Serene Tan
Serene Tan is a settler of Chinese heritage (Hokkien/Hakka) who grew up in Singapore and Hong Kong and credits this background with her unending fascination with urban processes. She holds a PhD in Geography (York) and her research interests involve place-based social and cultural identities, diasporas, community organizing and urban social movements, returning land, Chinatowns, and decolonization. Serene is a sessional lecturer in the Asian Canadian Studies minor, part of the Canadian Studies Program at University College, University of Toronto and provides research support to not-for-profit social justice organizations.
Education
- PhD, York University