Research grants

  • Principal Investigator. With Patrick Alcedo, Hong Kal and Ali Kazimi. Envisioning Transnational Asian Art. AIF Grant 2022–23 Category I: Academic Innovation Project. (Not funded).
  • Principal Investigator. Proposing a Hong Kong comics studies reader. Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant, Fall/Winter 2022–23. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York University. Amount: CA$1,500.
  • Co-investigator. With Shital Desai. Teaching and Learning the Human Participants Review (HPR) Approval Processes for Undergraduate Design Students and Course Directors. YUFA Teaching-Learning Development Grants. York University. Fall/Winter 2022–23. Amount: CA$5,000.
  • Principal Investigator. The Adaptation and Influence of Batman’s Iconography in Hong Kong Comics and Film. Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant, Fall/Winter 2021–22. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York University. Amount: CA$1,500.
  • Principal Investigator. Developing open-access resources for creative studio-based teaching and learning. AIF Phase 3 2020-21 Category IV: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grant. May 2020. York University. Amount: CA$5,000.
  • Principal Investigator. To Mask or Not to Mask: From combatting xenophobia to searching for new sociocultural meanings in our COVID-19 era. Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant, Fall/Winter 2020–21. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York University. Amount: CA$1,500.
  • Principal Investigator. From the 2019 Hong Kong Protests to the World’s Tomorrow: The Power of Disobedience, Discourse and Creative Dissent Forum. Canada-China Initiative Fund. Fall/Winter 2019–2020. York Centre for Asian Research, York University. Amount: CA$3,728.
  • Principal Investigator. Creative Dissent in the 2019-20 Hong Kong Protests. Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant, Fall/Winter 2019–2020. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York University. Amount: CA$1,500.
  • Principal Investigator. On strategies of resistance and censorship in editorial and political cartoons of Hong Kong from 1989 to 2019. Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant, Fall/Winter 2018–19. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York University. Amount: CA$900.
  • Wong, Wendy Siuyi. Developing pedagogy and experiential education for a design studio course for non-Design major students utilizing a blended learning platform AIF Category II: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grant, Fall/Winter 2018–19. York University. Amount: CA$5,000.
  • Wong, Wendy Siuyi. A survey on graphic novels and comics by women in Hong Kong after 1997. Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant, 2017–18. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York University. Amount: CA$923.
  • Wong, Wendy Siuyi. Interactive Timeline Making for East Asian Modern Design History. SSHRC, Research Opportunity Grants, March, 2017. York University. Amount: CA$3,000.
  • Wong, Wendy Siuyi. An Illustrated History of Sinophone Design. Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant, 2016–17. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York University. Amount: CA$1,500.
  • Wong, Wendy Siuyi. Translating Modern Design Histories in East Asia for the Global World. Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant, 2016–17. The School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD, formerly Faculty of Fine Arts), York University. Amount: CA$1,500.
  • Wong, Wendy Siuyi, with Arlene Gould. AMPD/YSDN3111 Design Placement. AIF Category II: Curricular Innovation Grant. Amount: CA$5,000. AVP Teaching and Learning, York University. April 2015.
  • Wong, Wendy Siuyi. The Bad, the Ugly, and the Good: The Disappearance of Hong Kong in Comics, Advertising, and Graphic Design. Publication Project Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong. January 2015. Grant Amount: HK$80,000 (CA$14,000). [In progress]
  • Principal Investigator. Searching for Design Doctoral Programs in Asia. FFA Minor Research/Creation Grant. Amount: CA$1500. FFA Minor Research/Creation Grant. Faculty of Fine Arts, York University. January 31, 2011.
  • Principal Investigator. Chinese Trademarks: Inspiration from the 1930s. FFA Minor Research/Creation Grant. Grant Amount: CA$990. FFA Minor Research/Creation Grant. Faculty of Fine Arts, York University. December 2007.
  • Principal Investigator. Globalization and Asian Comics, Animation and Gaming: A Collection of Bibliography. FFA Minor Research/Creation Grant. Grant Amount: CA$768. December 2006.
  • Principal Investigator. Professional Accreditation: The Experience of The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (R.G.D). FFA Minor Research/Creation Grant & Junior Research/Creation Grant. Grant Amount: CA$1,176. Faculty of Fine Arts, York University. March 2004.
  • Principal Investigator. Contemporary Chinese Visual Literacy: Enhancement of Cultural Understanding. Internationalization Project 2004–05. Office of the Vice-President Academic and Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation, York University. December 2004. Grant Amount: CA$15,061.
  • Principal Investigator. Excavating a History of Contemporary Chinese Graphic Design. Fall 2003 SSHRC Standard Research Grants, SSHRC. March 2004. Grant Amount: CA$85,917.
  • Principal Investigator. Chinese Art Deco in Graphic Design, 1910–1939. FFA Minor Research/Creation Grant. Grant Amount: $1,227. FFA Junior Research/Creation Grant. Grant Amount: CA$1336. Faculty of Fine Arts, York University. March 2004.
  • Principal Investigator. Contemporary Chinese Thematic Posters and Ideology. FFA Minor Research/Creation Grant. Grant Amount: CA$724. FFA Junior Research/Creation Grant. Grant Amount: CA$642. Faculty of Fine Arts, York University. March 2003.
  • Principal Investigator. Advertising, Value, and Consumer Culture: Hong Kong Television Commercials, 1970–1989. Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong. Grant Amount: HK$30,000 (US$3,840). April 2001.
  • Principal Investigator. An Illustrated History of 13-Dot Cartoon. Co-investigated with Lee Wai Chun. Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong. HK$70,000 (US$9,000). April 2001.
  • Principal Investigator. Chinese Graphic Design towards the International Sphere. Lubalin Curatorial Fellowship 2000–01, The Cooper Union School of Art. Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, the Cooper Union School of Art, New York. Grant Amount: US$15,000. April 2000.
  • Principal Investigator. Evolution of Hong Kong Advertising. Co-investigated with Kara K.W. Chan. Faculty Research Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University. Grant Amount: HK$77,000 (US$9800). February 1999.
  • Principal Investigator. Assessment and Audience Utilization of Hong Kong’s Anti-Drug APIs. Co-investigated with Lisa Cuklanz. Action Committee Against Narcotics (ACAN) Research Sub-committee. Grant Amount: HK$200,000 (US$25,640). 1999–2000.
  • Co-investigator. Developing a CD-ROM on strategic advertising cases in Hong Kong. Co-investigated with Kara K.W. Chan and S.F. Chan. Teaching Development Grants, Hong Kong Baptist University. Grant Amount: HK$64,230 (US$8235). October 1998.
  • Principal Investigator. Advertising, Culture & Everyday Life I: Hong Kong Newspaper Advertisements, 1945-1970. Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Grant Amount: HK$79,000 (US$10,128). July 1997.
  • Principal Investigator. An Illustrated History of Hong Kong Comics. Co-investigated with Wai-pong Yeung. Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Grant Amount: HK$159,000 (US$20,380). April 1997.