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Videos | Crossing the Bridge Mackay Built: 150 years of Canada in East Asia and East Asia in Canada

In June of 2022 a virtual symposium was held celebrating the connections built by George Leslie Mackay.

Crossing the Bridge Mackay Built: 150 years of Canada in East Asia and East Asia in Canada Virtual Symposium

Sponsored by the Canadian Mackay Committee

Co-organizers: The Knox College Centre for Asian-Canadian Theology and Ministry and the York Centre for Asian Research, York University.

Principal Organizer – Michael Stainton


The following are three presentations from the event:

The Man who Loved Taiwan so much he became Canadian Twice
Speaker: Michael Stainton, Canadian Mackay Committee


George Leslie Mackay as Theatre
Speaker: Dr. William Butt , Secretary of the Canadian Mackay Committee


George Leslie Mackay: A Missionary of the Master, a Master of Missions
Speaker: Dr. Ma Sheng-mei 馬聖美, Michigan State University