Emily Law (2021/2)
Emily Law is a first-generation Chinese Canadian settler of Cantonese descent based on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. She is currently pursuing a double major in Psychology and English, with an emphasis in language and literature. Through her studies, Emily seeks to understand the individual in both […]
Naomi Leung (2021/2)
Naomi Leung (they/she) is a 19-year-old racial and climate justice organizer and Chinese Malaysian settler on ancestral and stolen xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and scəw̓aθən (Tsawwassen) territories. They are entering their second year integrating the study of climate change and environmental sciences with the study of climate emotions. She has a background organizing for climate justice education, […]
Katherine Cao (2021/2)
Katherine Cao is a second year English MA student specializing in Vietnamese Canadian diaspora literature and culture. Much of their work contends with refugee narratives and storytelling as methods of healing and examining inter-generational trauma. Program: Master of Arts, English Literature Cohort: Building Anti-Racism on Campus (2021/2) Katherine’s experience with ACAM Dialogues: I’ve had a […]
Gurnoor Powar (2021/2)
Gurnoor Powar is a second generation South Asian born in Canada. She is currently entering into her fourth year of her bachelor program, majoring in English literature with a minor in ACAM. After hearing about the ACAM program, Gurnoor decided to switch her major in her third year. Since then she has been a part […]
Caitlin Chong (2021/2)
Caitlin Chong is a Han Chinese settler occupying unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ Nations, in what is colonially known as “Vancouver.” She holds an Honours BA in Sociology from the University of Victoria. Caitlin is currently an MA student in Sociology at UBC working under the supervision of Dr. Renisa Mawani. Her […]
amanda wan (Organizer)
amanda wan (they/them) is a queer han chinese settler based on the unceded, occupied territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sʔəl̀ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. They are a recent graduate of the MA English program at UBC, where their thesis project centered the erotic mediations of the Asiatic in queer Asian diasporic literatures. In particular, […]
Olivia Lim (Organizer)
Olivia Lim (she/her) is a graduate student completing her MA in English Literature at the University of British Columbia. Working at the intersection of critical disability studies and Asian transpacific studies, her thesis explores how understandings of disability and debility impact frameworks of redress in contemporary Asian transpacific literature. Her current and past community projects […]