Dear Friend of HKSI,

This is the last update for the third season of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative. We will be back in the fall with another slate of academic and community events, so stay tuned for the next edition of Intersections, our annual newsletter later in the summer.

Sunday, 9 June 2019, 2–3:30 pm
Re-Returnees: Lived Realities and Implications of Hong Kong-originated Canadians「再回流」的啟示
Moderator: Kennedy Wong
Atrium, Richmond Cultural Centre
7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond
(Program in Cantonese)

RSVP: http://re-returnees.eventbrite.ca/

In recent years, many Hong Kong immigrants who had chosen to move back to Hong Kong following its handover to China in 1997 have decided, once again, to settle in Canada. In this forum, a number of such “re-returnees” will share their experiences—stories that would not only help shed light on the current conditions of Hong Kong but also offer insights on the impacts of this migration pattern on Canadian society.

八、九十年代，因為政治不明朗及其他個人和家庭因素，很多香港人移民加拿大。但隨後，因着香港和加拿大經濟和就業環境的差異，和香港政治平穩過度，不少香港移民在取得公民身後，決定後舉家回流。之後，亦有不少年輕一代在加拿大完成學業後，選擇回香港找尋工作機會。據估計，目前最少有三十萬加拿大公民常住在香港，其中大部分是回流香港的加拿大移民。然而，在過去幾年，特別是在雨傘運動後，香港人申請移民加拿大的數字有逐年增加的趨勢。同時，亦有愈來愈多已回流的移民，陸逐再次舉家回到加拿大定居。這次座談會主要是透過幾位再回流的港人移民現身說法，探討港人再回流的因素，過程，和對香港和加拿大的影響。歡迎對此現象有興趣的朋友，一起來參與討論。

This forum is organized by the Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society and co-presented by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the Royal Bank of Canada