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This course has no textbooks. The following articles are assigned readings for each week, all of which can be accessed through the UBC Library<\/a>, Google Scholar (via UBC Library’s extended access)<\/a>, or through the accompanied link – unless otherwise provided. If a reading is behind a paywall, it will be available on Canvas under the “Paywalled” module. If you are unable to access anything, please let me know.<\/p>\n

Each week will contain a couple of citations preceded by asterisks (*). These are just recommended readings, and are simply additional readings “for your own interest”. They are not required readings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Week 1:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Subramaniam, V. (2020, June 2). Vanmala Subramaniam: Before you declare Canada is not a racist country, do your homework. National Post<\/em>. https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/vanmala-subramaniam-before-you-declare-canada-is-not-a-racist-country-do-your-homework<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 1) Yu, H. S. N. (2016). Asian Canadian history. In D. K. Yoo & E. Azuma (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Asian American history<\/em>. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093\/oxfordhb\/9780199860463.013.35<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Costigan, C. L., Taknint, J. T., Mudryk, E., & Al Qudayri, B. (2022). Building Community: Connecting refugee and Canadian families. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 28<\/em>(3), 338-348. doi:10.1037\/cdp0000428<\/div>\n
Week 2:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Wheeler, A. (Director). (1995). The war between us<\/em> [Film]. Troika Films. http:\/\/resolve.library.ubc.ca\/cgi-bin\/catsearch?bid=11458301<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 2) Canadian Race Relations Foundation. (2009). From racism to redress: The Japanese Canadian experience<\/em>. https:\/\/learning.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/ePubFaShRacRedJap.pdf<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 2) Hopper, T. (2016, December 14). Rare views of Japanese-Canadian internment: 19 images remembering one of Canada’s dark hours. National Post<\/em>. https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/rare-views-of-japanese-canadian-internment-19-images-remembering-one-of-canadas-darkest-hours<\/a><\/div>\n
Week 3:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Adams, G. R., & Marshall, S. K. (1996). A developmental social psychology of identity: understanding the person-in-context. Journal of Adolescence, 19<\/em>(5), 429-442. doi:10.1006\/jado.1996.0041<\/div>\n
(Day 1) Hong, Y., Zhan, S., Morris, M. W., & Benet-Martinez, V. (2016). Multicultural identity processes. Current Opinion in Psychology, 8<\/em>, 49-53. doi:10.1016\/j.copsyc.2015.09.020<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Chong, V., & Kuo, B. C. H. (2015). Racial identity profiles of Asian-White biracial young adults: Testing a theoretical model with cultural and psychological correlates. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 6<\/em>(3), 203-212. doi:10.1037\/aap0000022<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Gambol, B. (2016). Changing racial boundaries and mixed unions: the case of second-generation Filipino Americans. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 19<\/em>(14), 2621-2640. doi:10.1080\/01419870.2016.1164879<\/div>\n

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*Stroink, M. L., & Lalonde, R. N. (2009). Bicultural identity conflict in second-generation Asian Canadians. The Journal of Social Psychology, 149<\/em>(1), 44\u201365. doi:10.3200\/SOCP.149.1.44-65<\/div>\n
*CBC News. (2021, May 23). A mixed race Asian Calgarian reflects on his childhood experiences with systemic racism. CBC News<\/em>. https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/community\/asian-heritage-month-heath-kai-1.6035111<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Week 4:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Yoshizawa, A. (Director). (2016). All our father’s relations<\/em> [Film]. Right Relations. https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/media\/absolutely-canadian\/s17e10?cmp=sch-all%20our%20father%27s%20relations<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 2) Diabo, G. K. (2019). Bad feelings, feeling bad: The affects of Asian-Indigenous coalition. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 20<\/em>(2), 257-270. doi:10.1080\/14649373.2019.1613729<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Ng, G. A. W. (2020). Complexities in religious education with Asian\/Asian Canadians and Indigenous realities: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report on Residential Schools. Religious Education, 115<\/em>(3), 315-322. doi:10.1080\/00344087.2020.1772622<\/div>\n
