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SUMMARY:explorASIAN Awards Ceremony
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URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/explorasian-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society":MAILTO:info@vahms.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260527T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260527T190000
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SUMMARY:Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho: The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street
DESCRIPTION:How do you reconcile having parents who would do anything for you except stay with you? \nThis was Wiley’s situation from the age of twelve\, when her parents returned to Taiwan to work\, leaving her to grow up with her siblings in Canada. They were to study hard\, stay out of trouble\, and not tell “outsiders” about their family. \nIn her memoir The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street\, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho traces the emotional fault lines of a family divided by an ocean amid shifting global powers\, and her struggles against silence and ambiguous loss to find a sense of home – between places\, cultural norms\, and identities. \nJoin us for a conversation between Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho and former Vancouver Poet Laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam\, as they discuss what it takes to uncover and write difficult family stories. \n— \nWiley Wei-Chiun Ho has published short stories and personal essays in PRISM international\, Ricepaper Magazine\, River Teeth\, Room and several anthologies\, and was a finalist for the 2021 Jim Wong-Chu Award for Emerging Writers (presented by the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop). She lives in North Vancouver\, BC\, where she likes to grow Asian vegetables in her front yard. The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street is her first book.\n \nFiona Tinwei Lam is a poet\, nonfiction writer\, teacher\, editor\, and anthologist. She has authored three books of poetry\, Intimate Distances\, Enter the Chrysanthemum\, and Odes & Laments and a children’s book\, The Rainbow Rocket. Her work has been included in over 45 anthologies\, including Best Canadian Poetry and Best Canadian Essays. Besides editing or coediting 3 anthologies of poetry and nonfiction\, her award-winning poetry videos made in collaboration with animators and filmmakers have been screened at festivals internationally. She teaches at Simon Fraser University (Continuing Studies) and was Vancouver’s Poet Laureate for three years from 2022-24. Her forthcoming collection of nonfiction\, Playing for Time\, will be coming out in 2027 with Caitlin Press.
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/wiley-wei-chiun-ho-the-astronaut-children-of-dunbar-street/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:info@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260520T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260520T183000
DTSTAMP:20260624T183627
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SUMMARY:Return to Paueru Gai: Celebrating 50 Years of Powell Street Festival
DESCRIPTION:Since 1977\, the annual Powell Street Festival in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside has been a celebration of Japanese Canadian history\, art\, and culture. \nIn the newly released Return to Paueru Gai\, Emiko Morita has collected essays\, photographs\, and archival images that tell the story of the festival’s crucial role in uplifting Vancouver’s Japanese Canadian community and affirming its place in the history of the city and country. \nJoin us to celebrate the publication of this book and the 50th anniversary of Powell Street Festival. This evening will feature a conversation between editor Emiko Morita\, contributors Charlie Smith and Julia Aoki\, and moderated by Margaret Gallagher (CBC host of North by Northwest). \nThe evening will open with a martial arts demonstration by UBC Bujutsu\, and close with a drumming performance by Uzume Taiko. \n— \nThis event is presented in partnership with the Powell Street Festival Society.
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/return-to-paueru-gai-celebrating-50-years-of-powell-street-festival/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:info@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260516T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260516T120000
DTSTAMP:20260624T183627
CREATED:20260501T154906Z
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SUMMARY:Intro to Indian Classical Dance: Manipuri with Arno Kamolika
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever experienced the history and artistry of Indian Classical Dance? Come learn about this culture of movement with the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver and Aṣṭa Alliance! The second program in this series will highlight the dance form Manipuri with expert dancer and educator Arno Kamolika. \nManipuri dance is one of the major Indian Classical Dance forms named after the region of its origin – Manipur\, a beautiful land tucked away in the northeastern hills of the Indian subcontinent. Characterized by free-flowing wave-like movements\, Manipuri is also noted for its unique contrast between lasya and tandava\, as the dance moves freely between gentle and playful lasya movements to brisk and dynamic tandava movements. \nArno Kamolika\, who began her dance career as a student and practitioner of Manipuri dance\, will walk us through her personal journey in dance through demonstration and discussion. \nDuring this program\, you can expect to see a brief Manipuri performance alongside a discussion of the history\, cultural context\, and techniques of this dance form. No experience needed\, just curiosity! \n\nThis program is presented in partnership with the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver and Aṣṭa Alliance. \n\nLive Music at VPL is generously supported by VPL Foundation donors.
