We’re very honored to have Professor Marjorie Chan of Ohio State University as our advisor. A pioneer in so many ways, she is also a Cantonese heritage speaker. Born in Jūngsāan 中山 in the Pearl River Delta, Professor Chan grew up in Vancouver, Canada. She studied the Jūngsāan variety of Cantonese in her master’s thesis in 1980, co-founded the Cantonese Language Association in 1994, hosted the inaugural Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics in 2012, and created a Cantonese course for Mandarin speakers at Ohio State University in 2015. For a partial list of her accomplishments, please visit her website. I’ll be interviewing her about her experience growing up in Vancouver’s Chinatown in April. Stay tuned!
The first round of fundraising has been scheduled for May 2022 to celebrate the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the U.S. More details will appear in April.
The first workshop will be held towards the end of May. It’ll be a free event, and details will be provided in April.
I’ve been hosting virtual Cantonese movie nights with the Stanford Hong Kong Student Association since last quarter. I’ve been screening one movie twice a month, once during the week and once on the weekend. If you’re interested in attending, please email me at <cantonesealliance@gmail.com>.
The destination of the first tour will be the first Chinatown in North America – San Francisco Chinatown. The date will be announced after we’re sure it’s safe to gather again.