2016 Toronto Hakka Conference Program

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Friday, July 1, 2016

6:00–9:00 p.m. at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto 5183 Sheppard Ave. E., Scarborough, ON M1B 5Z5

Reception and Welcome for speakers, registrants, and guests

sponsored by conference patron Hon. Dr. Vivienne Poy

Saturday, July 2, 2016 Vari Hall, Keele Campus, York University

8:00–8:45 a.m. Rotunda

REGISTRATION

9:00–10:00 a.m. Lecture Hall A

Opening Ceremony

10:00–11:00 a.m. Lecture Hall A

Keynote Address: From Hakka To Humanity G. Raymond Chang distinguished speaker

Shiu Loon Kong, C.M., Ph.D, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto

11:00–11:05 Rotunda

Speakers and Conference Registrants gather in the Rotunda for a group photo

11:05–11:30 BREAK.

11:30–12:30 p.m. – Life Goals

Lecture Hall B Hakka Cuisine: Global Soul Food, with Linda Lau Asunasasanam

Lecture Hall C Hong Rengnan – Taiping Precursor of Sun Yat Sen, with Prof. Richard Bohr

Room 1152A Hakka Genealogy Museum and Shanghang Hakka Assoc., with Prof. Ruifeng Liang

Room 3006 Taiping Rebellion & Europe’s Peasant War, with Dr. Samuel Lowe

Room 3009 Poems I Live By, with Joseph Tsang Mang Kin

Lecture Hall A 11:30–1:00 p.m.

“Finding Samuel Lowe – From Harlem to China”, Video by Madison Media Management

12:30–2:00 p.m. Rotunda

LUNCH in York Lanes Food Court – follow signs) Ancestor search (Robert Hew). Names written in Chinese (Jordan Wu)

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Saturday, July 2, 2016

Vari Hall, Keele Campus, York University

2:00–2:45 p.m. Lecture Hall A

Keynote Address: My Journey So Far Paula Williams Madison (Lowe Xiao Na), author of Finding Samuel Lowe: China, Jamaica, Harlem.

Former executive with NBC and GE, President of Madison Media Management

2:45–3:15 p.m. BREAK

3:15–4:15 p.m. – Surviving/Thriving

Lecture Hall A Restoring And Archiving A Ruined Chinese Cemetery, with Robert Hew

Lecture Hall B Touring Five Hakka Base Areas In China, with Li Xiaoyan

Lecture Hall C Harmonizing full-Chinese and half-Chinese in one family (video), with Jeanette Kong

Room 1152A Mixed Race: The Changing Identity Of Asians, with Prof Carl E. James, Danielle Kwan-Lafond (Chair), and Jephina Barkie

Room 3006 Making Lei Cha Or Hakka Travel Food, with Teng Teng Kleiner

Room 3009 Chinese Men and White Women in Gold-Rush Australia (video), with Janet Liu Terry

4:15–5:00 p.m. Rotunda

Names written in Chinese (Jordan Wu) Souvenir photo portraits (Stephen Young-Chin)

NOTES

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Vari Hall, Keele Campus, York University

8:30–9:00 a.m. Rotunda

Displays, Networking

9:00–10:00 a.m. Lecture Hall A

Keynote Address: 21st Century Challenges To Hakka and Huaren Joseph Tsang Mang Kin, former Minister of Culture of the Republic of Mauritius, awarded Brilliance of China medal in 2013, author of The Hakka Epic and Stopovers in a Poet’s Mind

10:00–10:05 Rotunda

Youth, Speakers and Special Groups gather in Rotunda for a group photo

10:05–10:30 BREAK

10:30–11:30 a.m. – Environment

Lecture Hall A Lao Tzu’s Prescription For A Sick Planet: Using Taoist Wisdom To Endure and Cure Climate Change, with Prof. Abraham Anthony Chen

Lecture Hall B Building A Model Home In The Arctic Based On Hakka Principles, with Prof. Ruifeng Liang

Lecture Hall C Going Off The Grid In An Ordinary Canadian Suburb, with Helen V. Ostrowski

Room 1152A Folk Belief, Geomancy & Care Of Water Resources [in Mandarin and English], with Professors Yong Luo, Danfeng Gong, Mark Y. Wong

Room 3006 Present And Future Professions, with Charles Young, Graham Lowe, Prof Jane Ku

Room 3009 What’s New In Hakka Pop Music, with Nam Low

11:30–12:45 p.m. Rotunda

LUNCH in York Lanes Food Court – follow signs Ancestor search (Robert Hew, Ruifeng Liang). Names written in Chinese (Jordan Wu)

12:45–1:45 p.m. – The Arts

Lecture Hall A The Music Of Father Richard Ho Lung (Part I), with Francine Chin (Moderator), Pat Chin, Julianne Lee (on Skype), Melvin Cooke, Randy Chin of VP Records

Lecture Hall B Planning A Hakka Trail In China (Part I), with Jorg Ostrowski, Li Mei Zhang, and Pu Zhao

Lecture Hall C The Asian Diaspora: Community, Art And Migration, with Prof Carl E. James, Yvette Munro (Chair), Viet Than, Nicole Lee

Room 1152A How To Write The Story Of Your Life, with C. Fong Hsiung, Kwai Li

Room 3006 Web Creation – Eating My Way to a Hakka Identity, with Lilian Ling

Room 3009 A Study Of Language (Heteroglossia) In The TV Show “Fresh Off The Boat”, with Prof. Elinor Ty

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Sunday, July 3, 2016

Vari Hall, Keele Campus, York University

1:50–2:50 p.m. – At The Forefront

Lecture Hall A The Music Of Father Richard Ho Lung (Part II), with Francine Chin (Moderator), Pat Chin, Julianne Lee (on Skype), Melvin Cooke, Randy Chin of VP Records. [Session ends at 2:30]

Lecture Hall B Planning A Hakka Trail In China, Part II, Jorg Ostrowski, Li Mei Zhang, Pu Zhao

Lecture Hall C The Environment: An Audience Conversation, with Prof. Abraham Anthony Chen, Prof. Ruifeng Liang, Helen Ostrowski, Teng Teng Kleiner

Room 1152A Anthropological Study Of The Hakka World Conferences 1971-2016, with Prof. Jiangxin Zhou [in Mandarin and English]

Room 3006 1962 Internment of Hakka In India, with Sheng Lin, Michael Cheng, and AIDCI Colleagues

2:50–3:00 BREAK

3:00–4:00 p.m. Lecture Hall A

Closing Ceremony

An Audience Conversation With The Keynote Speakers

Presentation Of The Hakka Education Trust – Scholarships

6:00–10:30 p.m. Casa Deluz Banquet Hall 豪門宴豪門宴豪門宴豪門宴

Woodside Square Mall (east side), 1571 Sandhurst Circle, Scarborough ON M1V 1V2

Hakka Achievement Awards Banquet (separately ticketed) Recipients: Hon. Gail Chang Bohr – International Child Justice

Shaun Chen, MP – Leadership In Politics

Walter Chin – Fashion Photography

Dr. Susan Chuck – AIDS Research

Fr. Richard Ho Lung, M.O.P. – Music

Vincent HoSang – Business

Wennie Lee – Immigration Law