Hanson LAU Scholarship

Award descriptionScholarships totalling $3,000 have been made available through an endowment established by Mr. Hanson Lau for students in the Faculty of Arts studying the significant contributions of Chinese immigrants to the Province of BC. Hanson Lau immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in 1966. He obtained a B.A. in English Literature in 1970 and a Diploma in Education in 1971 from UBC, where he was involved with the AMS. After teaching briefly in Kitimat, he embarked on a distinguished career in Cantonese radio broadcasting for Vancouver's Chinese community from 1973 to 1998. At the same time, he led several community projects, such as pioneering a 911 phone translation service which earned a federal award, and promoting new citizens participation in voting and politics. Lau has also spent years raising money for local charities, as well as for national and international disaster relief campaigns. He received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Award in 2012. Lau currently runs Hanson Travel in Richmond. The award is made on the recommendation of the Asian Canadian Asian Migration Program in consultation with the Department of History and in the case of a graduate student, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.