | |Type=Person | ||
|Arts=Academic and Education, Academia/Research, Arts, Artists, Poetry, Film, Documentary, Media Arts | |Arts=Academic and Education, Academia/Research, Arts, Artists, Poetry, Film, Documentary, Media Arts | ||
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Dr. Wei Djao is an educator, entrepreneur, writer, author, editor, web magazine publisher, and scholar. She has also worked as a documentary film interviewer, narrator, and field consultant. She is currently a certified Instructor at | Dr. Wei Djao is an educator, entrepreneur, writer, author, editor, web magazine publisher, and scholar. She has also worked as a documentary film interviewer, narrator, and field consultant. She is currently a certified Instructor at an after school math and reading learning centre, Toronto-Davisville. | ||
As an educator and professor, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Lethbridge, [http://www.uleth.ca/artsci/sociology/] Associate Professor with tenure at the University of Saskatchewan, [http://www.arts.usask.ca/sociology/]a Senior Lecturer at Lingnan College, now Lingnan University in Hong Kong [http://www.ln.edu.hk/] and a tenured faculty at North Seattle Community College. [https://northseattle.edu/] She has also taught at California State University, Hayward (East Bay). [http://www20.csueastbay.edu/class/departments/sociology/] For many years, Wei was on the faculty of the PhD. Program in Education (College of Education, Walden University, Minneapolis) [http://www.waldenu.edu/colleges-schools/riley-college-of-education] and she continues to have a keen interest in education. | |||
She was a volunteer interpreter/translator at WoodGreen Community Services, [http://www.woodgreen.org/] serving Chinese immigrants with limited English. Her volunteer involvement also extended to the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA), [http://canadianethnicmedia.com/] the Canada-China Friendship Association, [http://www.fccfa.ca/history.htm] and the East Asian Library at the University of Toronto. She also served as one of the Regional Councillors Advisory Board at TVO. [http://about.tvo.org/who-we-are/people/regional-councillors-advisory-board] | She was a volunteer interpreter/translator at WoodGreen Community Services, [http://www.woodgreen.org/] serving Chinese immigrants with limited English. Her volunteer involvement also extended to the Canadian Ethnic Media Association (CEMA), [http://canadianethnicmedia.com/] the Canada-China Friendship Association, [http://www.fccfa.ca/history.htm] and the East Asian Library at the University of Toronto. She also served as one of the Regional Councillors Advisory Board at TVO. [http://about.tvo.org/who-we-are/people/regional-councillors-advisory-board] | ||
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'''University courses:''' | '''University courses:''' | ||
Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Humanities Building, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL | Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Humanities Building, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL England, United Kingdom | ||
Tutor and Associate Professor: Dr. John T. Gilmore | Tutor and Associate Professor: Dr. John T. Gilmore | ||
Course: EN9A4. Chinese Poetry and the English Reader, English and Comparative English Studies. M.A. Program. | Course: EN9A4. ''Chinese Poetry and the English Reader, English and Comparative English Studies.'' M.A. Program. | ||
Week 9: ''Approaches to Li Qingzhao: Kenneth Rexroth, Ling Chung and Wei Djao.'' | Week 9: ''Approaches to Li Qingzhao: Kenneth Rexroth, Ling Chung and Wei Djao.'' | ||
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''Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora'' | ''Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora. '' Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2003. | ||
http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid1498.htm | [http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/Books/bid1498.htm] | ||
''' | '''Excerpts:''' | ||
Walter Quan | Walter Keoki Quan, Victoria | ||
[http://faroutliers.blogspot.ca/2005/01/coming-out-gay-and-asian-in-vancouver.html] | [http://faroutliers.blogspot.ca/2005/01/coming-out-gay-and-asian-in-vancouver.html] | ||
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'''University courses:''' | '''University courses:''' | ||
Department of English Language and Literature | Department of English Language and Literature, University of Geneva, Geneva Switzerland | ||
University of Geneva, Geneva Switzerland | |||
Professor: Deborah Madsen | Professor: Deborah Madsen | ||
Course: Literatures of the Chinese Diaspora | Course: ''Literatures of the Chinese Diaspora.'' M.A. Seminar. | ||
10 Nov Diasporic Testimonials: student presentations: individual diasporic narratives | 10 Nov ''Diasporic Testimonials: student presentations: individual diasporic narratives.'' | ||
Wei Djao, ''Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora'' (2003). | Wei Djao, ''Being Chinese: Voices from the Diaspora'' (2003). | ||
[http://home.etu.unige.ch/~madsen/diaspora_literatures.htm] | [http://home.etu.unige.ch/~madsen/diaspora_literatures.htm] | ||
Reviews of ''Being Chinese'': | |||
Angela C. Pao, " Floatng Points: From Diasporic Spaces to Multicultural Places," '' | Angela C. Pao, " Floatng Points: From Diasporic Spaces to Multicultural Places," ''Asia Colloquia Papers.'' Volume 1, Number 2, September 2011, 7-9. | ||
[http://www.yorku.ca/ycar/Publications/Asia_Colloquia_Papers_Pao.pdf] | [http://www.yorku.ca/ycar/Publications/Asia_Colloquia_Papers_Pao.pdf] | ||
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—''Library Journal'' | —''Library Journal'' | ||
One does not need to be Chinese to enjoy Being Chinese. Indeed, the view given to non-Chinese by this masterful work is priceless and unprecedented. | One does not need to be Chinese to enjoy ''Being Chinese.'' Indeed, the view given to non-Chinese by this masterful work is priceless and unprecedented. | ||
—''New York Resident'' | —''New York Resident'' | ||
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"Opinion status as ethnic identity in the Chinese diaspora." ''Journal of Contemporary Asia,'' Volume 32, Issue 3, 2002, 363-380. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472330280000251?journalCode=rjoc20#.Ur2sr_RDutA] | "Opinion status as ethnic identity in the Chinese diaspora." ''Journal of Contemporary Asia,'' Volume 32, Issue 3, 2002, 363-380. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472330280000251?journalCode=rjoc20#.Ur2sr_RDutA] | ||
"Asian Canadians and the Welfare State", ''Canadian Ethnic Studies,'' Volume | "Asian Canadians and the Welfare State", ''Canadian Ethnic Studies,'' Volume XIV. Number 2, 1982. | ||
[http://www.crr.ca/en/library-a-clearinghouse/bibliographic-search/131-japanese-canadians/22723-canadian-ethnic-studies-etudes-ethniques-au-canada] | [http://www.crr.ca/en/library-a-clearinghouse/bibliographic-search/131-japanese-canadians/22723-canadian-ethnic-studies-etudes-ethniques-au-canada] | ||
" ‘Traditional Chinese culture’ in the small factory of Hong Kong." ''Journal of Contemporary Asia,'' Volume 11, Issue 4, 1981, 413-425. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472338185390281?journalCode=rjoc20#.Ur2q5PRDutA | " ‘Traditional Chinese culture’ in the small factory of Hong Kong." ''Journal of Contemporary Asia,'' Volume 11, Issue 4, 1981, 413-425. [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00472338185390281?journalCode=rjoc20#.Ur2q5PRDutA] | ||
"Equity and the democratization of knowledge." ''Washington Center News,'' Fall 2002, 2. | "Equity and the democratization of knowledge." ''Washington Center News,'' Fall 2002, 2. | ||
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'''Media:''' | '''Media:''' | ||
Wei was the editor and publisher of ''Ginger Post,'' an English-language online magazine targeting | Wei was the editor and publisher of ''Ginger Post,'' an English-language online magazine targeting Chinese and Asian communities. | ||
[http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Post] | [http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Post] | ||
[http://canadianethnicmedia.com/?m=200905] | [http://canadianethnicmedia.com/?m=200905] | ||