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{{Short description|Korean-Canadian Koreanist (1932–2023)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2024}}
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{{Infobox person
| name        = Chai-Shin Yu
| image       =
| alt         =
| caption     =
| birth_name  =
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1932|4|11}}
| birth_place = [[Riwon County|Ch'aho]], [[Korea under Japanese rule|Korea, Empire of Japan]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2023|4|24|1932|4|11}}
| death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| nationality = Canadian
| occupation  = Academic, professor, pastor
| education   = [[Hartford Seminary Foundation]]
| alma_mater  = [[McMaster University]]
| spouse      = Ena Yu
| website       = {{URL|https://chaishinyu.com}}
| module = {{Infobox Korean name
|child            = yes
|hangul           = 유재신
|hanja            = 劉在信<ref>{{cite web |title=위촉장 |url=https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/eal3:1978 |website=Collections U of T |publisher=Collections U of T |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|rr               = Yu Jae-sin
|mr               = Yu Chaesin
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'''Chai-Shin Yu'''  (April 11, 1932 – April 24, 2023) was a [[Korean-Canadian]] academic and a distinguished professor of Korean studies at the [[University of Toronto]]. Yu helped establish Korean Studies at U of T, being the one of the first people to teach a Korean studies course at a Canadian university. Before teaching Korean studies, he was a pastor for the local Korean community at the Korean Metro United Church.
==Biography==
Chai-Shin Yu was born on April 11, 1932, in [[Riwon County|Ch'aho]], Korea during the Japanese colonial period.<ref name="CV">{{cite web |title=Curriculum vitae |url=https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/eal3:1988 |website=Collections U of T |publisher=Collections U of T |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In 1948, Yu fled from the Soviet-occupied North Korea to South Korea to escape religious persecution and further his studies. In 1964, he immigrated from [[South Korea]] to the [[United States]] to study theology.<ref name="kukmin">{{cite web |last1=유 |first1=영대 |title=北美 한국문화 우수성 알린 유재신 목사 별세 |url=https://www.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0018205004 |website=[[Kukmin Ilbo]] |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=ko |date=27 April 2023}}</ref> He received a [[Master of Arts]] degree from [[Hartford Seminary Foundation]] in 1967, and then received a Master of Arts in religion in 1969 from [[McMaster University]]<ref name="FindingA">{{cite web |title=Dr. Chai-Shin Yu Collection - Finding Aid |url=https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/eal3:167 |website=Collections U of T |publisher=Collections U of T |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> for his graduate thesis, ''A Critical Examintion of Suzuki's Understanding of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yu |first1=Chai-Shin |title=A Critical Examintion of Suzuki's Understanding of Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism |url=https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/10641 |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en |date=October 1969}}</ref> In 1970, Yu was ordained as a minister of the [[United Church of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The order of the ordination of ministers |url=https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/eal3:2018 |website=Collections U of T |publisher=Collections U of T |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In 1973, Yu was awarded his [[PhD]] in Religious Sciences for his PhD thesis, ''A Comparative Study of the Founder's Authority, the Community, and the Discipline in Early Buddhism and in Early Christianity''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yu |first1=Chai-Shin |title=A Comparative Study of the Founder's Authority, the Community, and the Discipline in Early Buddhism and in Early Christianity |url=https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/7715?mode=full |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en |date=April 1973}}</ref> He would also be inducted as the pastor of the Korean Metro United Church ({{Korean|토론토한인교회}}) in the same year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Induction of Dr. Rev. Chai-Shin Yu |url=https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/eal3:2019 |website=Collections U of T |publisher=Collections U of T |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
