ACAM Dialogues Podcast

This mini episode of the podcast is a collection of voicemails left by ACAM community members reflecting on Asian Canadian joy as 2023 comes to a close.

ACAM Voicemail is a new segment on the podcast. What’s bringing you joy? Do you have any recipes, stories, books, messages for other people you’d like to share? If you’d like to leave a voice message to be featured on a future episode of the podcast, email us a 1-2 minute audio clip at [email protected].

This week we have another group interview!

So in 2018, Phebe Ferrer hosted ACAM447A, a student directed seminar exploring Filipino identities in diaspora. She and two of the participants in the seminar, Raphael Diangkinay and Jacqueline Sarvini sat down with Isa to chat questions of Filipinx identity, the student directed seminar format, and the real friends they made along the way.

Our guest this week on the podcast is Emi Sasagawa, author and Director of Communications at UBC Faculty of Arts. We sat down for a chat about her debut novel Atomweight, writing with empathy, and intersectionality within queer Asian womanhood. 

Our guests this week on the podcast are 2023 ACAM grads—Moira Henry, Lindsay Mak, Divine Reyes, and An Xu. We sat down for a chat about their takeaways from the ACAM minor program, building community, and the power of storytelling.

Our guest this week on the podcast is Jocelle Refol, Events Coordinator and Campaign Lead at Sliced Mango Collective, as well as the previous Peer 2 Peer Summer Program Leader at Collingwood Neighbourhood House Society. We sat down with her to chat about strategies for community organizing, social media as a useful tool in advocacy, and the importance of accessible summer programs for youth.

Sliced Mango Collective

Collingwood Neighbourhood House

Our guest this week on the podcast is Wendy Yip, University Ambassador at UBC since 2016, President of the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre - Museum of Migration Society, and longtime supporter of ACAM. Alongside her husband, outgoing UBC President Santa Ono, Wendy will be relocating to Michigan, marking the end of her role with UBC. We caught up with Wendy to get her reflections on her work as University Ambassador, her involvement with PCHC-MoM, and her experience with community advocacy work.

Wendy Yip Twitter

Pacific Canada Heritage Centre-Museum of Migration

Our guest this week on the ACAM podcast is William Canero, organizer for the Joyce Street Action Network and board member for the Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Collective Society & the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Society. We discuss the Joyce-Collingwood food hub, public engagement in city planning and the role of Filipino businesses within the community.

Buto/Buto: Bones are Seeds

Kathara Pilipino Indigenous Arts Collective Society

Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Society

Joyce Street Action Network

The realities of being an indie musician, the conceptualization of queer sound and the use of music in building community, these are just *some* of the subjects we cover in episode 6 of the ACAM podcast! Our guest this week is Dr. Casey Mecija, musician, scholar of queer sound and Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at York University.

Dr. Casey Mecija's Twitter

Casey Mecija - Sounds That Mark Our Words [Official Video]

This episode is made possible by the Chan Family Foundation’s generous support.

Maximalist design, banana ketchup and Filipino food's connection with resilience, these are just *some* of the subjects we cover in episode 5 of the ACAM podcast! Our guests this week are Fyonna Laddaran and Kin Chua, designers and students at Emily Carr. Their project, Bahay Natin will be on exhibit at the Emily Carr grad show from May 10 to May 24.

Links:

Fyonna Laddaran

Kin Chua

Emily Carr grad show

Legal writing vs. creative writing, diasporic fusion foods, and ghost stories from Southeast Asia, these are just *some* of the subjects we cover in episode 4 of the ACAM podcast! Our guest this week is Jamie Chai Yun Liew, writer, lawyer, law professor and podcaster on Migration Conversations.

Stories that Haunt Us: A Conversation with Jamie Liew and Lindsay Wong