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== '''News''' == 
=Welcome to Ginger Garden 2018=


La version en français suivra.


'''''Frontlines of Green Best Practices'''''
Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents Ginger Garden Thurs. August 30th, 2018, 5-9 pm, free, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal


; ''[[GreenLinks]] updated''
Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 5-6 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 5-6 minutes pending the number pf presenters. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome! Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections that may capture the power of creativity and the imagination.                                                                                                      Presentations are video documented with permission and posted on: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden
Presentations from previous years are viewable.
Ginger Garden was inspired by the many tea houses by Mary Wong. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Mary_Sui_Yee_Wong


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The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.


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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....bring a plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste and a food item to share. See you there!!


'''''December 2014'''''
Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/EV_Corridors_Electric_Vehicles_Zero_Emission_Vehicles '''''Here come the 'EV Corridors'''''']
Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente Ginger Garden,jeudi, 30 aout 2018, 17h-21h, entrée libre Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal


[[File:Electric-Vehicle-Charging-Sign.gif]]
Ginger Garden est un rassemblement "potluck" intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Les invités, s'indentifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 5-6 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 5-6 minutes dépendant le nombre des invités. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.


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Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden
Ginger Garden a été inspiré par les nombreuses maisons de thé de Mary Wong.http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Mary_Sui_Yee_Wong
Les présentations des années précédentes y sont disponibles. Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste représentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes.


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Weather_-_Global_Forecast_System_Visualized '''''Global Weather, Interactive''''']
SVP !!! On vous invite d'apporter un plat, des ustensiles, ton tasse, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager. Au plaisir de vous voir!! Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


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Presenters
==Kevin Deer, faithkeeper==
Thanksgiving Address
Elder, Mohawk Nation, Six Nations


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Kevin presently resides in Kahnawake, Quebec, situated just South of Montreal. A Ceremonial Ritualist at the Mohawk Trail Longhouse, Kevin helps to perform the ancient ceremonies, speeches and dances of the Longhouse people. He is an Elder and a resource person of Iroquois spirituality, philosophy, culture, ceremonies and history. He has been actively involved past 33 years with Iroquoian philosophies, and worldviews, which help people become spiritually reawakened.
http://dodemkanonhsa.ca/portfolio/kevin-deer/


'''''November 2014'''''
==Farah Fancy, Moderator==
Farah Fancy is an arts manager, artist, community worker and consultant who for over 20 years has been using an ethnographic process to create socially engaged dance, music, and theatre performances. As a result she founded Le groupe herencias with a mission to promote, educate and collaborate with the artists and community she works with to find new ways to explore our heritage and identity across gender, religion, class, generation and culture. For example, she is the General Manager of choreographer Julio Hong, who fuses contemporary, ballet and folkloric forms to explore identity; Rencontres/Encounters theatre ensemble a socially engaged project that uses relationship building to overcome difference; Rumbakwa, an afro latin electro band that is inspired by refugee experiences in Quebec; and the conception designer for Elders Makes Waves movement with RECAA ( Respecting Elders, Communities Against Abuse). Farah also works with a number of organizations and institutions to consult on how to art can be used as a tool to resolve structural problems within organizations, foster economic development, and facilitate cultural understanding.


''The recent U.S. elections have produced a 'turn-back-the-clock group in Congress. [http://politi.co/1vR5gsx Efforts that attempt to roll back environmental law]''
Farah Fancy est un gestionnaire des arts, une artiste, travailleur communautaire et consultant qui, depuis plus de 20 ans, utilise un processus ethnographique pour créer des spectacles de danse, de musique et de théâtre socialement engagés. En conséquence, elle a fondé Le groupe herencias dans le but de promouvoir, d'éduquer et de collaborer avec les artistes et la communauté avec lesquels elle travaille pour trouver de nouvelles façons d'explorer notre patrimoine et notre identité sur le genre, la religion, la classe, la génération et la culture. Par exemple, elle est la directrice générale du chorégraphe Julio Hong, qui fusionne les formes contemporaines, de ballet et folkloriques pour explorer l'identité; Rencontres / Encounters  ensemble de théâtre un projet socialement engagé qui utilise le bâtiment relationnel pour surmonter la différence; Rumbakwa, une orchestre afro latin inspirée des expériences de réfugiés au Québec; Et le concepteur de concepteur pour le mouvement Elders Makes Waves avec RECAA (Respecting Elders, Communities Against Abuse). Farah travaille également avec un certain nombre des organisations et d'institutions pour consulter comment l'art peut être utilisé comme outil pour résoudre les problèmes structurels au sein des organisations, favoriser le développement économique et faciliter la compréhension culturelle.


''can be expected and maintaining progress made over the yrs will be a challenge. Today we reflect on the [https://plus.google.com/b/104105656721944993244/104105656721944993244/posts/34gu9y59nh2 beginnings of the green era in the U.S.'']
==Himmat Shinhat==
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When Himmat Shinhat, BComm 80, moved to Canada from England in the late 1970s, he felt a sense of disappointment. Montreal, in his experience as a member of a visible minority, was years behind England regarding multiculturalism and integration. Eventually Shinhat found his way to a place where things seemed different — Concordia. There, Shinhat found a “network of South Asian friends” and a “very progressive” student body and faculty that gave him the sense of be- longing he longed for. “There was a lot more attention paid to being inclusive with respect to racial and class diversity,” he says. The university was also a hotbed of progressive politics, which resonated with him.After graduating, Shinhat began working with a South Asian advocacy organization. Quickly rising through the ranks, within four years he was named the organization’s executive director. In the 1980s, he was recruited by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (now Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada).After a long career with Immigration and Citizenship Canada, in 2016 Himmat Shinhat began working with Syrian refugees as director of outreach for the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Initiative in Ottawa, his last stop before retiring in 2017.


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==Marie-Leofeli Romero Barlizo==
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Marie Leofeli Romero Barlizo is a Filipino-Chinese playwright, dramaturg and screenwriter who was born in the Philippines but grew up in Montreal. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Optional-Residency Creative Writing MFA Program and holds a BFA in Theatre from Concordia University. She is the first visible minority to graduate from the National Theatre School's Playwriting Program. Marie interned at Nightswimming Theatre, courtesy of the Metcalf Foundation Grant for Professional Development (2009) in dramaturgy, where she assisted Brian Quirt on Nightswimming's projects. As a dramaturg, she has also worked at Alberta Theatre Projects (Calgary), fu-Gen Asian Canadian Theatre Company (Toronto), Out Productions and Centaur Theatre (Montreal). Her plays have been showcased at Playwrights Theatre Centre’s New Play Festival in Vancouver, fu-Gen Asian-Canadian Theatre Company’s Annual Potluck Festival (Toronto), Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, Teesri Duniya Theatre (Montreal) and at Factory Theatre's CrossCurrent Festival (Toronto). She was the Artist-in-Residence at Black Theatre Workshop in dramaturgy for the 2015-2016 season and currently mentors their emerging playwrights in their Artist Mentorship Program. She developed her playLucky at Banff Playwrights Retreat last February 2017. Her play, Unang Pasko Sa Montreal(First Christmas in Montreal) was part of Urban Tales Series at the Centaur Theatre this past December (2017). Excerpts of her play Lucky was performed in PlayShed's WRK N PRGRSSMultidisciplinary Showcase (2017) and will be in the Montreal Off-Fringe Festival this summer 2018. She will be directing parts of Lynn Kozak's translation of the Iliad in the spring and will be a Resident Artist at The MAI (Montreal's Intercultural Arts Centre)) in May-June 2018. She is a board member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America (LMDA). Her article “Diversity in Bloom in Montreal English Theatre” was recently published in the spring edition of TicArtToc No. 10 (Diversite Artistique Montreal).
https://www.facebook.com/marieleofeli.barlizo?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab&pnref=friends


==Viviene Tam==
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Vivienne calls Waterloo, Ontario, home, though she was born in Singapore and completed her bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering with a minor in Neuroscience at Princeton University, NJ. During her study there, she became interested in drug delivery to the brain, especially theranostic solutions. Her thesis project developed super paramagnetic iron oxide theranostic nanoparticles for MRI imaging and targeted drug delivery to the brain. She has also completed research internships at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, working on layer-by-layer nanoparticles, as well as liposomes, for anti-fibrotic treatment following glaucoma filtration surgeries. Then, she spent two years in Fuzhou, China, at a special needs foster home teaching and developing its creative arts program. She is now back in Canada as a Masters/PhD student working on creating upconversion nanoparticles for on-demand drug release upon NIR irradiation, and other biomedical applications, like bioimaging and biosensing. In her free time, she volunteers at an art co-operative, cooks experimentally with various cuisines and camps out at cafes where she writes and does all things creative.


==Dawn Bramadat==
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Highlights '''''GreenPolicy360 Highlights''''']
The work that I have been called to weaves together the seemingly disparate aspects of Being and guides one to a vision of his or her own wholeness and perfection…I simply love someone for Who (S)He Is, and ease that person to a place of wonderment and gratitude for the Life that (s)he has created…WHATEVER that Life may be. Together, we open an attitude of joyful responsibility and active serenity… I watch with awe as one by one we step into our destiny and heal our pools of influence through Love…


'''''This week GreenPolicy360 highlights [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360_Highlights George Brown Jr.''''']
Born in Trinidad and raised in Canada, I traveled extensively to study and trained in many of the world’s spiritual traditions (Cree, Anishnabe, Miq’ma, Judaic, mystical Christian, Mayan, Hindu, Taoist, Tibetan Budddhist, Zen Buddhist…) I’ve practiced and taught oriental and traditional medicine for a few decades and raised and home-schooled my 4 amazing children. I’ve been called teacher, guide, mother, healer, witch, midwife, shaman and troublemaker….


'''''Last week we highlighted the remarkable work of Rebecca Moore.'''''
My understanding is that my work is to help dissolve the imprints of the past on the material manifestation of the Earth, and in so doing, to assist our transition through to our new planetary reality. To this end, I have been called to do healing + releasing in different countries that held bloodshed and violence in their energetic fields. The experience for me is of touching with love the ancestors who were caught in vibrations of fear and anger, releasing them and thus freeing the bloodlines that flowed from them in a weakened state through generations. Working with the ancestral lineages of the land, the work helps to release any impediments still in the way of this great shift that our planet is undertaking, perhaps alleviating some of the potential earth changes that are still possibilities. I am often sent to act as a doula/midwife for all forms of physical manifestation, assisting transition through/between dimensions.


'''''Rebecca envisioned setting up [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:G_Earth_Outreach.jpg Google Outreach] -- and she did.'''''
Our bodies are physical manifestations of the planet as well, created of the earth and our beliefs and intentions. During sessions, I often have the honour of connecting and communicating with spirit representatives of the lineage of lives and bodies that have combined to create the individual who I am touching and to feel something like a collective sigh of relief as the ancestors are freed of programmes of limitation and separation.


[https://plus.google.com/104105656721944993244/posts/gEGAkFJvXvX '''''As our site mgr Steve wrote: Rebecca had an idea how to save trees around her home]
My Tibetan Buddhist name is Nawang Yangchen, translated as “possessor of healing voice”; I use my voice in healing sessions and teaching, in group meditations and visualisations and to create rituals to celebrate life transitions.I work with individuals, couples, children and families in consultation and using an approach based in the indigenous Medicine Wheel of the Americas, the 5 elements of oriental medicine and a deep appreciation of the role of each individual in laying a foundation for the Future Earth.
http://www.heartroot.com
http://dawnbramadat.wordpress.com/


'''''and her idea led to setting up Google Outreach - She had a great idea, she made it happen,'''''
==Khosro Berahmandi==
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'''''she is continuing to make it happen ! Each day there's new progress, local and global...'''''
Khosro Berahmandi, Iranian-born painter, moved to Canada in 1983. He currently lives and works in Montreal. Graduate in Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, as well as the University of Paris VIII, he has already participated in over thirty solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe. Recipient of several awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, he is engaged in various artistic projects exploring the relationship between his art and other forms of artistic expressions. Three art books on Khosro’s work have already been published by Maison d’édition Ketabe Iran Canada and by Les éditions du Noroît. Khosro is presented by MEKIC gallery in Montreal and Queen gallery in Toronto.
https://khosro.info/about/


'''''Global Forest Watch & Global Fishing Watch are two most recent successful launches.'''''
Né à Téhéran, en Iran, Khosro Berahmandi peint depuis l’âge de 25 ans. Ses années de formation le conduisent de l’université Western Ontario à l’Université Concordia de Montréal et à l’Université de Paris VIII où il obtient une maîtrise en arts plastiques. Artiste accompli et prolifique, lauréat de plusieurs bourses du Conseil des Arts du Canada, Khosro Berahmandi, s’engage fréquemment dans divers projets artistiques. Parmi les plus récents, mentionnons le spectacle multidisciplinaire Éclats nocturne (2009) et le projet de danse Baiser tellurique (2010) qui explore la relation entre son art et d’autres formes d’expressions artistiques. Il a participé déjà à une quarantaine d’expositions en solo et de groupe au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe.


'''''Here's a tip of our green hat to Rebecca's 'planet citizen' work !'''''
==Naghmeh Sharifi==
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'''''Thank You Rebecca, congratulations - time to see how it's all connected !'''''
Born in Iran, Naghmeh Sharifi immigrated to Canada at the age of sixteen. She attended the University of British Columbia, where she obtained a BA in visual arts and one in psychology.  Since 2006, her artwork has been exhibited in Tehran, Berlin, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Toronto and Skopje. In Montreal, she has presented her work at such sites as Les Territoires Gallery (2013), Montreal Council of the Arts (2015) and Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery (2017). In 2015, Naghmeh Sharifi was the recipient of the Impressions Residency at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.


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From British Columbia to Quebec, where she now lives, as well as sojourns in Paris, Berlin and Lyon, Sharifi’s artistic approach has always been spurred by reflections on themes of transient identities and by her fascination with human psychology. Naghmeh is currently pursuing an MFA (concentration Painting and Drawing) at Concordia University.
https://www.naghmehsharifi.com/


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==Maleesa Phommavongsay==
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Maleesa Phommavongsay, Ac., is an acupuncturist at “La Vie est Qi” clinic located in Lasalle, Montreal. (www.lavieestqi.com) She recently finished years of studies in traditional asian medecine at the “Collège de Rosemont”, the only official establishment to offer the acupuncture program and license in Quebec province. After finishing a bachelor in psychology and working for a few years with underpriviledged youth, she decided to broaden up her accompanying skills to include health related matters only to find out that her ancestors were very fond of traditional medicines (herbal saunas, cupping, post-birthing rituals, etc.).


'''''Act Now on Climate Change''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/IPCC_Report_Nov_2014 '''''IPCC Synthesis Report''''']
==Khando Langri==
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Khando Langri is a joint honours student at McGill University studying anthropology and political science. She currently works as a research assistant for the Canada Tibet Committee and has been a long and ardent supporter of Students for a Free Tibet having completed an internship at their flagship chapter in Dharamsala, India, in 2016. Her research interests are geared towards (post)colonialism, exile and displacement, identity, disability, aesthetics and Tibet-China matters.


'''''October 2014'''''
Khando Langri est une étudiante en anthropologie et science politique à McGill. Elle travaille au Comité Canada Tibet en tant qu’assistante de recherche et continue d’être une ardente alliée des Étudiants pour un Tibet Libre (SFT), ayant complété un stage à leur bureau principal à Dharamsala (Inde) en 2016. Ses intérêts académiques incluent le (post)colonialism, l’exil et le déplacement, l’identity, l’«handicap», les esthétiques et toutes affaires Tibet-Chine.


'''''Practical Solutions, Green Practices @work'''''
==Kyungseo Min==
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[http://www.drawdown.org/ '''''Project Drawdown'''''] -- [http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/10/22/inside-paul-hawkens-audacious-plan-drawdown-climate-change '''''Reviewed by GreenBiz''''']
Kyungseo Min is a playwright and performer currently based in Montreal. Her specialization lies in physical theatre. Her training includes: BA of Theatre from University of Southern California; Body Weather Laboratory from Oguri, one of the foremost dancers of butoh; traditional Japanese dance (Nihonbuyo) from Wakayagi's Kabuki School from Kyoto Art Centre's TTT program.


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=Welcome to Ginger Garden 2017=


presenters to be announced soon...
La version en français suivra.


'''''Good green times'''''
Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents
Ginger Garden Thurs. August 31st, 2017, 5-9 pm, free,
Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal


[http://time.com/3457921/good-news-southern-california-the-smog-is-going-away/ '''''Los Angeles and the US clean up the air...'''''] Calif, over the yrs, out in front of the US in green legislating [http://www.e2.org/ext/doc/CALeadershipfactsheet.pdf;jsessionid=90979EAFE723869E3EB4DB362F3BF9BC] [http://e360.yale.edu/feature/california_takes_the_lead_with_new_green_initiatives/2504/] [http://www.environmentcalifornia.org/news/cae/california-leads-cutting-carbon-now-nation-stands-follow]
Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 5-8 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 5-8 minutes pending the number pf presenters. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome!
Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections that may capture the power of creativity and the imagination. Presentations are video documented with permission and posted to the Asian Canadian Wiki Ginger Garden page: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden


Jerry Brown: “What happens here doesn’t stay here. It goes all around the country and all around the world.” [http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-09-09/u-dot-s-dot-may-not-be-leading-on-climate-but-california-is]
Presentations from previous years are also viewable. The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.


[http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/new-nasa-images-highlight-us-air-quality-improvement/#.VGoFoMn4JSw The 'greening' results are starting to show]
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....bring a plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste and a food item to share. See you there!!


[[File:LA grns against smog m.jpg]]
Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


____________________________________________________________
Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente
Ginger Garden,jeudi, 31 aout 2017, 17h-21h, entrée libre
Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal


Ginger Garden est un rassemblement "potluck" intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Les invités, s'indentifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 5-8 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 5-8 minutes dépendant le nombre des invités. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.


[[File:Climate action 175x150.jpg | link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:People_Climate_March_Sept._21st_Sunday_afternoon_m2.jpg]]
Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden


'''''It’s here; It matters. There is today a climate movement.'''''
Les présentations des années précédentes y sont aussi disponibles. Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste représentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes.  


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:People_Climate_March_Sept._21st_Sunday_afternoon_m2.jpg '''''Signs from the March''''']
SVP !!! On vous invite d'apporter un plat, des ustensiles, ton tasse, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager. Au plaisir de vous voir!!
Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


'''''September 23rd''''' -- [http://www.un.org/climatechange/summit/ '''''UN Climate Summit''''']
Presenters


'''''September 21st''''' -- [https://twitter.com/hashtag/PeoplesClimate?src=hash '''''#PeoplesClimateMarch''''']
==Milton Tanaka==
Moderateur/facilitateur
Milton Tanaka a reçu une formation théâtrale au Brésil (EAD-Escola de Arte
Dramática de São Paulo) et de danse contemporaine japonaise Butoh au Japon
avec Kazuo Ohno, à Yokohama. Au Canada,  Milton a acquis un MBA des HEC de
Montréal et travaille comme consultant Lean-Kaizen au Canada, au Brésil et
au Mexique. Il parle cinq langues : japonais, français, anglais, portugais
du Brésil et l'espagnol.


Green friend, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiszdkOwuU Louie Schwartzberg's] newest film opening the UN Climate session
Moderator/Facilitator
Milton Tanaka received theatrical training in Brazil (EAD-Escola de Arte
Dramática de São Paulo) and Japanese contemporary dance Butoh in Japan with
Kazuo Ohno in Yokohama. In Canada, Milton got an MBA from Montreal HEC and
works as a Lean-Kaizen consultant in Canada, Brazil and Mexico. He speaks
five languages: Japanese, French, English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.


'''"Choose to make a difference -- this is our only home..."'''
==Ziwei Liu (Katie)==
[http://www.takepart.com/video/2014/09/17/whats-possible-un-climate-summit-opening-film '''What's Possible''']
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[https://vimeo.com/107789364 No apologies, take a stance]
Ziwei Liu (Katie) is president of the Association of Guangxi Origins in Canada, Montreal. Guangxi is one of the 5 Minority Autonomous Regions  in China, located in the South-western part, neighbor to Vietnam.  Katie holds a B.A. and a M.A. degrees in English Language and Literature from Guangxi University and Shanghai Normal University. Katie has been a professional interpreter and translator for many years in education, industry and business, etc. and she has more than 20 years of experience in multi-culture communications. Especially recently, she devotes herself to introducing the traditions and cultures of the different minorities (autochtone) of Guangxi to the western countries, especially to Canada, in Montreal.


[http://ecowatch.com/2014/09/25/video-peoples-climate-march/ Five from the March]
==Evelyn Mondonedo Calugay==
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... w/ a wry eye on the March (and DC) here's the [http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/8q3nmm/burn-noticed?xrs=synd_facebook_092314_tds_60 Daily Show with Jon Stewart]
Evelyn originally came from the Philippines. She migrated to Canada in 1975. She got reunited with her immediate family members 9 months later.
She worked as a registered nurse since her arrival in Quebec, till she took her retirement in 2005. Has been a part-time volunteer organizer at PINAY (Filipino Women’s Organization in Quebec) since 1995. Since her retirement, she has been volunteering her time as a full time PINAY's organizer up to the present.


