Reflections – ACAM 400 – Asian Canadian Community Engaged Research

Finding the Language for Community: Reflections from ACAM 320J
written by Sarah Kwak Challenges and rewards in community engaged research (CER) feel similar to those of being in community. It doesn’t require much reflection to recognize that in contemporary contexts, our lives are increasingly segregated and individuated, which seemingly work to render our role in community obsolete. Time poverty is endemic, making interactions with …
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Learning From Her Care: Reflections on Asian Canadian Community-Engaged Research
written by Angel Bella When my great aunt, Lola Didi, passed away in May 2024–towards the end of the first year of my master’s degree–I was convinced my research project was doomed. Her hollow voice left tinny by morphine and my phone’s speaker rang with tender fragility the days before her death: Love you, Neng. …
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Research From the Heart in ACAM 320J
written by Gillian Der Community work is never linear, but in ACAM 320J, it is always from the heart. One of the biggest lessons I’ve taken away from this experience as one of the community coordinators for the ACAM 320J: Asian Canadian Community Organizing Studio is the importance of being open to what needs to …
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