What this is about
Welcome to a mini showcase of student work from ACAM 320B: Health Among Asian Diaspora in Canada. I am the supervising faculty, Dr. Benjamin Cheung. I am excited to present to you, and curate for you, a subset of the amazing work students in this course have created. This course is from the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Program at The University of British Columbia.
This course helps students explore different types of experiences and topics that relate to the health of the Asian diaspora in Canada, including issues around identity, discrimination, conceptualizations of health, and how various Asian conceptualizations of health embodied by the diaspora may intersect with Indigenous notions of health in Canada. It is also an opportunity for many students with Asian heritage to discuss these topics in a space they couldn’t find before, and explore topics around culture and health that they hadn’t considered before. For a more in-depth discussion of the course, see here and/or here.
What you’re about to see
As part of the course, students had to submit a final project that allowed them to explore a topic of interest in relation to health among Asian Diaspora in Canada. These take the form of papers, podcasts, and various forms of artistic expression. On this site, you’ll see a small selection of submissions from each year. Each submission is accompanied by a description/commentary, which all end with a reflection question that I hope will inspire you to think about the deeper meaning behind each submission…and its relevance to the everyday lives of Asian diaspora in Canada. The menu at the top of the page will take you to the different types of submissions here. Please feel free to look around!
Learn more about the course
If you’re interested, the most recent version of the syllabus for the course can be found here.
All submissions here are posted with the consent of the students and, if applicable, their guests.
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