By: Mitchell Ma
This project presents ten stories from various members of the Hong Kong Diaspora community in Canada. These stories delve into how their immigration experiences have shaped their sense of self and belonging in Toronto. They emerged from a public call for submissions in Fall 2023.
The driving force behind this project is a desire to allow public participation in knowledge-building. Unlike traditional academic anthropology, where researchers typically formulate ethnographic questions and then seek participants to answer them, this project takes a different approach. Instead of imposing predetermined questions, it invites the community to share their perspectives by posing broader questions about their immigration experiences. This approach allows the public to shape the discourse of immigrant identity in Canada’s Hong Kong diaspora.
View the 2023-24 Graduate Fellow Projects and the Navigating Identity: From Hong Kong to Canada project booklet.