Over the last few years, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted many issues that have been widely ingrained in Canadian society. In particular, racism towards Asian Canadians, which drastically increased in 2020 at the start of the pandemic. Since the World Health Organization believes the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic began in China, anti-Asian hate crimes started
Virtual Artist Talk in Celebration of Asian Heritage Month
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May was officially declared Asian Heritage Month by the Canadian Government in 2001.
Over the last two centuries, immigrants have journeyed to Canada from East Asia, Southern Asia, Western and Southeast Asia, bringing our society a rich cultural heritage representing many languages, ethnicities and religious traditions.
This talk is to celebrate Asian Heritage Month in all its diversity and vastness.
Join Semiahmoo Arts Society, in a promising roundtable discussion with artists who will share how the arts support an inclusive and creative understanding of Asia. This talk aims to entertain but also enlighten our audience with your contribution to this topic.