Congratulations to Professor Lisa Mar!

April 18, 2017 by Department of History Staff

Professor Lisa Mar, the Richard Charles Lee Chair in Chinese Canadian Studies, has been selected as one of 15 prominent Chinese Canadian women from Ontario to be recognized and honoured at Celebration 15: Voices of Chinese Canadian Women in Ontario.  The ceremony at the Toronto Reference Library on May 10 will acknowledge Professor Mar’s accomplishments as an author, speaker and educator of Chinese Canadian History.

On 9 May 2017, Professor Mar has also been invited by Senator Victor Oh to speak on Parliament Hill regarding the 70th Anniversary of the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Congratulations to Professor Mar on these well-deserved recognitions!