Fuqin (Kook) Hu

2023 McCall MacBain Scholar

McGill Faculty of Arts, MA, Geography

Education:
Nankai University (BA’23)

Ganzhou, China

Kook has a bachelor's degree in international politics from Nankai University. He was twice named an outstanding teaching assistant and, as the teaching assistant team lead for a course, created a system for students to provide feedback. Kook led publicity for an exhibition about China’s first premier, provided free courses for children, and was the editor-in-chief of a university's academic journal. He interned with a United Nations regional office in China and also worked as a research assistant. Kook is pursuing a master's degree in geography at McGill University, aiming to contribute to international development and cooperation between countries in the Global South.