Lydia Chau

Prior to attending Langara College, Lydia Chau spent three years working in Hong Kong in the banking industry. She felt she was more interested in studying data analytics and enrolled at Langara to study the emerging field. Soon, she was selected to work as a student researcher on a project entitled “Immigration, Education & Employment Pathways of Urban and Rural International Students in BC: What is Going On?”

Chau's work with ARC involves collecting data to consolidate with other data tables into documents. From using previous data findings, Chau joined the research team creating documents regarding international students and what their education, career, and immigration paths are.

Chau’s main focus is also on formulating a visualization of the research results from the data she collected – a format of “data visualization." With Chau’s assistance in the research, the project is paving a pathway to fully understanding academic and migration processes. This development can help the public, government, the College, or other organizations be able to assist international students with their current needs.