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==Masoud Raouf==
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Iain Keith from [https://twitter.com/Avaaz Avaaz:]
MASOUD RAOUF, PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / ANIMATOR
Originally from Iran where he studied painting, Masoud Raouf has lived in Canada since 1988. After studying in the animation program at Ontario's Sheridan College, he produced and directed a number of animated shorts and public service announcements. He has also taught the art of animation in a number of institutions like Concordia University and Canada College.
In 2002, he directed a film for the National Film Board of Canada, the documentary The Tree that Remembers, in which he tries to understand what led to the suicide of an Iranian student who was living in Canada as a refugee. The film won the Silver Award for Best Canadian Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto, the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Social Documentary at Yorkton and the Bronze Plaque at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival.
In 2003, he completed Blue Like a Gunshot. This film won the 2004 Jutra for the best short animation in Quebec, as well as winning best animation prizes at the Moondance and Vermont International Film Festivals in the same year. It has also been screened in the opening nights of several major film festivals including the Montreal World Film Festival and Toronto's Worldwide Short Film Festival.
In 2005 he produced and directed Waves at Birth, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir6FNdoRQy0). The film won an award for the best short animation at the Vermont International Film Festival (2007) and was screened in the opening night of whitehead International Film festival (2007)
He completed 30 minutes documentary/Animation “There is garden in 2014.
He is completed a short animation about Boat people called Let the Sea wonder (2017)


[https://plus.google.com/u/0/104105656721944993244/posts/NX5rTEGoSGA?pid=6065651661758000946&oid=104105656721944993244 "We realized that a March could send a powerful signal.]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir6FNdoRQy0


[http://bit.ly/1wCwlvW '''Marches'''] don't always change the world.
==Atif Siddiqi==
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Sometimes they are the only things
Born in Pakistan, Atif Siddiqi studied fashion design in Los Angeles and video
production/performance in Montreal where he lives currently. His most recent
works revolve around identity issues, gender politics and notions of personal
transformation and metamorphosis by incorporating elements of symbolism and
iconography from mythology.
His artistic body of work includes the long form experimental documentary Solo,
M! Mom, Madonna and Me, Amethyst’s Universe, Alienation, Erotic, Exotic,
Tranietronic, Firefly, and various short form videos and performances.


that shake the system into widespread change."
==Kyra Shaughnessy==
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[https://twitter.com/insideclimate InsideClimate News (TW)]
Raised with a deep respect and connection to the land, with roots criss-crossing from India to Trinidad to Ireland, Kyra’s identity as an artist is nourished by an uncommon wisdom and diversity of experience. Her music artfully combines elements of “political folk” and sacred songs to captivate audiences of all walks of life. In the words of poet Brandon Wint, Kyra’s work “compels us to conscious, critical reflection and the personal and social action that will help us heal one another and the natural elements that comprise and surround us.”
Upcoming shows- Spectacles à Venir
07-04 Maison Villebon, Beloeil, QC
13-04 Café Touski, Montréal, QC
20-04 Cabaret Maritime, Sorel, QC
21-04 Cabaret Eastman, Eastman, QC
26-04 SLAK, Montréal
28-04 série Aimer-Tisse, Éspace Hyperion, Québec
http://www.kyrashaughnessy.com
Kyra Shaughnessy on Facebook


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Kyra Shaughnessy a “ce don de créer des ambiances de sérénité et de douceur”. Sa musique et ses textes, bondées d'une poésie simple, nous transportent vers des grandes espaces et des horizons sans fin qui nous donnent l'impression que “tout est possible”. Grandit en Estrie, avec des racines qui traversent de l&#39;Irlande jusqu'en Inde, Kyra se produit sur scène à travers le Canada et en Europe depuis plus d'une dizaine d’années. Diplômée du renommée École nationale de la chanson en 2014, en mai 2016 elle a sorti son quatrième album, Passage, co-réalisé avec Dany Placard. Vous l'aurez peut-être vu défendre les œuvres de ce dernier au Festival Village en Chanson de Petite-Vallée, au demi-finales du Festival Internationale de la Chanson de Granby, à l'émission TEMPO ! De MaTV, ou à bien d'autres endroits ! Avec des nuances de Joan Baez, de Caracol et de Buffy Sainte-Marie, Kyra nous livre un folk-roots savamment métissée où guitare,violoncelle, kora, et batterie font bon ménage.
http;//www.kyrashaughnessy.com


==Jessica Chen==
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Jessica Chen is a Canadian urban planner currently based in Montréal, Quebec. Her city planning work generally focuses on developing urban policies and strategies that encourage pluralistic understanding of the cities and engage the diverse city builders in defining a collective vision. Jessica is the founder of Wabi Sabi Planning Laboratories, a consulting practice that she started in 2012, after a 12-year planning career at the City of Vancouver (COV). Most of her work with the COV focused on the regeneration of historic inner city neighbourhoods commonly known as the Downtown Eastside, including Gastown and Chinatown. Her work through Wabi Sabi Planning Laboratories often explores issues relating to cultural identity and its role as an asset in shaping urban landscape and city economy. Jessica holds a Master Degree in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and started her planning career in Philadelphia prior to working with the COV. After fifteen years of calling Vancouver home as an immigrant from Taiwan, she relocated to Montreal in 2013. Currently other than urban planning, she is also working on improving her French, finishing her various creative writing projects, a long-term passion of hers, and taking care of her seven-year-old son.


Jessica Chen est une urbaniste canadienne qui habite à Montréal, Québec. Sa pratique d’urbanisme se concentre généralement sur le développement de politiques et de stratégies urbaines qui promeuvent la compréhension pluraliste des villes et engagent les divers bâtisseurs de villes vers
une vision collective. Jessica est la fondatrice de Wabi Sabi Planning Laboratories, une entreprise de consultation, qu’elle a établi en 2012 après une carrière d’urbanisme de 12 ans à la ville de Vancouver (COV). La plupart de son porte-folio avec la COV s’est concentré sur la régénération des quartiers historiques du centre-ville, communément appelé le “Downtown Eastside”, à l’intérieur duquel est inclus Gastown et le quartier chinois. Ses projets à travers Wabi Sabi Planning Laboratories explorent souvent les questions liées à l’identité culturelle et son rôle d’atout pour façonner le paysage urbain et l’économie de la ville. Jessica détient une maîtrise en urbanisme de l’University of Pennsylvania et a commencé sa carrière d’urbanisme à Philadelphie avant de travailler avec la COV. Originaire de Taiwan, elle a vécu pendant 15 ans à Vancouver, qu’elle a d’ailleurs considéré comme sa ville d’adoption, avant de déménager, en 2013, à Montréal. Présentement, mise à part l’urbanisme, elle travaille également à améliorer son français, à finir ses projets créatifs d’écriture, une passion de longue date, et s’occupe de son fils de sept ans.


'''''Naomi Klein, "This Changes Everything"''''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jdaxehd0cF0 '''''Naomi Klein speaks at the Bioneers Conference''''']
==Reena Almoneda-Chang==
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[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/09/books/review/naomi-klein-this-changes-everything-review.html '''''NY Times..."the most momentous and contentious environmental book since 'Silent Spring.'"''''']
Reena Almoneda-Chang is a Montreal-based dancer, choreographer, and movement educator of Chinese and Filipino descent from Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1989 she moved to Montreal to complete a B.A. in Political Science after which she went on to undertake studies in body-based psychotherapy, Chinese massage/bodywork, and dance. In dance and movement she focused primarily on African and afro-contemporary dance, flamenco, yoga, and tai chi. In 1996 she became a member of the Cie Danse Nyata Nyata which began a period of concentration on African dance. From 1997-1999 she traveled to Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to pursue further training in African dances after which she began to perform with various African music groups in Montreal, Quebec, and Rwanda. In 2004 she completed a Master’s in Dance at UQAM, and since then has focused on teaching and performing African dance, her own style of fusion-based afro-contemporary dance, and creative process. For over 10 years she has also been involved in the development and facilitation of community art projects centered on the body, movement, dance, and artistic process as a way of cultivating personal, social and political awareness and transformation. She has worked with immigrant women, marginalized women and youth, women in prison, and with families at-risk with young children. Currently, she is working on Sanctuary, an inter-disciplinary art project (dance, theatre, visual art, and video) in collaboration with the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal, while completing training as a dance movement therapist with the National Centre for Dance Therapy at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.


[http://www.bioneers.org/climateleadership/ '''''Climate Leadership (Conf videos)''''']


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Reena Almoneda Chang est danseuse, chorégraphe et éducatrice en mouvement d’origine sino-philippine basé à Montréal. Ex-membre de la Cie de Danse Nyata Nyata, elle a entreprit plusieurs voyages en Afrique (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire et Ghana) pour approfondir sa connaissance des danses africaines. Ensuite, elle s’est produite en spectacle avec plusieurs groupes de musique africaine à Montréal, à Québec, en Ontario et au Rwanda, se présentant dans les festivals Vues d’Afrique, Nuits d’Afrique, Francofollies, les Maisons de la Culture et au Festival d’Été au Québec. Détenue d’une maîtrise en danse de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, elle a développé son propre style de fusion contemporaine basé sur le mélange de plusieurs formes de danse tels que la danse africaine, le flamenco, le tai chi et le capoeira. Dans ses créations elle s’intéresse aux thèmes de conflits interculturels et socio-politique, l’identité et la déconstruction des stéréotypes culturels. Depuis dix ans elle s’engage dans des projets d’art communautaire, travaillant avec des femmes immigrantes et en difficulté, des femmes incarcérées, des jeunes et des familles marginalisées avec des enfants 0-5 ans. Présentement, elle fait de la collaboration artistique dans le projet Sanctuaire, un projet de co-création interdisciplinaire (danse, art visuel, théâtre et vidéo) avec le Foyer pour femmes autochtones de Montréal, pendant qu’elle complète une formation en danse-thérapie avec le Centre de danse-thérapie aux Grands Ballets Canadiens. Sa vision artistique est également informée par des études en sciences politiques (BA de McGill), en psychothérapie corporelle et en massage chinois traditionnel.


[http://www.Bioneers.org '''''Bioneers'''''] celebrating their [http://www.bioneers.org '''''25th Anniversary Conference'''''] [http://conference.bioneers.org/] [http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a916efad15735b28723d0ce37&id=260ffedb17&e=e02e7b6bb1] [http://www.bioneers.org/category/blog/]
==Chittakone Baccam Thirakul==
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'''''Long time, very good friends of GreenPolicy360 and a preeminent eco-network'''''  
Né en Thaïlande, d'origine laotienne et Thaï-dam, Chittakone Baccam est un artiste musical. Actif depuis 2008 sur la scène de la musique expérimentale, il est constamment à la recherche de nouveaux sons. Il co-fonde l'étiquette Jeunesse Cosmique en 2010 dont il est aujourd'hui le directeur artistique. Il se consacre à Hazy Montagne Mystique à partir de 2012, projet qui se veut une vision sonore de ce qui se passe quand il ferme les yeux. Le passé de sa culture laotienne imprègne sa musique. Artiste très actif, il a fait plusieurs prestations et performances, collaboré avec de nombreux artistes issus de l'expérimental montréalais et d'ailleurs.


'''''Here's to the Bioneers and many more good years of eco-healing !'''''
Chittakone Baccam Thirakul is a sound artist born in Thailand of Laotian and Taï Dam origin. His Laotian background infuses his music. Thirakul has been working in the experimental music scene since 2008 and is constantly exploring new sounds. In 2010, he co-founded the label, Jeunesse Cosmique, and is currently its artistic director. In 2012, Baccam began Hazy Montagne Mystique, a sound image project exploring what occurs when we closes our eyes. A very active artist, he has extensively performed in shows and festivals, and collaborated with numerous artists in the underground scene in Montreal and outside.


'''''Hearty Congratulations''''' especially go to co-founders '''''[http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/nature-deficit-disorder-is-making-us-sick-bioneers-believe-cure Kenny] and [http://www.dailygood.org/view.php?sid=93 Nina] !!''''' 
==Florent Cachot==
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Né en Corée du Sud, élevé en France et actuellement basé sur Montréal. Florent Cachot est un artiste et enseignant dans le monde des arts digitaux de Montréal. Depuis son plus jeune age, il n a jamais cessé d'explorer sa propre identité. Présentement, il crée sa propre vie à l'intérieur d'un nouveau contexte il explore différentes variables de ce que c'est d être humain. Un espace ou l'on peut générer de l'inspiration dans un monde face à sa propre résignation. Vivre dans un monde de possibilités au-delà des jugements, étiquette ou autres attentes sociales. Ou être un artiste est un expression de pure création et non de contraintes.


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Korean-born, raised in France and currently based in Montreal. Florent Cachot is an artist and teacher in the world of the digital art in Montreal. Since his young age he never stops exploring his own identity. Nowadays, he tries to make his own life as a living project inside a powerful shape-shifting phenomenological context where he is exploring what does it mean to become a human being. The kind of space where we can generate a space of love and inspiration in a world of resignation. Living in a world of possibilites beyond judgments,labels, or other social expectations.


==Florence Yee==
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'''''Last week''''' ''Green Policy highlighted'' [http://www.carbonbrief.org/ ''Carbon Brief''] - [https://www.facebook.com/carbonbrief ''FB''] - [https://twitter.com/carbonbrief ''TW'']
Florence Yee is a 2.5 generation, Cantonese-struggling visual artist based in Montreal and Ottawa, unceded territory of Mohawk and Algonquin peoples respectively. While completing her BFA at Concordia University, she works with community groups for visual culture, such as Atelier Celadon, EAHR (Ethnocultural Art Histories Research) and HERE (Healing Each-other Radically Everyday). Her interest in Asian-Canadian history has fueled an art practice committed to dismantling institutional and casual ideals of Eurocentric patriarchy, as well as examining the daily life of her diaspora. Yee collaborates with other women and femmes of colour to prioritize our voices and mental health. She is represented by Studio Sixty-Six, and independently exhibits her work internationally.
 
''They asked 25 thinkers, writers and journalists a simple question:''
Florence Yee est une artiste visuelle de 2.5ème génération plus ou moins Cantonaise, basée à Montréal et Ottawa, les territoires non-cédés des peuples Mohawk et Algonquin respectivement. En complétant son BFA à l’Université de Concordia, elle travaille avec des groupes communautaires pour la culture visuelle, tels qu’Atelier Céladon, EAHR (Ethnocultural Art Histories Research) et HERE (Healing Each-other Radically Everyday). Son intérêt pour l’histoire Sino-Canadienne accompagne une pratique engagée à démanteler les idéaux institutionnels et ordinaires du patriarcat eurocentrique, ainsi qu’à examiner le quotidien de sa diaspora. Yee collabore avec d’autres femmes racisées pour prioriser leurs voix et leur santé mentale. Elle est représentée par Studio Sixty-Six, et expose son travail indépendamment à l’international.
 
''What books or readings inspired you to get involved in climate-related work?''
 
''They got back some very interesting insights into why people work on climate,''
 
''why they started, and why they carry on.'' [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SCI_RECORD_HEAT?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT ''Warming Earth'']
 
''[http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/09/25-inspirational-texts-about-climate-change/ '''Inspirational books and readings''']''
 
 
[http://grist.org/news/could-this-rock-save-the-planet/ '''''p.s. Could this green rock save the planet?'''''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Olivine.jpg]
 
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'''''New update to GreenPolicy's database:'''''
 
Example of model/template legislation being made available at GreenPolicy360 --
 
'''California 'Ban the Bags' bill passes and green recycling moves a step forward''' -- spread the word --
 
'''Recycle this news''' to other states - and other countries http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California,_Plastic_Bag_Ban [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_XGR_PLASTIC_BAG_BAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT] [http://www.takepart.com/photos/california-plastic-bag-ban]
 
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''Amid global conflicts and escalating threats, for redefinitions of security priorities and policies, visit'' [http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ '''''<u>#EnvironmentalSecurity</u>'''''] ''at StrategicDemands.com''
 
'''''Visit our newest 'satellite site'''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/PlanetCitizen '''''<u>#PlanetCitizen</u>''''']
 
'''''Hello''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Pictures_from_ISS '''''Where are you #PlanetCitizen on #PlanetEarth?''''']
 
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'''''Coming Soon, NextGen #ISS Earth-facing cams''''' '''''[http://m.phys.org/news/2014-10-robot-arm-earth-facing-cameras-space.html New live 'video+ platform' w/ #EarthView streaming from the #ISS]''''' via [https://twitter.com/UrtheCast '''''@UrtheCast'''''] & [https://twitter.com/NanoRacks '''''NanoRacks''''']
 
[http://blog.nicholaskellett.com/2014/10/03/iac-2014-urthecast-is-disruptivetech/ ''International Astronautical Congress IAC 2014: UrtheCast''] [http://www.universetoday.com/114944/robot-arm-will-install-new-earth-facing-cameras-on-the-space-station/ ''Robot-arm install''] [http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/4203565th-international-astronautical-congress-space-station-partners-in-no-rush ''Future of #ISS'']
 
'''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/OCO-2 OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory continues on its historic mission]''''' [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84655&eocn=image&eoci=moreiotd Counting carbon over Southern California - OCO-2 at work]
 
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'''''"Ground Truth"'''''
==Amy Yee==
[http://www.missiongroundtruth.com/groundtruth.html] [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/GroundTruth Wiki-GroundTruth]
[http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/datacomp.html CERES Project] [http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/pdf/comparisonreport.pdf]
[http://aviris.jpl.nasa.gov/data/newdata.html AVIRIS-JPL]


[http://hyspiri.jpl.nasa.gov/ ''Hyspiri''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:HyspIRI_03.29.13.jpg] [http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/hyspiri.html ''Spectroscopy, unique views of the surface of Earth...'']
==Farah Fancy==
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Farah Fancy is an arts manager, artist, community worker and consultant who for over 20 years has been using an ethnographic process to create socially engaged dance, music, and theatre performances. As a result she founded Le groupe herencias with a mission to promote, educate and collaborate with the artists and community she works with to find new ways to explore our heritage and identity across gender, religion, class, generation and culture. For example, she is the General Manager of choreographer Julio Hong, who fuses contemporary, ballet and folkloric forms to explore identity; Rencontres/Encounters theatre ensemble a socially engaged project that uses relationship building to overcome difference; Rumbakwa, an afro latin electro band that is inspired by refugee experiences in Quebec; and the conception designer for Elders Makes Waves movement with RECAA ( Respecting Elders, Communities Against Abuse). Farah also works with a number of organizations and institutions to consult on how to art can be used as a tool to resolve structural problems within organizations, foster economic development, and facilitate cultural understanding.


'''''Immediate Risk to National Security''''' [http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/pentagon-devises-strategy-for-responding-to-immediate-risk-to-national-security-climate-change-141015?news=854536 '''''Climate Change: Pentagon Devises Strategy to Respond"''''] [http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/11/14/does-our-military-know-something-we-dont-about-global-warming/]


[http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/13/6970585/even-the-pentagon-agrees-climate-change-is-a-threat-multiplier '''''Climate Change = "Threat Multiplier"''''']
Farah Fancy est un gestionnaire des arts, une artiste, travailleur communautaire et consultant qui, depuis plus de 20 ans, utilise un processus ethnographique pour créer des spectacles de danse, de musique et de théâtre socialement engagés. En conséquence, elle a fondé Le groupe herencias dans le but de promouvoir, d'éduquer et de collaborer avec les artistes et la communauté avec lesquels elle travaille pour trouver de nouvelles façons d'explorer notre patrimoine et notre identité sur le genre, la religion, la classe, la génération et la culture. Par exemple, elle est la directrice générale du chorégraphe Julio Hong, qui fusionne les formes contemporaines, de ballet et folkloriques pour explorer l'identité; Rencontres / Encounters  ensemble de théâtre un projet socialement engagé qui utilise le bâtiment relationnel pour surmonter la différence; Rumbakwa, une orchestre afro latin inspirée des expériences de réfugiés au Québec; Et le concepteur de concepteur pour le mouvement Elders Makes Waves avec RECAA (Respecting Elders, Communities Against Abuse). Farah travaille également avec un certain nombre des organisations et d'institutions pour consulter comment l'art peut être utilisé comme outil pour résoudre les problèmes structurels au sein des organisations, favoriser le développement économique et faciliter la compréhension culturelle.


[http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-07-18/the-pentagon-s-war-against-climate-change '''''U.S. Military Prepares for Climate Change'''''] [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2013/jun/14/climate-change-energy-shocks-nsa-prism] [http://strategicdemands.com/stratdem-factoid-re-road-security/ '''''DoD looks toward renewable energy''''']


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Question: '''''Is the Earth blue even at night?''''' [https://mobile.twitter.com/Astro_Alex/status/495673061199609857/photo/1 Astronaut Gerst answers]


[[File:Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is... ISS June2014.jpg]]


With appreciation of the '''''Overview Effect'''''
[https://vimeo.com/55073825 / Overview: the Movie] [http://vimeo.com/60234866 Planetary]


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'''''Aug/July/June 2014 Updates''''':
=Welcome to Ginger Garden 2016=


We have added to our [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/%22GreenLinks%22 '''''GreenLinks'''''] online listing of Green groups, local, regional and global, ranging from international NGO's to collections of green news and journalism, from borderless non-profit work to local green activism, from open-source, open data sharing to democracy and independent green, sustainable living advocates... '''''GreenPolicy360 networking in practice...'''''
La version en français suivra.


We welcome additions of active and exceptional green organizations. More updates are coming each month as we extend GreenPolicy's shareable community resources.  
Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents
Ginger Garden Thurs. Sept. 1, 2016, 5-9 pm, free,
Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal


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Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Ten presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 6 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 6 minutes. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome!
Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections that may capture the power of creativity and the imagination. Presentations are video documented with permission and posted to the Asian Canadian Wiki Ginger Garden page: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden


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Presentations from previous years are also viewable. The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.


Also take a look at the updated list of '''''Green Parties''''', a movement across the globe, now in over 100 countries... [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Green_Parties_global_list_June_2014update.pdf '''''Green Parties - International''''' ''PDF'']
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....bring your own plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste as well as a food item to share. See you there!!


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Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


We also invite you to '''''Visit''''' our new '''''GreenBestPractices''''' sites at:
Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente
Ginger Garden,jeudi, 1 Sept. 2016, 17h-21h, entrée libre
Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal


&loz; [https://twitter.com/greenpolicy360 '''''GreenPolicy360 Twitter''''']
Ginger Garden est un rassemblement "potluck" intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Dix invités, s'identifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 6 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 6 minutes. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.


&loz; [https://www.facebook.com/greenbestpractices '''''GreenPolicy360 Facebook'''''] 
Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden


&loz; [https://plus.google.com/u/0/104105656721944993244/posts '''''GreenPolicy360 Google+''''']
Les présentations des années précédentes y sont aussi disponibles. Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste réprésentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes.


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SVP !!! On vous invite d'apporter des ustensiles, des tasses, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager. Au plaisir de vous voir!!
Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


And check out our associated '''''#Earth360''''' sites


&loz; [http://www.EarthPOV.com '''''EarthPOV'''''] and
==Jimmy Ung, Moderator==
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&loz; [http://www.PlanetCitizen.org '''''PlanetCitizen''''']
Jimmy Ung was born in Montreal from a family of Cambodian War Refugees who arrived in Canada in the early 1980s. He studied Industrial Relations and International Cooperation at the Université de Montréal, and Chinese Martial Arts for 3 years during his youth. Jimmy has held professional positions at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Canadian Parliament, as well as with international charity Free The Children and software development company Softimage (AVID / Autodesk). Working on the intersections of culture, politics, policy development and community engagement, he has also been a member of several Board of Directors in sectors such as University Research, Health and Social Services and Youth Services / Representation Structures.  


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With a strong interest in the notion of Global Citizenship, as understood from a cultural perspective rather than from a political one. He recently embarked on a motorcycle journey across the Americas where he conducted photo interviews of over 150 individuals from the 18 countries he visited. He has recently self-published a Photo Documentary Book titled "Americano", and held photo exhibits in Buenos Aires and Montréal.