Week 5:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Fuks, N., Smith, N. G., Pel\u00e1ez, S., De Stefano, J., & Brown, T. L. (2018). Acculturation experiences among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender immigrants in Canada. The Counselling Psychologist, 46<\/em>(3), 296-332. doi:10.1177\/0011000018768538<\/div>\n
(Day 1) Saunders, D. (2018, June 15). For this generation of Filipino-Canadians, broken policies have left a scar. The Globe and Mail<\/em>. https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-for-this-generation-of-filipino-canadians-broken-policies-have-left-a\/<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 2) Hwang, H. G., Debnath, R., Meyer, M., Salo, V. C., Fox, N. A., & Woodward, A. (2021). Neighborhood racial demographics predict infants\u2019 neural responses to people of different races. Developmental Science, 24<\/em>(4), e13070. doi:10.1111\/desc.13070<\/div>\n
Week 6:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Lee, M. Y. H. (2019, May 2). She\u2019s Asian and female. But she\u2019s not me. The Washington Post<\/em>. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2019\/05\/02\/shes-asian-female-shes-not-me\/<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 1) Patel, S. (2019). “Brown girls can’t be gay”: Racism experienced by queer South Asian women in the Toronto LGBTQ community. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 23<\/em>(3), 410-423. doi:10.1080\/10894160.2019.1585174<\/div>\n
(Day 1) Price, J. (2020, May 22). Racism is on the rise. And Asian Canadians are fighting back. The Tyee<\/em>. https:\/\/thetyee.ca\/Opinion\/2020\/05\/22\/Racism-Rising-Asian-Canadians-Fighting-Back\/<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 2) Fang, L., Lee, E., Chan, K., Al-Raes, M., & Nuesca, E. (2023). “It goes under the radar!”: In\/visibility of anti-Asian racism from a Canadian youth perspective. Youth & Society<\/em>. doi:10.1177\/0044118X231220390<\/div>\n
Week 8:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Bhutani, A., & Tenneti, A. (2020, August 18). Searching for anti-racism agendas in South Asian Canadian communities. The Conversation<\/em>. https:\/\/theconversation.com\/searching-for-anti-racism-agendas-in-south-asian-canadian-communities-142431<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 1) Kim, C. J. (2018). Are Asians the new Black? Affirmative action, anti-Blackness, and the “sociometry” of race. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 15<\/em>(2), 217-244. doi:10.1017\/S1742058X18000243<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Cowper-Smith, Y. (2022). Knowledge-practices of the collective self: The Rohingya social movement in Canada. In N. Uddin (Ed.), The Rohingya crisis: Human rights issues, policy concerns and burden sharing<\/em> (pp. 191-210). Sage Publications. Access the book here<\/a> by clicking on the “Full text online” option, then the “Read Online” option, and searching for the chapter.<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Hajjar, D. (2020, August 6). After the Beirut blasts, the Lebanese diaspora is left between helplessness and guilt. The Washington Post<\/em>. https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/08\/06\/after-beirut-blasts-lebanese-diaspora-is-left-between-helplessness-guilt\/<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 2) Yam, S.-Y. S. (2021). Diasporic discordance: On memories and Hong Kong. In N. Wong (Ed.), Looking back at Hong Kong: An anthology of writing and art<\/em> (pp. 138-147). Cart Noodles Press. Access it here<\/a><\/div>\n

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Week 9:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Chung, A. (Director). (2020). White elephant<\/em> [Film]. Jade Pictures. Retrieved from: https:\/\/gem.cbc.ca\/media\/white-elephant\/s01e01<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 1) Vlessing, E. (2021). ‘White Elephant’ director talks empowering Asians in Canadian TV: “There’s just a huge void”. The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. Retrieved from: https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/white-elephant-director-asians-canadian-television-kims-convenience-1234981516<\/a><\/div>\n
Week 10:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Chan-Yip, A. (2004). Health promotion and research in the Chinese community in Montreal: A model of culturally appropriate health care. Paediatrics & Child Health, 9<\/em>(9), 627-629. doi:10.1093\/pch\/9.9.627<\/div>\n
