Chan Ka Nin (born 3 December 1949) is a Canadian composer and music educator of Chinese descent.
[2] Born and raised in Hong Kong, Chan immigrated with his family to Canada in 1965 at the age of 15.
The family settled in Vancouver and after completion of high school, Chan entered the University of British Columbia where he studied music composition with Jean Coulthard while pursuing degrees in both music and electrical engineering.
He graduated from the UBC in 1976 and proceeded to enter the graduate composition program at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where he was a pupil of Bernhard Heiden.
In 1982 he pursued further studies in music composition at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse.