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An accomplished scholar, teacher, academic leader, filmmaker, journalist, and writer, Anthony B. Chan is Professor and Associate Dean of Communication in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario.

Born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia, 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 at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Before moving to the Pacific Northwest in 1990, Tony Chan was an Associate Professor of Mass Communication at California State University, Hayward. His family has been in Canada since 1887 when his paternal grandfather immigrated to Victoria.

Before entering academic life, 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, a 30 minutes English language public affairs show on the Pearl channel. He produced more than 30 documentaries and anchored about 100. He also worked as a supper hour television reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Calgary. At CBC Regina, he hosted and narrated several episodes of The Canadians. http://faculty.washington.edu/chanant/films.html

Dr. Chan’s degrees include a Ph.D. in modern Chinese history from York University, Diploma in Chinese from the Beijing Language Institute, M.A.s from Bowling Green State University and the University of Arizona, and a B.A. from the University of Victoria.

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