CURRICULUM VITAE

Allen Chen, MA
Email: allenckchen@gmail.com

Work Experience

04/2020 – Current Analyst (EC-04)

LES Pensions and Insurance Division
Locally Engaged Staff (LES) Bureau
Global Affairs Canada | Human Resources Branch

04/2019 – 04/2020 Operations Coordinator (EC-03)

Performance and Professional Development Unit
Operations and Integration Division
Statistics Canada | Census, Operations and Informatics Field

08/2018 – 04/2019 Program Advisor (PM-03)

Employment Insurance Recruitment and Training Program
Transformation and Integrated Service Management Branch (TISMB)
Service Canada | Employment and Social Development Canada

08/2017 – 08/2018 Team Lead, Bilingual Client Care Representative

Associate, Centre of Excellence (Training)
Morneau Shepell | Employee Support Solutions

06/2015 – 08/2017 Research Assistant

McGill University | Department of History and Classical Studies

01/2013 – 12/2016 Teaching Assistant

McGill University | Department of History and Classical Studies
- History 338: Twentieth-Century China (Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Fall 2016)
- History 308: Formation of Chinese Tradition (Winter 2015)

09/2009 – 05/2011 Teaching Assistant

University of British Columbia | Department of History
- History 105: World History from 1500 (Sept. 2009-May 2010, Sept. 2010-May 2011)

05/2009 – 05/2011 Research Assistant

University of British Columbia | Department Asian Studies

05/2010 – 08/2010 Assistant, International Association of Tibetan Studies Conference

University of British Columbia | Institute of Asian Research

05/2009 – 11/2009 Research Assistant

University of British Columbia | Department of History
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09/2007 – 05/2008 Student Coordinator, Go Global Student Exchange Program
University of British Columbia | Student Development Services

05/2003 – 10/2009 Financial Services Representative

Coast Capital Savings Credit Union

Education
01/2018 – Current Master of Business Administration, Business Analytics Leadership
University of Fredericton (Fredericton, Canada)

09/2011 – 08/2017 Doctoral-level studies, East Asian Studies

McGill University (Montréal, Canada)

09/2009 – 12/2012 Master of Arts, Asian Studies

University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

09/2004 – 05/2009 Bachelor of Arts, History and Asian Area Studies

University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)

01/2007 – 06/2007 Academic Exchange Program, French language

Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3 (Lyon, France)

Security Clearance Status

Secret
Last updated: February, 2020

Language Proficiency
Second Language Evaluation Results – French

Reading Written Oral

C B B
Last assessment: July, 2018

Native Fluency Working Knowledge Basic Knowledge

- English - Japanese - Cantonese
- Mandarin - French
- Taiwanese

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Scholarships and Awards
2011 – 2015 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral,
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($105,000)
2011 Graduate Excellence Award, McGill University ($2,000)
2011 Student Councillor of the Year, Alma Mater Student Society of UBC
2009 – 2011 Recognized as an Outstanding Student Leader by the President of UBC
2009 – 2010 UBC Faculty of Arts Graduate Scholarship ($4,000)
2009 UBC–NUS Lee Foundation Student Exchange Award ($3,000)
2009 Recognized by the UBC Dean of Arts as a Graduating Student Leader

