Stories

For more information on the Canada-China Scholars’ Exchange Program, please visit the EduCanada website.  By EduCanada     A Canadian young man studying in China fell in love with Xiangsheng, a traditional Chinese comedy, and became a student of two prominent Chinese Xiangsheng masters, eventually becoming a household name in China and being appointed as […]

Classes offer chance to socialize, share culture and resources. By Melody Jacobson     The stores and offices on the second floor of the Sun Wah Centre don’t open for another two hours, but over 40 seniors are in every nook and hallway, stretching and moving through exercises together. They lined up before 9 a.m. to

Witnesses say staff at the city-owned mall tried to stop seniors, used insensitive language, and summoned police. By Michelle Gomez     The City of Vancouver has apologized for an incident last month in which a group of low-income seniors was asked to leave a shopping plaza during a tai chi meetup. According to witnesses,

The flourishing of diversity is an essential facet in the profound beauty that our world rightfully deserves. By Revin Chen   Kimberly Yam, the Asian Voices editor at HuffPost, recently shared a post detailing her growth journey and shedding light on the unique challenges faced by minorities. While many of us are familiar with the

Men from southern China came along with the earliest non-indigenous migrants to what later became British Columbia, for instance as carpenters and ship’s crew on-board former British naval officer John Meares’ private expedition from Macau in 1788 to (unsuccessfully) establish a trading fort in Nuu-chal-nuth territory on what is now known as Vancouver Island. When

by Tianming Li and other 2 Chinese instructors   I am writing to draw your attention to a case of discrimination and inequity in the Chinese language instruction group at Langara College. I am currently employed as a Chinese instructor in the Department of Modern Languages at Langara College. During the pandemic, all modern language

By Yuqi Feng   On November 5, 51-year-old Huiping Hu was attacked by a racist in Okanagan, resulting in both physical injuries and deep psychological trauma. Accompanied by a UBC Okanagan student, Hu went to inspect a secondhand car listed on Facebook Marketplace. Upon discovering damages on the vehicle’s body, Hu negotiated with the seller,

Story by Muriel Draaisma   When Toronto city councillor Lily Cheng was in Grade 5, she says she was harassed by three boys on her way home from school. The boys ran out and called her “all the derogatory names you can think of that apply to a Chinese person” before assaulting her, Cheng recalls.

I lived at the same address throughout my American childhood, but neither of my Chinese-born parents could say exactly where they were from.  By Vanessa Hua 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版     When I asked my father where he was born, I never got a straight answer. Wuhan, he’d say. In other moments, he’d claim Wuchang. I