This episode features an interview with Dr. Zoe Wai-Man Lam, a lecturer in Cantonese at the University of British Columbia and the main instructor and curriculum advisor for the Cantonese Saturday School at the Mon Keang School in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown. Dr. Lam has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of British Columbia as well as both a masters and bachelors from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Our conversation focuses on Zoe’s experiences with teaching Cantonese within the Vancouver community and how language learning can help bring people together across cultures and generations.

Resources and organizations mentioned in this episode:

• Cantonese Saturday School by the Youth Collaborative for Chinatown
• Mong Keang School
• Wong Benevolent Association of Canada
• UBC Cantonese Language Program
• Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby
• Chinese Canadian Museum
• The Stephen Au Show
• The Hanmoji Handbook

Episode transcript and vocabulary