Presentations
Invited Lectures
2023
“Factors Enhancing the Moving Intention from More Developed to Less Developed Area” Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Group
“Understand Impacts on Families under the Recent Hong Kong Mass Migration Wave" Social Welfare Department, Hong Kong Government
Invited Workshop participant. “The Demography of Sustainable Wellbeing” College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University
“Art of Research” School of Management, Xi’an Polytechnic University
“The Strength and Weakness of Using AI in Social Science Research: A Case Study of Understanding the Trend of Migration Studies of Highly Educated Migrants” Conference on AI for Social Research, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University
Roundtable speaker on Conceptualizing Hong Kong Politics, Conference on Hong Kong Politics, Princeton University
“Sense of Belonging Among Highly Educated Migrants from Mainland in Hong Kong: The Role of the Quality and Quantity of Social Contact” School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University
“在港內地高學歷人才與香港社會歸屬感” Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies, Sun Yat-Sen University
“Psychological Well-being and Participation in a Failed Social Movement” College of Health, Korea University
“Quantity, Quality, and Types of Local Contact and Sense of Belonging among Highly Educated Migrants.” Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University
2022
"Dissatisfaction and Migration: Migration Beyond Economic Reasons" Presented in the Institute for Population Research Seminar, Ohio State University
“Local Contact and Sense of Belonging to the Host Society among Highly Educated Migrants” Presented in the Centre for Family and Population Studies Seminar, National University of Singapore
“The Intention to Migrate from Hong Kong to Mainland Greater Bay Cities.” In the conference on Migration, Policy, and Governance, Xian Jiaotong University
"Immigration, Education, and Entrepreneurship" 3rd "Silk Road Conference" on Global Governance, Xi'an Jiaotong University
"Sense of Belonging in Hong Kong among Mainland Highly Educated Migrants." Center for Asia-Europe Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University
“Relative Importance of Taking Care of Elderly Parents and Children in Hiring Migrant Domestic Workers.” In the workshop on Migration Methodologies, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
2021
“Demographic challenges and people mobility in Asian economies.” Workshop on Promoting Sustainable Development in the Aging World. College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
"Opportunities and Challenges: Migration Among East and Southeast Asian Economies" Conference on Opportunities and Threats: Population Growth and the Way Ahead, Population Research Center with the Population Coucil Pakistan, UNFRA, ORIC at Forman Christian College and the HEC. (Eric Fong and Hua Guo)
“Income Differences between Local Born and Migrant Young Adults in Hong Kong: A Comparison of Baby Boomers and Millennials” Conference on New Trends and Approaches to Migration Studies in East and Southeast Asia, Contemporary China Research Cluster, Faculty of Social Science, University of Hong Kong (Eric Fong and Pui-Kwan Man)
2020
“The Changing Pattern of Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong: The Importance of Socio-Political Context” University International Symposium on Global Chinese Entrepreneurship. Asia Pacific Centre, UCAL (Biyang Sun and Eric Fong)
“The Research Framework of Understanding the Developments of Greater Bay Area”Silk Road: Global Management Seminar, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, Shannxi, China
“Chinese Global Migration Patterns.” Seminar on Global Management Workshop, Xian Jiaotong University, Xian, Shannxi, China; East Asian Research Centre, Nanjing University (Eric Fong and Hua Guo)
2019
“Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Economic Development of the City: A case study in Hong Kong” 2019 Urban Renewal and Social Governance International Forum, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
“The Earnings of Chinese Immigrants Participating in Co-ethnic Businesses in Canada and Their Relationship with the Larger Industrial Environment” Conference on Migration and the Dissemination of Overseas Chinese Culture. National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
“An Overview of Research Migration in East and Southeast Asia” 2019 Shaanxi Population Association Annual Meeting, Xian, Shaanxi
“The Theoretical Framework of Studying the Greater Bay Area.” 粤港澳大湾区人口发展的机遇与挑战 暨第3届人口迁移与可持续发展论坛, School of Sociology and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economies, Beijing, China
“Living Close to Parents: New Pattern of Intergenerational Living Arrangements in Urban China” (with Rebecca Gan) in Princeton Research Network on Contemporary China Conference, Princeton, New Jersey.