In 1977, Chai-Shin Yu was appointed as a visiting part-time assistant professor at the [[University of Toronto]] to teach EAS 270: Introduction to Korean Studies, which would become the first course in the Korean studies program.<ref name="wardmuseum">{{cite web |last1=Kane-McLees |first1=Melanie |title=The Story of Dr. Chai Shin-Yu |url=https://wardmuseum.ca/myarchive/eastasianlibrary/kane_mclees/ |website=The Ward Museum |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Letter of introduction, Dr. Chai-Shin Yu |url=https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/eal3:2141 |website=Collections U of T |publisher=Collections U of T |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Yu would continue to add more courses to the Korean studies program during his tenure at U of T.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trends in Overseas Korean Studies Libraries |url=https://oak.go.kr/nl-ir/bitstream/2020.oak/314/1/%ED%95%B4%EC%99%B8%20%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%ED%95%99%EB%8F%84%EC%84%9C%EA%B4%80%20%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5%EB%B3%B4%EA%B3%A0%EC%84%9C.%20%EC%A0%9C16%ED%98%B8.pdf|access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>  On July 1, 1982, Yu would be promoted to associate professor.<ref>{{cite web |title=[Letter addressed to Dr. C-S Yu from the University of Toronto to commend the promotion to associate professor] |url=https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/eal3:2144 |website=Collections U of T |publisher=Collections U of T |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> On June 19, 1997, for his contributions to founding the Korean studies program, U of T recognized Yu as a distinguished professor of Korean studies.<ref>{{cite web |title=[Letter addressed to Dr. Chai-Shin Yu from the University of Toronto to recognize the award "Distinguished Professor of Korean Studies"] |url=https://collections.library.utoronto.ca/view/eal3:2150 |website=Collections U of T |publisher=Collections U of T |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Yu was given the Seongnyu Medal of the [[Order of Civil Merit (South Korea)|Order of Civil Merit]] by the South Korean government in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |last1=이 |first1=용우 |title=유재신 박사에 국민훈장 |url=https://news.koreadaily.com/2007/01/08/society/generalsociety/574971.html |website=The Korea Daily |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=ko |date=9 January 2007}}</ref> On March 7, 2017, Yu was given the KBS Global Korean Award for contribution in helping promote Korean studies in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=제19회 KBS해외동포상 시상식 |url=https://mylovekbs.kbs.co.kr/index.html?source=mylovekbs&sname=mylovekbs&stype=magazine&contents_id=70000000285831 |website=[[Korean Broadcasting System]] |access-date=7 September 2024 |language=ko}}</ref>
On April 24, 2023, Chai-Shin Yu died of [[chronic illness]] in [[Toronto]].<ref name="kukmin" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=김 |first1=명규 |title=[캐나다 한국일보] 유재신 원로 목사·박사·교수 별세 |url=https://www.koreatimes.net/ArticleViewer/Article/152084 |website=www.koreatimes.net |access-date=7 September 2024}}</ref>
==Works==
* {{cite book |last1=Yu |first1=Chai-Shin |title=Early Buddhism and Christianity: A Comparative Study of the Founders' Authority, the Community and the Discipline |date=1981 |publisher=Motilal Barnasidass |location=Delhi |isbn=8120800508}}
* {{cite book |last1=Yu |first1=Chai-Shin |title=Early Korean Art and Culture: Koguryo Tomb Paintings |date=2011 |publisher=Society for Korean and Related Studies |location=Toronto |isbn=0968107273}}
* {{cite book |last1=Yu |first1=Chai-Shin |title=The New History of Korean Civilization |date=2012 |publisher=IUniverse |location=Bloomington, IN |isbn=9781462055609}}
* {{cite book |last1=Yu |first1=Chai-Shin |title=Korean Influence on Chinese Culture |date=2015 |publisher=Society for Korean and Related Studies |location=Toronto |isbn=0991966716}}
==References==
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[[Category:1932 births]]
[[Category:2023 deaths]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Korean descent]]
[[Category:People from Riwon County]]
[[Category:South Korean emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Koreanists]]
[[Category:Canadian academics]]
[[Category:McMaster University alumni]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Toronto]]
[[Category:People from Toronto]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Civil Merit (Korea)]]
[[Category:Ministers of the United Church of Canada]]