Service and Volunteer

09/2019 – Current Treasurer, MAX Ottawa

11/2019 – Current Member, Board of Directors, MAX Ottawa

08/2017 – Current Member, Organizing Committee, Delta Force Leadership Academy

Delta Lambda Phi Social Fraternity
08/2017 – 07/2018 Member, Board of Directors, Delta Lambda Phi Social Fraternity
08/2016 – 07/2017 President, Beta Omega Chapter, Delta Lambda Phi Social Fraternity
09/2013 – 09/2016 Graduate Student Member, Equity Committee on Queer Peoples of McGill
09/2013 – 09/2015 Member, Equity Committee, Post-Graduate Students Society of McGill
09/2013 – 09/2015 Department Representative, Post-Graduate Students Society of McGill
09/2013 – 09/2015 Graduate Student Representative, East Asian Studies Post-Graduate
Students Association of McGill University
04/2013 – 09/2015 Co-Coordinator, Post-Graduate Students Working Group, Queer McGill
01/2013 – 09/2013 President and Symposium Co-Coordinator, East Asian Studies Post-
Graduate Students Association of McGill University
03/2010 – 05/2011 Graduate Student Representative, Student Council, AMS Student Society
of the University of British Columbia
03/2010 – 05/2011 Asian Studies Representative, Student Council, Graduate Students Society
of the University of British Columbia
05/2009 – 04/2010 Co-Chairperson, Pride UBC
04/2008 – 05/2009 History Representative, UBC Arts Undergraduate Society
04/2008 – 05/2009 Arts Representative, UBC History Students Association
09/2007 – 05/2009 International Students Peer Advisor, UBC

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10/2005 – 12/2006 Director, Volunteer Richmond Information Services
(Richmond Cares, Richmond Gives since 2013)
10/2005 – 03/2006 Member, Volunteer Strategy Steering Committee
City of Richmond, British Columbia

Conference Presentations
06/2016 “Grasping Water: Rivers and Human Systems in China, Africa, and North America”
Participant, Summer Institute in Chinese Studies and Global Humanities
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study

04/2014 “Contesting State Jurisdictions and Navigating Social Boundaries in Early China: A Legal
Case Study from the Zouyan shu 奏讞書”
McGill University, Symposium on East Asian Studies

02/2014 “Navigating Boundaries of State Power and Private Jurisdiction in Early China: A Case
Study on Illicit Sex”
McGill University-Queen’s University Joint Graduate Conference in History

04/2013 “Sage-King Narratives in Warring States Chinese Thought”

McGill University, Symposium on East Asian Studies

01/2011 “Mythical Sage-King Demystified: Contemporary Scholarship and Ancient Chinese

Political Ideals”
University of Victoria, 36th Annual Qualicum Student-Faculty History Conference

01/2010 “Authority and Legitimacy: the Sage-King in Early Chinese Political Thought”
University of Victoria, 35th Annual Qualicum Student-Faculty History Conference

01/2009 “Total War and Total Power: Warfare and the Centralized State in Warring States China”
Thompson Rivers University, Northwestern Undergraduate History Conference

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Research Interests

Primary interests
- Warring States (5th-3rd c. BCE) Chinese thought;
- early Chinese intellectual, legal, and political history;
- state formation and theories of rulership in early China;
- archaeologically excavated manuscripts and historical archaeology;
- water resource management, hydraulic technology and infrastructure in early China;
- history of urban organization and planning;
- Western Han China mausoleum towns and regional history of Chang’an.

Other interests
- trans-Pacific migration issues;
- oral history and folklore;
- history of the Overseas Chinese diaspora;
- urban (re)development and its effects on the historical preservation of Chinatowns,
- immigration and social justice issues in Canada.

Completed Graduate and Undergraduate Courses

- Financial and Managerial Accounting
- Leadership Theory and Practice
- Introduction to Traditional Asia
- Introduction to Modern Asia
- Cultural Foundations of South Asia
- Cultural Foundations of Southeast Asia
- History of Premodern Japan
- History of Early China
- History of Later Imperial China
- Foundations of Chinese Thought
- Chinese Political Thought and Institutions
- History of Modern China
- World History to Oceanic Contact
- Introduction to Global Politics
- Comparative Legal Traditions
- Introduction to Politics
- World History from 1500
- Introduction to Medieval European History
- Medieval Legal History
- History of Asian Migration to the Americas
- Chinese History Research Methods
- Historical Archaeology
- Chinese Religion (Daoism)
- Chinese Legal History
- Chinese Military History
- East Asian Premodern Urban History
- Introduction to Microeconomics
- Introduction to Macroeconomics
- Introduction to Canadian Politics
- Leadership Theory and Practice
- Accounting for Managers
- Managerial Finance
- Leadership in Change Management

Updated October, 2020