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/intro-to-indian-classical-dance-manipuri-with-arno-kamolika/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:info@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260514T154500
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260514T154500
DTSTAMP:20260624T183627
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SUMMARY:Virtual Tween Book Club: Asian Heritage Month
DESCRIPTION:Join us online to discover new books and connect with other kids. Fantasy\, adventure\, laugh-out-loud books and graphic novels – each month has a different focus. For Tweens in Grades 4-7. \nThis month we’ll be talking about books written by Asian authors. \nFor this program you will need a computer\, tablet or phone with a camera and microphone and the Zoom app. A link and password to join the event will be emailed to registrants. \nAccessibility Information\nVPL is committed to making our programs accessible for all. If you have an access need that we have not addressed here\, please email us at childrens.teens@vpl.ca. \n\nThis program takes place online\nParticipants are welcome to type in the Chat instead of speaking\nParticipants are welcome to move\, stim\, or take breaks as needed
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/virtual-tween-book-club-asian-heritage-month/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:info@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260513T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260513T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T183627
CREATED:20260501T154718Z
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SUMMARY:Lindsay Wong: Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies
DESCRIPTION:Lindsay Wong‘s novel Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies is a genre-bending meditation about class\, ambition\, and the burden of being an impoverished model minority. In this wickedly funny horror story\, Wong lays bare the societal and cultural expectations placed on Chinese women. \nCome hear former VPL Writer in Residence Lindsay Wong discuss her new novel with Kevin Chong\, and discover why it’s getting rave reviews from fellow writers and readers alike. \n– \nLindsay Wong is the author of the critically acclaimed\, award-winning\, and bestselling memoir The Woo-Woo\, which was a finalist for Canada Reads 2019. Her story collection Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality was shortlisted for the BC and Yukon Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes. She is also the author of a YA novel entitled My Summer of Love and Misfortune. Wong teaches creative writing at the University of Winnipeg\, and was VPL’s 2021 Writer in Residence. \nKevin Chong is the award-winning author of several books of fiction and nonfiction. His work has appeared in The Guardian\, The Rumpus\, and more. He currently lives in Vancouver and is an associate professor at the University of British Columbia\, Okanagan campus. The Double Life of Benson Yu was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/lindsay-wong-villain-hitting-for-vicious-little-nobodies/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:info@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260511T190000
DTSTAMP:20260624T183627
CREATED:20260501T154717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T063534Z
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SUMMARY:Writing the Body Politic with Joanne Leow
DESCRIPTION:What does it really mean to say that the personal is the political? In this craft lecture\, Joanne Leow shares the challenges and methods that she used to weave fragmentary life writing with political critique in her new book Exhumations. \nDrawing from her experience as a journalist\, researcher\, educator\, and poet\, she will discuss how to calibrate between different registers of writing while preserving the coherence of a longer manuscript. She will examine what it means to write not just as an author but also as a mother\, daughter\, caregiver\, patient\, and political subject. \nWe will be using a new format for this Creative Writing Class. Joanne will be giving a lecture on writing craft\, followed by a Q + A. There will not be peer group work in this session. \n—\n \nJoanne Leow grew up in Singapore and lives on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)\, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair at Simon Fraser University. Her work includes the academic monograph Counter-Cartographies: Reading Singapore Otherwise (Liverpool University Press\, 2024)\, the poetry collection Seas Move Away (Turnstone Press\, 2022)\, and the hybrid memoir Exhumations: Inside the Body of the Petrostate (Alchemy Press\, 2026).