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==Cathy Wong==
Juriste de formation, Cathy Wong est devenue la plus jeune présidente du Conseil des Montréalaises depuis sa création, et occupe le poste d’agente de développement jeunesse pour les YMCA du Québec. Après avoir présidé le Jeune Conseil de Montréal et le Forum jeunesse de l’île de Montréal, Cathy est aujourd’hui membre du conseil d’administration de la Société du 375e anniversaire de Montréal, du c.a. de Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec, du Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, ainsi que des comités consultatifs d’Élections Canada et de MaTV.
Elle était une des concurrentes de l'émission télévisée La Course Évasion autour du monde et chroniqueuse à la Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada. Elle a co-animé les émissions Les Oranges Pressées et Droit de cité sur les ondes de CIBL. Elle était aussi collaboratrice mensuelle dans le cadre des Duos improbables à l'émission Pas de midi sans info.
Depuis 2012, elle contribue aux efforts de reconstruction du YMCA d’Haïti à Port-au-Prince. Ses engagements lui ont valu en 2009, le prix Hommage Bénévolat-Québec remis par le ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale, le prix Femmes de mérite du Y des femmes (2014), ainsi que le prix « Ambassadrice » de l’organisme Cultures Croisées et « Personnalité de la diversité 2014» de l’agence de presse Médiamosaïque.


'''''Visit StrategicDemands and Consider'''''
==Amrita Choudhury==
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[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security '''''New definitions of national security / National Security-Environmental Security Links''''']
Amrita Choudhury is a Dancer, Choreographer, & Teacher and works in the field of " Dance & Education" and performs cultural research into various styles of dances. She also uses dance as a healing and thereapeutique tool, in combination with the ancient techniques of Yoga & Meditation, dating back to the Tantric tradition of Dance/Yoga practices.
Trained in India in Classical, folk, gypsy & modern Indian dance traditions, a transmission which has been passed down from generation to generation, Amrita travels internationally teaching workshops, offering performances & lectures in the field of Dance & Yoga-Dance.  She has also appeared in various Television and Radio shows in Norht America, Europe, India & in South America.
Amrita’s primary interest is to use dance as a tool to bring awareness to various political, socio-cultural & spiritual aspects of life. She has performed extensive research into the ancient temple dancers of East India & the vanishing Rajasthani Gypsy dance cultures.
Amrita was educated in Tagore's ashram in Santiniketan India, where an intimate relationship with mother nature, respect for the environment, and living in harmony with all that surrounds us, was of importance in the everyday educational model.
Amrita believes that dance is a philosophy of life in motion, and that every single being is a dancer in their own way. 
Topic:
A dancers Journey throughout the years: from India to Canada......
What lies behind the different masks of dance? A story about how dance shaped the woman, and how the woman shaped the dance.....
AMRITA DANCE CREATIONS  http://www.ananda-amrita.com
NRITYA YOGA - YOGA OF DANCE http://www.nrityayogadance.com


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==Huu Bac==
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Huu Bac arrived in Quebec from Vietnam at the age of two, and absorbs with great enthusiasm life in his new homeland.  His musical journey starts in Montreal (McGill University) with a sound foundation in jazz guitar.  In 2002, he discovers the beauty of the vietnamese monochord, the Dan Bau, under the guidance of master Pham Duc Thanh.  He works on traditional repertoire all the while  integrating western pieces.  His curiosity for ancient string instruments leads him to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he learns the chinese fidlle, the Erhu. Back in Montreal in 2006, he encounters renoun peruvian composer Lucho Quequezana who invites him to a musical journey in Peru with the group Sonidos Vivos.  This intimate contact with afro-peruvian music and music from the Andes is a source a inspiration in his artistic itinerary.  Learning to play the andean bambo flute, the Quena, Huu Bac expands his talents of performer to a new instrument.
From 2009 to 2015, he collaborates twice with the Cirque du Soleil, recording for the shows “Totem” and “Toruk”.  He also recorded for “Canotgraphie”, a show by artistic director Robert Lepage.  In 2010, he distinguishes himself as finalist for the “Montreal Arts Council Diversity Award”.  Recipient in 2011 and 2012 of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts as a composer, he is as well invited in 2011 to take part in the festival “Africa-Asia Encounters”, in Paris.
Nourrished by his travels and encounters, he dedicates himself to the composition and performance of a present day jazz music blending eastern and western colours.  The waters of the Mekong River flows in his compositions, expressing his asian cultural heritage in the North American backdrop.
In november 2013, he founded the Huu Bac Quintet, which has since toured in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario, as well as garnered various awards : “RIDEAU/ROSEQ Award 2014”, “Entrées en Scène Loto-Québec 2015-16”, “Stingray Rising Stars Award 2015”.
His fisrt album as a composer/performer, “On the Steps of St-Paul’s”, will be released in 2016.


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Short description :  
Of Vietnamese origins, Huu Bac Quach masters a wide array of musical instruments, including the dan bau (single chord Vietnamese instrument), the erhu (Chinese fiddle), the quena (Peruvian flute) and the guitar.  In concert, he presents his compositions which skillfully combines his Vietnamese and Chinese heritages to North-American jazz music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJFPN6OPtxA


==Hera Chan==
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[http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/september/nasa-hosts-media-briefing-to-announce-new-earth-observing-role-for/ '''''NASA opens a new era'''''] in its exploration of our home planet with the launch of the first in a series of #EarthScience instruments to the International Space Station.  
Hera Chan is journalist, art worker, and organizer based in Montreal on the unceded land of Kanien'kehá:ka. She has gathered news for the Eastern Door, the McGill Daily, the Media Co-op, and CKUT Radio. Hera's research is grounded in the discipline of East Asian Studies and histories of solidarity movements. As the current director of Atelier Céladon, she speaks with voices of diasporic peoples to socially engineer another future that is already possible.


'''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space New earth-observing array of instruments]''''' will be ''exterior mounted'' on the #ISS. ISS-RapidScat will monitor ocean winds for climate research, weather predictions and hurricane monitoring. The second instrument, the laser Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS), will measure clouds and location and distribution of pollution, dust, smoke, and other particulates in the atmosphere. [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/iss-rapidscat/ #RapidScat] [http://www.climatecentral.org/news/international-space-station-climate-mission-18003] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/ #EarthRightNow]
Presentation
As one of the co-founders and current director of Atelier Céladon, Hera will speak to the inception of the loose network of educators, artists, curators, and community members that prioritize the voices of people of colour and the imaginings of what it means to strengthen these networks of solidarity in the local contemporary art world in Montreal. To be practical, to discuss what can we do with what we yearn for together.  


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web links
http://www.heraschan.com
http://www.atelierceladon.com


The '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites "New Space"]''''' field is pioneering the study of our blue planet with multiple new platforms monitoring earth systems and resources. '''PlanetLabs''' is a recently founded company that is out in front with its emphasis on open data sharing. Its [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs mini satellites are called "Doves" and they "flock"] for #earthmonitoring and rapid sequence imaging. When Doves fly, watch them!
==Madeleine Thien==
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[http://t.co/dfsywixUg6 '''''An API for the Planet'''''] #PlanetLabs Open Source Conference keynote [http://t.co/dfsywixUg6]
Madeleine Thien is the author of the story collection Simple Recipes, and three novels, including  Dogs at the Perimeter, which was shortlisted for Berlin's 2014 International Literature Award and won the Frankfurt Book Fair's 2015 Liberaturpreis. Her books and stories have been translated into 25 languages, and her essays have appeared in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times, Five Dials, Brick, and elsewhere. Her most recent novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, was published this year. She lives in Montreal.


[http://vimeo.com/88602839 '''''Mission: "Democratizing Access to Information About the Changing Planet"''''']
Presentation: Madeleine will read from/talk about Do Not Say We Have Nothing, a novel about music, art and revolution in 20th century China.


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==kimura-lemoine==
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'''''OCO-2 Orbiting Carbon Observatory'''''
Please click on cc for subtitles. SVP, cliquez à cc pour les sous-titres. 
nathalie lemoine  (나타리 르무완 * ナタリー.ルモワーヌ) is a conceptual multimedia feminist artist who works on identities (diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, gender), and expresses it with calligraphy, paintings, digital images, poems, videos and photography.  kimura-lemoine’s work has been exhibited, screened and published internationally (artist’ statement).
as a curator, kimura-lemoine has developed projects that give voice and visibility to minorities and as an activist archivist, ze is working on ACA (adoptees cultural archives)  to document the history of adoptee’s culture through media and arts.


'''''"Watching the Earth Breathe from Space"''''' [http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/] [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-198] [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105/] [http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/18/climate-change-nasa-app/] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth]
Presentation
Project # 6261 Montreal Project is a photographic and video project I  carried in the city of Montreal. Designed as a participatory piece of work, the project proposes a new artistic urban vision to create a link with locals and their memory of certain places.


&loz; '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/OCO-2 Observing Global Warming with #OCO-2]''''' '''''Historic launch [http://www.space.com/26403-nasa-oco2-carbon-dioxide-satellite-launch.html #PlanetCitizen mission to study #EarthsAtmosphere]'''''
==Shié Kasai==
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Shié Kasai is a visual artist born in Sapporo Japan, lives in Montréal since 1998. She holds a BA from Hokkaido University of Education in Sapporo and a MFA from Concordia University in Montréal. She majored in sculpture. Her site-specific installation projects reflect on her personal issues and everyday situations. For living she worked as a medical illustrator at McGill University from 2002 to 2015.  She has presented exhibitions in Japan, the Netherlands, France, Finland and Canada. In 2010 her daughter was born. She is working on a graphic novel about parenting since 2012.


'''''"First Light!"''''' [http://www.universetoday.com/113866/nasas-carbon-dioxide-greenhouse-gas-observatory-captures-first-light-at-head-of-international-a-train-of-earth-science-satellites/] [http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2014/20140815-oco-2-first-light-spectra.html] '''''[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/news.php?release=2014-272#.U-9Aa2Nab8l OCO-2 announces 'We have data!']'''''
Presentation: “Attends-moi!”, a graphic novel about being a mother in Montreal, raising a daughter who was born as a premature baby.
Shié will speak about her experience of writing her first graphic novel project and using this familiar material to communicate with audiences.
http://www.shiekasai.com/aux/manga/


''[http://phys.org/news/2014-08-oco-.html What monitoring a potential existential crisis looks like...spectra from #OCO-2]'' 
==Jimmy Ung==
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'''''Earth observing satellites, the "Afternoon Constellation", the "A-Train" joined by ‪#‎OCO-2 newly launched and historic in its mission to study global warming [http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/oco2/a-train-atmosphere-20140703/index.html#.U7qp9JH8cjw Orbiting Carbon Observatory]'''''
Presentation: Photographing Human Dignity in the Americas: Jimmy will speak about his experience of driving his motorcycle from Montréal to Ushuaia, Argentina and using photography to engage with the people he met along the way, and the stories and images that are meaningful in their lives.


'''''Looking closer at [http://space.io9.com/nasas-new-satellite-could-unravel-the-mystery-of-our-ch-1598348848/1598704971/+AnnaleeNewitz OCO-2] [https://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/teams/#] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/] [http://climate.nasa.gov/] OCO-2 tweets - https://twitter.com/IamOCO2'''''
==Jenny Lin & Eloisa Aquino==
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''Earth science data is coming in and being openly distributed. Take up the challenge, perhaps with NEX here and multiple venues that are being made available for the first time...''
Jenny Lin is a multidisciplinary artist who creates experimental narrative-based works aimed at causing disruption to the everyday and infiltrating mainstream narrative frameworks with difference, ambiguity and awkwardness. Jenny completed a BFA degree at the University of Calgary in 98 and an MFA at Concordia University in 2001. She teaches at Concordia University as a sessional instructor in the Print Media program area.


''Add your resources. With the launch of'' '''OCO-2''', '''''a "game changer"''''', ''the data of'' '''''#Earth360''''' ''will grow in unprecedented ways...''
Eloisa Aquino was born in Brazil in 1970. She worked as a translator, writer, and journalist in her country of origin. In 2000, she moved to Canada to pursue a M.A. in Media Studies at Concordia University, where she researched the food of immigrants in Montreal. Always active in the micropublishing industry, having published art and poetry fanzines since the 1980s in São Paulo, she founded B&D Press in 2009. She is the author of the series, “The Life and Times of Butch Dykes”.  


'''''#Earthdata enables informed decisions and policy''''' [File:Landsat Issues, Oct 2014, US Congressional Research Service.pdf] '''''Landsat update''''']
Together Eloisa and Jenny run B&D Press, a Montreal-based micro-press focused on queer zines and artist's books.  


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/You_can_manage_only_what_you_can_measure_Dr_David_Crisp%2C_OCO-2%2C_June_2014_m.jpg ''"You can manage only what you can measure"'']
For more info, please visit: http://banddpress.blogspot.ca andhttp://www.jenny-lin.ca
 
[[File:Climate -EarthScience Challenge m.jpg | link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/NASA_EarthSciences,_Challenges_Public_to_Join_In]]
 
'''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/NASA_EarthSciences,_Challenges_Public_to_Join_In NASA Earth Sciences Asks Public to Join In]'''''
 
'''''Add your #PlanetCitizen talent to a future of seeing with an #EarthPOV'''''
 
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&loz; [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/June_14%2C_the_President_speaks_to_graduates_of_UC_Irvine_Climate_Change_action.pdf '''No time for climate denial'''... President says it's time for action on Climate Change in Commencement at UC Irvine, June 14, 2014]
 
'''Climate Rules to Rewrite US Energy Map'''
 
Rule proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut carbon pollution from power plants 30 percent by 2030 – equivalent of taking 2/3 of all cars and trucks in America off the road
 
[http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207938-wh-epa-rule-will-lower-bills-create-jobs Overview] [http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/207884-read-the-epas-new-carbon-pollution-rule EPA summary] [http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207926-boehner-climate-plan-nuts Republicans hesitate]  -- [http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/207911-obamas-climate-rule-clocks-in-at-645-pages 645 pages] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/epa-will-propose-a-rule-to-cut-emissions-from-existing-coal-plants-by-up-to-30-percent/2014/06/02/f37f0a10-e81d-11e3-afc6-a1dd9407abcf_story.html] [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/us/politics/key-details-of-epa-carbon-emissions-proposal.html?_r=0] [http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2023748106_apxobamaglobalwarming.html][http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27663286]
 
West Coast Leaders Applaud Obama Administration Proposal to Cut Carbon Pollution [http://bit.ly/1kBFxbh][http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2014/06/02/3677678/california-has-head-start-but.html California has head start] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Pacific_Coast_Climate_Action_Plan.pdf Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan - 2013]
 
 
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'''''Alexander Gerst on the '''#ISS''' writes home in tweets and his live blogging...''''' [http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/2014/10/21/a-single-pixel-how-the-blue-dot-mission-got-its-name/ '''''"Our Blue Dot"''''']
 
'''''From the ISS - Live''''' [http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/ '''''Astro Gerst blog''''']
 
[https://plus.google.com/104105656721944993244/posts/4Cp2QAKR1qK ''GreenPolicy360, from AstroGerst'']
 
 
'''''"Look at how thin our atmosphere is. This is all there is between humankind and deadly space."
 
[[File:Earth atmosphere ISS October30,2014.jpg]]
   
   
* '''''GreenPolicy360: [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is A thin atmospheric layer enabling life as we know it...]'''''
Presentation description:  
Jenny and Eloisa’s presentation for Ginger Garden will be about the formation of B&D Press and their interest in self-publishing zines and artists’ books with usually queer content.


'''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/How_thin_is_earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg GP360: "Look at our atmosphere around the earth, twelve miles high in the troposphere..."]''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Thin_atmosphere_AstroGerst_ISS_2014.jpg]


'''''Images revealing the 'height', the narrow band of life-giving atmosphere surrounding Earth'''''
==SHERWIN TJIA==
SHERWIN TJIA is the author of 9 books. His collection of 1300 pseudohaikus, The World is a Heartbreaker, was a finalist for the Quebec Writers Federations's A.M. Klein Award. His graphic novel, The Hipless Boy, was a finalist for the Doug Wright Award and nominated for 4 Ignatz Awards. His latest book is the last of a trilogy of Choose Your Own Adventure style books from the POV of a cat, entitled You Are a Kitten!. In addition to his writing, he is also a multidisciplinary artist whose practise blurs the boundaries between performer and audience. Incorporating elements of childhood and nostalgia, Tjia's events create contexts that welcome participants to open and unsettle themselves, often in acts of radical intimacy or unexpected collaboration. He gently seduces participants into regressing and revealing themselves under the auspices of “having a good time”. He has toured these works nationally and internationally.


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/ISS_040e008179_earth%27s_atmosphere_l.jpg]
==An Li, Vo Thien Viet, and Emily Yee Clare==
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_Soyuz_TMA-19_spacecraft_departs_the_ISS.jpg]
Through strikes and rants, we have struggled together to digest and understand our identities. Always complicated, always confusing, we want to investigate who we are, and memory and its place within our communities. Although, we come from different places and perspectives, our narratives have woven together through love, activism, and friendship.
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:ISS_050420_01_010e24868_Soyuz_Vittori_Eneide.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/ISS_setting_moon.jpg]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earths_Atmospheric_Layers.JPG]
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Iss040e008179_earth%27s_atmosphere_.jpg]


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Intimacies bring us together, strengthen our will, and empower us to fight for our communities and our politics. We want to highlight the two sides of this: the internal care and love and the outward cry for justice. We are looking to recreate images of everyday community members to capture individual moments of solidarity, compassion and love throughout time.


'''''We are in the first era of geo-monitoring our 'thin atmosphere', earth resources and biosphere from space...''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites] [http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/]
Three humans. Who made art. Once upon a time. Out of love for their communities, and rage for those who fuck with us.  


'''''Beginning with first-ever images of our home planet, Earth, taken from the Apollo era...''''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/From_Apollo_4.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Whole_Earth_1972_Apollo_17.jpg]
Description: Distant Intimacies is an evolving project centering racialised representation. Our presentation will discuss the challenge.


'''''Now follows #Earth360 planet monitoring, continuing first-generation data and #sustainability realizations.'''''


'''''[http://www.earthpov.com An #EarthPOV], [https://vimeo.com/55073825 an "Overview"] that, over time, will educate and open us to new challenges'''''
Event Day Schedule 2016


'''''and new possibilities as [http://www.planetcitizen.org citizens of the planet]...'''''
3 pm-set up room, check technical needs, computer, screen, projector, arrange tables, decorate, ensure entrance and exit are easily accessible, put up signs, volunteers are welcome


5-6 pm-welcome, visit, eat, drink


[[File:ISS Atmosphere .jpg]]
6-MC, Jimmy Ung, intro


'''''[http://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/environmental-security/ A "thin" layer of atmosphere] absorbing the sum of human-produced hydrocarbon & emission [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Isn%27t_it_time.jpg "externalities"]'''''
6:05-Cathy Wong & 6 mins Q&A


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6:17-Amrita Choudhry & 6 mins. Q&A


6:29-Huu Bac Quach & 6 mins. Q&A


'''''[http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105 NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2): A game changer?]''''' [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog]
6:41-Hera Chan & 6 mins. Q&A  


'''Seeing climate change from space:''' NASA creates image-based iPad app [http://ecowatch.com/2014/06/18/climate-change-nasa-app/]
6:53- Madeleine Thien & 6 mins. Q&A


Soon, each of us will be able to connect to and share earth-data as students of earth-space science and new digital networks.
7:05 MC-break, 12 mins.


With open data, links and digital apps, schools and future generations will learn '''new ways of seeing as citizens of the planet'''.  
7:17- Jimmy Ung & 6 mins. Q&A
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'''Aug 19''' [http://nyti.ms/1BzljLJ Planet Labs/NYT] '''Planet Labs, newly #ISS deployed Doves''' [http://aviationweek.com/space/smartphone-advances-drive-smallsats Smartphones in space!]
7:29- kimura-lemoine & 6 mins. Q&A


&loz; [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs#Micro-satellites_fly'''Launch of new Flock of Dove Satellites to Image Earth'''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Dove_minisat_launch_from_ISS_m.png Doves fly] [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/girl_scouts_orbital_2/ Doves flock]
7:41- Shie Kasai & 6 mins. Q&A


'''''Planet Labs 'Dove' micro-satellites''''' [http://www.planet.com/flock1/]
7:53- Shahriar Taheri & 6 mins. Q&A


"Rapid cadence imagery, like Planet Labs is developing, helps us become better, more sustainable stewards of Earth." [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/qa-with-steve-jurvetson-space-investor-and-rocket-maker/ NYT]
8:05-MC, parking lot, spontaneous announcements &  break, 15 mins.


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8:20- Jenny Lin & Eloisa Aquino & 6 mins. Q&A


&loz; [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites '''''Geoscience: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite''''']
8:32- Sherwin Sullivan Tjia & 6 mins. Q&A


&loz; '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites A New Era of Space Startups]'''''
8:44- –An Li, Vo Thien Viet & Emily Yee Clare & 6 mins. Q&A


'''''"Earth Imaging"''''' -- '''''NextGen #EarthScience in an era of #climatechange and #globalsecurity threats'''''
8:56 pm- MC, parking lots, spontaneous announcements, presenters, last words
 
 
'''''"New Space"''''' startup companies to watch (our eyes are especially on '''Planet Labs''') [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/9-earthimaging-startups-to-watch]... BlackBridge [http://www.blackbridge.com/], Dauria [http://dauriaspace.com/DigitalGlobe], '''DigitalGlobe''' [https://www.digitalglobe.com/] #DigitalGlobe, highest rez commercially avail #earthimaging from space [http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/worldview-3/] [https://www.digitalglobe.com/imagery-completeness] [https://www.digitalglobe.com/products/platform/digitalglobe-crowdsourcing] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoEye GeoEye] [http://www.satimagingcorp.com/satellite-sensors/geoeye-1/], Firefly Space Systems [http://www.fireflyspace.com/] [https://twitter.com/Firefly_Space], GeoOptics [http://geooptics.com/], NanoRacks [http://nanoracks.com/], [http://nanoracks.com/about-us/our-history/] [http://nanoracks.com/products/smallsat-deployment/], NovaWurks [http://www.novawurks.com/index.html], OmniEarth [http://omniearth.net/] [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellation-and-extensive-hosted-payload-opportunity-2014-05-20] [http://www.directionsmag.com/pressreleases/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellati/403595] [http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2534/1], OrbitLogic [http://www.orbitlogic.com/], PlanetiQ [http://www.planetiq.com/], '''Planet Labs''' [http://www.planet.com/] [https://www.planet.com/pulse/ Pulse] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Doves_close-up-of-cubesats-leaving-nanoracks-deployer-2014-02-11_m.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Doves_launched_from_ISS_float_against_Earth_horizon_m.jpg] [http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-flockers-iss-launches-low-cost-earth-imaging-1517232660], RapidEye [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/fullspectrum-farming], Skybox [http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/google-buys-satellite-imaging-company-skybox-for-500-million/] [http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/23/google-close-to-snapping-up-satellite-startup-skybox-imaging-for-1b-say-sources/] [http://www.wired.com/2013/06/startup-skybox/], Teledyne [http://www.tbe.com/], Tyvak Nano-Sat [http://tyvak.com/], Urthecast [http://www.urthecast.com/]
9:30 pm-clean up


10 pm-clear out


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=Welcome to Wikis Ginger Garden 2015=


La version en français suivra.


