Henry Yu
Dr. Henry Yu is an Associate Professor in the History Department and Principal of St. John’s College at the University of British Columbia. He was a member of the Ad Hoc Tribute Committee in 2012 that organized the honorary degree ceremony for the 76 Japanese Canadian UBC students removed in 1942 and helped found the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program at UBC launched in 2015. Prof. Yu received his MA and PhD in History from Princeton University and was a member of the History Department and the Asian American Studies Center at UCLA from 1994-2008 before returning to British Columbia, where he was born and raised.
Updated December 2020
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Keiko Mary Kitagawa Receives Honorary Degree 8 Years After Helping Convince UBC to Give Degrees to 76 Japanese Canadian Students Removed in 1942
Dec. 27, 2020 • Henry Yu
On November 26, 2020, in an official ceremony that needed to take place online because of the COVID pandemic, Keiko Mary Kitagawa received an Honorary Degree from the University of British Columbia. If the online ceremony lacked some of the pomp of the normal in-person ritual, the deep meaning of Mary Kitagawa receiving such an honour was not lost on those who took part in the ceremony through live streaming. Among those was UBC President and Vice Chancellor Santa J. …
