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YOUTH GENDER RACE RESEARCH
Whispers, Wonders, Worldmakings: A Participatory Action Research with Multilingual Migrant Queer Youth of Colour
Whispers, Wonders, Worldmakings: A Participatory Action Research with Multilingual Migrant Queer Youth of Colour
Funded by UBC Department of Educational Studies
This study engages multilingual migrant youth of colour (ages 17–35) who identify as queer in participatory action research to document and analyze lived experiences of migration, identity, language, and community. Using co-designed interviews and creative media, the project foregrounds participant storytelling while generating insights into intersectional identities, transnational mobility, and community formation. Findings aim to inform inclusive youth programming, policy, and scholarly understanding of migration, multilingualism, and queer racialized experiences in the Canadian context.
YOUTH CULTURE RACE DIALOGUE
West Asia + North Africa + East Asia: A Global Youth Dialogue to Unlearn Orientalism
West Asia + North Africa + East Asia: A Global Youth Dialogue to Unlearn Orientalism
Co-presented with Centre for Culture, Identity and Education at UBC. Funded by UBC Inspired.
An intercultural youth dialogue and free public event on how Orientalism manifests in the contemporary context of media, pop culture, arts, education, and everyday life, with critical perspectives and lived experiences shared by speakers from West Asia, North Africa, and East Asia
CULTURE HISTORY RACE EDUCATION
Remembering Nelson’s Chinatown: A Window into the Past and the Future
Remembering Nelson’s Chinatown: A Window into the Past and the Future
In collaboration with Foundation for Chinese Dignity, Nelson Museum, Archives & Gallery, and Kootenay Co-op Radio. Funded by UBC Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund.
This project creates a large bilingual (Chinese-English) window poster to honour the Sing Chong laundry in Nelson, BC, the last remnant of the largest Chinatown in the BC Interior. Drawing on archival and oral histories, the poster foregrounds the migration, labour, and community histories of Chinese Canadians, highlighting racialized, gendered, and minoritized experiences often erased from local memory. Designed with linguistic and cultural sensitivity, it serves as a public pedagogical intervention, fostering intergenerational learning, cultural awareness, and community-university collaboration. More than a visual artifact, the project reclaims space for memory, dignity, and cultural continuity.
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