An audience is seated in a small auditorium watching a live panel discussion with three speakers at the front, while a presentation screen displays a video call above them. The room features a colorful mural on the wall, tiered seating filled with attendees, and a microphone stand set up for the discussion.

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With the FascinAsian Film Festival preparing for its second year, celebrating film in Edmonton, it marks a momentous occasion for the organization.

Over five years, the festival has grown into a multi-city showcase bringing movie lovers and filmmakers together in Winnipeg, Calgary, and Edmonton for storytelling, community connection, and emerging creative voices. According to Alan Wong, the President and Board Chair, this marked the festival’s strongest turnout to date.Continue Reading

A museum gallery display features a large central panel styled like an official document labeled “Dominion of Canada – Department of Immigration and Colonization,” with a smaller heading reading “Breaking the Silence.” In front of the panel, a person stands with arms crossed, while both sides of the wall are filled with red-framed grids containing historical identification documents and photographs related to Chinese immigration.

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We can’t change our world if we aren’t even aware of history.

As Canada continues to struggle with human rights, communities without clean drinking water for decades, broken or contested treaties and land rights, denialism of the atrocities conducted at residential schools, rising economic and social inequality, and the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Progress has been made, but we still have a long way to go.Continue Reading