Locating Our Pedagogies: Asian Canadian Studies Now
Date: Sunday, June 2, 2019
Location: AMS NEST (6133 University Boulevard)
As part of Congress 2019’s “Pedagogy Hub,” ACAM presents a day of interactive workshops, dialogues, and panels to explore the challenges of teaching Asian Canadian Studies today. All events are free and open to the public.
Full program can be downloaded here: ACS Program – Final.
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00am-12:00pm | Plenary: Imagining Asian Canadian Studies Now | AMS Nest Performance Theatre |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm | Emotional Labour and Asian Canadian Studies: A Long Table Discussion | AMS Nest Room 2314 |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Workshop on Community Engagement and Collaboration | AMS Nest Room 2314 |
| 4:00pm-5:00pm | A Student Dialogue on Asian Canadian Studies | AMS Nest Room 2314 |
| 1:00pm-2:00pm | Student Project Showcase | AMS Nest Room 2311 |
| 2:30pm-4:00pm | Using Digital Tools in Asian Canadian Studies | AMS Nest Room 2311 |
| 5:00pm | Reception | AMS Nest Room 2311 |
Plenary: Imagining Asian Canadian Studies Now
AMS NEST 2601 (Performance Theatre) | 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM
*Event sign-up and light refreshments starting at 9 AM; the Plenary will start at 10 AM.
What challenges and questions define Asian Canadian Studies today? How can Asian Canadian Studies respond to community concerns? How can we learn from personal stories and collective memories in Asian Canadian communities? Opening panel with community elders, leaders, and history holders followed by facilitated group discussion. This is a dialogue event and we encourage all students, teachers, and community members to participate.
Facilitator: John Paul (JP) Catungal (Social Justice Institute, UBC)
Invited speakers:
Elder Larry Grant (Musqueam Nation, Elder-in-Residence, First Nations House of Learning, UBC)
Mary Kitagawa (Japanese Canadian community leader, Order of BC Recipient)
Zool Suleman (Rungh Cultural Society)
Erie Maestro (Migrante BC)
Kevin Huang (Hua Foundation)
Emotional Labour and Asian Canadian Studies: A Long Table Discussion
AMS NEST 2314 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Recent conversations about work conditions in higher education have focused attention on the emotional labour expected of and performed by faculty, staff, and students of colour. For example, in a recent article on the topic published in Ubyssey (UBC’s student newspaper), interviewed faculty described the range of unrecognized work involving racialized contexts and its toll on mental and physical health. How can we account for the role of emotional labour in the practice of Asian Canadian Studies, including its impact on contingent faculty? How can we understand emotional labour as broader social phenomena beyond the academy? This session will be a long table discussion in which everyone is invited to enter into a space of respectful and conscientious dialogue.
Facilitator: John Paul (JP) Catungal (Social Justice Institute, UBC)
Conversation animators:
Ben Cheung (Psychology, UBC)
Ayesha Chaudhry (Social Justice Institute, UBC)
Niki Najm-Abadi (Women’s Centre; Sexual Assault Support Centre, UBC)
Shirley Nakata (Ombudsperson, UBC)
Workshop on Community Engagement and Collaboration
AMS NEST 2314 | 2:30 – 3:30 PM
What principles and best practices should guide engagement with Asian Canadian communities? How can these relationships be ethical and mutually beneficial? How can students participate in community engagement in meaningful ways? This session features scholars and community members who will share their experiences followed by group discussion.
Facilitator: Henry Yu (History, UBC)
Invited speakers:
Leonora Angeles (Social Justice Institute/School of Community and Regional Planning, UBC)
Satwinder Bains (South Asian Studies Institute, University of the Fraser Valley)
Imogene Lim (Anthropology, Vancouver Island University)
Winnie Cheung (Pacific Canada Heritage Centre-Museum of Migration)
A Student Dialogue on Asian Canadian Studies
AMS NEST 2314 | 4:00 – 5:00 PM
What is the role of Asian Canadian Studies in supporting racialized students across various campuses? How can the field foster community building while improving graduate and undergraduate student experiences? This session centres student voices through facilitated small group discussions.
Student Project Showcase
AMS NEST 2311 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM
A showcase of student projects in Asian Canadian studies using digital media. List of projects will be posted shortly.
Using Digital Tools in Asian Canadian Studies
AMS NEST 2311 | 2:30 – 4:00 PM
How can digital media production be integrated into the teaching of Asian Canadian Studies? How can students and instructors use digital media as a means for community engagement? Workshop will include hands-on activities as well as sharing of questions and experiences.
*Spots are limited for this event and we encourage you to sign up early.
Workshop leader: Alejandro Yoshizawa (ACAM, UBC)
Alejandro Yoshizawa is a filmmaker from Vancouver, Canada, specializing in documentaries and community stories. He worked on the Chinese Canadian Stories project, the UBC Japanese Canadian student tribute project, and the Power of a Name video series, among others. His last feature film, the award-winning All Our Father’s Relations premiered in 2016 and was broadcast on CBC and Knowledge Network. Alejandro also teaches courses in Film Production and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies at UBC.
Please visit ACAM’s website for Alejandro’s detailed bio.
Roundtable on Theorizing “Asian Canadian” Through Transnational and Cross-Racial Coalitions
Date: Monday, June 3, 2019
Time: 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Location: Room 120, C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research (1855 West Mall)
This roundtable will discuss theorizing, teaching, and organizing transnational and cross-racial coalitions under the banner of “Asian Canadian” and the political frameworks that emerge from Asian Canadian studies. In light of recent transnational movements against imperialism and state-sanctioned racism such as #BlackLivesMatter, Wet’suwet’en resistance against the construction of a Coastal Gaslink pipeline on its traditional territory, and critiques of anti-immigrant and anti-refugee violence across the globe, we ask: What does organizing as Asian Canadians produce in terms of cross-racial and transnational solidarities? What does it elide? How can Asian Canadianist critique and methods inform cross-racial coalition building? How can Asian Canadian studies as an institutional framework serve to understand recent refugee “crises”? How relevant is the concept of “Asian” to this discussion?
Facilitators:
Chris Patterson (Social Justice Institute, UBC)
Christine Kim (English, Simon Fraser University)
Invited speakers:
Donald Goellnicht (English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University)
Robert Diaz (Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto)
Alice Ming Wai Jim (Art History, Concordia University)
Vinh Nguyen (English Language and Literature, University of Waterloo)
Joanne Leow (English, University of Saskatchewan)
This roundtable is co-sponsored by the Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies.
Encountering Asian Canadian Archives
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: UBC Rare Books and Special Collections, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (1961 East Mall)
An introduction to Asian Canadian materials at the UBC Rare Books and Special Collections. Presenters will discuss collections that they have worked with in their research and the classroom as well as the broader challenges of representing Asian Canadian communities and experiences in institutional archives.
This session is co-sponsored by the Canadian Historical Association.
Chair: Glenn Deer (English Language and Literatures, UBC)
Invited Speakers:
Laura Ishiguro (History, UBC)
Renisa Mawani (Sociology, UBC)
Krisztina Laszlo (Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC)
This session will be held in the Seminar Room located at Rare Books and Special Collections, located on the first floor of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. A form of personal identification is required to access lockers to store personal belongings. For more information, please visit https://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/visiting/.
