Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies (ACAM) Public Engagement
ACAM Dialogue: Queer Asian Canadians
February 27, 2017
Does the metaphor for coming out work out cross-culturally? What does or can family look like to LGBTQ Asians? What does it mean and how can one be an ally to the LGBTQ+ Asian community? This month’s ACAM Dialogue is focused on LGBTQ+ and non-heteronormative sexualities as well as what it means to be a […]
ACAM Journal Launch – Tributaries
December 2, 2016
The Asian Canadian Asian Migration Studies program invites you to join us at it’s first academic ACAM journal launch. The ACAM undergraduate journal is a new student-run publication that reaches across various disciplines, genres, and forms, to consider topics around Asian and Asian Canadian identity. The journal seeks to recognize and encourage dialogue around these topics, and to grow as these dialogues continue. Submissions from all UBC students, disciplines and cultural contexts at are welcome. The inaugural issue, “Tributaries”, features collected poetry, short stories, visual art, and essays. This event will be taking place on the traditional, unceded, ancestral homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation.
It’s About Time: A Retrospective of Asian Presence at UBC (May 3-31, 2016)
April 25, 2016
May 3-31, 2016 | Level 2 of Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | To commemorate UBC’s Centennial, the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program invites you to celebrate 100 years of Asian communities at UBC.
ACAM Program: Celebrating a Century of Asian Communities at UBC
April 25, 2016
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | May 24, 2016 | 4-6pm | Jack Poole Hall, 2nd floor, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre | To commemorate a century of Asian communities at UBC, there will be a screening of vignettes made from the ACAM Centennial Alumni Project: Retelling UBC’s History from an Asian Canadian Lens.
UBC ACAM Program: Sexual Violence in Asian Communities in Canada
March 9, 2016
Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | March 18, 2016 | 12-1pm | Lillooet Room (301) Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. | Join Dr. Nora Angeles, Dr. JP Catungal, and K.Ho as they discuss sexual violence in Asian communities in Canada. The audience will engage in a facilitated dialogue with the panelists as we explore how sexual violence impacts Asian communities in Canada through the context of colonization and racism.
Articulations: ACAM Creative Showcase
January 20, 2016
Jan. 29, 2016, 12-1pm | IKBLC Lillooet Room (301) | RSVP for lunch | Looking to escape the rain this January? The ACAM (Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies) program warmly invites you to its first Creative Showcase event featuring ACAM students and alumni.
Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies Community Project Showcase
November 10, 2015
Are you interested in learning about some of the amazing research that Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies (ACAM) students are doing? Do you want to see what collaboration looks like between students and Asian Canadian communities? Thinking of taking an ACAM course next term but not sure what kind of projects you can do? […]
What does it mean to be an Asian Canadian Student at UBC? A Welcome Back Lunch with Shirley Nakata
September 17, 2015
September 25, 2015 12:00-1:00pm, at the Lillooet Room (301), Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Looking Back at the Umbrella Revolution
February 23, 2015
March 3, 2015 – 6.00-7.30PM at St. John’s College, UBC
Asian Canadian Studies with Terry Watada, Jim Wong-Chu, and Glenn Deer
November 22, 2014
Thursday November 27, 3.00PM-4.00PM at the Dodson Room (Rm 302), Irving K. Barber Learning Centre