October 21, 2019
I am writing to share some updates with you about our SJC staff team. Please join me in welcoming Yuki Kaneki as well as saying a fond farewell to Sarah Ling. Yuki has joined us as our Membership & Guest Room Coordinator starting today!
Sarah’s contract with the College is ending at the end of November and she will certainly be missed, her contributions to the College have been very much appreciated and we wish her well as she moves on to other projects and opportunities.
Yuki Kaneki, Membership & Guest Room Coordinator
Yuki is a familiar face to many of us, as he comes from the Vancouver Summer Program team across the hallway from the SJC Office. He moved from Japan to Vancouver ten years ago with the intent to sightsee and study English for only one year. However, as fate would have it, Yuki fell in love with this multicultural city and decided to deepen his knowledge of English – so he enrolled in the Linguistics program at SFU and successfully graduated with his BA a couple of years ago. Yuki credits his success to the help he received from university and school staff, and he looks forward to supporting St. John’s College students in his role as the new Membership & Guest Room Coordinator.
Please feel free to say hello to Yuki when you are next in the Office!
Sarah Ling, Community Engagement Manager
Over the past year, Sarah’s contributions as our Community Engagement Manager included leading the development of our new website, refining and strengthening of our communications channels, and supporting College programming and general operations. Off campus, Sarah was placed in the UBC Chinatown House office to nurture community partnerships and research initiatives, which included working with teams from the City of Vancouver, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden, and Museum of Vancouver. The year prior, Sarah also served at the College (and half-time at Student Housing and Hospitality Services) as a Project Manager – Indigenous Focus, and coordinated successful projects including the publication of “Journeys of Hope: Challenging Discrimination and Building on Vancouver Chinatown’s Legacies” authored by Principal Henry Yu and translated and designed by Szu Shen. Sarah will continue to stay active in community-based work in her future endeavours.
Thank you,
Stacy
Office Manager, St. John’s College