'''''"New Space"''''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewSpace] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Earth_orbit]
Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents


“With all these start-ups, the things you’ll be able to do with satellite images will grow exponentially.” - IEEE-May 2014
Wiki`s Ginger Garden
Thurs. August 27, 2015, 5-9 pm, free
Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal


Moving from almost exclusively multi-billion dollar military/defense-communication satellite operations to nextgen 'small cap' startups and 'New Space' ventures and applications with earth systems monitoring, resources, sustainable business, and low-earth orbit [http://www.space.com/topics/space-tourism/ space travel] with companies like Richard Branson's [https://plus.google.com/+VirginGalactic/posts/BiQHdTqEcZM Virgin Galactic]...


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Wiki`s Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Ten presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 5 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 5 minutes. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome!


24/7 high-definition ''''[http://www.urthecast.com/Urthecast-ISS Ride with Us]'''' #ISS video of Earth [http://www.urthecast.com/features] [http://www.urthecast.com/developer '''Urthecast APIs''']
Wiki`s Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections and captures the power of creativity and the imagination. Presentations are video documented with permission and posted to the Asian Canadian Wiki Ginger Garden page:
http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden


'''Live''' from the International Space Station [http://www.universetoday.com/111631/hd-livestream-of-earth-now-available-247-from-the-space-station/] [http://www.cnet.com/news/watch-earth-roll-by-live-streamed-in-hd-from-the-iss/ Watch Earth roll by in streamed HD] [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream] [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload] [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/]
Presentations from previous years are also viewable.
The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.


Earth sciences/NASA-JPL and gov contractors [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Eyes_on_the_Earth_2012update.jpg ''''Eyes on the Earth'''']
Bring your own plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste as well as a food item to share.  
[http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-084] [http://eyes.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/index.html] [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/earthday/earthdayflash.cfm] [http://climate.nasa.gov/] '''--''' [http://climate.nasa.gov/blog/1105/ @OCO-2] [https://twitter.com/IamOCO2 I am OCO! Tweet!!]
See you there!!
The Asian-Canadian Wiki team


[http://www.nasa.gov/earthrightnow/ '''''EarthRightNow''''']
Contact:
team@asiancanadianwiki.org


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[http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/neil-tyson-cosmos-global-warming-earth-carbon '''''Neil deGrasse Tyson in ''Cosmos''] takes on Climate Change'''''


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Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente


[http://www.scribd.com/doc/234244894/Our-Blue-Marble-Pale-Blue-Dot '''Our Blue Marble, Pale Blue Dot''']
Wiki`s Ginger Garden
Thurs. August 27, 2015, 5 -9 pm, entrée libre
Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal


'''''Remembering Carl Sagan in the original ''Cosmos'''''  
Wiki`s Ginger Garden est un rassemblement et un repas collectif, intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Dix invités, s'indentifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 5 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 5 minutes. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.


"The Earth is where we make our stand... our Pale Blue Dot, suspended in a sunbeam."
Wiki`s Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki.
http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden


'''''"For us it is to cherish and protect the only home we've ever known..."'''''  
Les présentations des années précédentes y sont aussi disponibles.
Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste réprésentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes.
On vous invite d'apporter des ustensiles, des tasses, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager.
Au plaisir de vous voir!!


[http://saganseries.com/] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=923jxZY2NPI][http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/PaleBlueDot-.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Pale-blue-dot.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:PaleBlueDot.jpg]
Asian-Canadian Wiki team


'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble An oasis] in the vastness of space'''''


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==Kakim Goh==


'''United States space program''' - [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83207 '''earth system monitoring''']
MC: Kakim Goh-Visual Artist and Curator


NASA's '''Earth Science Enterprise''' (ESE) -- Originally called "'''Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE)'''"
Born in Singapore; lives in Montreal
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Kakim Goh holds a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University. As a visual artist who creates interdisciplinary painting, performance and video installations, Kakim has been exhibiting in Mexico and Quebec since 1993, most notably at MAI, the OBORO New Media Laboratory and la Maison de la Culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal. He is the Curator of the Visual Arts Program and Vice-President of the Board of Directors at Festival Accès Asie, an organization that promotes Asian arts, cultures and histories in Quebec and Canada.


'''''October 2014''''' http://bit.ly/VitalSignsPulseofthePlanet / Video
Kakim Goh - Artiste visuel et commissaire
'''''To fully appreciate the detail of the models, click on the gear symbol and set to 720p resolution and choose full screen video'''''


ESE is dedicated to "''understanding the total Earth system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment''." [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/nsp/mtpe.htm]
Né à Singapore; vit à Montréal
Kakim Goh détient un baccalauréat en arts visuels spécialisé en peinture et dessin de l'Université Concordia. En tant qu'artiste visuel qui crée des installations interdisciplinaires combinant peinture, vidéo et performances, Kakim expose ses œuvres au Mexique et au Québec depuis 1993, et plus spécifiquement au MAI, au Laboratoire des nouveaux médias OBORO ainsi qu’à la Maison de la culture du Plateau Mont-Royal. Il est le commissaire d'exposition du programme en arts visuels et vice-président du conseil d'administration du Festival Accès Asie, un organisme qui a pour but de promouvoir les arts, les histoires et les cultures d’Asie au Québec et au Canada.  
http://www.kakimgoh.com/


'''''Mission to Planet Earth's successor, NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS), provides long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans.'''''


[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NPP/main/#.VDFkmxZab8k '''''Suomi NPP - Next-generation Earth-observing satellite system'''''] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/sets/72157627439487497/show/ NPP Images Gallery]


[http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/program.html ''JPSS, next generation NASA-NOAA #EarthMonitoring satellite to launch in 2017'']
==Khadija Baker==


'''''"The ultimate beneficiaries are the present and future generations of the people on Earth..."'''''
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'''''The goal of the Earth Observing project is "improved understanding of the Earth as ''an integrated system''."'''''
Khadija was born and educated in the town of Amoude, Syria.  She studied Interior Design, receiving a Master’s degree in 1999 from the University of Damascus, Syria. Since 2001 she lives and works in Montreal, Canada. She had a BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University/ painting & drawing, and completed her MFA/Open Media at the same university in 2012.


'''''ESE's Mission: "To improve life here'''" and "'''to understand and protect our home planet."''''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Science_Enterprise]
Khadija Baker is a multidisciplinary artist who creates installations that combine video, digital art, sound and animation.  Her work explores social and political themes related persecution, displacement and memory. Having worked with a variety of media such as painting, fibers, and video/moving images, her current research combines these practices to create intimate site-specific sculptural installation environments that engage the senses (sight, sound, and touch.)  Her work breaches the divide between artist, art and public, creating an active space of participation, exchange, understanding and storytelling.
http://www.khadijabaker.com/


'''#EarthScience''', '''#GeoScience''', '''#Earth360''', '''#GP360''', '''#EarthPOV''' 


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Earth_satellites_in_3D.jpg Eyes on the Earth-Earth Right Now], [http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov Earth Observing System Project], [https://earthdata.nasa.gov Earth Data], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features Earth Observatory], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Images/?eocn=topnav&eoci=images], [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Grace/ Grace], [http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/ Grace-JPL], [http://www.csr.utexas.edu/grace/ Grace-UTexas]


[http://visibleearth.nasa.gov Visible Earth], [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/?eocn=topnav&eoci=globalmaps Global Maps], [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_cat.php?categoryID=1484 Visible Earth_2], [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=79765 Visible Earth_3], [http://eoimages2.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/79000/79765/dnb_land_ocean_ice.2012.3600x1800.jpg Visible Earth_4], [http://www.nasa.gov/content/earth-missions-list/ Earth Mission List]
==Shahrzad Arshadi==


'''IceSat-2''' [http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/icesat2/] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICESat-2]
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[http://dahrjamail.net/former-nasa-chief-scientist-were-effectively-taking-a-sledgehammer-to-the-climate-system]


[http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/earthnightlights_images.html '''''Monitoring #Earth at night''''']  [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_at_Night] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Americas_after_dark.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Asia_from_Suomi_satellite.jpg] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Europe_and_N_Africa_at_night_SUOMI.jpg]
Shahrzad Arshadi, a Montréal - base multidisciplinary artist and human rights activist, came to Canada as a political refugee on December 24, 1983. In the past two decades, Shahrzad has ventured into different fields of photography, film, sound and performance, enabling her focus on issues of memory, culture and human rights.  


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She is an affiliate - Community Representative and Core Member at Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling.  Also Students Coordinator and Coordinator for  “Fighting Marginalization” youth film workshops since 2008. 
In 2011 Shahrzad write and direct an experimental sound theater performance called: “It Is Only Sound That Remains” based on the life of Ziba Kazemi. This play has been on stage in Montreal and Toronto many times.


'''European space program''' - [https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/missions/esa-operational-eo-missions '''earth system monitoring''']
Her latest creation is “Dancing For Change” a documentary film, a story about secular and socialist women of the Islamic world, their ideals, activism, and visions for a better world. It focuses on six Kurdish Iranian women from three different generations. These women live with their male comrades in a mountain camp where they organize and have been fighting the Iranian fundamentalist Government since the past 36 years.
In a society where state and family violence against women is common, they are engaged in political and military training, writing, reading, broadcasting, dancing, and singing in order to make their voice heard against any kind of injustice. Most of these women have left their home and joined the Kurdish–Iranian underground organization, due to the extreme oppression they have been subjected to in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"These women are not silent!" 
Dancing For Change -Trailer 3:29 minutes, https://vimeo.com/127649507
http://www.shahrzadarshadi.com/


European Space Agency "'''Living Planet Programme'''" managed by Earth Observation Programmes - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Planet_Programme]
: GOCE – Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer - launched on March 17, 2009 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Field_and_Steady-State_Ocean_Circulation_Explorer]
: SMOS – Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite - studying ocean salinity and soil moisture; launched in 2 November 2009 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_Moisture_and_Ocean_Salinity_satellite]
: '''CryoSat''' is designed to map the Earth's ice cover. CryoSat-2 was launched 8 April 2010 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryoSat] - Euro Cryo Satellite/Earth Imaging


&loz; [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space '''''Geo-science: Eyes in the Sky'''''] [http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/24/incredible-polar-ice-loss-cryosat-antarctica-greenland ''Antarctic Ice Loss''] [http://www.climatecentral.org/news/antarctica-ice-melt-sea-level-18155 ''Antarctic Ice Sheet Expands, Why?'']
: Swarm – is a trio of satellites to map the Earth's magnetism. The SWARM constellation was launched successfully on 22 November 2013 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_%28spacecraft%29]
: Aeolus – Atmospheric Dynamics Mission will use an innovative laser to measure winds. Due for launch in 2015 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-Aeolus]
: EarthCARE – Earth Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer will examine the formation and effects of clouds. Due for launch in 2016 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthCARE]
: BIOMASS is designed to calculate the amount of carbon stored in the world's forests, and to monitor for any changes over the course of its five-year mission. Due to launch in 2020 - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOMASS]


==Komachi, Kayo Kasuhara==


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Komachi Montréal est une troupe de danse folklorique japonaise spécialisée dans les danses Bon ou Bon Odori (danse pour la fête des morts selon les rites bouddhistes). Ce type de danse est pratiqué partout au Japon; surtout lors des Matsuri (festivals d’été). Komachi Montréal se spécialise dans les danses folkloriques de style Minyō. C’est un style qui exprime la joie de danser, de faire la fête ou se donner du courage pour travailler. Certaines danses sont touchantes tandis que d’autres sont humoristiques. Comme toutes danses folkloriques, les danses japonaises ont été transmises de génération en génération par la tradition orale. Ainsi, de nos jours, chaque ville ou région du Japon possède ses propres danses et chaque groupe de danse (Ren) interprète la danse à sa façon en y mettant sa touche personnelle. De par les enseignements de Mme Kayo Yasuhara, les danseurs apprennent des danses qui se transmettent depuis des siècles. Komachi Montréal tente de présenter des danses provenant des quatre coins du Japon afin de faire découvrir la grande diversité de la culture japonaise à son public.
http://www.komachimontreal.com


{{WorkingOn}}
Nicolas Marion
Nicolas is the member of the Yume-Mirai which is the previous group of Komachi Montreal, since 2009. He has some experience of teaching English in Japan, and he organise many activities related to Japanese culture. He is one of the main member of Komachi Montréal. And he is taking care of filming of 'Koi sure Fortune Cookie' project'.


==Chanho Bang==


'''''May/Apr 2014'''''
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'''GP360 News:''' We have updated '''GreenPolicy360 to MediaWiki 1.19''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_version_history]
Chanho Bang is a director, cinematographer and editor, who was born in Mississippi, and raised in New York, Seoul and Montreal. Chanho is the director of the acclaimed H​ONEST PEOPLE which was nominated at the short film corner, 67th Cannes Film Festival. He is currently developing several film projects through his production company Chivalric Pictures based in Montreal, Quebec. Also, he is co-­directing with J​oseph R. Taylor on a mid-length documentary, A​LGON.​His works reflect his detail oriented personality and his ability to embrace a larger picture. His love for people is also another aspect that makes him enjoy his work.
https://vimeo.com/chanhobang


Upward and onward GP360! In progress - updated maps. [http://Semantic-MediaWiki.org Semantic MediaWiki]




==Farah Fancy==


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Farah Fancy is an arts manager, performer and artist who for over 15 years, has been using the arts as a mechanism to teach about equality, rights, personal histories, self actualization and community bridging. She is rooted in working with cross cultural populations to promote the arts to a diversity of communities and to outreach to new audiences to overcome emotional and cultural barriers.
With an interest in creating conversations using the arts to cultivate a deeper understanding of those within and without our communities, Farah co-founded Le Groupe Herencias.  Their mandate is to use the arts for the promotion, exchange, and acceptance of identity, culture and heritage through creation, art education, research, training, and creative arts therapies. Her personal mission is to bring attention how the ordinary can become extra-ordinary.  Through her company she manages choreographer, Julio Hong; music group, Rumbakwa; theatre research and performance ensemble,Rencontres/Encounters ; and the Afro Cuban Association of Montreal.  Farah also is a public speaker for organizations who uses the arts as a means to strategize for economic development, goal setting, re-visioning, or for those who want an experience simply for the love of the arts.


[[File:Le_Groupe_Herencias.pptx]]


https://www.linkedin.com/pub/farah-fancy/59/589/454




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==Wai Yin Kwok==


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'''Florida, Los Angeles, New York''' vulnerable to climate change...
Wai-Yin has always worked in arts, culture, film and broadcasting since she graduated in Communications in Hong Kong and pursued French studies in France. Learning to speak different languages is her passion, she is particularly obsessed with grammar, spelling, subjunctive and gender of nouns, that's how she became a freelance Translator and Interpreter. Working as an Interpreter at the Health and Social Services of Montreal and teaching Chinese-Canadian Cantonese, she has accumulated a lot of thoughts and stories to share, this is how the idea of hosting a podcast emerged. Born to be socially engaged, even in art, she innately chose flamenco dance to express all kinds of human oppression. www.waiyinkwok.net


US gov efforts to assess risk now include interagency coordination.
Through the podcast, we'd like that the different realities and experiences of the Chinese community be heard. Reducing cultural misunderstandings and advocating for mutual comprehension and tolerance, firstly in Quebec, then extended to other societies/ countries, became my mandate since I started working at the social services with the Chinese community.  


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http://beingchinese.org/


&loz; '''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Sea-Level_Rise_%26_Mitigation Rising Seas - Against the Tide]'''''




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==Irem Bekter== 


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'''''March 2014'''''
Multidisciplinary artist Irem Bekter was born in Istanbul, grew up in England and graduated from Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley, perfected at the Royal Academy of Dance and obtained a Masters degree in theatre from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. In 1984,
she moved to Argentina, where she began a prolific career. While pursuing a career in theatre, on television and in film, she discovered and studied the Argentine music and ‘zapateo’. She perfected her vocal technique in traditional song and soon was merging voice and dance into her own uniquely personal vision. She  preformed as a guest artist in Mercedes Sosa’s concerts En Familia and Al despertar. She toured Argentina presenting her own creations. The journalist Pablo Gorlero, mentions Irem Bekter as one of the artists that has influenced the landscape of
musical theater in Argentina.


31 March 2014/Japan/IPCC international conference - "The '''Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)''' issued a report today that says the '''effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans'''. The extensive set of documents, continuing a multi-year series of scientific documentation and analyses, details latest developments and warns that the world is "ill-prepared" for risks from a changing climate. The report also states that there are "opportunities" to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming... [http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/ar5/pr_wg2/140330_pr_wgII_spm_en.pdf] [http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/images/uploads/IPCC_WG2AR5_SPM_Approved.pdf] [http://ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/report/final-drafts/] #climatechange
In 2008, arrival in Quebec, she founded the Irem Bekter Quintet which was programmed at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in 2010, followed by a first album Primero. The group multiplied its stage presence with a tour of over 35 concerts. A grant from CALQ in 2013, allowed her to perfect in Turkish music with Ismail Fencioglu and percussion with Ziya Tabassian (Constantinople).Irem is in the second phase of creation of the show VERTIGE EN 4 TEMPS on tour as of October 9, 2015.


IPCC Update
Artiste multidisciplinaire, Irem Bekter est née à Istanbul, a grandi en Angleterre, puis obtient un diplôme de l’École de ballet Elmhurst à Camberley, se perfectionne à l’Académie Royale de danse et obtient une maitrise en Arts dramatiques du W.Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts à Londres. En 1984, elle s’installe en Argentine, où elle découvre la musique argentine et le zapateo, qu’elle étudie. Elle perfectionne sa technique vocale en chant traditionnel et juxtapose voix et danse vers la création. Elle est artiste invitée aux concerts En Familia et Al despertar de Mercedes Sosa.  Elle présente son propre spectacle en tournée argentine. Le journaliste Pablo Gorlero, mentionne Irem Bekter comme l’une des artistes ayant influencé le paysage du théâtre musical en Argentine.


Government officials and top climate scientists will meet in Berlin from April 7-12 to review a 29-page next steps draft that estimates '''the needed shift to low-carbon energies will cost between two and six percent of world output by 2050'''... The IPCC draft report is the third and final study in a U.N. series about climate change, updating findings from 2007. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/06/us-climate-un-idUSBREA3506B20140406] [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/06/climate-change-needs-the-politics-of-the-impossible.html] [http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/04/impacts-of-climate-change-part-2-of-the-new-ipcc-report-has-been-approved/comment-page-2/]
En 2008, arrivée au Québec, elle fonde le Irem Bekter Quintette qui est de la programmation du Festival de jazz de Montréal 2010, suit un premier album Primero. L’ensemble multiplie ses présences scéniques avec une tournée de plus de 35 concerts. Boursière du CALQ, en 2013, elle perfectionne les musiques turques auprès d’Ismail Fencioğlu et les percussions avec Ziya Tabassian (Constantinople). Elle est en phase de création du spectacle VERTIGE EN 4 TEMPS présenté en tournée à compter du 9 octobre 2015.
http://www.irembekter.com/


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'''Climate.Data.gov launches''' [http://www.data.gov/climate] [http://www.data.gov/climate/welcome-climate-data-gov]
==Yellow Noise==


In the pilot-stage of Climate.Data.gov, you will find resources "to help companies, communities, and citizens understand and prepare for the impacts of coastal flooding and sea level rise." Over time, the "Climate Data community" will expand to include more datasets, web services, and tools. "It will also cover other themes such as the vulnerability of the food supply and the threats to human health from climate change."
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The resources page features datasets and services on coastal vulnerability. [http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?groups=climate5434&_groups_limit=0]


Tools and information to help communities prepare for coastal inundation... [http://www.data.gov/climate/climate-resources] [http://www.usc.edu/org/seagrant/research/sea_level_rise_vulnerability.html]
Yellow Noise is a Canadian based online/print platform that seeks to highlight young Asian identifying peoples in the West who push the boundaries of artistic and political expression. Recognizing the diversity of backgrounds encompassed by this label of “Asian”, we seek to open dialogue on what it means to be Asian in Western society today and to honour/acknowledge the multiplicity of perspectives involved. There will be both a focus on maintaining a sense of harmony within the community as well as solidarity with other groups of people of colour. The overarching mission of Yellow Noise is to provide a platform by Asian-identified youth for Asian-identified youth to negotiate the hybridity of identity we experience in a white-dominant society, with a particular focus on the intersection of issues of class, gender, and ability.
<br>[[File:Yellow Noise Presentation.pptx]]


Sam Lu
Sam Lu was born in Wuhan, raised in Vancouver, and now currently based in Montreal. He is interested in the political and socio-historical backgrounds and contexts of artistic creation. He is invested in the creation of an Asian-American/Canadian cultural identity through the arts, a space for much needed dialogue within this cultural context.


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tïna-hanäé
tïna-hanäé is the real name of 23-year old, bay-area by way of
miami-transplant¬¬––and roughly translates to “we are in the process
of blooming.”


after attending school in the heart of silicon valley and becoming
disenchanted with misplaced values and contemporary myths of futurism,
she decided to take the future into her own hands; she followed the
readings of a fortune-teller in a basement in michigan, and took off
to montréal to experience her first winter.


'''''Mar/Feb/Jan 2014'''''
she is currently working on a first E.P. a vision of ecofuturism that
aspires toward a visible, accessible, critically hopeful future @ the
intersection of ecological x social realms.


'''''Cities now reporting more than ''8,000 climate actions'' currently underway...'''''


'''''Take climate action in your community''''' - Add to 8,068 climate change actions reported at the international '''C40 conference''' [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/images/8068_CC_actions.jpg]
Sam Lu was born in Wuhan, raised in Vancouver, and now currently based in Montreal. He is interested in the political and socio-historical backgrounds and contexts of artistic creation. He is invested in the creation of an Asian-American/Canadian cultural identity through the arts, a space for much needed dialogue within this cultural context.


