Dr. Howard Lin and Dr. Jian Guan 

 Presentation on Settlement, Integration and Entrepreneurship of Chinese Canadians 

 Group photo 

    Seminar on Settlement, Integration and Entrepreneurship of Chinese Canadians: Research Implications and Synthesis

    On July 24th of 2007, invited by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IEA/CASS), Dr. Howard Lin who is the Professor & Director, International Research Institute at Ryerson University Canada, and Dr. Jian Guan who is the Program Evaluation Coordinator of Gateway for International Professionals at Ryerson University, visited IEA/CASS and gave an academic lecture on Settlement, Integration and Entrepreneurship of Chinese Canadians: Research Implications and Synthesis.  

    There were 17 scholars attended this seminar including Tsinghua University, State Office of Oversea Chinese Affairs, Institute of Oversea Chinese History, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and CASS. This event was organized by Professor Du Fachun from CASS.

    Dr. Howard Lin and Dr. Jian Guan introduced their research projects they have been doing since 2005-2008, involved “Multi-Barriers for Asian Immigrant Settlement and Integration: A Comparative Event Analysis of Post 9/11 and Post SARS.” For Canadian Race Relations Foundation (Jian Guan, Xiaohua Lin, and Raza Nakhaie, 2005-06); “Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Network Marketing Organizations: Cultural Dynamics and Structural Reproduction.”  For Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Xiaohua Lin, Jian Guan, etc. 2005-08) ; “From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation – Chinese Diaspora Entrepreneurs in the High Technology Industry: Transnational Community as Innovation Linkage across Canada and China.” For Asian Pacific Foundation of Canada (Xiaohua Lin, Jian Guan, Mary Jo Nicholson, 2007-08).  

    Scholars from both countries believed that this kind of academic exchange programs on Chinese Immigrants in Canada should been continued and deepened.