Stories

Flo Oy Wong—Artist/Poet/Educator

Interview by Haiden Bergquist  https://youtu.be/tTjAApgK5DU Poetry and Text by Flo Oy Wong Featured Image: They Weren’t Supposed, 1994, 19 x 31″ mixed media (rice sack, sequins, threaded text...

‘Asian Women I Know’ Review: Sharing Food, Sharing Stories

By Isabelle A. Lu, Crimson Staff Writer  ‘Asian Women I Know’ Dinner Still | By Courtesy of Crystal X. Manyloun Sharing stories of growing up over a dim sum meal: It’s not such a...

Chinese Canadian Museum’s Dream Factory Recognized with 2025 Canadian Museums Association Award for Outstanding Achievement: Exhibitions

Vancouver, B.C., February 5, 2026 — The Chinese Canadian Museum is proud to announce its feature exhibition Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s–2000 has been recognized with the 2025 Canadian...

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...

Come back to Chinatown: Chinese chefs want American diners to think beyond the takeout box

By Terry Tang Taiwan-born chef George Chen SAN FRANCISCO — Taiwan-born chef George Chen, whose family immigrated to Los Angeles in 1967, vividly remembers how his school lunch of braised pork and...

Loni Ding, Godmother of Asian American Documentary Filmmaking

By Michelle Okawa, Densho Encyclopedia Graduate Intern. In 2014, Densho received an extensive collection of materials from the family of acclaimed filmmaker Loni Ding. This collection included...

Rally and march in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District marks 1886 Chinese removal

A steady downpour of rain and gusting winds did not deter community members of different ages and ethnicities from gathering to confront a dark past of racism, xenophobia, and resentment. By James...

Spring After Spring: For Chinese Canadian Immigrants, Chinese Culture Is Not Bloodline, but a Choice

By Ally Wang In February 2024, I went to Vancouver’s Chinatown to watch the Lunar New Year Chinatown Parade in person for the first time. It was a day of driving wind and rain, yet the performers and...

‘Rock Springs’ Review: Kelly Marie Tran Stars in an Atmospheric Ghost Story of Literally Unearthed Atrocities

The ‘Star Wars’ actor plays a widowed mother making uncomfortable discoveries about her new home, but Vera Miao’s debut feature hits hardest when it rewinds more than a century...