(Day 1) Kim, I.-H., Carrasco, C., Muntaner, C., McKenzie, K., & Noh, S. (2013). Ethnicity and postmigration health trajectory in new immigrants to Canada. American Journal of Public Health, 103<\/em>, e96-e104. doi:10.2105\/AJPH.2012.301185<\/div>\n
(Day 1) Lofters, A. K., McBride, M. L., Li, D., Whitehead, M., Moineddin, R., Jiang, L., Grunfeld, E., Groome, P. A., & the CanIMPACT Team (2019). Disparities in breast cancer diagnosis for immigrant women in Ontario and BC: Results from the CanIMPACT study. BMC Cancer, 19<\/em>(42). doi:10.1186\/s12885-018-5201-0<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Johnson, J. L., Bottoroff, J. L., Hilton, B. A., Browne, A. J., & Grewell, J. (2002). Recognizing discrimination in nursing practice: Findings from a study of South Asian women and their health care providers in British Columbia help to alert nurses to the subtle yet powerful forms of racism that can inadvertently occur in everyday practice. The Canadian Nurse, 98<\/em>(5), 24-27.<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Juric, A. (2021). Unseen: Ranjit’s story<\/em>. Retrieved from https:\/\/vimeo.com\/440063875<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 2) Lin, S. (2021). Access to health care among racialised immigrants to Canada in later life: A theoretical and empirical synthesis. Ageing & Society,<\/em> 1-25. doi:10.1017\/S0144686X20001841<\/div>\n
Week 11:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Jisrawi, A., & Arnold, C. (2018). Cultural humility and mental health care in Canadian Muslim communities. Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy, 52<\/em>(1), 43\u201364. doi:10.1177\/0020764018805125<\/div>\n
(Day 1) Tiwari, S. K., & Wang, J. (2008). Ethnic differences in mental health service use among White, Chinese, South Asian and South East Asian populations living in Canada. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43<\/em>, 866-871. doi:10.1007\/s00127-008-0373-6<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Poon, C., Saewyc, E., & Chen, W. (2012). Enacted stigma, problem substance use, and protective factors among Asian sexual minority youth in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 30<\/em>(2), 47-64. doi:10.7870\/cjcmh-2011-0016<\/div>\n
Week 12:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Fung, R. (Director). (2016). Re:Orientations<\/em> [Film]. Third World Newsreel. https:\/\/courses.library.ubc.ca\/i.6xRgqp<\/a> (Note: Best to access through Canvas -> Library Online Course Reserves)<\/div>\n
(Day 1) Fung, R. (Director). (1986). Orientations: Lesbian and Gay Asians<\/em> [Film]. Vtape. https:\/\/courses.library.ubc.ca\/i.mvk9Pb<\/a> (Note: Best to access through Canvas -> Library Online Course Reserves)<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Giwa, S. & Greensmith, C. (2012). Race relations and racism in the LGBTQ community of Toronto: Perceptions of gay and queer social service providers of color. Journal of Homosexuality, 59<\/em>(2), 149-185. doi:10.1080\/00918369.2012.648877<\/div>\n
Week 13:<\/td>\n\n
(Day 1) Guha, A. (2016). Is Ayurvedic medicine safe? Taking care of your health and wellbeing<\/em>. https:\/\/www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu\/explore-healing-practices\/ayurvedic-medicine\/-ayurvedic-medicine-safe-0<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 1) Ijaz, N., Boon, H., Muzzin, L., & Welsh, S. (2016). State risk discourse and the regulatory preservation of traditional medicine knowledge: The case of acupuncture in Ontario, Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 170<\/em>, 97-105. doi:10.1016\/j.socscimed.2016.08.037<\/div>\n
(Day 1) National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. (2019). Ayurvedic medicine: In depth. NCCIH<\/em>. https:\/\/www.nccih.nih.gov\/health\/ayurvedic-medicine-in-depth<\/a><\/div>\n
(Day 2) France, H. & Rodriguez, C. (2019). Traditional Chinese medicine in Canada: An Indigenous perspective. Chinese Medicine and Culture, 2<\/em>, 1-5. doi:10.4103\/CMAC.CMAC_2_19<\/div>\n
(Day 2) Gall, A., Leske, S., Adams, J., Matthews, V., Anderson, K., Lawler, S., & Garvey, G. (2018). Traditional and complementary medicine use among Indigenous cancer patients in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States: A systematic review. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 17<\/em>(3), 568-581. doi:10.1177\/1534735418775821<\/div>\n

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*Tian, P. (2011). Convergence: Where West meets East. Nature, 480<\/em>, S84-S86. doi:480S84a<\/div>\n
*Cai, Y. (2017, March 29). Indigenous people include Chinese medicine for traditional healing. The Thunderbird<\/em>. https:\/\/thethunderbird.ca\/2017\/03\/29\/indigenous-groups-turn-to-chinese-medicine\/<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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