Faculty of ArtOlivia Lim (BA, English Language and Literatures, Honours)
Olivia Lim (she/her/hers) is a UBC graduate of Chinese Filipino and European descent currently working, living, and learning on the traditional, ancestral, and unceeded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-waututh nations. She completed her BA in Honours English with a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migrations Studies. Her research interests include critical race […]
Phebe Ferrer (BA, International Relations)
Phebe is a student of Filipino heritage, graduating with a major in International Relations and minor in ACAM. Her research interests include studying migration policy, identity formation within Filipino diasporic communities, Indigenous-immigrant relations in Canada, and Philippine foreign relations. In line with these interests, Phebe ran a student-directed seminar this semester on the Filipino diaspora […]
Rachel Lau (BMS, Media Studies)
Rachel Lau (they/them) is a queer Cantonese artist, writer, and radio producer based in what’s colonially known as “Vancouver”. Through sound art, photography, and zine-making, they contemplate what it means to experience longing in a world that is transient. Lau is a recent graduate of the Bachelor of Media Studies program, with a minor in […]
Russell Chiong (BS, Environmental Science)
Russell Chiong is a fourth-generation Chinese-Canadian graduating with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Environmental Science specializing in Conservation and Ecology, and minoring in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies. Born and raised in the beautiful Pacific Northwest on the unceded, occupied, and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish People, Russell has a distinct appreciation […]
Sarah Tan (BA, Asian Language and Culture)
Coming from Southeast Asian-Chinese heritage, Sarah gravitates towards the spicy flavours and rich density of Asian culture. Her interests led to a lengthy pursuit of an undergraduate degree in UBC’s Asian Studies Department. She majored in Asian Language and Culture specializing in China with a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies. During her […]
Sen Canute (BA, Cognition and Brain)
Sen Canute is a multiracial multidisciplinary yonsei creator based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. They are a recent UBC graduate with a major in Cognitive Systems (BA, Brain and Cognition stream) and minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies. They’re interested in community based media, digital storytelling, and […]
Shaina Somers (BA, Canadian Studies)
After many years as a UBC undergraduate, Shaina will be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Canadian Studies and a double minor in Sociology and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies. Her studies and interests have taken her around Canada, Europe, Asia and East Africa to work, travel, study and live. As a woman of […]
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 […]
Sloane Geddes (BA, Asian Area Studies)
Sloane is graduating with a major in Asian Area Studies and a minor in Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies. She will be staying at UBC to do her Master’s degree in Asian Studies.
Tiffany Lee (BA, International Relations + MM)
Tiffany (she/her) is a 2nd generation Chinese Canadian based on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. She majored in International Relations with a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration studies, along with the Master of Management dual degree program. Tiffany’s studies in ACAM have focused on how the storytelling of […]
