Introductory Seminar (CGST 205)

I was born into an upper-middle-class Asian, Chinese family. I am a female. I am multilingual. I am fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English, and am also studying French. I am an Atheist with Buddhist parents. I am non-disabled and in my early adulthood. I grew up in urban areas.          Born in an upper-middle-class Chinese …

            My goal is gender equality, and my target is child marriage and female genital mutilation.                I found out that one in five girls still marry before the age of 18, which is a horrific number. Girls who marry before 18 are more likely to suffer from domestic abuse and less likely to remain in …

              I love dumplings. Dumpling is an important symbol of Chinese culture. In North America, you can find them in Chinese restaurants and the freezers in the supermarket. To me, dumplings do not mean any kind of dumplings but my mum’s homemade dumplings. She knows how to make dumplings from scratch. From the dough to the …

Hi, my name is Maggie (Meiqi) Sun. I was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong when I was 11 years old. I lived there for two years, then moved to Montreal, where I attended an international boarding school. We had students coming from all over the world. Since the town where the school …