Canadian Salad

Religion and faith. Some immigrants come to Canada seeking freedom to express their faith without persecution. Some immigrants come with religious traditions but cannot find a community to express them. Other immigrants come with no religious affiliation or faith expression at all.  How do we normalize talking about religious beliefs in a way that doesn’t alienate, proselytize or exclude anyone? If Canada is secular, why are certain religious groups often discriminated against?

Take a listen to the conversation between two people with different faith backgrounds.  Andrea shares her journey of deconstruction out her religious Christian upbringing while Hostion generously holds space and curiosity for religion and faith - even if he doesn’t have one. Humanizing one another is what we need, especially for those who believe differently than we do.  

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Saying ‘thank you’. Tipping wait staff. Giving gifts. Each culture has its own traditions and expressions of expressing gratitude. Does saying ‘thank you’ to everyone for the smallest acts of service cheapening gratitude? What happens when you want to tip someone for your meal but another person completely disagrees with it? And how do you make sense of gift giving?

Take a listen as Andrea and Hostion unpack the varying dynamics of gratitude among different cultures. Learn how giving Hostion clocks or gifts in quantities of four is a sign of death. Hear how Andrea’s experiences as a waitress greatly impacted her passionate defence and plea to tip at restaurants. And learn how Andrea and Hostion both reconcile their differing perspectives of gratitude and make space for each other. 

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Chinatown. Chinese New Year. Fireworks. We see the beautiful expressions of Chinese culture in major cities and towns across Canada. What brought the first Chinese immigrants to land on Vancouver Island? What happened when they arrived? And how did Chinese immigrant communities find a place where they belonged?

In this episode, Hostion will share the history of Chinese immigrants to Canada. Although a dark history of Canada's past with the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Head Tax and the extreme discrimination and racism, there is also a thread of strength, resilience and community to be found. Listen as Hostion shares with you how Chinese immigrants brought community and welcome to other immigrants by sharing their culture, their resources and their traditions. 

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As immigrants to Canada, we arrive with joy and excitement to make this new country our new home. But what happens when we learn the truth of Canada’s treatment, history and systemic injustice towards the First Peoples of this land? What happens when our dreams of Canada become disillusioned with reality? 

In this episode, Andrea and Hostion share their experiences upon hearing the truth of Canada’s history towards Indigenous People, what kinds of relationships did the Original inhabitants have with Chinese immigrants and who are some prominent Indigenous artists and contributors that we can celebrate today.

For immigrant and non-immigrant alike, we all share a responsibility to learn, to be changed and to grow into better communities and advocates for truth and reconciliation. For no one is free until all are free.

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Being Human. It’s a beautifully messy and complex way to be. But it’s also worth honouring and celebrating.

This episode will explore the intersectionality of identity: a framework for understanding how race, economic class, gender and other identities are all interlinked with oppression and discrimination in society. Hostion and Andrea will ask the timeless question of what it is to be ‘Canadian’, how to see your many layers with patience and love, and how non-immigrants and white people can uphold intersectionality in order to be better advocates and active allies for immigrants and others who are marginalized and oppressed. 

Also, does Canada have a national food? You’ll just have to listen.

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Sometimes who you are cannot be defined by where you are from. 

Meet Andrea. 

Host of Canadian Salad and an immigrant to Canada from the United States, Andrea shares her immigration story and journey of self-discovery apart from where she came. Hear how stories at the US-Mexico border should compel Canada to be a safer country for refugees from the Global South. Hear what shocked her when she came to Canada, what assumptions people had of her and how she came to love an unknown part of her heritage that was fully realized in her new Canadian home. 

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Pink. Lots and lots of pink. And a lot of attention globally on the themes and messages regarding feminism. Some loved it. Some hated it. Hostion and Andrea? Well, you’ll have to take a listen. 

We explore the themes of feminism . . . more specifically white feminism and how it relates to the immigrant woman here in Canada. What can we appreciate about white feminism? What can we be critical of? And how can we, living in Canada, do better in our social constructs of what feminism can be for EVERYONE? 

It’s a topic deeper than plastic.

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Joy comes in many forms. It can come quickly or slowly. 

Other times, it hides and you just have to look for it. 

Meet Hostion. Now a citizen to Canada, his journey to get here was simple but filled with complexities as he navigated a new community, a new culture and a new country. As an Asian, Queer man, he shares his story of what brought him here, how he found joy being himself and how we, as immigrants and non-immigrants alike, can advocate for, respect and honour the humanity found when a person is simply a person. 

Enjoy this honest listen, filled with obstacles and triumphs and be encouraged: what you do today, can have an incredible impact on generations to come.

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What does it mean "Canada is like a salad?" If you're an immigrant and even if you're not this podcast is for you - honouring Canadian culture and the thousands of cultures that live and make the Canadian Experience. Meet Hostion and Andrea - immigrants to Canada, celebrating themselves and the place they now live. 

In this first episode we talk about what it means when people say "Canada is like a salad". We also explore the recent immigration streams released by IRCC as well as explore a new framework coming out of the States replacing "ethnic minority". Be challenged and be entertained!

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