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“Eating Bitterness” (吃苦): Civil Rights Advocate Annette Wong on How ICE Policies Harm People of Chinese Descent

About one-third of people who have died in ICE custody since January 2025 are of Asian origin, the majority of whom are of Chinese descent. By Simran Sethi  Yanfeng Ge, 46, the eldest brother of...

MPP Jonathan Tsao Delivers Asian Heritage Month Statement at Queen’s Park, Honouring Contributions and Calling for Action Against Hate

https://voicesandbridges.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/H-260513-Wed-AM_Taso-MS.mp4 Queen’s Park, Ontario – May 13, 2026 — Jonathan Tsao, Member of Provincial Parliament for Don Valley North and...

Canada wouldn’t be the same without its historic Asian immigration: Here’s why

By Rachel Lau Chinese workers in 1917. (C.P. Meredith/Library and Archives Canada) Asian faces have been part of the Canadian landscape for hundreds of years, dating back to the late 1780s, according...

Primary Sources for Teaching Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month

By: Colleen Smith For teachers looking for resources to celebrate and honor Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, consider exploring a range of primary sources available through the Library’s digital...

Statement Condemning Racism and Hate Speech in North Vancouver

A racist confrontation at a North Vancouver café has sparked widespread community support after surveillance footage captured a customer verbally attacking the café owner and telling her to “go back...

Revisiting Foreign Interference and Voter Choice

By Guo Ding  Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, foreign interference, perceived or real, has become a persistent feature of modern politics. This phenomenon does not seem to be confined to...

Academics demand apology for scientist investigated for China ties but never charged

Jane Ying Wu, who took her own life, was cleared of wrongdoing by the US National Institutes of Health. Her family alleges that her employer destroyed her career. By Laurie Udesky Neuroscientist Jane...

AAPIs struggle with what it means to be ‘truly American’

By Xintian Wang By Josh Johnson via Unsplash What does it take to be seen as “truly American”? For many, the answer still begins with birthplace. But for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, it...

A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat

By Rick Hasen  Build American AI, a nonprofit linked to a super PAC bankrolled by executives at OpenAI and Andreessen Horowitz, is funding a campaign to spread pro-AI messaging and stoke fears about...