Faculty of Art
Carolyn (Cari) Chiu (BA, Asian Area Studies)
Cari is a second-generation Chinese Canadian born and raised on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. She is in the B+MM Dual Degree program and just completed a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Asian Area Studies and minoring in ACAM, and will be continuing her studies at the UBC […]
Vanessa Lee (BA, Interdisciplinary Studies)
Vanessa (she/her) is a fourth-year transnational UBC student living on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sʔəl̀ilwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. She is graduating with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, focusing on the theme of (Asian) Migration and Postcolonialism. Having migrated from Singapore to Canada to New Zealand and back […]
Divine Reyes (BA, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice)
Divine Reyes is a second-generation Filipinx-Canadian. She was born and raised on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Watuth nations. Divine is graduating with a major in Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice and an ACAM minor. She further pursued her passion for social justice through her undergraduate degree. It opened […]
Shirley Ting (BSc, Global Resource Systems)
Shirley (she/her) is a second-generation Chinese Canadian who grew up on the ancestral and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Halkomelem) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) speaking peoples. She is graduating with a BSc in Global Resource Systems, specializing in global nutrition and health, and minoring in ACAM. During her undergraduate degree, Shirley focussed on examining the intersections […]
An Xu (BA, English Literature)
An Xu 徐安 (she/her) is a 1.5 generation Chinese Canadian settler living on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. She is graduating with a BA in English Literature and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies. During her time at UBC, she has worked as a Communications and Marketing […]
Lindsay Mak (BA, History and English Literature)
Lindsay is a second-generation Canadian-born Chinese, born and raised in Vancouver on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Lindsay completed her BA with a double major in History and English Literature, with an ACAM minor. Over the course of her undergrad and learning diverse stories from marginalized communities, Lindsay […]
Moira Henry (BA, English Literature)
Moira Henry is a fifth-generation settler of Japanese and Scottish ancestry living, working, and learning on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ land. Graduating with a major in English Literature and a minor in ACAM, she is interested in storytelling as both a mode of resistance and a means of connection. Throughout her time in the […]
Daniel Chen (BA, Asian Studies)
Daniel Chen 陈丹宁 (he/him) is an aspiring documentary journalist and completed his BA degree in Asian Studies and Asian Canadian and Asian migration studies at the University of British Columbia. He has moved between Los Angeles and Beijing and currently calls Vancouver home. ACAM has played a large role in his involvement in Vancouver Chinatown […]
Alger Ji-Liang (BA, Visual Arts)
Alger Ji-Liang 梁家傑 (he/him) is a UBC visual arts and ACAM graduate, and an emerging interdisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, BC on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam peoples. Alger situates the body as the centre of research and uses a lens-based practice to speak on identity, grief, memory, and space. He […]
Jacqueline Sarvini (BA, Political Science)
Jacqueline Sarvini (she/her) is a multiracial second-generation settler on the traditional lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil Waututh Nations. During her time at UBC, she was largely involved in community involvement and student orientation-based initiatives, both of which went hand-in-hand with her background in international development, migratory movements, and design-based learning. Nowadays, you’ll find […]
