Tag: asian community

Around Town: Ready for disaster, Lloyd Mackey, Olufunlola Adekeye, bubble tea

by Flyn Ritchie • March 9, 2023 • 1 Comment

Samaritan’s Purse Canada sent disaster relief teams to help Abbotsford residents after major flooding in November 2021. They are now offering a day of training March 25 to local residents who would like to be able to help other disaster…

Resisting anti-Asian hate, unlearning internalized racism, raising awareness

by Esther Leung-Kong • April 14, 2021 • 1 Comment

Since the pandemic began, there has been a surge of Anti-Asian hate crimes in Canada. In Vancouver alone these hate crimes rose 717 percent compared to the previous year. This is the highest spike since my family immigrated to Canada…