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@yifannnnn.bsky.social
PhD candidate @OISE_University of Toronto
🌏Trilingual (Chinese/English/French)
📖Sociology of education & youth | diaspora & transnationalism | Bourdieu & beyond
🔍Educational mobilities, migration, home & belonging
💫Co-founder, UofT China Education Forum
A truly lovely experience at the BSA Bourdieu Study Group Mid-Term Conference 2025 in Vienna!!
September 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Excited to present at the BSA Bourdieu Study Group Mid-Term Conference in Vienna, Sept 3–5 🇦🇹✨

My paper “Rethinking Habitus in a Transnational Context” will be part of Session 4D: International Mobility & Education (2) on Sept 4.

Programme: britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
Programme
britsoc.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
📢 Please help spread the word!

🗣️Call for Chinese Secondary International Students in Canada & Their Parents
July 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Super heureuse de rejoindre l’Observatoire Jeunes et Société en tant que doctorante membre étudiante, aux côtés de collègues distingués ! 🙌
www.obsjeunes.qc.ca/membre/yifan...
Yifan Liu – Observatoire Jeunes et Société
www.obsjeunes.qc.ca
June 19, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Excited to share that I’ve recently joined the Research with International Students (RIS) Network @risnetwork.bsky.social as Blog Coordinator!
If you’re working on research with international students and are interested in writing a blog post, feel free to reach out!
📮yifanyf.liu@mail.utoronto.ca
May 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
🙌New publication!
Our latest article explores how Chinese high schools support first-generation college students in developing forms of capital valued in an exam-based admissions system.
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1080/0962...
How Chinese high schools equip first-generation college students with capital for elite university admissions: an examination from the students’ perspective
This study explores how Chinese first-generation college students (FGCSs) admitted to elite universities perceive their high schools’ roles in equipping them with essential capital for success in a...
doi.org
April 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The 3rd University of Toronto China Education Forum (UTCEF) just concluded amid the early signs of spring in Toronto.🌱
Congratulations to the 2025 team on a successful forum!
April 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
[HAPPENING TOMORROW]
For those who are interested in (im)migration and education, welcome to join this #UTCEF2025 Sub-forum!
The event will be conducted in hybrid mode. If you’re at OISE or nearby, feel free to come to the 12th floor Nexus Lounge to participate in the discussion in person. 🙌
March 30, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Wrapping up at #CIES2025 with a full heart. It was so lovely to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. Feeling incredibly lucky to be surrounded by such supportive, thoughtful, and insightful peers. Until next time!
March 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Looking forward to heading to Chicago for #CIES 2025 conference! I'll be presenting on the University of Toronto China Education Forum #UTCEF on March 26th. Super eager to connect with colleagues and friends!
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Check out the Book Tour schedule of @coralinglingxu.bsky.social's 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social. Come say hi if you are around! @yifannnnn.bsky.social
Exciting times! Check out 'The Time Inheritors' Book Tour schedule for Spring/Summer 2025. Stay tuned and get in touch for more details! @sunypress.bsky.social @rcolesworthy.bsky.social @newchinabooks.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My review of Dr. Dan Cui’s Identity and Belonging among Chinese Canadian Youth is published in International Studies in Sociology of Education! It was a great opportunity to engage with such meaningful research.

Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/0962...
Identity and belonging among Chinese Canadian youth: racialized habitus in school, family, and media
Published in International Studies in Sociology of Education (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org
February 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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A few days left to submit an abstract for a collection I am co-editing with @rachelbrooks.bsky.social on short-term student mobility schemes around the world. If you are working in this area, please do consider sending us an abstract! 🌏🚆🍂

Details here:

rachel-brooks.net
Rachel Brooks – Education, Sociology, Youth Studies
rachel-brooks.net
November 26, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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We have created a Starter Pack for researchers on China, Education and Mobilities issues. Please leave a comment or PM if you want to join the list.
go.bsky.app/E4Daxav
November 16, 2024 at 4:33 AM