''More'' [http://www.c40.org C40], [http://www.c40.org/cities cities], [http://www.c40.org/blog_posts/CAM2 webcam], [http://c40.org/blog_posts/infographic-c40-cities-releases-landmark-research-revealing-expansion-acceleration-of-climate-actions-in-megacities], [http://issuu.com/c40cities/docs/c40_climate_action_in_megacities], [http://www.c40.org/ending-climate-change-begins-in-the-city]
https://www.facebook.com/YellowNoiseMag?fref=ts
http://www.yellownoise.ca/




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==Carolyn Fe==


[[Image:GFW1a.jpeg|left]]
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'''''Global Forest Watch launches''''' - [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/G_Earth_Outreach.jpg '''''Google Outreach continues its impact''''']
I am a Filipino Blues Singer and would love to share my experiences as an Asian in the music industry.
Carolyn Fe has been an active performance artist in Montreal for over 25 years; from contemporary dancer, actress, theatre producer and now her latest project, Carolyn Fe Blues Collective – a Blues band with musicians from all corners of the world.  Aside from being the lead singer/songwriter of the band, she oversees all the business aspects required to keep the band working and self-producing albums. To date two out of the three albums released have garnered industry acknowledgements and awards. The latest being an Achievement Award from the Filipino Community not only in the artistic realm but also as a role model in promoting a positive image of Filipino-Canadians. In all her artistic endeavours, Carolyn Fe combines her business savvy so that she can pay it forward to the causes and events that are close to her heart.
http://www.carolyn-fe.com


[https://plus.google.com/115519007136221820067/posts/2ntxMkhNpf5]


[http://GlobalForestWatch.org], [http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/global-forest-watch]
==Tianmo Zhang==


[http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2014/02/monitoring-worlds-forests-with-global.html]
Tianmo Zhang is an M.A. candidate in art history at Concordia University and holds a B.A. in art history and communications from the University of Ottawa (2010-2014). Her thesis focuses on the role of tradition and cultural signifiers in contemporary Chinese ink painting, with emphasis on the exhibition Unscrolled at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Since 2013, she is the founder of Z Art Space, a curatorial project space dedicated to promoting contemporary Asian art in Canada and supporting local student initiatives.




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Presentations:


'''''November 2014'''''
Ethnocultural Art Histories Research (EAHR) is a student-driven research community based within the Art History Department of Concordia University (Montreal, Qc). Since summer 2011, EAHR has facilitated opportunities for exchange and creation in the examination of and engagement with issues of ethnic and cultural representation within the visual arts in Canada. EAHR is open to students and faculty invested in engaging with issues of cultural representation and ethnocultural art histories research across various disciplines and communities.


'''''Global Fishing Watch''''' launches - [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:G_Earth_Outreach.jpg '''''Google Outreach out in front again''''']
https://www.facebook.com/EAHRConcordia/info?tab=page_info


[[File:Global Fishing Watch 2.jpg | link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Fishing_Watch]]
Z Art Space is a curatorial project gallery dedicated to promoting contemporary Asian art in Canada and supporting local and international artists and student initiatives. Through its programming, the gallery seeks to provide a platform for discursive projects around issues of identity politics, globalization, and complex narratives of the East/West binary. Founded in 2013, the gallery is located in Montreal’s Little Burgundy district, between Saint-Henri and Griffintown.


[http://globalfishingwatch.org/oceana-global-fishing-watch-report.pdf '''''Global Fishing Watch_newly launched'''''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Fishing_Watch]
http://www.zartspace.com




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==Margaret Elizabeth Nielsen==


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[[File:Transition-to-productive-and-sustainable-farming s.jpg]]


'''Agroecological Farming'''
Born in Ellwangen, Germany, lives in Montréal, Canada.Photography as a mean of communication fascinated her since early adulthood.
Influenced by classic photojournalism, she started to explore photography as an autodidact from scratch, working for years only in black and white. This allowed her to develop an experience in darkroom techniques as well as analog photography.


&loz;  “Business as usual” of expanding industrialized agriculture is not a viable option for meeting the challenges we face in the future.
After having worked as a freelance photographer and assistant for many years, she started her career as a photo editor and account manager in a German photo agency. Various travels brought her to Asia and a sabbatical allowed her an extended stay in Afghanistan, where she could teach
&loz;  We must transition to greener, sustainable agriculture and food systems.
women basic photography. Her work about China has been exhibited with the support of the Goethe-Institut in Germany.
&loz;  Family farmer agroecology works and is a vital part of the solution.


Agroecology_Groundswell [http://www.groundswellinternational.org/how-we-work/agroecological-farming/]
Her recent projects involve darkroom techniques as well as the reuse of found material. Her current project 'A Nepalese Photo Studio' is comprised of a selection of 'found photography' that she acquired from a family-run photo studio in Nepal. The images were taken by 2
photographers, father and son, who specialized in portraiture, street scenes, events and snippets from daily life. The material dates from the late 40s till the end of the 90s and provides insight into daily life and the history of a small Newari town and its inhabitants. The exhibition will be presented by Festival Accès Asie (www.accesasie.com) from April 27 to June 04, 2016 at La Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal.
www.margretnielsen.wordpress.com


From GP360's "'''Little Green Book'''"


==Veena Gokhale==


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Veena Gokhale is a freelance journalist, fiction writer, communications professional and informal educator. She is also a foodie who gives bilingual (English-French) Indian cooking classes – easy, veggie, gluten-free, yummy food! She wants to get people together, cooking and sharing over a relaxed dinner. Her classes feature the regional cuisine from her home-state Maharahstra that she has been making for the last 20 years.


[[File:EOS starliner gr2.png]] 
Apart from attending classes in her spacious, downtown, transit-accessible apartment, you could also have her give a class to you and your friends in your own kitchen!
http://www.veenago.com/slurrrrp/


'''''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/EOS_eco_Operating_System eco Operating System featured in Green Horizon]'''''


Event Day Schedule 2015


[[Image:GH1 sm.jpg|left]] 
3 pm-set up room, check technical needs, computer, screen, projector, arrange tables, decorate, ensure entrance and exit are easily accessible, put up signs, volunteers are welcome


'''''eOS -- a network of effective green policies, politics and practices'''''
5-6 pm-welcome, visit, eat, drink


'''''eOS Part 1 December 2013''''' [http://www.green-horizon.org/eos/ eOS... '''''Global Green Challenge'''''] [http://www.scribd.com/doc/189078245/eOS-EcoOperatingSystem-1]
6-begin, Kakim Goh, MC intro


'''''eOS Part 2 June 2014''''' [http://www.green-horizon.org/eos2/ eOS... '''''Challenges & Opportunities''''']
6:05-Shahrzad Arshadi & 5 mins. Q&A


'''''eOS Part 3 November 2014'''''
6:15-Komachi & 5 mins. Q&A


'''''GreenPolicy360/eOS''''' -- ''extending the '''GP360''' database of green models for use in all communities -- local, national, international''
6:25-Khadija Baker & 5 mins. Q&A


6:35- Chanho Bang & 5 mins. Q&A


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6:45- Farah Fancy & 5 mins. Q&A


6:55-Shahin Parhami & 5 mins. Q&A


[[Image:Earthrise vertical-fromApollo s.jpg]]
7:05-MC-break, 20 mins.


7:25- MC, parking lot, spontaneous announcements


'''''Remembering 'Earthrise'''''' - ''December 1968''
7:35- Emily Gan & 5 mins. Q&A


[http://www.youtube.com/embed/dE-vOscpiNc Earthrise memories on the 45th anniversary] - [http://www.abc.net.au/science/moon/earthrise.htm Earth-home, the historic view of Earth from Apollo]
7:45-Wai Yin Kwok & 5 mins. Q&A


''"The earth from here [circling the moon] is a grand oasis in the big vastness of space."'' — Jim Lovell, live Apollo 8 - ''1968''
7:55-Irem Bekter & 5 mins. Q&A


''"If somebody had said before the flight, 'Are you going to get carried away looking at the earth from the moon?' I would have said, 'No, no way.' But yet when I first looked back at the earth, standing on the moon, I cried."'' — Alan Shepard, Astronaut
8:05-Yellow Noise & 5 mins. Q&A


''"As you pass from sunlight into darkness and back again every hour and a half, you become startlingly aware how artificial are thousands of boundaries we've created to separate and define. And for the first time in your life you feel in your gut the precious unity of the Earth and all the living things it supports."'' — Russell Schweikart, Apollo 9
8:15-Carolyn Fe & 5 mins. Q&A


''"As we got further and further away, it [the Earth] diminished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate..."'' — James Irwin, Apollo 15
8:25- 12th presenter & 5 mins. Q&A


== The Overview Effect ==
8:35 –MC, break, 20 mins.


'''''What a View!'''''
8:55-13th presenter & 5 mins. Q&A


[https://vimeo.com/55073825 '''''Overview'''''] refers to the experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, hanging in the void, shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere.  From space, the astronauts tell us, national boundaries vanish, the conflicts that divide us become less important and the need to create a planetary society with the united will to protect our "pale blue dot."
9:05 pm-14th presenter & Q&A


[https://plus.google.com/b/104105656721944993244/104105656721944993244/posts/fP5PLNxqHgW '''''"One connected system #BlueDot"''''']
9:15- MC, parking lots, spontaneous announcements, presenters, last words


[http://www.overviewinstitute.org '''''Visit the Overview Institute''''']
9:25 pm-enjoy
 
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[[File:View-of-Aurora-from-ISS m.jpg | link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAEIMx39-w&noredirect=1]]
 
 
'''''Watch magnificent time-lapse Earth views'''''
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g&list=UUIcA_1j7WQ8VXyygM6qI-fw '''''All Alone in the Night''''']
 
'''''Serving Suggestion: FULL Screen, 1080p, lights off, volume up, lean back and fly''''' 
 
[https://vimeo.com/80588358 '''''The View Outside My Window'''''-Vimeo] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOAEIMx39-w '''''The View'''''-YouTube]
 
'''''Serving Suggestion: FULL Screen, 1080p, lights off, volume up. Even better, 'Original' 4K / 2160p'''''
 
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'''''Visit our Associate Sites'''''
 
[http://www.earthpov.com '''''EarthPOV'''''] - [http://www.planetcitizen.org '''''PlanetCitizen'''''] - [http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/ '''''Environmental Security'''''] - [http://www.pinterest.com/stratdem/environmental-security/ '''''Earth's atmosphere, "thin layer of blue"''''']
 
 
[[File:Earth's atmospheric edge.jpg]]
 
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== News Archive ==
 
 
; ''November/December 2013''
 
'''''Good Government & the Digital Era'''''
 
'''''"What good governance and the good society look like is now inextricably linked to an understanding of the digital."''''' -- Tim O'Reilly
 
○ ○ ○ ○
   
   
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/GreenPolicy360-eOS#Digital_Rights_.2F_Open_Data_Open_Government '''''Open Government/Digital Services''''']
9:30 pm-clean up


10 pm-clear out


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; ''October 2013''
=Welcome to Ginger Garden 2014=


[[Image:Pacific Coast Action Plan .jpg]]


A Model for Regional/Local Approaches to Climate Change - '''Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate & Energy'''
La version française suivra
* [[Media:Pacific Coast Climate Action Plan.pdf| PDF]]


; Two new cool tools for digital visualizations
Dear friends and curious ones,
[http://Gigaom.com/2013/10/08/new-tool-lets-you-visualize-just-about-anything-in-5-minutes-maybe-less RAW]
Ginger Garden 2014 is a potluck gathering to eat, drink, and talk about burning
[http://TableauSoftware.com/public/how-it-works TableauPublic]
questions and projects in the arts, education and community building. Thirteen
presenters, who identify themselves as 1st generation Asians/ mixed race in Canada, will present their most recent works. Each presentation will be followed by Q & A.


The intent of Ginger Garden is to create an intimate space for sharing
information and exchanging ideas and to encourage self representations.


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Date: Tues. August 19, 2014
Time : 5 -9 pm
Place : Simone de Beauvoir Institute, 2170 Bishop, Montréal


You are encouraged to bring a plate, utensils, cup etc. to minimize the waste for the potluck of contributing and sharing food together. Ginger Garden as an event has replaced Chinese Tea Salon in Montréal.


; ''September 2013''
To whet your curiosities, check out some of the presenters coming soon :
http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden


The ALEC agenda, not a green agenda but a powerful lobbying agenda that too often attempts to push back a green agenda... Here the ALEC org fails - "Renewable energy overpowers ALEC" [http://BillMoyers.com/2013/08/20/renewable-energy-overpowers-alec]
Feel free to contact us.
See you at Ginger Garden!!


Cordially yours,


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Ginger Garden Team
team@asiancanadianwiki.org




; ''August 2013''
La version française
Chers amis et curieux de nouveautés socioculturelles,


[[Image:Wikimedia commons-Couverture Turning the Tide On Climate Change.jpg|right]]
Bienvenue au Jardin de gingembre!


US/Climate Change/Response Planning by States
Le Jardin de gingembre est un collectif pour discuter de questions pressantes dans les domaines des arts, pour déguster de plats, pour boire, et aussi pour parler des projets d’éducation et de promotion d’activités communautaires. Treize conférenciers, qui s'identifient comme premières générations d’origines asiatiques ou de race mixte au Canada, présenteront leurs exposés. Chaque présentation sera suivie d’une séance de questions et réponses.


; Maryland Advances Climate/Energy Plan... emission reduction goals surpass California and all states except Massachusetts
Le but du Jardin de gingembre est de créer un espace démocratique et ouvert pour le partage d'information, pour l’échange d'idées et pour encourager les innovations de façon indépendante.
[http://bit.ly/1aMBt5Z] / [http://YouTube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TgOQryJFOEA]


; Maryland Governor Unveils Strongest US Plan To Fight Climate Change  [http://CleanTechnica.com/2013/07/25/maryland-governor-unveils-strongest-us-plan-to-fight-climate-change]
Vous êtes invités à apporter un plat préparé, des ustensiles, des tasses, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif et pour contribuer à un partage de différents plats. L’évènement Jardin de gingembre a remplacé l’ancien évènement Salon de thé chinois de Montréal.


Maryland Gov. O'Malley ups ante for reduction of statewide greenhouse gases. Stating that "''we trust in the fierce urgency of now''," Maryland's Gov. proposes to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020 and state policy proposals include accelerating state clean energy and efficiency goals. ''"We move forward, not back..."'' [http://ClimateChange.Maryland.gov] [http://ClimateChange.Maryland.gov/site/assets/files/1392/ggra_plan_7-11-13.pdf PDF]
Date : le mardi 19 août 2014
Heure : de 17 h à 21 h
Lieu : Institut Simone de Beauvoir, 2170, rue Bishop, Montréal.


Pour désaltérer votre soif de curiosité, veuillez consulter les biographies et quelques présentations des conférenciers au site web suivant http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden


Ω 
Pour toute autre question, n'hésitez pas à communiquer avec nous.


Bienvenue au Jardin de gingembre !


'''''2013/2014 Ongoing'''''
Cordialement,


[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140908-birds-audubon-climate-change-extinction-science/ '''''Half of North America bird species at risk of extinction due to climate change'''''] [http://climate.audubon.org/ '''Audubon study'''] [http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-adv-birds-climate-change-20140909-story.html Times] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Audubon.png News]
L'équipe du Jardin de gingembre
team@asiancanadianwiki.org


[[File:Audubon study ms.png|link=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140908-birds-audubon-climate-change-extinction-science/]]
Event Schedule


The bigger extinction picture is dire according to scientific research. As reported by the Institute for Biological Diversity
5 pm- greetings
[http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/ '''''our planet is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals''''']... a sixth wave of extinctions in the past half-billion years. We’re currently experiencing the worst spate of species die-offs since the loss of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.


[http://climate.audubon.org/article/what-you-can-do-help-protect-birds '''''How You Can Help''''']
5:30 pm-begin presentations, Tracy: moderator-5 mins.


5:35 pm- Shuibo Wang 6 mins.


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5:41 pm-Q&A, 6 mins.


5:47 pm- Green Chinatown Montreal, Chao/Miaoyun


'''Drought -- Historic-drought (climate change warning)'''
5:53 pm-Q&A


* California aquifers at risk [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/]
5:59 pm- Jie Wu


* California warning from the LA [Times http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-famiglietti-southern-california-drought-20140709-story.html]
6:06 pm-Q&A


* Five Maps of U.S. Drought [http://www.vox.com/2014/5/15/5720870/drought-california-us-maps]
6:12 pm- Kiran Ambwani
'''California's emergency measures''' [http://plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov/wordpress/?p=6114] [http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18496]
* California's drought is being billed as the driest period in the state's recorded rainfall history ...
* California is coming off its driest year since record-keeping began in the 1800s
* Never in the State Water Project's 54-year history has there been zero water allocation
* California Drought: The Worst Yet To Come?
* Historic California drought called a red flag for future of US (+video)''
* NASA [http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/california-drought-20140225/index.html#.Uw0_L5F5mK2]


Sources, click thru [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/images/Calif_Drought_-_Feb_2014.pdf (PDF)]
6:18 pm-Q&A


Climate Change and California's epic drought [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/31/3223791/climate-change-california-drought] 


6:36 pm- break-25 mins.


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7:01 pm- Veena Gokhale


7:07 pm-Q&A


'''Climate Extremes are Unprecedented''' - BBC Global News [http://BBC.co.uk/news/science-environment-23154073]
7: 13 pm- Xiao Dan He
Warmest decade in 2001-2010, WMO survey shows


'''Water Alert''' - US Groundwater Depletion "accelerating", May 2013''' [http://USGS.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3595#.UdLrEpzEorU] / Water Stress - NatGeo US [http://NewsWatch.NationalGeographic.com/2013/10/09/more-water-stress-than-meets-the-eye]
7:19 pm-Q&A
 
; Climate Change / US Drought Monitor  [http://DroughtMonitor.unl.edu]


[[File:DroughtWeb.png]]
7:25 pm- Sophie Gee


'''History-making drought conditions''' - new water conservation measures announced
7:31 pm-Q&A


: TX [http://TexasTribune.org/2013/06/30/texas-push-show-farmers-how-save-water]
7:37 pm- break, 25 mins.
: TX [http://DailyTexanOnline.com/news/2013/06/21/perry-signs-water-conservation-bills-amongst-worsening-drought-conditions]
: TX [http://Star-Telegram.com/2013/06/03/4906347/opposition-forming-to-massive.html]
: NM [http://SantaFeNewMexican.com/news/local_news/article_179106f2-dad6-540d-9f1c-a2d036682417.html]
: NM [http://ABQjournal.com/main/209996/blogs/nm-science/drought-watch-new-mexico-still-worst-in-the-nation.html]
: NM [http://ThinkProgress.org/climate/2013/06/04/2096521/900-firefighters-battle-major-wildfires-fueled-by-historic-new-mexico-drought/]
: AZ [http://AZwater.gov/AzDWR/Statewideplanning/Drought/default.htm]
: UT [http://SLtrib.com/sltrib/politics/56259489-90/400-ahead-assessment-climate.html.csp]
: Colorado River watershed [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/southwest-braces-lake-mead-water-levels-drop-24941596 Aug 2014] [http://kjzz.org/content/1306/study-says-global-warming-will-reduce-colorado-river-levels-2050]
: Southwest [http://ClimateCentral.org/news/8-images-to-understand-the-drought-in-the-southwest-16149]
: Southwest [http://Elkodaily.com/news/percent-of-west-now-in-drought/article_ba95f2c6-e11c-11e2-b0d1-001a4bcf887a.html]
: Southwest [http://Wrh.noaa.gov/twc/climate/seazDM.php]


: Midwest/Aquifers [http://TheAtlanticWire.com/national/2013/05/midwest-has-less-water-more-drought-its-future/65414]
8 :02 pm- Satoshi Ikeda


: National Water Resources Information [https://Niwr.net/public/Migration/water-resources-information]
8 :08 pm-Q&A
: Nationally - two thirds of the country in drought conditions, one third severe [http://AZcentral.com/news/articles/2012/07/19/20120719us-drought-arizona-endures-15th-year.html]
: National - Maps/Infographics [http://TreeHugger.com/energy-policy/president-obamas-climate-change-plan-infographic.html]
: [http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/palmer.gif GIF]
: National/State online drought resources [http://Drought.unl.edu/Planning/PlanningInfobyState/StateDroughtPages2012.aspx]
: Dust-bowl proportions [http://TheAtlanticWire.com/national/2012/07/2012-drought-reaches-dust-bowl/54605]
: US gov monitoring drought conditions [http://Drought.gov/drought]
: US drought designations as of June 2013 [http://USDA.gov/documents/usda-drought-fast-track-designations-062613.pdf PDF]
: US Climate prediction/drought [http://Cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought]


8 :13 pm- Mi Jeong Lee


'''International''' - July 2013: [http://Guardian.co.uk/global-development/2013/jul/06/food-supply-threat-water-wells-dry-up The Guardian]
8 :19 pm-Q&A


'''Global''' - July 2013: Latest NOAA Climatic Data Center report shows *global* June 2013 temperatures as 5th highest on record (summary at [http://1.USA.gov/15lEabn]). First half of 2013 (Jan–Jun) 7th warmest on record.
9:01 pm- break, open 


9:30 pm-begin clean up


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Presenters Descriptions and Bios


==Tracy Zhang,Moderator==
Tracy Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, Concordia University. Her recent research examines international recruitment of Chinese acrobats. She is a member of Art Can Heal Montreal, a collective group of oncology patients and their loved ones, arts therapists, researchers affiliated with Cedars CanSupport.


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==Shuibo Wang==
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Shuibo Wang is a Beijing/Montreal based artist and filmmaker, he is also a Guggenheim Fellow and Oscar nominee. He currently teaches at China Central Academy of Fine Arts.


Never Loose My Fist, is a feature documentary directed by Shuibo Wang, it tells the stories of a group of rebellions Punk Rock musicians from the industry city Wuhan in central China.


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==Kiran Ambwani==
Passionate about people, their lifestyle, and the arts, Kiran Ambwani is a professional photographer of Indian origin, now based in Montreal.  Kiran's creative vision captivates the editorial and advertising worlds, with a versatile portfolio ranging from portraits to products, lifestyle to landscapes and architecture to abstract images. Kiran freelances for various publications, advertising and press agencies, and non-profit groups. Specializing in portraiture and editorial photography, Kiran's photographs have been published in Vogue, Geo Plein Air, MindFood (Australia), Travesias (Mexico), US Airways, IB World (UK), Le Devoir, Journal Alternatives, Metro, Mirror, and The Bombay Times (India). Kiran's images reflect a sensitivity shaped by her background in anthropology and environmental science and her numerous travels. Driven by a curiosity for the problematics encountered by marginalised populations, Kiran has explored, among others, the lives of Tibetan monks in exile, the survivors of child trafficking in Mumbai, the inhabitants of Asia's largest slum Dharavi, and the indigenous women of Nepal. She has collaborated on several humanitarian projects with NGOs in Canada, India, and Nepal. Apart from commercial work, Kiran has held several group and solo exhibitions of her personal work in Canada and abroad. Kiran is a graduate of McGill University and the Dawson Institute of Photography in Montreal.


Kiran is currently working on 'Objets Cheris'. A public art project, it aims at bringing art and life to the otherwise dull and impersonal walls of the oncology departments in Montreal's wellness facilities. Initiated at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital, this installation seeks to inspire people by showcasing patients who have found the inner strength to face the challenges of the disease by engaging in various hobbies and activities. Art is known to have potent therapeutic effects, therefore there is need for art in places of healing. Furthermore, engaging patients in the artistic process can have positive mental health benefits and help them to feel more connected with the hospital and broader community.  Creating art encourages vision, hope and imagination, all of which nurture the healing process.


