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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Yuqi Feng On November 5, 51-year-old Ms. 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...

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...

An interview with the director of Big Fight in Little Chinatown.  By Rachel Ho     For documentarian Karen Cho signs that one often associates with death ironically point to a living...

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...

Siblings’ quest to find out more about their Chinese parents’ complicated pasts.  by Florence Hwang In 2006, 81-year-old Nellie Wong placed a framed cheque stub for $20,000 on her end table. At the...

In the face of gentrification, and economic pressures, residents and advocates are trying to revitalize neighbourhoods.  by Yvette Brend     William Liu grew up near his family’s frozen dim sum...

For the people who love Chinatown, a piece of this place only lives in memory.  By Kathryn Mannie   Chinatown’s steady decline as a hub of culture and economy in recent years comes as no surprise to...

“I wish to congratulate the Chinese Freemasons of Canada on its 160th anniversary. In the 1800s, thousands of Chinese arrived in Canada to work on railroads, forestry and gold mines. They played a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pEUiVbh3MI Senator Ravalia gave a speech in support of Senator Woo’s inquiry calling the attention of the Senate to the one-hundredth anniversary of the Chinese...

Forty years ago, on my first day of law, I was sitting in a discussion circle with classmates, and we were asking ourselves why we were in law. Some talked about wanting to make lots of money. Some...

Lanterns, mooncakes, and families coming together to feast remain traditions in Chinese and Vietnamese households in Vancouver By Deanna Cheng     Vancouver residents reflect on their holiday memories...