Opinions

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...

Op-ed: Creators call out Hallmark’s whitewashing of mahjong

By Jessica Xiao Hallmark image promoting All’s Fair in Love and Mahjong A new Hallmark Channel film All’s Fair in Love and Mahjong has drawn criticism from multiple prominent Asian Americans in...

‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Faces Boycott in China Over Racist Character Claims

By Kim Do-yeon The Asian character Chin Zhou (circled) appearing in the film ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ which opens on the 29th. Captured from 20th Century Studios YouTube. Hollywood film...

CPAC Institute Holds Forum on Building Capacity for Equity and Inclusion in Ontario Education

On March 28, 2026, CPAC Institute hosted the Education Forum Building Capacity for Equity and Inclusion in Ontario Education in Toronto. The forum brought together educators, researchers, community...

Karen Su explores Asian American representation in children’s literature

By Kaileia O’Brien, News Reporter Karen Su, an author of several children’s books, points at the abundance of dinosaur-themed children’s books during the “Kids Know More About Dinosaurs Than About...