''The [http://www.bioneers.org '''Bioneers'''] is a network of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.  
==Xiaodan He==
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Xiaodan He, born in 1975, has studied film production at the Beijing Film Academy in China from 1993 to 1997. In 2002, Xiaodan directed her first film, The Dance of The Star. In the same year, she moved to Montreal. In 2006, her first short film: Cairo Calling, has screenings in over 50 festivals around the world. In 2009, her documentary The Fall of Womenland is distributed in the TV of Canada and the other countries. Xiaodan is working on her first feature film, Pear Tree Blossoms.  


A celebration of the genius of nature and human ingenuity, the '''''Bioneers Annual Conference is in its 25th year in 2014! Congratulations Bioneers!!'''''
Pear Tree Blossoms is a feature film of co-production between Canada and China. Li Fang, a Chinese immigrant has been living in Montreal for 10 years. Physically infertile and her violent separation from Eric, her québécois husband, has pushed her to the brink of despair. Escaping the chaos in Montreal, Li Fang travels to her birthplace and visits her grandfather in Dazu, a small district in south China. There, she hides the troubles she left behind but suffers from the sorrow and hate she keeps for her old love. The calmness of her granddad, the support of her childhood friends and being witness to their own problems and sufferings, helps her break the impasse in her life.


[https://medium.com/@bioneers/sustainable-luxury-cea512356005 '''''It’s the moment of truth to turn vision into action''''']
==Jie Wu==
Jie is doing his program of Master in Film Studies at the University of Montreal. His thesis work focuses on the impact of technological innovations on the film industry.


''[https://medium.com/@bioneers/sustainable-luxury-cea512356005]'' ''[http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_26728316/bioneers-conference-comes-san-rafael]'' ''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/California_out_in_front_in_a_Green_future]'' ''[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Law_of_Mother_Earth]''
==Veena Gokhale==
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Journalist, fiction writer, communications coordinator, project manager and educator. Worked in South Asia, Canada and Tanzania. Created issue-based, illustrated storybooks and developed and delivered workshops on “Using stories for social change.” Looking to build a professional team to apply the stories for social change concept in practice. http://www.veenago.com


My topic is called Using Stories for Social Change. I am going to talk about my own experience in this realm, it's going to be quite informal, and then ask people who may be interested in being on a team to take my project forward, to connect with me. Typically I'm looking for people with experience in video, film, radio, comic books and graphic novels, those who work in online or video games as also people who have started communications businesses. (But it could be others who are just inspired by my project and have some relevant skills.)


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==Sophie Gee==
Sophie Gee is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s Directing Programme. Born and raised in Alberta, Sophie spent many years in London, UK before relocating to Montreal where she presents creations under the name Nervous Hunter. Works include The Phaedra Project (No! I! Don't! Want! To! Fall! in! Love! With! You!) (MAI, Montreal), I Am Such a Small Container for All This (SEAS Festival, Iceland), Domestik (Eastern Bloc, Montreal), and Estate (Festival Occupe Bain St Michel). www.nervoushunter.com


[[Image:Appropedia.jpg|left]]
Sophie is currently working on an adaptation of a play looking the effects a factory collapse has on a Chinese-Canadian family. This bilingual (English/Mandarin) play will be workshopped in Toronto late August/September under the guidance of Governor-General nominated playwright David Yee of Fugen Theatre Company.


'''''Appropedia''''' ''http://Appropedia.org''


Here's to growing the MediaWiki ''''Appropriate Technology'''' community. We're looking forward at Green Policy to growing our connections with Appropedia.  
==Satoshi Ikeda==
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Satoshi Ikeda teaches sociology at Concordia University. Aside from his academic activities, he engages in community development initiatives on campus and in the community. The projects he has been involved include Green Chinatown Montreal,
Concordia Food Coalition (Hive Café, Burritoville, Rooftop Garden, etc.), and Transitions NDG. His wants to create alternatives to the corporate economy through the promotion of social economy based on giving, sharing, and reciprocal exchange.


Take an '''Up Close Look''' at [[Appropedia]] if you haven't already... thousands upon thousands of sustainable, forward thinking green projects for each and every community... Join in! Model projects welcome. Cultivate, grow, nurture and spread new ideas...
This presentation reflects on personal transformation from an academician to a community activist and artist. Following the images of a journey, the presentation traces major turns in his life that led to the current state. It will conclude with the works of art he is currently engaging in.




==Miaoyun Zhou==
Miaoyun Zhou is graduated from Concordia University, major in Urban
Studies. Miaoyun loves traveling, photography and everything related to food.
She joined in this amazing project Green Chinatown Montreal in 2013 and she
helped to introduce fresh locally grown vegetables delivery service to senior
residences first time in Chinatown. Now she is learning interior design at
LaSalle College and she would like to combine the idea of urban agriculture
into her design process in future.


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==Chao Zeng==
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Chao Zeng is a recent graduate from civil engineering of Concordia University. He was born in China
and had studied at Concordia as an international student. He is interested in the urban agriculture and
sustainable engineering design. He was a volunteer of Sustainable Concordia and Habitat for Humanity
(Montreal, Quebec), and had joined many conferences and workshops about green engineering and
food justice.
He is a member of “Green Chinatown Montreal” garden. Green Chinatown Montreal garden
existing for 4 years has been to create a community environment by exploring and developing urban
gardening in Chinatown with locally alternative food culture.


'''Related appropriate tech:''' '''Engineering for Change - E4C''' provides a forum to connect, collaborate, solve challenges and share knowledge among engineers, technologists, social scientists, NGOs, local governments and community advocates dedicated to improving the quality of life -- helpful '''engineers w/o borders''' [https://www.engineeringforchange.org/home]


==Mi-jeong Lee==
Mi-jeong Lee is an independent filmmaker, writer, video artist, and curator. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and began her professional career as a journalist from 1984, then her interest shifted onto arts and became a practitioner in arts since her migration to Montreal in 1991. She is currently completing her Ph.D research-creation in the department of Études et Pratiques des Arts at Université de Québec à Montréal and a member of Senselab - a laboratory for thought in motion - that is affiliated with Concordia University, where she works as an Asian cinema consultant.
Her Korean-language novelization of the Luc Besson's film "Le Grand Bleu" was published in 1993 in Korea.  Lee opened up her knowledge of world cinema by watching films and meeting Asian filmmakers at various international film festivals. Her first film script project, Naked Fish, was award to receive a script development funding from National Film Board of Canada in 1995 as a foreign student. This proposition influenced her to reside in Montreal and began filmmaking. Her independent film works are "I Am the Park", "Façcades", "Underground", "Breathe", as well as the video installation piece "Turn Around." Living in Canada as an Asian, she became intricately interest in the issues of Asian culture and identity, which resulted in her founding of Asian film-related festivals and activities since twenty years ago, as well as a non-profit organization: Ciné-Asie (www.cine-asie.ca), AmérAsia Asian Film Festival (www.amerasiafestival.com), Korean Film Festival (www.koreanfilm.ca), and production/distribution company CINEASIE Creatives (www.cineasiecreatives.com).


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Subject of the presentation:
I raise a question very often to myself, "Why am I struggling to keep on the 4th edition of AmérAsia Montreal Film Festival as a filmmaker? My presentation will be about my ongoing problem as an art practitioner.


=Chinese Tea Salon in Montreal 2013=


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This event is a special occasion with a visiting professor at Concordia, Olive/Li Hui, who teaches in China about Chinese Canadian writers and exciting post doc pre-doc and interested Chinese Montrealers working on engaging subjects. Gracious thanks and much gratitude goes to Tracy Zhang for initiating this activity to welcome and feature the visiting professor from China, Olive Li Hui at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. Some of the presenters are: Tracy Zhang, Alice Jim, Alan Wong, Cheryl Sim, Chen Fang, Joanne Hui, Parker Mah and Leslie Cheung.


Anyone can take the floor as an impromptu 5 mins. presentation. This gathering is inspired from tea house in China, (茶館, cháguăn or 茶屋, cháwū), traditionally similar to the American cafe but centred on tea and to chat, eat and socialize. As a potluck where each contributes a dish or refreshments to share collectively, please also bring your own plate, utensils, cup etc. to minimalize any waste.


'''''AskNature''''' -- a free, open source project, built by and for the community. '''''Biomimicry Institute''''' - http://biomimicry.org - http://biomimicry.net/
You are most welcome to present for 5 mins. on your doc post doc or interests. Please contact us.
Presenter descriptions and video presentations will be available on: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Chinese_Tea_Salon_in_Montreal


AskNature is the world’s most comprehensive catalog of nature’s solutions to human design challenges. A one-of-a-kind online library features free information on natural phenomena and bio-inspired/biomimicry applications... [http://www.asknature.org/article/view/using_asknature]
Event Date: Wed. July 24, 2013
Time: 5-9 pm
Place: Simone de Beauvoir Institute, 2170 Bishop


The goal of this eResource is to make the act of asking nature for “advice” a smart part of the innovation process. Be inspired to create life-friendly technologies that are healthy for people ''and'' the planet.
See you soon!!


Biomimicry (from bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning to imitate) is a design discipline that seeks sustainable solutions. Nature’s time-tested patterns and strategies are a guide... [http://AskNature.org/article/view/why_asknature]
Cordially yours,


Tea Salon team
and
"Asian Canadian Wiki" <asiancanadianwiki@gmail.com>,


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This Montreal tea salon was inspired by the many tea houses by Mary Wong. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Mary_Sui_Yee_Wong<br>


Event Schedule
5 pm- sharing potluck meal and chatting


[[Image:Tr logo2.gif]]
6 pm- presenters: Olive, Alice (no video), Tracy, Alan, Cheryl, Leslie
(5 mins. presentation + 5 mins. Q&A x 6 presenters =  60 mins.)


'''''Plant a Tree, a Simple Act in Your Neighborhood! '''''
7 pm-break


http://TreePeople.org/how-plant-tree
7: 20 presenters: Parker, Fang, Joanne (no video), Rajee (no video)
(5 mins. presentation + 5 mins. Q&A x 5 presenters = 50 mins. + one impromptu presenter @ 10 mins.


8:20 pm-break


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8:40 pm-2 impromptu presenters & Q&A = 20 mins.


9 pm-break


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<b>Presenters Descriptions and Bios</br>


'''''Let the Sunshine in''''' -- using the power of the Internet to deliver greater government openness and transparency [https://sunlightfoundation.com/] [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/] [http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/about/]
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==Olive Li Hui==
Associate Professor, The Canadian Studies Center, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Sichuan University
Chinese Canadian Women Writers


'''Open States''' searchable database to check on U.S. state government representatives [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2009/10/01/5-mins-fifty-state-project Open States: Data for all 50 States] [http://SunlightFoundation.com/blog/2013/02/14/open-states]  
Ever since the emergence of the Chinese Canadian literature more than 100 years ago, the Chinese Canadian women writers have been writing actively about their unique living experiences and spiritual quest. My research is about the major Chinese Canadian women writers to highlight their contributions not only to the Chinese Canadian literature but also to the Chinese Canadians’ history.
<br>[[File:A_CV_from_Olive.pdf]]
<br>[[File:Chinese_Canadian_Women_Writers.pdf]]


'''Introducing 'The Congress App'''' for iOS and Android [http://SunlightFoundation.com/blog/2013/07/09/introducing-congress-for-ios] [http://Congress.sunlightfoundation.com]
==Alice Ming Wai Jim, Moderator==
 
Performing Asian/Americas
'''Money, Politics & Transparency Project''' / March 2014 [http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/03/25/announcing-money-politics-and-transparency-a-project-to-improve-global-political-finance-transparency/] online resource following global developments in money and politics
To think of Asian/Americas is to question how diasporic identities can be rendered beyond nation-state, global north, third and first world paradigms, and divisive dichotomies, I.e. East/West, North/South. I will present our call for workgroup participants in upcoming Encuentro in Montreal organized by NYU’s Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics and Concordia University, June 2014.
 
 
Alice Ming Wai Jim is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art at Concordia University, Montreal. Recent publications and exhibitions include ‘How to Occupy Retreat: dOCUMENTA (13) from Kassel to Banff’ in the Journal of Curatorial Studies and ‘Yam Lau: A World is a Model of a World’ at the Darling Foundry.
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* Institute for the Future - http://iftf.org/govfutures   
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/GovFuturesLab
 
* Internet Bill of Rights / Internet Rights and Principles Coalition - http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/
 
* Internet Governance Project - http://www.internetgovernance.org/
 
* IT for Change (India) - http://www.itforchange.net/
 
* Linked Data - http://linkeddata.org/
 
* Online Magna Carta - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/mar/12/online-magna-carta-berners-lee-web [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/28/tim-berners-lee-internet-bill-of-rights-greater-privacy]
 
* Open Data Institute UK-Int'l - http://TheODI.org/about-us - http://TheGuardian.com/public-leaders-network/2013/oct/22/open-data-institute-summit-gavin-starks
 
* Open Data movement_Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Data
 
* Open Data Research Network - http://opendataresearch.org/
: http://opendataresearch.org/emergingimpacts
: http://opendataresearch.org/content/2014/646/towards-common-methods-assessing-open-data-workshop-report
 
* Open Government Initiative (US) - http://www.whitehouse.gov/open
: (TW) https://twitter.com/OpenGov
 
* Open Government in Practice - https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24435672M/Open_Government
 
* Open Government Partnership - International - http://OpenGovPartnership.org 
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/opengovpart
 
* Open Institute - http://openinstitute.com/
: (TW) https://Twitter.com/Open_Institute
 
* Open Knowledge Foundation Lab - http://okfn.org/
: (Blog) PublicBodies.org - http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/09/introducing-open-knowledge-foundation-labs/
 
* Open Rights Group - https://www.openrightsgroup.org/
: (Zine) http://zine.openrightsgroup.org/
 
* Open Science - http://opensciencefederation.com/
: (TW) https://twitter.com/openscience
 
* Open Secrets/Center for Responsive Politics - http://www.opensecrets.org/
 
* Open Source Hardware (wiki) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_hardware


* Open Standards Principles (UK) - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-standards-principles/open-standards-principles
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==Tracy Zhang==
Tracy Zhang is a post-doctoral fellow in the department of Geography, Planning, and Environment at Concordia University and holds a doctorate in Communication Studies from Simon Fraser University. Most of her research explores the changing experiences of life and work in the cultural industries. The objective of her on-going research project is two-fold. First she examines the modern history of acrobatics in the People's Republic of China. Second, she investigates Cirque du Soleil’s recruitment strategies in the case of Chinese acrobats, including the implications of that strategy for the Montreal cultural sector and institutions.


* Open Technology Institute/New America Foundation - http://newamerica.org/oti/
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==Alan Wong==
My research focuses on activists in Montreal whose bodies are marked by the intersections of sexuality, race, ethnicity, colonization, gender, and class, paying particular attention to their deployments of subjectivity in seeking ways to belong and, consequently, perform their activisms in the face of the discursive violence enacted upon them. Alan Wong


* OpenGov Foundation - http://OpenGovFoundation.org
Alan Wong is a teacher in the English department at Vanier College. He recently celebrated the successful defense of his dissertation and will receive his PhD this fall. His research interests include race, sexuality, activism, and community-based performance. He is also a community organizer in Montreal.


* OpenMedia International - https://openmedia.org/
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: (TW) https://twitter.com/theopenmedia
==Cheryl Sim==
The Fitting Room: Canadian women of Chinese Heritage and the Cheongsam
This research-creation PhD explores the relationship between the cheongsam and Canadian women of Chinese heritage born between 1965 and 1985. The final project will be an installation that responds to two inter-related questions; what are the current attitudes, ideas and wearing practices of the cheongsam and how can the richness of these responses be presented as an installation?


* OpenNet Initiative - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/opennet
Cheryl Sim is Curator of research-creation projects at the Phi Centre as well as Associate Curator at DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art. She is currently a PhD candidate in the études et pratiques des arts program at UQÀM. In a parallel life she is a


* Piwik analytics - http://piwik.org/
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==Leslie Cheung==
Leslie Cheung is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at McGill University, with previous degrees in Public Policy and Social Work.  Her dissertation looks at the intersection of race and language in the negotiation of competing host identities among second-generation immigrants in the Quebec context.  She is currently doing her fieldwork in Montreal, seeking to interview second-generation youth (born in Quebec or arrived in Quebec before the age of 5, with at least one immigrant parent) between the ages of 18 and 35 from Filipino, Vietnamese, Anglo-Caribbean, and Haitian backgrounds.


* Project on Government Oversight - http://www.pogo.org/
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==Parker Mah==


* PublicAgenda - http://PublicAgenda.org 
Parker will briefly present the feature-length film Être Chinois au Québec (Being Chinese in Quebec), a documentary presenting the young generation of Chinese in Quebec through reflections and interviews on issues of identity, integration and the impacts of discriminatory policies such as the Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada.
: (TW) https://twitter.com/PublicAgenda


* Public Resource Org ("Making Government Information More Accessible") - https://public.resource.org/ 
Parker Mah was born in Vancouver in the year of the Rooster. A trained jazz pianist, he also counts photography and multimedia installations among his creative endeavors. His artistic involvement in the Asian community began with the New Voices Project, aimed at promoting the distinct cultural identity of the new generation of young Asian-Canadians. He is now based in Montreal and recently participated in a feature-length documentary exploring the identity of young Chinese-Quebecers.


* RDF Standards - http://W3.org/RDF
Parker Mah est né à Vancouver durant l'année du coq. Formé comme pianiste de jazz, il compte également la photographie et les installations multimédias parmi les cordes à son arc créatif. Son engagement artistique dans la communauté asiatique a commencé avec le projet Nouvelles Voix, qui visait à promouvoir l'identité culturelle distincte d'une nouvelle génération de jeunes Asiatiques canadiens. Il vit maintenant à Montréal et a participé récemment à la production d'un documentaire long-métrage sur l'identité des jeunes Sino-québécois.


* Reform Government Surveillance - https://www.reformgovernmentsurveillance.com/  
http://www.eyedea.ca
http://twitter.com/thought_cast
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* Research Data Sharing without Barriers - https://RD-Alliance.org 


* Reset the Net - https://www.resetthenet.org/
==Joanne Joe Yan Hui==
Thesis Title:
Fluid Terrains: Mobile Subjectivity in the Graphic Narrative Travelogue


* Save the Internet (US) - http://www.savetheinternet.com/sti-home
Joanne Hui is an artist and doctoral student in the Humanities PhD Program at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture at Concordia University. Her research investigates concepts of identity in comic art, particularly how graphic arts addresses culturally-specific and historical conditions of migration and immigration.


* Schneier on Security - https://www.schneier.com/about.html
Research Interests


* SpiderOak - https://spideroak.com/
Comic Art and the Graphic Novel Travelogue


* State Decoded - http://StateDecoded.com
Ethnocultural Art History


* Sunlight Foundation - http://sunlightfoundation.com/
Asian North American Literature
: (FB) https://www.facebook.com/sunlightfoundation
: (G+) https://plus.google.com/+sunlightfoundation/posts
: (TW) https://twitter.com/sunfoundation


* Surveillance Studies Centre - http://www.sscqueens.org/ - http://www.surveillance-studies.net/
Post-Colonial, Diasporic and Transnational Studies


* The Constituent (US) - https://The-Constituent.com
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: (TW) https://twitter.com/tconstituent
==André Ho==
André Ho is currently a master student in social work at UQAM. Since the last 15 years, he helps and is involved among organizations helping people with (mental and social) problems. His interests are in mental health, inter-cultural issues and contributions to the communities. For his master project, he will produce a documentary called Banane et bambou about how immigrants from China build their identity. One of the goal of his project is to study identity-related issues in a highly diversified and complex social context. The beginning of his project will be in October 2013. If you are interested to be part of the project, email him at : andre.ho82@gmail.com.


* Thoughtworks - http://www.thoughtworks.com/
==Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill==
Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill is an interdisciplinary artist and current Master’s student in Art History at Concordia University. Her thesis examines artworks that engage with family accounts of trauma and personal memories related to the Partition of the Indian subcontinent. She is interested in transgenerational transmission as a key interpretative lens and investigative focus within the study of historical trauma associated with the Partition.


* UN/United Nations Promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism - https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/10/15/un-investigator-report-condemns-mass-surveillance/
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== kimura byol-nathalie lemoine==
kimura byol-nathalie lemoine (a.k.a kimura byol) is a multimedia artist and curator, born in korea (south), raised in belgium, and immigrated to canada.
"zer" visual work was exhibited solo and in group (seoul, tokyo, kyoto, hong-kong, taipei, berlin, brussels, lille, grenoble, montreal, vancouver, los angeles, new york). her poems, essay and critics have been published in the u.s., south korea and Japan. her videos were screened in korea, japan, hong-kong, tunisia, belgium, france, canada and the u.s.
kimura works on diasporic identity, question gender and play with words.
kimura believes in social justice and therefore dosn't like capital letters.http://starkimproject.com


* US Gov-EPA Databases - http://Water.EPA.gov/aboutow/owow/data.cfm
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* VYPR VPN - http://www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn
==Henry Tsang==
Henry Tsang is a visual and media artist whose work has been exhibited internationally. His projects incorporate digital media, video, photography, language and sculptural elements in the exploration of the relationship between the public, community and identity through global flows of people, culture and capital. Examples include video installations Orange County, 2004, and Olympus, 2006, shot in California, Beijing, Torino and Vancouver, demonstrating a complex understanding of overlapping urban and socio-political spaces; Napa North, 2008, exploring the relationship between wine, real estate and cultural translation in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley; and the Maraya project, with M. Simon Levin and Glen Lowry, that investigates the uncanny similarities between Vancouver’s False Creek and the Dubai Marina in the United Arab Emirates. His public artwork, Welcome to the Land of Light, is a 100 metre-long installation located on the seawall handrail along Vancouver’s False Creek. Comprised of fibre optic cable lighting and marine-grade aluminum lettering, it literally underscores Chinook Jargon, a 19th Century local trade language, and the English that replaced it, to speak about the promise of technology and how different cultures have come to live together in that part of the world.


* World Summit on the Information Society +10/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Summit_on_the_Information_Society
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==Day’s Lee==
Day’s Lee is the author of the children’s picture book, "The Fragrant Garden," which was named “Our Choice” by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre in 2007. Her latest book is a young adult novel entitled "Guitar Hero." Her short stories which have appeared in anthologies including "The Ladies Killing Circle," have been nominated for the Arthur Ellis award for the Best Mystery Short Story of the Year, won honourable mention in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s short story contest, and placed third in Storyteller Magazine’s annual short story contest.


* Worldwide Web Consortium - http://www.w3.org/


* WWW Foundation, established by World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee, devoted to all people having access to the Web - [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Beginning_of_WWW_89_TimBerners-Lee_CERN.jpg WWW at the beginning] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Beginning_of_WWW_89_TimBerners-Lee_CERN.jpg] [http://WebFoundation.org WebFoundation.org]
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Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents Ginger Garden Thurs. August 30th, 2018, 5-9 pm, free, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 5-6 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 5-6 minutes pending the number pf presenters. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome! Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections that may capture the power of creativity and the imagination. Presentations are video documented with permission and posted on: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden Presentations from previous years are viewable. Ginger Garden was inspired by the many tea houses by Mary Wong. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Mary_Sui_Yee_Wong

The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....bring a plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste and a food item to share. See you there!!

Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org

Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente Ginger Garden,jeudi, 30 aout 2018, 17h-21h, entrée libre Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Ginger Garden est un rassemblement "potluck" intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Les invités, s'indentifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 5-6 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 5-6 minutes dépendant le nombre des invités. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.

Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden Ginger Garden a été inspiré par les nombreuses maisons de thé de Mary Wong.http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Mary_Sui_Yee_Wong Les présentations des années précédentes y sont disponibles. Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste représentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes.

SVP !!! On vous invite d'apporter un plat, des ustensiles, ton tasse, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager. Au plaisir de vous voir!! Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org

Presenters

Kevin Deer, faithkeeperEdit

Thanksgiving Address Elder, Mohawk Nation, Six Nations

Kevin presently resides in Kahnawake, Quebec, situated just South of Montreal. A Ceremonial Ritualist at the Mohawk Trail Longhouse, Kevin helps to perform the ancient ceremonies, speeches and dances of the Longhouse people. He is an Elder and a resource person of Iroquois spirituality, philosophy, culture, ceremonies and history. He has been actively involved past 33 years with Iroquoian philosophies, and worldviews, which help people become spiritually reawakened. http://dodemkanonhsa.ca/portfolio/kevin-deer/

Farah Fancy, ModeratorEdit

Farah Fancy is an arts manager, artist, community worker and consultant who for over 20 years has been using an ethnographic process to create socially engaged dance, music, and theatre performances. As a result she founded Le groupe herencias with a mission to promote, educate and collaborate with the artists and community she works with to find new ways to explore our heritage and identity across gender, religion, class, generation and culture. For example, she is the General Manager of choreographer Julio Hong, who fuses contemporary, ballet and folkloric forms to explore identity; Rencontres/Encounters theatre ensemble a socially engaged project that uses relationship building to overcome difference; Rumbakwa, an afro latin electro band that is inspired by refugee experiences in Quebec; and the conception designer for Elders Makes Waves movement with RECAA ( Respecting Elders, Communities Against Abuse). Farah also works with a number of organizations and institutions to consult on how to art can be used as a tool to resolve structural problems within organizations, foster economic development, and facilitate cultural understanding.

Farah Fancy est un gestionnaire des arts, une artiste, travailleur communautaire et consultant qui, depuis plus de 20 ans, utilise un processus ethnographique pour créer des spectacles de danse, de musique et de théâtre socialement engagés. En conséquence, elle a fondé Le groupe herencias dans le but de promouvoir, d'éduquer et de collaborer avec les artistes et la communauté avec lesquels elle travaille pour trouver de nouvelles façons d'explorer notre patrimoine et notre identité sur le genre, la religion, la classe, la génération et la culture. Par exemple, elle est la directrice générale du chorégraphe Julio Hong, qui fusionne les formes contemporaines, de ballet et folkloriques pour explorer l'identité; Rencontres / Encounters ensemble de théâtre un projet socialement engagé qui utilise le bâtiment relationnel pour surmonter la différence; Rumbakwa, une orchestre afro latin inspirée des expériences de réfugiés au Québec; Et le concepteur de concepteur pour le mouvement Elders Makes Waves avec RECAA (Respecting Elders, Communities Against Abuse). Farah travaille également avec un certain nombre des organisations et d'institutions pour consulter comment l'art peut être utilisé comme outil pour résoudre les problèmes structurels au sein des organisations, favoriser le développement économique et faciliter la compréhension culturelle.

Himmat ShinhatEdit

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When Himmat Shinhat, BComm 80, moved to Canada from England in the late 1970s, he felt a sense of disappointment. Montreal, in his experience as a member of a visible minority, was years behind England regarding multiculturalism and integration. Eventually Shinhat found his way to a place where things seemed different — Concordia. There, Shinhat found a “network of South Asian friends” and a “very progressive” student body and faculty that gave him the sense of be- longing he longed for. “There was a lot more attention paid to being inclusive with respect to racial and class diversity,” he says. The university was also a hotbed of progressive politics, which resonated with him.After graduating, Shinhat began working with a South Asian advocacy organization. Quickly rising through the ranks, within four years he was named the organization’s executive director. In the 1980s, he was recruited by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (now Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada).After a long career with Immigration and Citizenship Canada, in 2016 Himmat Shinhat began working with Syrian refugees as director of outreach for the Syrian Refugee Resettlement Initiative in Ottawa, his last stop before retiring in 2017.

Marie-Leofeli Romero BarlizoEdit

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Marie Leofeli Romero Barlizo is a Filipino-Chinese playwright, dramaturg and screenwriter who was born in the Philippines but grew up in Montreal. She is a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Optional-Residency Creative Writing MFA Program and holds a BFA in Theatre from Concordia University. She is the first visible minority to graduate from the National Theatre School's Playwriting Program. Marie interned at Nightswimming Theatre, courtesy of the Metcalf Foundation Grant for Professional Development (2009) in dramaturgy, where she assisted Brian Quirt on Nightswimming's projects. As a dramaturg, she has also worked at Alberta Theatre Projects (Calgary), fu-Gen Asian Canadian Theatre Company (Toronto), Out Productions and Centaur Theatre (Montreal). Her plays have been showcased at Playwrights Theatre Centre’s New Play Festival in Vancouver, fu-Gen Asian-Canadian Theatre Company’s Annual Potluck Festival (Toronto), Playwrights' Workshop Montreal, Teesri Duniya Theatre (Montreal) and at Factory Theatre's CrossCurrent Festival (Toronto). She was the Artist-in-Residence at Black Theatre Workshop in dramaturgy for the 2015-2016 season and currently mentors their emerging playwrights in their Artist Mentorship Program. She developed her playLucky at Banff Playwrights Retreat last February 2017. Her play, Unang Pasko Sa Montreal(First Christmas in Montreal) was part of Urban Tales Series at the Centaur Theatre this past December (2017). Excerpts of her play Lucky was performed in PlayShed's WRK N PRGRSSMultidisciplinary Showcase (2017) and will be in the Montreal Off-Fringe Festival this summer 2018. She will be directing parts of Lynn Kozak's translation of the Iliad in the spring and will be a Resident Artist at The MAI (Montreal's Intercultural Arts Centre)) in May-June 2018. She is a board member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of America (LMDA). Her article “Diversity in Bloom in Montreal English Theatre” was recently published in the spring edition of TicArtToc No. 10 (Diversite Artistique Montreal). https://www.facebook.com/marieleofeli.barlizo?fref=pb&hc_location=friends_tab&pnref=friends

Viviene TamEdit

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Vivienne calls Waterloo, Ontario, home, though she was born in Singapore and completed her bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering with a minor in Neuroscience at Princeton University, NJ. During her study there, she became interested in drug delivery to the brain, especially theranostic solutions. Her thesis project developed super paramagnetic iron oxide theranostic nanoparticles for MRI imaging and targeted drug delivery to the brain. She has also completed research internships at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, working on layer-by-layer nanoparticles, as well as liposomes, for anti-fibrotic treatment following glaucoma filtration surgeries. Then, she spent two years in Fuzhou, China, at a special needs foster home teaching and developing its creative arts program. She is now back in Canada as a Masters/PhD student working on creating upconversion nanoparticles for on-demand drug release upon NIR irradiation, and other biomedical applications, like bioimaging and biosensing. In her free time, she volunteers at an art co-operative, cooks experimentally with various cuisines and camps out at cafes where she writes and does all things creative.

Dawn BramadatEdit

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The work that I have been called to weaves together the seemingly disparate aspects of Being and guides one to a vision of his or her own wholeness and perfection…I simply love someone for Who (S)He Is, and ease that person to a place of wonderment and gratitude for the Life that (s)he has created…WHATEVER that Life may be. Together, we open an attitude of joyful responsibility and active serenity… I watch with awe as one by one we step into our destiny and heal our pools of influence through Love…

Born in Trinidad and raised in Canada, I traveled extensively to study and trained in many of the world’s spiritual traditions (Cree, Anishnabe, Miq’ma, Judaic, mystical Christian, Mayan, Hindu, Taoist, Tibetan Budddhist, Zen Buddhist…) I’ve practiced and taught oriental and traditional medicine for a few decades and raised and home-schooled my 4 amazing children. I’ve been called teacher, guide, mother, healer, witch, midwife, shaman and troublemaker….

My understanding is that my work is to help dissolve the imprints of the past on the material manifestation of the Earth, and in so doing, to assist our transition through to our new planetary reality. To this end, I have been called to do healing + releasing in different countries that held bloodshed and violence in their energetic fields. The experience for me is of touching with love the ancestors who were caught in vibrations of fear and anger, releasing them and thus freeing the bloodlines that flowed from them in a weakened state through generations. Working with the ancestral lineages of the land, the work helps to release any impediments still in the way of this great shift that our planet is undertaking, perhaps alleviating some of the potential earth changes that are still possibilities. I am often sent to act as a doula/midwife for all forms of physical manifestation, assisting transition through/between dimensions.

Our bodies are physical manifestations of the planet as well, created of the earth and our beliefs and intentions. During sessions, I often have the honour of connecting and communicating with spirit representatives of the lineage of lives and bodies that have combined to create the individual who I am touching and to feel something like a collective sigh of relief as the ancestors are freed of programmes of limitation and separation.

My Tibetan Buddhist name is Nawang Yangchen, translated as “possessor of healing voice”; I use my voice in healing sessions and teaching, in group meditations and visualisations and to create rituals to celebrate life transitions.I work with individuals, couples, children and families in consultation and using an approach based in the indigenous Medicine Wheel of the Americas, the 5 elements of oriental medicine and a deep appreciation of the role of each individual in laying a foundation for the Future Earth. http://www.heartroot.com http://dawnbramadat.wordpress.com/

Khosro BerahmandiEdit

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Khosro Berahmandi, Iranian-born painter, moved to Canada in 1983. He currently lives and works in Montreal. Graduate in Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, as well as the University of Paris VIII, he has already participated in over thirty solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe. Recipient of several awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, he is engaged in various artistic projects exploring the relationship between his art and other forms of artistic expressions. Three art books on Khosro’s work have already been published by Maison d’édition Ketabe Iran Canada and by Les éditions du Noroît. Khosro is presented by MEKIC gallery in Montreal and Queen gallery in Toronto. https://khosro.info/about/

Né à Téhéran, en Iran, Khosro Berahmandi peint depuis l’âge de 25 ans. Ses années de formation le conduisent de l’université Western Ontario à l’Université Concordia de Montréal et à l’Université de Paris VIII où il obtient une maîtrise en arts plastiques. Artiste accompli et prolifique, lauréat de plusieurs bourses du Conseil des Arts du Canada, Khosro Berahmandi, s’engage fréquemment dans divers projets artistiques. Parmi les plus récents, mentionnons le spectacle multidisciplinaire Éclats nocturne (2009) et le projet de danse Baiser tellurique (2010) qui explore la relation entre son art et d’autres formes d’expressions artistiques. Il a participé déjà à une quarantaine d’expositions en solo et de groupe au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe.

Naghmeh SharifiEdit

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Born in Iran, Naghmeh Sharifi immigrated to Canada at the age of sixteen. She attended the University of British Columbia, where she obtained a BA in visual arts and one in psychology. Since 2006, her artwork has been exhibited in Tehran, Berlin, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Toronto and Skopje. In Montreal, she has presented her work at such sites as Les Territoires Gallery (2013), Montreal Council of the Arts (2015) and Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery (2017). In 2015, Naghmeh Sharifi was the recipient of the Impressions Residency at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

From British Columbia to Quebec, where she now lives, as well as sojourns in Paris, Berlin and Lyon, Sharifi’s artistic approach has always been spurred by reflections on themes of transient identities and by her fascination with human psychology. Naghmeh is currently pursuing an MFA (concentration Painting and Drawing) at Concordia University. https://www.naghmehsharifi.com/

Maleesa PhommavongsayEdit

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Maleesa Phommavongsay, Ac., is an acupuncturist at “La Vie est Qi” clinic located in Lasalle, Montreal. (www.lavieestqi.com) She recently finished years of studies in traditional asian medecine at the “Collège de Rosemont”, the only official establishment to offer the acupuncture program and license in Quebec province. After finishing a bachelor in psychology and working for a few years with underpriviledged youth, she decided to broaden up her accompanying skills to include health related matters only to find out that her ancestors were very fond of traditional medicines (herbal saunas, cupping, post-birthing rituals, etc.).

Khando LangriEdit

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Khando Langri is a joint honours student at McGill University studying anthropology and political science. She currently works as a research assistant for the Canada Tibet Committee and has been a long and ardent supporter of Students for a Free Tibet having completed an internship at their flagship chapter in Dharamsala, India, in 2016. Her research interests are geared towards (post)colonialism, exile and displacement, identity, disability, aesthetics and Tibet-China matters.

Khando Langri est une étudiante en anthropologie et science politique à McGill. Elle travaille au Comité Canada Tibet en tant qu’assistante de recherche et continue d’être une ardente alliée des Étudiants pour un Tibet Libre (SFT), ayant complété un stage à leur bureau principal à Dharamsala (Inde) en 2016. Ses intérêts académiques incluent le (post)colonialism, l’exil et le déplacement, l’identity, l’«handicap», les esthétiques et toutes affaires Tibet-Chine.

Kyungseo MinEdit

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Kyungseo Min is a playwright and performer currently based in Montreal. Her specialization lies in physical theatre. Her training includes: BA of Theatre from University of Southern California; Body Weather Laboratory from Oguri, one of the foremost dancers of butoh; traditional Japanese dance (Nihonbuyo) from Wakayagi's Kabuki School from Kyoto Art Centre's TTT program.

Welcome to Ginger Garden 2017Edit

presenters to be announced soon... La version en français suivra.

Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents Ginger Garden Thurs. August 31st, 2017, 5-9 pm, free, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 5-8 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 5-8 minutes pending the number pf presenters. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome! Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections that may capture the power of creativity and the imagination. Presentations are video documented with permission and posted to the Asian Canadian Wiki Ginger Garden page: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Presentations from previous years are also viewable. The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....bring a plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste and a food item to share. See you there!!

Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org

Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente Ginger Garden,jeudi, 31 aout 2017, 17h-21h, entrée libre Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Ginger Garden est un rassemblement "potluck" intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Les invités, s'indentifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 5-8 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 5-8 minutes dépendant le nombre des invités. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.

Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Les présentations des années précédentes y sont aussi disponibles. Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste représentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes.

SVP !!! On vous invite d'apporter un plat, des ustensiles, ton tasse, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager. Au plaisir de vous voir!! Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org

Presenters

Milton TanakaEdit

Moderateur/facilitateur Milton Tanaka a reçu une formation théâtrale au Brésil (EAD-Escola de Arte Dramática de São Paulo) et de danse contemporaine japonaise Butoh au Japon avec Kazuo Ohno, à Yokohama. Au Canada, Milton a acquis un MBA des HEC de Montréal et travaille comme consultant Lean-Kaizen au Canada, au Brésil et au Mexique. Il parle cinq langues : japonais, français, anglais, portugais du Brésil et l'espagnol.

Moderator/Facilitator Milton Tanaka received theatrical training in Brazil (EAD-Escola de Arte Dramática de São Paulo) and Japanese contemporary dance Butoh in Japan with Kazuo Ohno in Yokohama. In Canada, Milton got an MBA from Montreal HEC and works as a Lean-Kaizen consultant in Canada, Brazil and Mexico. He speaks five languages: Japanese, French, English, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.

Ziwei Liu (Katie)Edit

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Ziwei Liu (Katie) is president of the Association of Guangxi Origins in Canada, Montreal. Guangxi is one of the 5 Minority Autonomous Regions in China, located in the South-western part, neighbor to Vietnam. Katie holds a B.A. and a M.A. degrees in English Language and Literature from Guangxi University and Shanghai Normal University. Katie has been a professional interpreter and translator for many years in education, industry and business, etc. and she has more than 20 years of experience in multi-culture communications. Especially recently, she devotes herself to introducing the traditions and cultures of the different minorities (autochtone) of Guangxi to the western countries, especially to Canada, in Montreal.

Evelyn Mondonedo CalugayEdit

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Evelyn originally came from the Philippines. She migrated to Canada in 1975. She got reunited with her immediate family members 9 months later. She worked as a registered nurse since her arrival in Quebec, till she took her retirement in 2005. Has been a part-time volunteer organizer at PINAY (Filipino Women’s Organization in Quebec) since 1995. Since her retirement, she has been volunteering her time as a full time PINAY's organizer up to the present.

Masoud RaoufEdit

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MASOUD RAOUF, PRODUCER / DIRECTOR / ANIMATOR Originally from Iran where he studied painting, Masoud Raouf has lived in Canada since 1988. After studying in the animation program at Ontario's Sheridan College, he produced and directed a number of animated shorts and public service announcements. He has also taught the art of animation in a number of institutions like Concordia University and Canada College. In 2002, he directed a film for the National Film Board of Canada, the documentary The Tree that Remembers, in which he tries to understand what led to the suicide of an Iranian student who was living in Canada as a refugee. The film won the Silver Award for Best Canadian Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in Toronto, the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Social Documentary at Yorkton and the Bronze Plaque at the Columbus International Film and Video Festival. In 2003, he completed Blue Like a Gunshot. This film won the 2004 Jutra for the best short animation in Quebec, as well as winning best animation prizes at the Moondance and Vermont International Film Festivals in the same year. It has also been screened in the opening nights of several major film festivals including the Montreal World Film Festival and Toronto's Worldwide Short Film Festival. In 2005 he produced and directed Waves at Birth, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir6FNdoRQy0). The film won an award for the best short animation at the Vermont International Film Festival (2007) and was screened in the opening night of whitehead International Film festival (2007) He completed 30 minutes documentary/Animation “There is garden in 2014. He is completed a short animation about Boat people called Let the Sea wonder (2017)

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Atif SiddiqiEdit

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Born in Pakistan, Atif Siddiqi studied fashion design in Los Angeles and video production/performance in Montreal where he lives currently. His most recent works revolve around identity issues, gender politics and notions of personal transformation and metamorphosis by incorporating elements of symbolism and iconography from mythology. His artistic body of work includes the long form experimental documentary Solo, M! Mom, Madonna and Me, Amethyst’s Universe, Alienation, Erotic, Exotic, Tranietronic, Firefly, and various short form videos and performances.

Kyra ShaughnessyEdit

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Raised with a deep respect and connection to the land, with roots criss-crossing from India to Trinidad to Ireland, Kyra’s identity as an artist is nourished by an uncommon wisdom and diversity of experience. Her music artfully combines elements of “political folk” and sacred songs to captivate audiences of all walks of life. In the words of poet Brandon Wint, Kyra’s work “compels us to conscious, critical reflection and the personal and social action that will help us heal one another and the natural elements that comprise and surround us.” Upcoming shows- Spectacles à Venir 07-04 Maison Villebon, Beloeil, QC 13-04 Café Touski, Montréal, QC 20-04 Cabaret Maritime, Sorel, QC 21-04 Cabaret Eastman, Eastman, QC 26-04 SLAK, Montréal 28-04 série Aimer-Tisse, Éspace Hyperion, Québec http://www.kyrashaughnessy.com Kyra Shaughnessy on Facebook

Kyra Shaughnessy a “ce don de créer des ambiances de sérénité et de douceur”. Sa musique et ses textes, bondées d'une poésie simple, nous transportent vers des grandes espaces et des horizons sans fin qui nous donnent l'impression que “tout est possible”. Grandit en Estrie, avec des racines qui traversent de l'Irlande jusqu'en Inde, Kyra se produit sur scène à travers le Canada et en Europe depuis plus d'une dizaine d’années. Diplômée du renommée École nationale de la chanson en 2014, en mai 2016 elle a sorti son quatrième album, Passage, co-réalisé avec Dany Placard. Vous l'aurez peut-être vu défendre les œuvres de ce dernier au Festival Village en Chanson de Petite-Vallée, au demi-finales du Festival Internationale de la Chanson de Granby, à l'émission TEMPO ! De MaTV, ou à bien d'autres endroits ! Avec des nuances de Joan Baez, de Caracol et de Buffy Sainte-Marie, Kyra nous livre un folk-roots savamment métissée où guitare,violoncelle, kora, et batterie font bon ménage. http;//www.kyrashaughnessy.com

Jessica ChenEdit

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Jessica Chen is a Canadian urban planner currently based in Montréal, Quebec. Her city planning work generally focuses on developing urban policies and strategies that encourage pluralistic understanding of the cities and engage the diverse city builders in defining a collective vision. Jessica is the founder of Wabi Sabi Planning Laboratories, a consulting practice that she started in 2012, after a 12-year planning career at the City of Vancouver (COV). Most of her work with the COV focused on the regeneration of historic inner city neighbourhoods commonly known as the Downtown Eastside, including Gastown and Chinatown. Her work through Wabi Sabi Planning Laboratories often explores issues relating to cultural identity and its role as an asset in shaping urban landscape and city economy. Jessica holds a Master Degree in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and started her planning career in Philadelphia prior to working with the COV. After fifteen years of calling Vancouver home as an immigrant from Taiwan, she relocated to Montreal in 2013. Currently other than urban planning, she is also working on improving her French, finishing her various creative writing projects, a long-term passion of hers, and taking care of her seven-year-old son.

Jessica Chen est une urbaniste canadienne qui habite à Montréal, Québec. Sa pratique d’urbanisme se concentre généralement sur le développement de politiques et de stratégies urbaines qui promeuvent la compréhension pluraliste des villes et engagent les divers bâtisseurs de villes vers une vision collective. Jessica est la fondatrice de Wabi Sabi Planning Laboratories, une entreprise de consultation, qu’elle a établi en 2012 après une carrière d’urbanisme de 12 ans à la ville de Vancouver (COV). La plupart de son porte-folio avec la COV s’est concentré sur la régénération des quartiers historiques du centre-ville, communément appelé le “Downtown Eastside”, à l’intérieur duquel est inclus Gastown et le quartier chinois. Ses projets à travers Wabi Sabi Planning Laboratories explorent souvent les questions liées à l’identité culturelle et son rôle d’atout pour façonner le paysage urbain et l’économie de la ville. Jessica détient une maîtrise en urbanisme de l’University of Pennsylvania et a commencé sa carrière d’urbanisme à Philadelphie avant de travailler avec la COV. Originaire de Taiwan, elle a vécu pendant 15 ans à Vancouver, qu’elle a d’ailleurs considéré comme sa ville d’adoption, avant de déménager, en 2013, à Montréal. Présentement, mise à part l’urbanisme, elle travaille également à améliorer son français, à finir ses projets créatifs d’écriture, une passion de longue date, et s’occupe de son fils de sept ans.