“Group Conflict in a Post-Colonial City: the conflict between Hong Kong residents and Chinese from mainland China: (with Biyang Sun) Conference on Cultural Pluralism in Cities of the “Global South.” European University Institute, Florence, Italy
“Working Environment, Mental Health, and Family Contact of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong.” (with Yingtong Lai) in Conference on Market, State, and the Care Economy, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
“Living Close to Parents: A life Course Approach” (with Rebecca Gan) in Conference on “Life-cycle Decisions of Families in China”, Chengdu, China.
“Global Pattern of Emigration from Mainland China” (with Hua Guo) in Annual Association of the Population of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan
“The Relationship between Representations of the Enclave Economy in the Larger Industrial Environment and Differences in Earnings of Ethnic and Non-Ethnic Members” Workshop on Institutions and Migration: Research, Practices and Policies, Xi’an Jiaotong University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong Joint Research Center on Migration.
2018
Keynote Speaker, “Global Migration of Chinese, 1990-2015” International Conference on Migration in World Cities: Aspiration, Desire and Agency, Society of Fellows in Liberal Arts, Southern University of Science and Technology.
“Homeownership and Happiness Among Rural Migrants, Urban Migrants, and Local Residents.” International Symposium on Housing in China, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan (Eric Fong, Yuan Yuet, and Rebecca Gan)
“Immigration and Ethnic Business in Hong Kong” in “Urban Rengeration Movements in the Pacific Rim.” Commemorative Conference for the 60th Anniversary of Rikkyo College of Sociology, Rikkyo University.
“Unemployment Patterns of Local born and Migrant Youths in Hong Kong after 1997.” Sociology Summit 2018- Social Quality and Social Governance, The Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Science
2017
Keynote Speaker, “Trust in China from an Asian Perspective.” International Conference on Trust, The Institute of Social Sciences, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
Keynote Speaker, “Migration in Asia: Patterns and Implications.” Population Association of Taiwan Conference on "Human Resources and Social Development.
"Home Ownership Among Local Born and Migrant Young Adults in Hong Kong" Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto, Toronto
"Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong: Social Mobility Over Twenty Years.” Global City Roundtable on Migration Policy in Global Cities, The Education University of Hong Kong
“Employment among minority immigrant and local-born youth in Canada.” Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University.
"How Experience Before Migration Shapes the Civic Participation of Migrants: A Canadian Case" Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong
"Immigration and Social Cohesion in East and Southeast Asia” Rikkyo University, Tokyo
“Migration from China and the Formation of Group Boundaries” Conference on Hong Kong 20 Years after the Handover, Academy of Hong Kong Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong
2016
“Migration Patterns in East and Southeast Asia.” Center for Studies of Hong Kong, Macau and Pearl River Delta, Sun Yat-Sen University
““Effects of religion on income among immigrants.” (with Josh Harold) Conference at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research on Immigration and Integration in Cross-National Comparison, MZES, University of Mannheim.
“Migration among East and Southeast Asian Countries: Patterns and Trends” Shanghai Population Forum on Future Directions in Asian Population Research, Asian Population Research Institute and Shanghai University
2015
Keynote Speaker, "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Migration Studies in the Pearl River Delta Region.” Conference on “Labour, Mobility and Development in PRD and Beyond, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
2014
Keynote speaker, “Multiculturalism and Ethnic Governance in Canada.” International Conference on Theory and Practice of Social Governance in Ethnic Areas, Social Science Forum of China, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Science and Yunnan Minzu University.
"Social Bonding in Multiethnic Community." Institute for Population and Development Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
"Unemployment Patterns of Local-Born and Immigrant Youth in Hong Kong." School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
"Earnings of Immigrants in Immigrant Gateway and Non-Gateway Metropolises." Faculty of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
"Unemployment Among Immigrant and Local-Born Youth in Hong Kong" Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore.
"Group Boundaries and the Earnings of Chinese Immigrants." Presented at Workshop on Cultural Translation and Chinese-Canadian Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
"Concluding Remarks" Presented at Workshop on Cutlural Translation and Chinese-Canadian Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada.