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/writing-the-body-politic-with-joanne-leow/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:info@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260509T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260509T143000
DTSTAMP:20260624T183627
CREATED:20260501T154717Z
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SUMMARY:Cultural Transcendence: Gu Xiong's Forty Years of Migration and Artistic Practice 文化升華: 顧雄四十年移民與創作
DESCRIPTION:Multimedia artist Gu Xiong\, Professor in the Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia\, draws on his forty years of migration experience to explore how individuals continually reshape their identities amid the tension of multiple cultures\, while elevating their artistic practice. Meanwhile\, he intertwines his person experiences into the historical context of early Chinese migration\, revealing vitality and the emergence of hybrid identities in overlooked areas. His works center on personal memory\, connecting individual experience\, local context\, and global flows. \nDenise Fong (PhD)\, Curator of Urban Cultures from Museum of Vancouver moderates the event and engages in conversation with Prof. Gu. \n多媒體藝術家、UBC 藝術教授顧雄結合自身四十年移民與創作經歷，探討在多重文化張力之中，個體如何不斷重塑身份，並在這一過程中推動藝術創作的發展與創新。述及他如何將個體經驗融合進早期華人移民史的脈絡，在被忽視的空間中，發現生命的鮮活與混合身份的不斷湧現；以及其創作怎樣以個人記憶為核心，連接個體經驗、本地語境與全球流動之間的關係。 \n本活動主持與對談嘉賓為溫哥華博物館城市文化策展人方靜怡博士。
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/cultural-transcendence-gu-xiongs-forty-years-of-migration-and-artistic-practice-%e6%96%87%e5%8c%96%e5%8d%87%e8%8f%af-%e9%a1%a7%e9%9b%84%e5%9b%9b%e5%8d%81%e5%b9%b4%e7%a7%bb%e6%b0%91%e8%88%87/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:info@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260509T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260509T140000
DTSTAMP:20260624T183627
CREATED:20260501T154717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T063103Z
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SUMMARY:Chinese Canadian Genealogy Resources / Ressources généalogiques sur les Canadiens d’origine chinoise
DESCRIPTION:Join Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the BC Archives for an online presentation highlighting resources for researching Chinese Canadian genealogy. Learn about services offered at LAC and the BC Archives and discover techniques for accessing collections and digitized records. \nThis event will be presented in English. \n  \nL’atelier se déroulera en anglais. \nJoignez-vous au personnel de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) et des Archives de la Colombie-Britannique pour une présentation virtuelle sur la recherche d’archives généalogiques liées aux Canadiens d’origine chinoise. Vous apprendrez comment naviguer dans les collections et les documents numérisés\, et vous découvrirez les services offerts à BAC et aux Archives de la Colombie-Britannique.
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/chinese-canadian-genealogy-resources-ressources-genealogiques-sur-les-canadiens-dorigine-chinoise/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Public Library":MAILTO:info@vpl.ca
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260507T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20260507T193000
DTSTAMP:20260624T183627
CREATED:20260501T154703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T202530Z
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SUMMARY:Our Ocean Table Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with the Vancouver premiere screening of “OUR OCEAN TABLE“\, followed by a filmmaker talkback. \nSynopsis: \nWhere culture meets conservation\, one dish at a time. \nBe among the first to experience OUR OCEAN TABLE\, directed by Sonya Lee and Jon Chiang\, a visually stunning new docuseries that dives into Korean food\, identity\, and our deep connection to the ocean. \nThe series is hosted by filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer Sonya Lee and journalist Hannah Sung and the series journeys from prawn boats to popular restaurant kitchens\, uncovering how Korean food is tied to a healthy ocean. \nThis exclusive Vancouver premiere launches the three-part series\, streaming on TELUS Optik TV\, TELUS Stream+ and CBC Gem during Asian Heritage Month. \nStay for a live Q&A with directors Sonya Lee and Jon Chiang\, moderated by Susie Lee. \nTrailer: https://youtu.be/lykRCrl0Rws?si=5AGAj-EiJeaxLVm8 \nPresented by VAFF Industry Filmmaker Talks Series – Vancouver Asian Film Festival \nDONATE to VAFF: https://bit.ly/donatetovaff
URL:https://asianheritageyyc.ca/events/our-ocean-table-film-screening/
LOCATION:Vancouver\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Asian Heritage Month 2026,British Columbia
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vancouver Asian Film Festival":MAILTO:info@vaff.org
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