Please note a change to this year’s explorASIAN 2016 Festival Program, regarding the event “UBC As a Place of Diverse Minds” opening May 1st. The updated details for this event are as below: It’s About Time: A Retrospective of Asian Presence at UBC Date: May 3–31 Partners: Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Asian Canadian Asian Migration Studies … Continue reading
Do you have an elder in your family who has stories to tell but few members of the family have heard them? Would you like to learn how to record and preserve the stories of struggle and triumph of your parents or grandparents for your own children and grandchildren to know? Learn how through this … Continue reading
May 3rd, The Last Geisha, Hosted by the UBC Learning Exchange (4:00pm) Description: Madame Minako. The story of the last geisha in Yoshiwara, Japan. Documentary film screening and discussion hosted by the UBC Learning Exchange. Location: Japanese Language School 487 Alexander St. Enquiries/info: learningexchange.ubc.ca/lastgeisha Continue reading
May 3rd, Serve the People: A study and discussion on the legacy of the revolutionary Asian Pacific American movement — Chinatown Action Group (6:00pm) – Description: A generation of Asian American activists in the 1960s arose from working-class communities to transform US society. What can we learn from this history today? – Location: … Continue reading