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Multicultural Textile Symposium
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Of Rice and Roots
UBC Institute of Asian Research and UBC Centre of Southeast Asia Research, in collaboration with ASEAN Consulates-Generals in Vancouver and UBC SEA Students Associations presents: OF RICE AND ROOTSOf Rice and Roots (previously SEA Food Night) is an event where YOU can try a variety of traditional dishes from different Southeast Asian countries and learn more about these amazing countries from the Consulates-Generals themselves!
We will have 6 countries participating this year:
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and PhilippinesDay/Date:
Tuesday, January 20th, 2015
Time:
5:30 PM – 9:30 PMVenue:
UBC Student Union Building (SUB) BallroomTickets:
$12 – Early Bird
$15 – At the doorTicket sale starts NOW! So make sure to click “Going” and contact one of our contact persons below:
-> UBC Institute of Asian Research / Centre of Southeast Asia Research
Jason Salim: 604-353-5545-> Seri Malaysia Club
Dhaneesh Kumar: 778-926-6467-> Gado-Gado Indonesian Students Association of UBC
Nathanael Harijanto: 778-385-7227-> Singapore Students Association
Rachel Chan: 778-231-0789-> Vietnamese Students Society
Vicky Mai: 604-781-9212-> UBC Thai Aiyara Club
Mild Napatsanan: 778-985-8158-> UBC Philippine Studies Series
Rosanna Wisden: 778-980-7648
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Hong Kong and Chinese theme song-writing contest
The Government of the HKSAR in Toronto Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) will co-host with the Hong Kong-Canada Chamber of Commerce, by Fairchild Group in association with music events a “Hong Kong and Chinese theme song-writing contest,” called, in addition to expressing Hong Kong friendship and close relations between and Canada, they also express good wishes to the friendly relations between Hong Kong and Canada.
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Asian Diaspora Party
An evening of fun with writers, artists, and scholars working with/in the broader field of Asian diaspora studies. In celebration of the 130th Modern Language Association Annual Convention in Vancouver. -
The Vancouver Asahi Returns to Vancouver
http://youtu.be/wzjksj2XR8E
The Vancouver Asahi
DIRECTOR: Ishi Yuya
(Japan, 2014, 130 min.)
Tickets: viff.org
604.683.FILM (3456) for the latest info and listings.“From a Vancouver perspective it’s a fascinating film. Beautifully shot, it recreates a lost world in Japantown, when Powell Street was all Japanese businesses and the Powell Street Grounds (today’s Oppenheimer Park) was a baseball park filled with throngs of Asahi fans.” —John Mackie, Vancouver Sun”
Once upon a time in Vancouver, there was a baseball team called the Asahi, This was in the 1930s, when the city had a small Japantown on the downtown wharves, and the team was formed by the Canadian-born kids of immigrants. At the start they were always wiped out by the burly Caucasian teams, and they encountered their share of racism and prejudice along the way. But they rethought their strategy and began to pull back lost ground … until Canada’s growing worries about Japanese militarism got in the way and Pearl Harbor led to the mass internment of émigré Japanese. The Asahi never really recovered from the war, so its achievements have become the stuff of legend.
Ishii Yuya (The Great Passage) has recreated 1930s Vancouver on a lavish scale, almost like a Fred Herzog exhibition come to life (though Herzog wasn’t around that early). The film explores the clash between separatist immigrants and their assimilationist kids and has a generous measure of Ishii’s trademark humour and humanity. It’s not the kind of sports movie we’re used to in North America, but something distinctively true to characters and its place, which also happens to be our own.
SCREENING INFORMATION
Friday, December 19, 8:00pm
Saturday, December 20, 1:45pm
Sunday, December 21, 6:30pm
Monday, December 22, 7:25pm
Friday, December 26, 5:30pm
Saturday, December 27, 1:45pm
Monday, December 29, 3:15pm
Tuesday, December 30, 6:00pm
Friday, January 2, 1:45pm
Tuesday, January 6, 3:30pm
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When Women Rise Organized by Mehrdad Rahbar
An independent fundraising campaign has been launched, in partnership with the University of British Columbia Student Housing and Hospitality Services and the Alma Mater Society, to install a remarkable public art piece on the Point-Grey Campus. This sculpture reflects the struggle, dreams, and unity of women around the globe. It is intended to have a landmark quality in order to create dialogue and engagement amongst students and the public at large.
Measuring 14 feet tall and 10 feet wide, the copper and stainless steel art piece will feature a group of five abstract female figures joined in a circle, each representing a continent and holding a globe made of metal bars and tubes forming a cage. Inside the globe is a captured dove, made of blown-glass, attempting to fly towards freedom.
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IndonesianCanadian.ca Launched
INDONESIAN CANADIAN HAS LAUNCHED!
Follow the Indonesian community’s contribution to the First Families First Stories project. Stories have always been about the importance of human existence. We all learn from each other through our stories and everyone has a story to share. The purpose of the site is to capture the stories of Canadian Indonesians. Through these stories, it hopes to learn from each other and making it possible to establish a strong sense of belonging in Canada, our adopted land.
A review of their event Community Cafe: Canadian Indonesians, Who Are We? has been posted.
