Memoir

A collage of two certificates and an old family photo. Top row: Two certificates belonging to Ging Wei Wong's father from his early days of living in Canada. Bottom: A photo of Carol Wong's family from 1965.

Memoir

Community Storytelling Project: Three Stories from Chinese Canadians

June 28, 2023July 1, 2023 - by Various Contributors

Personal histories that touch down in rural Alberta, Jamaica, Hong Kong, and Toronto

An illustration of a Chinese-Canadian family: A mother, a father, and two kids stand around their seated grandparents. A Chinese-style building partition is in the foreground with symbols of Chinese-Canadian history on it, including an old family portrait and an immigration certificate. In the back is a window facing the Vancouver skyline.

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100 Years after the Exclusion Act, Chinese Canadians like Me Still Question Their Belonging

June 28, 2023May 21, 2024 - by Adrian Ma

Searching for the sense of identity I had lost during the pandemic, I needed my family to see where our Canadian story began

A black-and-white photograph of church pews and windows inside a church in Kampala, Uganda.

May 2023 / Memoir

Losing My Faith and Finding Other Ways to Pray

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 - by Iryn Tushabe

Faith was something I shared with my mother. When she died, I didn’t know what to believe in

A mishmash of limbs performing martial arts on a red background. Three Asian men at the front push a boulder, referencing the struggle of Sisyphus.

January/February 2023 / Memoir

What My Father’s Martial Arts Classes Taught Me about Fighting Racism

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 - by Adrian De Leon

The goal of martial arts is self-defence. But what happens when the violence is as atmospheric as racism itself?

A priest in scrubs, a mask, and a plastic visor speaking to someone in the wing of a hospital.

January/February 2023 / Memoir

I Became a Pastor during the Pandemic

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 - by Michael Coren

I wasn’t prepared for the challenges I would face as a priest during COVID-19

A therapist speaking to a couch with spikes on it.

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Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 - by K. J. Aiello

Today, people talk about seeing a therapist like they’re going to the dentist. But our compassion around mental health still excludes the people who need it most

Someone looking in a mirror, which has a scribbled, distorted figure inside it

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Surgery Minimized My Chances of Getting Cancer. It Also Altered My Self-Image

November 22, 2022November 23, 2022 - by Carey Toane

Because of a hereditary gene mutation, I removed my breast tissue, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. I had to unlearn a lot of feelings about how I look

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I’m Haunted by the Mansions of My Youth

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 - by Erika Thorkelson

I grew up having nightmares about big houses that represented the trauma of my childhood. As an adult living through the housing crisis, my relationship with mansions has only grown more complicated