Join us for the second session in our series “Stories of Partnership” dedicated to highlighting collaborations that embody reciprocity.
In this session, we will hear from christina lee (hua foundation) and Dr. JP Catungal (Centre for Asian Canadian Research & Engagement) on the longstanding relationship between faculty, staff and students from the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies, ACRE, and hua foundation. Learn how this partnership has grown and shifted over the years and culminated in a Community-University Engagement Support funded effort to create a new course, ACAM 320J, Asian Canadian Community Organizing. This conversation will be moderated by Szu Shen (Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies).
This event provides an opportunity to visit and learn about 312 Main, a centre for social and economic innovation where hua foundation and ACRE share an office alongside like-minded not-for-profits, organizations, and artists. Participants are invited to stay for a 30 minute tour of the space following the event.
Whether you’re in search of inspiration or seeking good practices, this session will offer you space to reflect on ways to enrich collaborations between community partners and UBC.
Coffee/tea and light refreshments will be provided.
Date: June 25, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: GF2 Reach Room at 312 Main St., Vancouver
Why Should You Attend?
- Explore a Long-Standing Partnership: Learn about the origins and evolution of the hua foundation and ACAM/ACRE partnership and how they have effectively collaborated over the years.
- Gain Practical Engagement Strategies: This session offers valuable advice and practical tips from a community partner, faculty member and staff person on embedding reciprocity in community-university partnerships.
- Get Inspired by Innovative Co-Teaching: Find out how ACAM 320J integrates community and academic expertise on an equal footing. Understand the significance of shared knowledge and diverse perspectives in creating enriching learning experiences.
- Tour a Unique, Inspiring Co-Working Space: Everyone who visits 312 Main leaves feeling inspired by the collaborative buzz and creative ideas flowing through the walls in this space that houses so many different organizations. Spend your morning in this exciting space!
Series Objectives
- To highlight and learn from community-university partnerships that exemplify reciprocity.
- To provide opportunities for staff and librarians to learn from community partners’ feedback to better our collective engagement practices.
Speakers
christina lee (she/they), director of community capacity + strategic initiatives: christina lee is a 2.5 generation Cantonese settler born and raised on unceded territories including the lands of the three title-holding Nations: the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), skx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh). After completing her BA in Geography and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies (ACAM), christina was eager to apply her research skills in ways that centred community and community needs. christina’s time at hua foundation has equal parts grounded and radicalized her, by providing both the support and fuel to pursue opportunities often out of reach for recent grads. She is now focusing on developing networks and supports for other racialized youth.
Dr. John Paul (JP) Catungal (he/him), Assistant Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, and Co-Director, Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement: Dr. John Paul (JP) Catungal is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in the nexus of critical human geography, intersectional feminism and queer of colour theorizing. His research interests concern Filipinx and Asian Canadian studies, with a focus on migrant, anti-racist and queer cultural production and community organizing efforts. He is especially interested in proliferating community engaged and public humanities approaches to knowledge production in partnership with equity deserving communities. He has also served as Director pro tem of the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program.
Szu Shen (she/her), Program Manager, Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies: Szu Shen is a queer Han Chinese and Taiwanese settler living and working on the unceded and occupied territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. She is the Program Manager for the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program at the University of British Columbia, and works as a freelance translator and illustrator in her spare time. She has done translation work for films such as All Our Father’s Relations (2016) and exhibits at Museum of Vancouver, Burnaby Village Museum, and the newly opened Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver’s Chinatown.
About the Event Organizer
The Community Engagement Network (CEN) is for staff and librarians at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan who do community engagement work. Our purpose is to: (1) create and sustain a sense of community among staff at UBC who lead and support community-university engagement and (2) increase our collective capacity and provide tools for reciprocal, community-led engagement.