Joseph Wong (Professor)
Professor Joseph Wong is the Vice President, International of University of Toronto.[1]
Education[edit]
Wong has a bachelor’s degree from McGill University and both a Master's degree and a Ph.D from University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Wong's career includes time working for the World Bank and United Nations.[1]
From 2006 to 2016, Wong held the Canada Research Chair in health, democracy and development.[1]
From 2005 to 2014, he was the Director of the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs.[1]
In 2013, Wong was awarded University of Toronto Faculty of Political Science's Outstanding Teaching Award.[3]
Professor Wong is a professor of political science at the University of Toronto, and the Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs.[1][4]
Wong has served both as the Associate Vice-President and as the Vice-Provost of the University of Toronto.[3]
In 2019 Professor Wong spoke of the importance for students to be able to speak freely about political issues and to be safe when doing so.[5]
He was appointed as the Vice President, International at University of Toronto, in 2021[2] after being given the role on an interim basis in 2020.[6]
At University of Toronto, Professor Wong helped introduce new academic designations[6] as part of a wider effort to encourage more international study by Canadian students.[7]
Wong founded the Reach Alliance, a student-led project that researches ways for organizations and governments to get essential services to marginalized people in the most difficult to reach locations.[1][8]
He serves on the board of directors of Upper Canada College.[9]
Cornell University Press have published his books Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics In Taiwan and South Korea and Betting on Biotech: Innovation and the Limits of Asia’s Developmental State.[1]
Family[edit]
Joe is married to his wife, Jennifer, and they have a son called Oliver.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Wong, Joseph". Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Joseph Wong appointed U of T's vice-president, international". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Faculty". Department of Political Science. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ Langan, Fred (2019-01-02). "Philanthropist Ralph Halbert believed education could transform lives". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ ""No end in sight": Hong Kong protests arrive at U of T". The Varsity. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Joseph Wong named U of T's interim vice-president, international". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ Chiose, Simona (2016-11-13). "Fewer Canadian students opting to study abroad". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ "U of T expands Reach Project, focused on international development, to other universities". University of Toronto News. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Dr. Joseph Wong". Upper Canada College. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
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