SFU Community Engaged Research Initiative
Fall 2020 CERi Research Funding Program
In collaboration with International Tristar Taiji Association, I am conducting a research project to document the progress of a group of students who started learning Taiji during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through surveys and interviews, I gather feedback of how Tristar Taichi has impacted the physical and mental health of its practitioners. This new group of Chinese immigrant female students who enrolled during the COVID-19 pandemic started through virtual classes. After a month of online instructions, many of them switched to attending in-person classes when the academy reopened in June. They went back to online classes when the school was closed again due to restrictions in November 2020.
Social Innovation Seed Fund
Making Tai Chi a Home Practice