2013
Panelist, "When Half of the Population in North America were Urban Residents: Lessons from the North American Experience." Presented at the Forum on Urbanization in Transitional Period: International Experience and Prospects for China, Institute for Urban and Environmental Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
“Community Qualities and Friendship Patterns Among Children of Migrant Workers in China.” Society and Health Workshop, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.
“The Emergence of an Ethnic Community: Korean Early Settlement in Toronto” Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University.
"Earnings of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Paid Workers in Canadian Gateway and Non-Gateway Metropolises" Department of Geography, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Panelist, Roundtable on "Asian Canadian Studies: An Idea Whose Time Has Come." Inaugural Meeting of Asian Canadian Studies Network, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Keynote speaker, "One Country, Two Systems, and Two Labor Market: The Employment Pattern of Local-Born and Mainland-Born Youths in Hong Kong." International Conference of "Half Century of Migration and Regional Integration in South China," organized by Pearl River Delta Social Science Research Centre, Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, PRC. (with Hang-Yue Ngo)
2012
"Effects of Ethnic Enclosure of Neighborhoods, Workplace, and Industrial Sectors on Earning." Faculty of Social Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
"New Trends for Chinese Businesses in Canadian Suburbs: A Case in Toronto's Suburban Areas." Center for Chinese Entrepreneur Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC.
"An Update on the Economic and Social Well-Being of Asians in Canada." Asian Heritage Month National Video Conference, University of Toronto.
"Ethnic Business Clustering in the Early Ethnic Settlement Stage: The Genesis of Korean Business Clustering in Toronto." Kaspar Naegele Honorary Lecture, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2011
Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting of the Population Association of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan.
“View of the Host Countries among Chinese Immigrants and their Children.” (with Elic Chan) Conference on "From Ethnic to National Identification among Chinese Migrants”, Institute of China Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“Theories of Migration: What Can Scholars Learn from the Taiwan Case?" Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
2010
“Partial Residential Integration: Suburban Residential Patterns of New Immigrant Groups in a Multiethnic Context” Conference on "Immigration in Multi-Ethnic Contexts: An International Comparison", Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Return Migration to Hong Kong." Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Panel member. Panel Discussion on Research on Immigration and Race and Ethnicity. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.
Discussant, Plenary Session on “Job Search in North America” North American Chinese Sociologist Association, Atlanta, GA.
“Locational Patterns of Small and Large Chinese Businesses in Toronto.” Centre of Oversea Chinese Business, Institute of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC.
“Chinese Ethnic Business and Globalization.” Institute of Anthropology, Academy of Social Science, Beijing, PRC.
“Return Migration of Hong Kong Migrants in Canada, 1996-2006.” Invited Presentation at conference on “Migration and Mobility in a Global Historical Perspective, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
“Exploring the Asian Stereotype: Fact or Fiction?” Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. Panel Discussion. Toronto, ON.
Discussant. "International Conference on Contemporary Urban Research." Department of Sociology, University of Albany, Albany, NY.
"The Transferability of Job Experience in Home Country among Immigrants." Workshop on “Lifecourse Perspectives on Immigration.” Centre Urbanisation, Culture et Société, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montréal, Québec.
"Life Satisfaction of the Children of Migrant Workers in Chinese Cities." Conference on Internal and International Migration: A Comparative Perspective, organized by the Institute of Sociology, China Academy of Social Science, Beijing, PRC. (with Chunling Li)
2009
"Residential Patterns of Religious Groups." Symposium on "Opening Up a New Vista of Canadian Studies" for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Canada and the 30th anniversary of the Japanese Association for Canadian Studies, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan.
"Transnational Contact Among Chinese in Toronto." Institute of Sociology, Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China.
"Patterns of Transnational Contact among Chinese and Indian Immigrants in Toronto." Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Multiculturalism and Residential Patterns." Graduate Institute of National Development, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Residential Patterns of Western and Non-Western Religion." Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
"The Spatial Segregation and Socio-Economic Inequality of Immigrant Groups." Workshop on Immigrants in Canadian and American Cities, UBC-Kelowna, Kelowna, BC, Canada.
2008
"Issues in Return Migration Research and Cautions for Interpreting the Results for Policy Purposes." Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong Government, Hong Kong, China.
