Faculty of Art
Darlings. Deviants. Damaged. Delicious. Based on his series published by The Tyee, Christopher Cheung’s new book, Under the White Gaze, investigates the state of racial discourse and racism in Canadian media and journalism. The book explores why reporting on race is necessary, how the language for doing so is evolving, and why intersectionality increasingly matters in stories about race.
Join students of ACAM320J in a fireside chat, moderated by course co-instructor & ACAM alum (BA’18) christina lee 李嘉明, as they discuss our responsibility as researchers, academics, and stewards of community stories.
About ACAM320J
ACAM320J: Asian Canadian Community Organizing is an undergraduate studio course, co-developed and co-led by Dr. JP Catungal (Assistant Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice; Co-Director Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement) and christina lee 李嘉明 (director of community capacity + strategic initiatives @ hua foundation). The Asian Canadian Research and Engagement (ACRE) Studio balances academic and community knowledge, in partnership with local community partners, to support students in designing and facilitating community-centred research projects.
Christopher Cheung 
Christopher Cheung is a staff reporter at The Tyee interested in urban change, diasporas, and food. His stories about Metro Vancouver are known for complex characters, a strong sense of place, and accessible explanations of social problems. His first book is Under the White Gaze: Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism, published with UBC Press’s Purich Books.
christina lee 李嘉明 (she/they)
christina is a 2.5 generation Cantonese settler, born and raised on the unceded and ancestral lands and territories stewarded by hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (Downriver Halkomelem) and Skwxwú7mesh sníchim (Squamish) speaking peoples. christina is the director of community capacity + strategic initiatives @ hua foundation, and is an adjunct faculty with the University of British Columbia’s Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies (ACAM) program. In her free time, christina is an avid (but amateur) outrigger canoe paddler and soccer player, a sometimes-photographer, and strives to be every dog’s favourite auntie.
Dr. John Paul (JP) Catungal (he/him)
JP is Assistant Professor in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, and Co-Director of the Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement at UBC. As a queer, first generation, Filipinx Canadian scholar of Pangasinense descent, he currently works in partnership with local Filipinx, Asian Canadian and queer of colour organizations to explore the value of community engaged and arts-based research approaches for uplifting historically marginalized communities’ knowledges, creativity and histories.
