May is Asian Heritage Month and to celebrate, CBC Calgary is featuring Calgarians and what it means to be Asian Canadian in 2021. This First Person piece was written by Hieu Ngo, an associate professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. For more information about CBC's First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
Nepalese Calgarian restaurateur says love and co-operation can help with a crisis like COVID-19
May is Asian Heritage Month and to celebrate, CBC Calgary is featuring Calgarians and what it means to be Asian Canadian in 2021. Narayan Dahal owns and operates Pathways Burgers & Momos, a Nepalese restaurant in Calgary.
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Narayan Dahal owns Pathway Burgers & Momos, a Nepalese restaurant in northeast Calgary. (Rod Sanchez Photography)
May is Asian Heritage Month and to celebrate, CBC Calgary is featuring Calgarians and what it means to be Asian Canadian in 2021. This First Person piece was written by Narayan Dahal, who owns and operates Pathway Burgers & Momos, a Nepalese restaurant in Calgary. For more information about CBC s First Person stories, please see
May is Asian Heritage Month and to celebrate, CBC Calgary is featuring Calgarians and what it means to be Asian Canadian in 2021. Jade Gandasubrata is an event production and design director at Simply Elegant, and president of Budaya Nusantara organization.
A mixed race Asian Calgarian reflects on his childhood experiences with systemic racism
May is Asian Heritage Month and to celebrate, CBC Calgary is featuring Calgarians and what it means to be Asian Canadian in 2021. Heath Kai, a single father and a tradesman, worked on the construction of the Bow Tower in Calgary.
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Posted: May 23, 2021 7:00 PM MT | Last Updated: May 24
Heath Kai is a third generation Canadian. He says he grew up watching prejudice happen all the time and assumed it was normal.(Rod Sanchez Photography)
May is Asian Heritage Month and to celebrate, CBC Calgary is featuring Calgarians and what it means to be Asian Canadian in 2021. This First Person piece was written by Heath Kai, a tradesman who worked on the construction of the Bow Tower in Calgary. For more information about CBC s First Person stories, please see
When I look back on this year, I feel a lot of uncertainty.
Right now, the story of my life is writing itself. Living in a constant state of unknown I was unsure about job security, on top of wedding planning.
The gyms would open and then close. I was in and out of quarantine. I would rush to catch up on errands as soon as I was out of quarantine because I never knew when the next one would happen.
I felt like life was like sand slipping through my fingers and falling into a pile that describes how my time has been justified during the pandemic. I always tell my family and friends that we are going to have a wicked story to tell in a couple of years, even though it sucks right now.