Faculty of ArtElliott Cheung (BA, Asian Language and Culture, Honours)
Elliott Y.N. Cheung (張依諾), a 1.5-generation Hong Kong Canadian, is graduating this year with a B.A. Hons. in Asian Language and Culture (Japan) with a minor in ACAM. He credits his father with his interest in Sinophone cultures, his love of philology, and his passion for Asian Canadian advocacy and structural reform. His long-term research […]
emily law (BA, English Language & Literatures + Psychology)
emily law 羅穎賢 is a 2nd-generation Chinese-Canadian settler who grew up on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She is graduating with a BA in Psychology and English Language and Literatures, and a minor in Asian Canadian & Asian Migration studies. She is also the Dialogues Coordinator & […]
Gillian Chan (BA, English Literature)
Gillian is a recent graduate of English literature and Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies who has lived, worked, and studied on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) people. Her experiences as a second and third generation Chinese Canadian have fueled her interests in the early […]
Gurnoor Kaur Gwen Powar (BA, English Literature)
Gurnoor Powar is a second-generation Panjabi-Canadian woman born and raised on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Semiahmoo, Katzie and Kwantlen First Nation. She is graduating with a BA in English literature and a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies. Gurnoor hopes to continue her academic and creative journey in an exploration […]
Isa You (BFA, Creative Writing)
Isa is a second-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 BFA in Creative Writing and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies. While at UBC she fell in love with storytelling through photography, film and radio, and has applied […]
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 […]
James Ross (BA, Asian Language and Culture)
James is a sixth generation Canadian of Scottish ancestry raised on the ancestral land of the Songhees and Esquimalt nations. He is graduating with a BA in Korean Culture and Language and a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies. These programs have guided him in understanding the importance Asian Canadian histories of the […]
Jane Jingyi Wu (BFA, Visual Arts)
Jingyi Wu is a Chinese international student majoring in Visual Arts, with a minor in Asian-Canadian and Asian Migration Studies. She expresses herself primarily through painting, photography, and film, taking on themes of women, body, identity and socio-political issues. In particular, her art speaks to her love of exploring what it means to be an […]
Jane Shi (BA, English, Honours)
Jane Shi is a Chinese settler who grew up on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tseil-Waututh), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) peoples, along with the territories of the Tsawwassen and Stó:lō peoples. Hailing from the islands and mountains of 浙江 (Zhejiang), she was raised on yangmei, quail eggs, and salted water ducks. She is grateful that ACAM […]
Joanne Yuasa (BA, Religion, Literature, and Arts)
Joanne Yuasa is in her fourth year at UBC, majoring in Religion, Literature, and Arts, with a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration. She is planning on furthering her education through a professional Masters program in Pastoral Studies in Toronto. She currently serves as an ordained priest of the Jodo Shin school of Buddhism, […]