"Chinese Businesses in North America: A Case Study in Toronto." Nara University, Nara, Japan.
Keynote Speaker, Workshop on Migrant Entrepreneurship/Self Employment: Aspects with Regard to Sustainability. "Immigrant Businesses and Economic Globalization." Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Hamburg, Germany.
"Issues in Return Migration Research and Cautions for Interpreting the Results for Policy Purposes." Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong Government, Hong Kong, China.
2007
"Partial Residential Integration: Suburban Residential Patterns of New Immigrant Groups in a Multiethnic Context." Initiative in Population Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Invited Panelist. Dialogue on Diversity in Canada's Armed Forces. Defense Management Studies, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.
"Foreign Education Effects on Earnings of Immigrants." Department of Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Invited Panelist. Dialogue on Diversity in Canada's Armed Forces. Defense Management Studies, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.
"The Transnational Linkages of Chinese in Toronto." China World International Conference on Made in China vs. Made by Chinese: Global Identities of Chinese Business. Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Durham University, UK. (Eric Fong, Xingshan Cao and Wenhong Chen)
2006
Keynote Speaker, Annual Canadian Studies Seminar. Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan.
"Foreign Education Effects on Earnings of Immigrants." Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
"A Theory of Locational Distribution of Ethnic Businesses." Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. (Eric Fong, Emily Anderson, Wenhong Chan, and Chiu Luk)
"Foreign Education, Language and Social Networks on Economic Attainments of Immigrants." Canadian Economic Association, Canadian Economic Research Forum, Montreal, Quebec. (Eric Fong and Xingshan Cao)
2005
Discussant in the session on "International Migration in Central Cities and Suburbs" organized by Suzanne Withers, the American Sociological Association Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
"Social World in the Ethnic Community." Shih Hsin University, Taipei, Taiwan.
"Ethnic Residential Businesses in a Multicultural City." Conference on Citizenship-Ethnos-Multiculturalism-North American Models in Comparative Perspective, Berlin, Germany.
2004
"Suburban Clustering of New Immigrant Groups: A Challenge to Spatial Assimilation." Invited session on "Immigrant Adjustment and Adaptation: Comparative Experiences for Canada and the United States." Population Association of America, Boston, MA.
"Emergence of Suburban Chinese Ethnic Businesses: A Comparison of Chinese Businesses in Suburbs and City." University of California Pacific Rim Research Conference on "A New Breed of Chinese Entrepreneurs? Culture, Organizational, Imperatives, and Globalization." Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
"Chinese Businesses in Toronto." University of British Columbia, History Department, and Vancouver Chinatown Revitalization Committee. Vancouver, BC.
2003
"Internet Use and Neighborhoods." Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
"A New Spatial Urban Phenomenon: Spatial Clustering of Ethnic Groups in Suburban Areas." Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan.
"Multi-Ethnic Cities in Canada." Canadian Lecture Series, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan.
"Immigration and Canadian Cities." Kanto Chapter of the Japanese Association for Canadian Studies and Japanese Young Researchers' Association for Canadian Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
"Factors Affecting Locations of Ethnic Suburban Businesses: A Case Study in Toronto." Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
"A New Spatial Phenomenon in Suburban Areas." Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
2002
"Suburban Ethnic Businesses in Toronto." Population Studies Centre, Univesity of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
"A Spatial Perspective of Ethnic Businesses." Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greenboro, North Carolina.
2001
"Residential Segregation in Toronto." Department of Sociology, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
"Suburban Ethnic Businesses." Department of Sociology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
2000
"Adaptation of Asian Immigrants in Toronto." Kwansei Gakuin University, Hyogo, Japan.
"The Invisible Hand of the Private Enterprise in China." Presented at the symposium on 'the Rise of the Private Business Management and the Social Change in China,' Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
1998
"Multiculturalism and Immigration." National Institute for Research Advancement, Tokyo, Japan.
"Ethnic Economy within the City Contexts: Economic Returns of Participating in Ethnic Economy Revisited." The Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.
"Multiculturalism in Canada: Responding to Diversity." Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
1997
Panelist to respond the keynote speech by Ceri Peach of Oxford University in the session on Measurement and Meaning of Immigrant Residential Segregation at the National Metropolis Conference, Montreal, Quebec.
