Project Co-ordinator.  Present
Consortium for Distributed and Passive Sensing (C-DaPS)
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science
University of Alberta

• • Tracking project’s deliverables and compiling reports and proposals.

  • Assisting with programs’ operation in the field of business and leadership.

  • Liaising and maintaining good relationship with oil and gas industries across Alberta.

  • Coordinating events for the Consortium.

Research Assistant.  Present
Taiwan Studies Programme
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts
University of Alberta

• • Researching on modern and contemporary Taiwanese Politics, Literature, and Culture.

  • Coordinating various types of academic events, including seminars, book talks.

Selected Milestones:

• Event-related

  • March 2024.  Organiser.  Li Kotomi's Lecture. (Speaker: Dr. Grace Ting)

Past employment

Department Project Specialist.  May 2023 – September 2023
Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
University of Alberta

• • Delivered six online graduate level lectures (EASIA 550) related to Mediaeval Chinese Poetry.

  • Designed course structures, assignments, and readings.

Graduate Research Assistant.  December 2022 – May 2023
Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts
University of Alberta

• Note-taking on secondary sources.

• Prepared for a review of literature.

Project Co-ordinator II (Carrying a function title of Manager, Event and Administration since January 2022).  September 2019 – September 2022
Knowledge and Education Exchange Platform, (KEEP)

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Research-related writings, copywriting, and report writings – Executed various (copy)writing projects about eLearning, including researching related topics, proofreading contents, data analyses, and statistical reports.  Published journal articles about eLearning and crisis management.  Assisted in the Principal Investigator’s presentation.

• Communications and public relations – Co-ordianted various types of events for the project (Webinars, Conferences, Exhibitions) on different scales. Liaised with different internal and external stakeholders.  Managed office’s (and related projects’) website and social media channels, including WeChat, Instagram, Facebook, and Linkedin.

• Client liaison – Answered potential customers’ enquiries.  Provided technical and non-technical support to current customers.  Exploring potential client groups.

• Research project and office management – Supported office daily operation (e.g. overseeing office’s budget and expenses).  Prepared and writing grant proposals and reports.  Supervised office junior staff for completing administrative (i.e. accounting, bookkeeping, and personnel) and research (i.e. data collection and review of literature) duties respectively.  Provided secretarial support to the Project’s Principal Investigator (as known as the Department Chair).

Selected Milestones:

• Event-related

  • January 2022 – June 2022 (Event date: 2 June, 2022).  Chief Co-ordinator.  Community of Practice Symposium of Education Innovation and Technology 2022.   Hosted by the Centre for eLearning Innovation and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.  400+ participants.  URL: https://cop22.elite.cuhk.edu.hk/ 

  • September 2020 – February 2021 (Event date: 5 Feburary, 2021). Co-ordinator. KEEP eLearning Community of Practice 2021.  400+ participants.

• Research-related 

  • September 2019 – March 2022.  Contributor.  'A Decade of MOOC and Beyond'.  

  • February 2020 – May 2021.  Third writer.   'Rethinking Engineering Education: Policy, pedagogy and assessment during crises'.  

Session Instructor.  January 2019 – June 2019

Division of Chinese and Japanese Studies

School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, Faculty of Arts

University of Calgary, Calgary AB, Canada

• Designed course syllabus and assessment metrics according to civilisation course standards 

• Instructed undergraduate students (100 enrolments)

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA): Shuo Kang

• Evaluated GTA's performance

• For course details, please refer to the "TEACHINGS" page

Teaching Position and Course Instructor.  September 2018 – June 2019

The Chinese Academy, Calgary AB, Canada

• Taught Chinese as a second language.

• Taught different levels of adult Mandarin classes and regular Chinese classes in Cantonese.

• For course details, please refer to the "TEACHINGS" page.

General Clerk II.  September 2017 – March 2018

Strategic Events and External Projects Office (former Event Team, Communications and Public Relations Office)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Event project management – Assisted in coordinating and managing different scales of event projects (including logistics and manpower arrangement, operation rundown, procurement, invitation letter draft, and database management).

• Brand building – Built a positive image and brand for the University.

• Guest relations – Replied to enquiries and liaised with different groups of stakeholders: students, staff, and university senior management.

• Office administration – Managed partner universities and contact database.

Professional memberships

• Studnet member, The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS)
  April 2023–Present

• Postgraduate member, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
  April 2023–Present

• Student member, the European Association for Chinese Studies (EACS)
  May 2022–Present

Languages

• Chinese

  • Verbal: Cantonese (native), Mandarin (native) and Hokkien (native)

  • Written: classical Chinese (native), vernacular Chinese (native)

• English

  • Verbal (near-native)

  • Written (near-native)

    • International English Language Testing System (IELTS): Band 7 out of 9 (overall)

• Suomi (Finnish)

  • Verbal and Reading Knowledge (elementary, learning through the University of Jyvaskyla)

Skills