Stories

“I just have to take one step, one kilometre at a time Ultra-running is a love-hate relationship,” said Natalie Dau, in a voice message she recorded somewhere along the eastern coast of...

What is a story that has inspired you either as a child or now? By Goldie Chan https://youtu.be/6JRBzDNtJ14 What is a story that has inspired you either as a child or now? Many of us carry stories...

Stricken with anxiety as a child, Buddhist teacher Mingyur Rinpoche learned how to heal his panic with awareness. He teaches us three techniques that helped him.  By Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche ...

Mitsuye Endo Tsutsumi is the only woman of the four challengers to be excluded from the nation’s highest civilian honor. By Lynda Lin Grigsby In 1941 after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S...

Growing up in the Prairies in the 1990s meant little Asian representation.  By Marvin Chan “Let’s see your kung fu, Jackie Chan.” This was the last thing I heard before being pushed...

China never sent troops to fight in Europe during the First World War. However, an estimated 135,000 young rural labourers were sent halfway around the world to work in French munitions factories, dig...

Every May, Canadians are invited to reflect and learn about the important and ongoing contributions of Canadians of Asian descent in all sectors of society. Former senator Vivienne Poy, the first...

By John Mackie   Dr. Wallace Chung inside Chung/Lind Gallery at Irving K Barber Centre UBC in Vancouver, BC, April 19, 2024.   Dr. Wallace Chung is Canada’s foremost collector of historic...

Guqin, part of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity, was made using Canadian fine red pine for the Long Yin. This demonstrates Canada’s success in promoting multiculturalism. The instrument produces a...