"A Causal Model of Return Migration." Lecture presented at the Center of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
"Determinants of Return Migration." Lecture presented at the Department of Sociology, Chinese University, Hong Kong.
Panel discussant on Hong Kong After June 30, 1997. Discussion organized by the International Student Center, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
1996
"Determinants of Friendship Choices." Lecture presented at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto, Ontario.
1993
"A Comparative Perspective on Racial Residential Segregation: American and Canadian Experiences." Lecture presented at the Population Studies Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
Selected Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
2021
“Income Inequality Between South Asians and Local-born Chinese in Hong Kong” Presented at the Population Association of America, (Shafei Gu and Eric Fong
“Does Context Matter? Exploring the Effects of Weekend Gathering on Psychological Well-being of Live-in Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong” Presented at the Population Association of America, (Yingtong Lai and Eric Fong)
2020
“Income Inequality Between South Asians and Local-born Chinese in Hong Kong” Presented at the Population Association of America, (Shafei Gu and Eric Fong)
“Does Context Matter? Exploring the Effects of Weekend Gathering on Psychological Well-being of Live-in Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong” Presented at the Population Association of America, (Yingtong Lai and Eric Fong)
2019
“Is Co-Ethnic Representation in Larger Industrial Environment Related to Co-Ethnic Earnings?” Presented at the American Sociological Association, New York, NY (Eric Fong and Binbin Shu)
“Life Events and Timing of Emigration: A Case Study of Foreign Domestic Workers in Hong Kong” Presented at the American Sociological Association, New York, NY (Jing Song, Weiwen Lai, and Eric Fong)
“Workplace Aggression in Home-Based Working Environment: Experiences of Migrant Domestic Workers in Hong Kong” Presented at the American Sociological Association, New York, NY (Yingtong Lai and Eric Fong)
Highly Educated Migrants and Their Life Satisfaction: Evidence in Urban China” Presented at the Population Association of America, Austin, TX (Binbin Shu and Eric Fong)
“Workload, Physical Health, Emotional Problems, and Contacts With Transnational Family Members Among Foreign Domestic Helpers” Presented at the Population Association of America, Austin, TX (Yingtong Lai and Eric Fong)
“Acculturation and Mental Health among Rural-Urban Migrants in Urbanizing China” Presented at the Population Association of America, Austin, TX (Zhongshan Yue, Eric Fong, Shuzhuo Li, Marcus W. Feldman)
“Marriage, Precarious Work, and Well-being in Japan Kumiko Shibuya” Presented at the Population Association of America, Austin, TX (Kumiko Shibuya, Eric Fong)
“Earnings Disparity among Ethnic Groups and Co-Ethnic Representation in the Larger Industrial Environment in Related Industries.” Presented at the Canadian Population Society, Vancouver, BC (Eric Fong, Binbin Shiu, and Kumiko Shibuya)
2018
Life Satisfaction and Internal Migration Experience: Rural Migrants in Guangzhou, China.” Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (Zhongshan Yue, Eric Fong, Yue Yuan, and Shuzhou Li)
“Youth Unemployment among Immigrants of Different Religions in Canada.” Presented at the Changing Demography, Changing Families, Joint Conference for RC06 and RC41 of International Sociological Association, Singapore (Eric Fong and Kumiko Shibuya)
“Socio-Emotional Ties and the Sense of Belonging to the Destination Among Migrants” 2018 World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada (Yue Yuan, Eric Fong, Shuzhuo Li, and Zhongshan Yue)
“Immigrant Youth Unemployment of Different Religion Affiliations in Canada.” 2018 World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Canada (Eric Fong and Kumiko Shibuya)
2017
"Employment Among Visible Minority Immigrants and Local-Born Youth in Canada" Presented at the Canadian Population Society Annual Meeting, University of Ryerson, Toronto (Eric Fong, Kumiko Shibuya. and Rebecca Gan)
"City Size and the Family Migration Decisions of Rural Migrant Workers in China." Presented at the Canadian Population Society Annual Meeting, University of Ryerson, Toronto (Meng Bai,, Shafei Gu, and Eric Fong)
