BCCIE is pleased to announce this year's keynote speaker will be Stan Chung.

About Stan Chung

Stan Chung is author of Global Citizen: River of Love and Other Stories. He comes to us as a writer, educator, and administrator. As a journalist, Stan has published a popular column in the Kelowna Daily Courier since 2006. He is currently Dean of Arts and Science at Camosun College in Victoria, BC and was formerly Associate Professor and Chair of Communications at Okanagan College. He was born in Seoul, Korea and has lived in Maryfield, SK, Williams Lake, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver, and Prince George. His interdisciplinary doctoral work explores improvisation and expertise.

Who is the other within?

Writer and educator Stan Chung explores how we construct identity in a time of internationalization, indigenisation, and cultural/race politics. He explores the nature of his own hybridity and challenges us with a new definition of global citizenship that explores the freedom of the Other within. Don’t miss this interactive keynote address!

Keynote Address by Stan Chung

Time: Monday, June 25, 12:00 – 13:45
Location: Delta Grand Okanagan Resort and Conference Centre