Christine Wong

Christine Wong is a Chinese language and culture instructor. She enjoys teaching and has significant experience in teaching adult learners from culturally diverse backgrounds. She has been working as an education consultant in Vancouver for over 10 years. In 2002, she established TOC Education Resources to promote culture and language.

Christine completed her post-secondary education in Hong Kong, majoring in Chinese language and literature. In 1997, she moved to Vancouver with her family. Since then, she has completed a Certificate in Adult and Continuing Education (University of Victoria) and a Provincial Instructor Diploma (Vancouver Community College).

In 2008, Christine received her Master of Education from Simon Fraser University. Currently, she is working on a doctoral program in educational leadership (EdD) at SFU. The focus of her dissertation is Confucian “junzi” leadership. She intends to provide an alternative lens for conceptualizing and processing leadership in the present world and shed new light on the contemporary leadership theories and practices in education.

Christine’s major research interest is developing cross-cultural perspectives on educational leadership. Her interests also include human agency, transformative learning, and lifelong education.

Christine was presented with the Independent Scholar Grant from the Canadian Academy of Independent Scholars and SFU in both 2009 and 2010.