"Urban Social Welfare, Land Tenure Arrangements and Rural Migrants' Social Identity in China" Presented at the Population Association of America, Chicago (Meng Bai, Eric Fong, Shuzhuo Li)
2016
"The Demography of Christians in China: Does the Economic Reform Produce More Christians?" Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (Eric Fong and Guo Hua)
"Effects of Religion and Ethnicity on Earnings Among Immigrants" Presented at the Canadian Population Society Annual Meeting. University of Calgary, Calgary (Eric Fong and Josh Harold)
""Failed" Social Movement and Intention to Move." Presented at the Canadian Population Society Annual Meeting. University of Calgary, Calgary (Eric Fong, Eudora Lee, Michael Lee, Hang Yue Ngo, and France Cheung)
2015
"Place Identity of Migrant Children in Urban China." Presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago (Wenyang Su, Eric Fong, Yuying Tong)
"Urban Change, Individual Mobility, and Trust in China." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Deigo (Eric Fong and Guo Hua)
"Assimilation and Sharing Negative Sentiments towards Recent Migrants. " Presented at the International Conference on Migration and Identity: Perspectives from Asia, Europe, And North America, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2014
"The Effect of Ethnic Economy's Level of Enclosure on Co-Ethnic Earnings." Presented at the Canadian Population Society, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario (Eric Fong and Josh Harold)
2013
Metropolitan Characteristics and Earnings of Immigrant in Gateway and Non-Gateway Metropolises in Canada." Presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association 15th Annual Conference (Eric Fong, James Jeong, Alice Hoe, Siyue Tian)
“Metropolitan Characteristics and Immigrant Entrepreneurship.” Presented at the XXVII IUSSP International Population Conference, Busan, Korea (Eric Fong, Junmin Jeong and Julie Eun Jung Jo)
“Community Qualities and Friendship Patterns among Children of Migrant Workers.” Presented at the Conference on China’s Urban Transformation and Restructuring, Sun-Yat Sen Univerity, Guangzhou, China
"'No One Left Behind"? Youth Employment in Japan" Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (Eric Fong and Junya Tsutsui)
2012
"Segregation, Poverty, and Friendship Patterns Among the Children of Migrant Workers in Beijing." Presented at the International Conference on Spatial and Social Transformation in Urban China, Hong Kong. (Eric Fong, Bill Tsang, Guoqing Li, Jianzhong Dai, and Jialing Han)
"Ethnic Business Clustering in the Early Immigrant Settlement Stage." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. (Eric Fong, Jing Shen, Siyue Tian, and Jason Wang)
"Living in the Ethnic Neighborhood Increases Co-Ethnic Interaction: Myth or Reality?" Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (Eric Fong and Feng Hou)
“Diversification of Destinations among Emigrant Families in Fuqing, China” Presented at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, Toronto. (with Guoqing Li)
2011
“Job Matching Before and After Immigration: A Life Course Perspective” Presented at the Conference on Social Inequality and Mobility in the Life-course: Causes and consequences of social stratification held at Mannheim Centre for European Research, Mannheim, Germany.
"Community of Hong Kong Immigrants Since 1997." Presented at the Symposium on The Road Ahead for Hong Kong. Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto.
“Income of Return Migration.” Presented at the Hong Kong Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
"Effects of Ethnic Enclosure of Neighborhoods, Workplace, and Industrial Sectors on Earning." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas. (Eric Fong and Feng Hou)
2010
"Partial Residential Integration: Suburban Residential Patterns of New Immigrant Groups in a Multiethnic Context." Presented at the Conference on "Immigration in Multi-ethnic Contexts from International Perspectives. Department of Geograpahy, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Panel Discussion. "Exploring the Asian Stereotype: Fact or Fiction?" Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Toronto, ON, Canada.
