Joseph Wong

Joseph Wong was the Canada Research Chair for health, democracy and development, is the Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, and is currently the Vice-President, International of the University of Toronto.

He is the author of Betting on Biotech: Innovation and the Limits of Asia's Developmental State, and Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics In Taiwan and South Korea,

Career Wong has collaborated with the World Bank and United Nations He has previously served both as the Associate Vice-president and as the Vice-Provost of the University of Toronto.

He was appointed as the Vice-President, International of the University of Toronto in 2021 While working at the University of Toronto, Professor Wong helped introduce new academic designations as part of a wider effort to encourage more international study by Canadian students. Also at the University of Toronto, Wong founded the Reach Alliance, a student-led project that researches ways for organizations and governments to get essential services to marginalized people in the most difficult to reach locations.

He is often quoted in the media about issues affected international students in Canada, specifically about the revocation of scholarships supporting students from Saudi Arabia. He has also been quoted by international media about Taiwanese politics. Canadian media also reported his advocacy for free speech and his support for Afghan students.

He serves on the board of directors of Upper Canada College.

From 2006 to 2016, he held the Canada Research Chair in health, democracy and development. Wong, Joseph, Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics In Taiwan and South Korea, Cornell University Press, 2018, ISBN: 9780801473494, cited 375 times.