"Growing Up Poor in China: A Case Study of Migrant Workers’ Children in China." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. (with Bill Tsang and Tony Tam)
"Conceptual and Measurement Issues of Return Migration." Presented at the conference on "Home Sweet Home: Return Migration in Hong Kong and its Implications." University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2009
"Group Boundaries and Immigrant Income." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (Eric Fong and Loretta Ho)
"Community Collective Efficacy during SARS Outbreak in Taiwan." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (Eric Fong and Ly-Yun Chiang)
"The Ecology of Ethnic Businesses." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI. (Eric Fong and Jing Shen)
"Residential Patterns Among Religious Groups." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI. (Eric Fong and Elic Chan)
2008
"Earnings of Recent Return Migrants in Hong Kong." Presented at the RC21 (International Sociological Association) Conference. (Eric Fong and Zhongdong Ma)
2007
"Collective Efficacy, Trust, and Reciprocity: A Case Study of SARS in Taiwan." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY. (Ly-Yun Chang and Eric Fong)
"Effects of Foreign Education on Earnings." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New York, NY. (Eric Fong and Xingshan Cao)
"Ethnic Business in Multiethnic Cities." Presented at the International Conference on Population Geographies, Hong Kong. (Eric Fong, Emily Anderson, Wenhong Chen, and Chiu Luk)
2006
"Transnational Networks and Immigrant Adaptation." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. (Eric Fong, Xingshan Cao and Wenhong Chen)
"Different or Similar? Immigration Research Agendas in the US and Canada." Presented at the the International Sociological Association Meeting. (Eric Fong and Elic Chan)
"An Account of Immigration Studies in the US and Canada, 1990-2004." Presented at the North American Chinese Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. (Eric Fong and Elic Chan)
"Residential Ecology and Internet Use." Presented at the Taiwan Population Association Annual Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan. (Eric Fong and Xingshan Cao)
"Asian American versus Asian Canadian: Ethnic Segregation and Implications for a Panethnic Boundary." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. (Ann H. Kim and Eric Fong)
2005
"Understanding Residential Patterns in Multiethnic Cities and Suburbs in the U.S. and Canada." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (Eric Fong and Ling Xin Hao)
"The logic of Ethnic Businesses Distribution in Multiethnic Cities." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (Eric Fong, Emily Anderson, and Wenhong Chen)
"Segregation or Assimilation: Residential Patterns of the Second Generation of New Immigrant Groups." Presented at the International Union for the Scientific Study in Population Conference. (Eric Fong and Feng Hou)
"New Immigrant Groups in a Multiethnic City." Presented at the RC41 (International Sociological Association) Conference. (Eric Fong)
2004
"Neighbourhoods and Ethnic Businesses in a Multiethnic City." Presented at the RC21-NUS (International Sociological Association) Conference. (Eric Fong)
"New Wine in Old Wineskins? A Comparison of Spatial Distribution of Chinese Businesses in Suburbs and Cities." Presented a the 5th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas. (Eric Fong, Wenhong Chen and Chiu Luk)
2003
"Job Transitions In and Out of the Ethnic Economy." Presented at the North American Chinese Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. (Eric Fong and Elic Chan)
"Residential Ecology of the Racial Digital Divide." Presented at the Population Association of America Annula Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. (Eric Fong and Xinshan Cao)
2002
"Residential Segregation of Minority Groups in a Multiethnic Metropolis." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
"Ethnic Residential Patterns and Ethnic Businesses: Emerging Patterns in Suburbs." Presented at European Network for Housing Research Conference, Vienna, Austria.
"Disentangling the Segregation Patterns of Immigrants in Suburbia." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. (Eric Fong, Tracy Matsuo and Rima Wilkes)
2001
"Residential Patterns in Canada." Presented at the Toronto-Berlin-Tel Aviv Trilateral Exchange Conference, Berlin, Germany.
"Globalization and Earnings among Native Born and Immigrant Populations of Racial and Ethnic Groups in Canada." Presented at the Annual Conference of International Sociological Association RC19, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain. (Emi Ooka and Eric Fong)
"Ethnic Density and Ethnic Discrimination: Effect of Neighborhood and Work Place Density on Personal and Group Discrimination." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA. (William Magee, Eric Fong and Rima Wilkes)
"Immigrant Settlement Patterns: Integration or Segregation." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (Eric Fong and Rima Wilkes)
2000
"Participating in the Ethnic Economy and Psychological Well-Being." Presented at the Conference on Comparative Perspectives on the Chinese Ethnic Economy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
"Environment of Poor Neighborhoods." Presented at the Annual Conference of International Sociological Association RC 19, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands. (Eric Fong, Andrew Wong and Kumiko Shibuya)
"Spatical Distribution of Suburban Chinese Ethnic Business." Presented at the North American Chinese Sociologists Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (Eric Fong, Chiu Luk and Emi Ooka)
"The New Vertical Mosaic." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA. (Eric Fong and Rima Wilkes)
1999
"Making It in the Private Sector under the China's Economic Reform." Presented at the North American Chinese Sociologists Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Eric Fong and Weizhen Dong)
"Paying a Price for Economic Success: The Social Cost of Economic Economy Participation." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Emi Ooka and Eric Fong)
"Ethnic Economy within the City Contexts: Economic Returns of Participating in Ethnic Economy Revisited." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Eric Fong and Linda Lee)
"Neighborhood Change in Three Global Cities: Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver." Hiroshima International Conference, hosted by International Sociological Association, Hiroshima, Japan.
"Neighborhood Change in Canadian Cities: What Can We Learn from Them." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New York, NY. (Eric Fong and Milena Gulia)
1998
"Why Do Neighborhoods Become Poor and How Transient Are They?" Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Eric Fong and Kumiko Shibuya)
1997
"The Segregation of Asian-Origin Groups in the United States and Canada." Presented at the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Beijing, China. (Michael J. White, Eric Fong and Qian Cai)
"An Examination of the Spatial Assimilation Model." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario. (Eric Fong and Rima Wilkes)
"Patterns of Ethnic Diversity in 3 Canadian Cities." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario. (Milena Gulia and Eric Fong)
"Spatial Concentration of Poverty in Canadian Cities, 1991." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (Kumiko Shibuya and Eric Fong)
"A Casual Model of Return Migration: Evidence from Chinese in Canada." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY. (Eric Fong, Kumiko Shibuya, Ming-Long Lam and Clement So)
1996
"Differences in Neighborhood Qualities Among Major Racial/Ethnic Groups in Canada." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY. (Eric Fong and Milena Gulia)
"Ant-Chinese Activity in Late 19th Century California: A County Level Analysis." Presented at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. (William T. Markham and Eric Fong)
"A Multi-Level Analysis of the Attainment of Neighborhood Qualities Among Racial and Ethnic Groups." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. (Eric Fong and Milena Gulia)
1995
"Social Status, Social Distance, and Social Capital: disentangling the Factors Affecting Spatial Contact with the Charter Group in Canada." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
"A Comparison of the Suburbanization Process between Native Born and Immigrants of Major Racial/Ethnic Groups." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (Eric Fong and Kumiko Shibuya)
"Understanding Racial Residential Patterns from the Systemic Approach." Presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
1994
"Socioeconomic Status, City Structural Factors, and Skin Color: Racial Residential Segregation in American and Canadian Cites." Presented at the Canadian Population Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec.
"Neighborhood Qualities and Socioeconomic Resources: A Systemic Approach." Presented at the 13th Congress of Sociology of the International Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany.
"Network Capital: Emigration from Hong Kong." Presented at the Conference on The Transnationalization of Overseas Chinese Capitalism: Networks, Nation-States, and Imagined Communities, Singapore. (Siu-Lun Wong, Janet Salaff and Eric Fong)
"Birth Outcomes among Major Ethnic Groups in Canada: Demographic and Ecological Factors." Presented at the International Medical Geography Symposium, Vancouver, British Columbia. (Edward Ng and Eric Fong)
1993
"A Comparative Perspective of Racial Residential Segregation: American and Canadian Experiences." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL.
"Suburbanization and Homeownership: A Recapture of Assimilation Process in Contemporary American Society." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL. (Kumiko Shibuya and Eric Fong)
1992
"Residential Proximity Among Racial Groups in American and Canadian Neighborhoods." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
1991
"Evaluation and Reformulation: A Bilevels Model of Racial Residential Segregation." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH.
1987
"Immigration, Ethnicity, and Conflict: The California Chinese, 1849-1882." Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. (Eric Fong and William T. Markham)