Reena Almoneda-ChangEdit

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Reena Almoneda-Chang is a Montreal-based dancer, choreographer, and movement educator of Chinese and Filipino descent from Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1989 she moved to Montreal to complete a B.A. in Political Science after which she went on to undertake studies in body-based psychotherapy, Chinese massage/bodywork, and dance. In dance and movement she focused primarily on African and afro-contemporary dance, flamenco, yoga, and tai chi. In 1996 she became a member of the Cie Danse Nyata Nyata which began a period of concentration on African dance. From 1997-1999 she traveled to Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana to pursue further training in African dances after which she began to perform with various African music groups in Montreal, Quebec, and Rwanda. In 2004 she completed a Master’s in Dance at UQAM, and since then has focused on teaching and performing African dance, her own style of fusion-based afro-contemporary dance, and creative process. For over 10 years she has also been involved in the development and facilitation of community art projects centered on the body, movement, dance, and artistic process as a way of cultivating personal, social and political awareness and transformation. She has worked with immigrant women, marginalized women and youth, women in prison, and with families at-risk with young children. Currently, she is working on Sanctuary, an inter-disciplinary art project (dance, theatre, visual art, and video) in collaboration with the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal, while completing training as a dance movement therapist with the National Centre for Dance Therapy at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens.


Reena Almoneda Chang est danseuse, chorégraphe et éducatrice en mouvement d’origine sino-philippine basé à Montréal. Ex-membre de la Cie de Danse Nyata Nyata, elle a entreprit plusieurs voyages en Afrique (Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire et Ghana) pour approfondir sa connaissance des danses africaines. Ensuite, elle s’est produite en spectacle avec plusieurs groupes de musique africaine à Montréal, à Québec, en Ontario et au Rwanda, se présentant dans les festivals Vues d’Afrique, Nuits d’Afrique, Francofollies, les Maisons de la Culture et au Festival d’Été au Québec. Détenue d’une maîtrise en danse de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, elle a développé son propre style de fusion contemporaine basé sur le mélange de plusieurs formes de danse tels que la danse africaine, le flamenco, le tai chi et le capoeira. Dans ses créations elle s’intéresse aux thèmes de conflits interculturels et socio-politique, l’identité et la déconstruction des stéréotypes culturels. Depuis dix ans elle s’engage dans des projets d’art communautaire, travaillant avec des femmes immigrantes et en difficulté, des femmes incarcérées, des jeunes et des familles marginalisées avec des enfants 0-5 ans. Présentement, elle fait de la collaboration artistique dans le projet Sanctuaire, un projet de co-création interdisciplinaire (danse, art visuel, théâtre et vidéo) avec le Foyer pour femmes autochtones de Montréal, pendant qu’elle complète une formation en danse-thérapie avec le Centre de danse-thérapie aux Grands Ballets Canadiens. Sa vision artistique est également informée par des études en sciences politiques (BA de McGill), en psychothérapie corporelle et en massage chinois traditionnel.

Chittakone Baccam ThirakulEdit

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Né en Thaïlande, d'origine laotienne et Thaï-dam, Chittakone Baccam est un artiste musical. Actif depuis 2008 sur la scène de la musique expérimentale, il est constamment à la recherche de nouveaux sons. Il co-fonde l'étiquette Jeunesse Cosmique en 2010 dont il est aujourd'hui le directeur artistique. Il se consacre à Hazy Montagne Mystique à partir de 2012, projet qui se veut une vision sonore de ce qui se passe quand il ferme les yeux. Le passé de sa culture laotienne imprègne sa musique. Artiste très actif, il a fait plusieurs prestations et performances, collaboré avec de nombreux artistes issus de l'expérimental montréalais et d'ailleurs.

Chittakone Baccam Thirakul is a sound artist born in Thailand of Laotian and Taï Dam origin. His Laotian background infuses his music. Thirakul has been working in the experimental music scene since 2008 and is constantly exploring new sounds. In 2010, he co-founded the label, Jeunesse Cosmique, and is currently its artistic director. In 2012, Baccam began Hazy Montagne Mystique, a sound image project exploring what occurs when we closes our eyes. A very active artist, he has extensively performed in shows and festivals, and collaborated with numerous artists in the underground scene in Montreal and outside.

Florent CachotEdit

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Né en Corée du Sud, élevé en France et actuellement basé sur Montréal. Florent Cachot est un artiste et enseignant dans le monde des arts digitaux de Montréal. Depuis son plus jeune age, il n a jamais cessé d'explorer sa propre identité. Présentement, il crée sa propre vie à l'intérieur d'un nouveau contexte il explore différentes variables de ce que c'est d être humain. Un espace ou l'on peut générer de l'inspiration dans un monde face à sa propre résignation. Vivre dans un monde de possibilités au-delà des jugements, étiquette ou autres attentes sociales. Ou être un artiste est un expression de pure création et non de contraintes.

Korean-born, raised in France and currently based in Montreal. Florent Cachot is an artist and teacher in the world of the digital art in Montreal. Since his young age he never stops exploring his own identity. Nowadays, he tries to make his own life as a living project inside a powerful shape-shifting phenomenological context where he is exploring what does it mean to become a human being. The kind of space where we can generate a space of love and inspiration in a world of resignation. Living in a world of possibilites beyond judgments,labels, or other social expectations.

Florence YeeEdit

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Florence Yee is a 2.5 generation, Cantonese-struggling visual artist based in Montreal and Ottawa, unceded territory of Mohawk and Algonquin peoples respectively. While completing her BFA at Concordia University, she works with community groups for visual culture, such as Atelier Celadon, EAHR (Ethnocultural Art Histories Research) and HERE (Healing Each-other Radically Everyday). Her interest in Asian-Canadian history has fueled an art practice committed to dismantling institutional and casual ideals of Eurocentric patriarchy, as well as examining the daily life of her diaspora. Yee collaborates with other women and femmes of colour to prioritize our voices and mental health. She is represented by Studio Sixty-Six, and independently exhibits her work internationally.

Florence Yee est une artiste visuelle de 2.5ème génération plus ou moins Cantonaise, basée à Montréal et Ottawa, les territoires non-cédés des peuples Mohawk et Algonquin respectivement. En complétant son BFA à l’Université de Concordia, elle travaille avec des groupes communautaires pour la culture visuelle, tels qu’Atelier Céladon, EAHR (Ethnocultural Art Histories Research) et HERE (Healing Each-other Radically Everyday). Son intérêt pour l’histoire Sino-Canadienne accompagne une pratique engagée à démanteler les idéaux institutionnels et ordinaires du patriarcat eurocentrique, ainsi qu’à examiner le quotidien de sa diaspora. Yee collabore avec d’autres femmes racisées pour prioriser leurs voix et leur santé mentale. Elle est représentée par Studio Sixty-Six, et expose son travail indépendamment à l’international.

Amy YeeEdit

Farah FancyEdit

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Farah Fancy is an arts manager, artist, community worker and consultant who for over 20 years has been using an ethnographic process to create socially engaged dance, music, and theatre performances. As a result she founded Le groupe herencias with a mission to promote, educate and collaborate with the artists and community she works with to find new ways to explore our heritage and identity across gender, religion, class, generation and culture. For example, she is the General Manager of choreographer Julio Hong, who fuses contemporary, ballet and folkloric forms to explore identity; Rencontres/Encounters theatre ensemble a socially engaged project that uses relationship building to overcome difference; Rumbakwa, an afro latin electro band that is inspired by refugee experiences in Quebec; and the conception designer for Elders Makes Waves movement with RECAA ( Respecting Elders, Communities Against Abuse). Farah also works with a number of organizations and institutions to consult on how to art can be used as a tool to resolve structural problems within organizations, foster economic development, and facilitate cultural understanding.


Farah Fancy est un gestionnaire des arts, une artiste, travailleur communautaire et consultant qui, depuis plus de 20 ans, utilise un processus ethnographique pour créer des spectacles de danse, de musique et de théâtre socialement engagés. En conséquence, elle a fondé Le groupe herencias dans le but de promouvoir, d'éduquer et de collaborer avec les artistes et la communauté avec lesquels elle travaille pour trouver de nouvelles façons d'explorer notre patrimoine et notre identité sur le genre, la religion, la classe, la génération et la culture. Par exemple, elle est la directrice générale du chorégraphe Julio Hong, qui fusionne les formes contemporaines, de ballet et folkloriques pour explorer l'identité; Rencontres / Encounters ensemble de théâtre un projet socialement engagé qui utilise le bâtiment relationnel pour surmonter la différence; Rumbakwa, une orchestre afro latin inspirée des expériences de réfugiés au Québec; Et le concepteur de concepteur pour le mouvement Elders Makes Waves avec RECAA (Respecting Elders, Communities Against Abuse). Farah travaille également avec un certain nombre des organisations et d'institutions pour consulter comment l'art peut être utilisé comme outil pour résoudre les problèmes structurels au sein des organisations, favoriser le développement économique et faciliter la compréhension culturelle.




Welcome to Ginger Garden 2016Edit

La version en français suivra.

Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents Ginger Garden Thurs. Sept. 1, 2016, 5-9 pm, free, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Ten presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 6 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 6 minutes. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome! Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections that may capture the power of creativity and the imagination. Presentations are video documented with permission and posted to the Asian Canadian Wiki Ginger Garden page: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Presentations from previous years are also viewable. The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE....bring your own plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste as well as a food item to share. See you there!!

Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org

Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente Ginger Garden,jeudi, 1 Sept. 2016, 17h-21h, entrée libre Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Ginger Garden est un rassemblement "potluck" intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Dix invités, s'identifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 6 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 6 minutes. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.

Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Les présentations des années précédentes y sont aussi disponibles. Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste réprésentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes.

SVP !!! On vous invite d'apporter des ustensiles, des tasses, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager. Au plaisir de vous voir!! Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


Jimmy Ung, ModeratorEdit

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Jimmy Ung was born in Montreal from a family of Cambodian War Refugees who arrived in Canada in the early 1980s. He studied Industrial Relations and International Cooperation at the Université de Montréal, and Chinese Martial Arts for 3 years during his youth. Jimmy has held professional positions at the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the Canadian Parliament, as well as with international charity Free The Children and software development company Softimage (AVID / Autodesk). Working on the intersections of culture, politics, policy development and community engagement, he has also been a member of several Board of Directors in sectors such as University Research, Health and Social Services and Youth Services / Representation Structures.

With a strong interest in the notion of Global Citizenship, as understood from a cultural perspective rather than from a political one. He recently embarked on a motorcycle journey across the Americas where he conducted photo interviews of over 150 individuals from the 18 countries he visited. He has recently self-published a Photo Documentary Book titled "Americano", and held photo exhibits in Buenos Aires and Montréal.

Cathy WongEdit

Juriste de formation, Cathy Wong est devenue la plus jeune présidente du Conseil des Montréalaises depuis sa création, et occupe le poste d’agente de développement jeunesse pour les YMCA du Québec. Après avoir présidé le Jeune Conseil de Montréal et le Forum jeunesse de l’île de Montréal, Cathy est aujourd’hui membre du conseil d’administration de la Société du 375e anniversaire de Montréal, du c.a. de Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec, du Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, ainsi que des comités consultatifs d’Élections Canada et de MaTV. Elle était une des concurrentes de l'émission télévisée La Course Évasion autour du monde et chroniqueuse à la Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada. Elle a co-animé les émissions Les Oranges Pressées et Droit de cité sur les ondes de CIBL. Elle était aussi collaboratrice mensuelle dans le cadre des Duos improbables à l'émission Pas de midi sans info. Depuis 2012, elle contribue aux efforts de reconstruction du YMCA d’Haïti à Port-au-Prince. Ses engagements lui ont valu en 2009, le prix Hommage Bénévolat-Québec remis par le ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale, le prix Femmes de mérite du Y des femmes (2014), ainsi que le prix « Ambassadrice » de l’organisme Cultures Croisées et « Personnalité de la diversité 2014» de l’agence de presse Médiamosaïque.

Amrita ChoudhuryEdit

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Amrita Choudhury is a Dancer, Choreographer, & Teacher and works in the field of " Dance & Education" and performs cultural research into various styles of dances. She also uses dance as a healing and thereapeutique tool, in combination with the ancient techniques of Yoga & Meditation, dating back to the Tantric tradition of Dance/Yoga practices. Trained in India in Classical, folk, gypsy & modern Indian dance traditions, a transmission which has been passed down from generation to generation, Amrita travels internationally teaching workshops, offering performances & lectures in the field of Dance & Yoga-Dance. She has also appeared in various Television and Radio shows in Norht America, Europe, India & in South America. Amrita’s primary interest is to use dance as a tool to bring awareness to various political, socio-cultural & spiritual aspects of life. She has performed extensive research into the ancient temple dancers of East India & the vanishing Rajasthani Gypsy dance cultures. Amrita was educated in Tagore's ashram in Santiniketan India, where an intimate relationship with mother nature, respect for the environment, and living in harmony with all that surrounds us, was of importance in the everyday educational model. Amrita believes that dance is a philosophy of life in motion, and that every single being is a dancer in their own way. Topic: A dancers Journey throughout the years: from India to Canada...... What lies behind the different masks of dance? A story about how dance shaped the woman, and how the woman shaped the dance..... AMRITA DANCE CREATIONS http://www.ananda-amrita.com NRITYA YOGA - YOGA OF DANCE http://www.nrityayogadance.com

Huu BacEdit

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Huu Bac arrived in Quebec from Vietnam at the age of two, and absorbs with great enthusiasm life in his new homeland. His musical journey starts in Montreal (McGill University) with a sound foundation in jazz guitar. In 2002, he discovers the beauty of the vietnamese monochord, the Dan Bau, under the guidance of master Pham Duc Thanh. He works on traditional repertoire all the while integrating western pieces. His curiosity for ancient string instruments leads him to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music where he learns the chinese fidlle, the Erhu. Back in Montreal in 2006, he encounters renoun peruvian composer Lucho Quequezana who invites him to a musical journey in Peru with the group Sonidos Vivos. This intimate contact with afro-peruvian music and music from the Andes is a source a inspiration in his artistic itinerary. Learning to play the andean bambo flute, the Quena, Huu Bac expands his talents of performer to a new instrument. From 2009 to 2015, he collaborates twice with the Cirque du Soleil, recording for the shows “Totem” and “Toruk”. He also recorded for “Canotgraphie”, a show by artistic director Robert Lepage. In 2010, he distinguishes himself as finalist for the “Montreal Arts Council Diversity Award”. Recipient in 2011 and 2012 of a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts as a composer, he is as well invited in 2011 to take part in the festival “Africa-Asia Encounters”, in Paris. Nourrished by his travels and encounters, he dedicates himself to the composition and performance of a present day jazz music blending eastern and western colours. The waters of the Mekong River flows in his compositions, expressing his asian cultural heritage in the North American backdrop. In november 2013, he founded the Huu Bac Quintet, which has since toured in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario, as well as garnered various awards : “RIDEAU/ROSEQ Award 2014”, “Entrées en Scène Loto-Québec 2015-16”, “Stingray Rising Stars Award 2015”. His fisrt album as a composer/performer, “On the Steps of St-Paul’s”, will be released in 2016.

Short description : Of Vietnamese origins, Huu Bac Quach masters a wide array of musical instruments, including the dan bau (single chord Vietnamese instrument), the erhu (Chinese fiddle), the quena (Peruvian flute) and the guitar. In concert, he presents his compositions which skillfully combines his Vietnamese and Chinese heritages to North-American jazz music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJFPN6OPtxA

Hera ChanEdit

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Hera Chan is journalist, art worker, and organizer based in Montreal on the unceded land of Kanien'kehá:ka. She has gathered news for the Eastern Door, the McGill Daily, the Media Co-op, and CKUT Radio. Hera's research is grounded in the discipline of East Asian Studies and histories of solidarity movements. As the current director of Atelier Céladon, she speaks with voices of diasporic peoples to socially engineer another future that is already possible.

Presentation As one of the co-founders and current director of Atelier Céladon, Hera will speak to the inception of the loose network of educators, artists, curators, and community members that prioritize the voices of people of colour and the imaginings of what it means to strengthen these networks of solidarity in the local contemporary art world in Montreal. To be practical, to discuss what can we do with what we yearn for together.

web links http://www.heraschan.com http://www.atelierceladon.com

Madeleine ThienEdit

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Madeleine Thien is the author of the story collection Simple Recipes, and three novels, including Dogs at the Perimeter, which was shortlisted for Berlin's 2014 International Literature Award and won the Frankfurt Book Fair's 2015 Liberaturpreis. Her books and stories have been translated into 25 languages, and her essays have appeared in Granta, the Guardian, the Financial Times, Five Dials, Brick, and elsewhere. Her most recent novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, was published this year. She lives in Montreal.

Presentation: Madeleine will read from/talk about Do Not Say We Have Nothing, a novel about music, art and revolution in 20th century China.


kimura-lemoineEdit

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Please click on cc for subtitles. SVP, cliquez à cc pour les sous-titres. nathalie lemoine (나타리 르무완 * ナタリー.ルモワーヌ) is a conceptual multimedia feminist artist who works on identities (diaspora, ethnicity, colorism, post-colonialism, immigration, gender), and expresses it with calligraphy, paintings, digital images, poems, videos and photography. kimura-lemoine’s work has been exhibited, screened and published internationally (artist’ statement). as a curator, kimura-lemoine has developed projects that give voice and visibility to minorities and as an activist archivist, ze is working on ACA (adoptees cultural archives) to document the history of adoptee’s culture through media and arts.

Presentation Project # 6261 Montreal Project is a photographic and video project I carried in the city of Montreal. Designed as a participatory piece of work, the project proposes a new artistic urban vision to create a link with locals and their memory of certain places.

Shié KasaiEdit

{{#widget:YouTube|id=3P0vwgU0zn4}} Shié Kasai is a visual artist born in Sapporo Japan, lives in Montréal since 1998. She holds a BA from Hokkaido University of Education in Sapporo and a MFA from Concordia University in Montréal. She majored in sculpture. Her site-specific installation projects reflect on her personal issues and everyday situations. For living she worked as a medical illustrator at McGill University from 2002 to 2015. She has presented exhibitions in Japan, the Netherlands, France, Finland and Canada. In 2010 her daughter was born. She is working on a graphic novel about parenting since 2012.

Presentation: “Attends-moi!”, a graphic novel about being a mother in Montreal, raising a daughter who was born as a premature baby. Shié will speak about her experience of writing her first graphic novel project and using this familiar material to communicate with audiences. http://www.shiekasai.com/aux/manga/

Jimmy UngEdit

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Presentation: Photographing Human Dignity in the Americas: Jimmy will speak about his experience of driving his motorcycle from Montréal to Ushuaia, Argentina and using photography to engage with the people he met along the way, and the stories and images that are meaningful in their lives.

Jenny Lin & Eloisa AquinoEdit

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Jenny Lin is a multidisciplinary artist who creates experimental narrative-based works aimed at causing disruption to the everyday and infiltrating mainstream narrative frameworks with difference, ambiguity and awkwardness. Jenny completed a BFA degree at the University of Calgary in 98 and an MFA at Concordia University in 2001. She teaches at Concordia University as a sessional instructor in the Print Media program area.

Eloisa Aquino was born in Brazil in 1970. She worked as a translator, writer, and journalist in her country of origin. In 2000, she moved to Canada to pursue a M.A. in Media Studies at Concordia University, where she researched the food of immigrants in Montreal. Always active in the micropublishing industry, having published art and poetry fanzines since the 1980s in São Paulo, she founded B&D Press in 2009. She is the author of the series, “The Life and Times of Butch Dykes”.

Together Eloisa and Jenny run B&D Press, a Montreal-based micro-press focused on queer zines and artist's books.

For more info, please visit: http://banddpress.blogspot.ca andhttp://www.jenny-lin.ca

Presentation description: Jenny and Eloisa’s presentation for Ginger Garden will be about the formation of B&D Press and their interest in self-publishing zines and artists’ books with usually queer content.


SHERWIN TJIAEdit

SHERWIN TJIA is the author of 9 books. His collection of 1300 pseudohaikus, The World is a Heartbreaker, was a finalist for the Quebec Writers Federations's A.M. Klein Award. His graphic novel, The Hipless Boy, was a finalist for the Doug Wright Award and nominated for 4 Ignatz Awards. His latest book is the last of a trilogy of Choose Your Own Adventure style books from the POV of a cat, entitled You Are a Kitten!. In addition to his writing, he is also a multidisciplinary artist whose practise blurs the boundaries between performer and audience. Incorporating elements of childhood and nostalgia, Tjia's events create contexts that welcome participants to open and unsettle themselves, often in acts of radical intimacy or unexpected collaboration. He gently seduces participants into regressing and revealing themselves under the auspices of “having a good time”. He has toured these works nationally and internationally.

An Li, Vo Thien Viet, and Emily Yee ClareEdit

Through strikes and rants, we have struggled together to digest and understand our identities. Always complicated, always confusing, we want to investigate who we are, and memory and its place within our communities. Although, we come from different places and perspectives, our narratives have woven together through love, activism, and friendship.

Intimacies bring us together, strengthen our will, and empower us to fight for our communities and our politics. We want to highlight the two sides of this: the internal care and love and the outward cry for justice. We are looking to recreate images of everyday community members to capture individual moments of solidarity, compassion and love throughout time.

Three humans. Who made art. Once upon a time. Out of love for their communities, and rage for those who fuck with us.

Description: Distant Intimacies is an evolving project centering racialised representation. Our presentation will discuss the challenge.


Event Day Schedule 2016

3 pm-set up room, check technical needs, computer, screen, projector, arrange tables, decorate, ensure entrance and exit are easily accessible, put up signs, volunteers are welcome

5-6 pm-welcome, visit, eat, drink

6-MC, Jimmy Ung, intro

6:05-Cathy Wong & 6 mins Q&A

6:17-Amrita Choudhry & 6 mins. Q&A

6:29-Huu Bac Quach & 6 mins. Q&A

6:41-Hera Chan & 6 mins. Q&A

6:53- Madeleine Thien & 6 mins. Q&A

7:05 MC-break, 12 mins.

7:17- Jimmy Ung & 6 mins. Q&A

7:29- kimura-lemoine & 6 mins. Q&A

7:41- Shie Kasai & 6 mins. Q&A

7:53- Shahriar Taheri & 6 mins. Q&A

8:05-MC, parking lot, spontaneous announcements & break, 15 mins.

8:20- Jenny Lin & Eloisa Aquino & 6 mins. Q&A

8:32- Sherwin Sullivan Tjia & 6 mins. Q&A

8:44- –An Li, Vo Thien Viet & Emily Yee Clare & 6 mins. Q&A

8:56 pm- MC, parking lots, spontaneous announcements, presenters, last words

9:30 pm-clean up

10 pm-clear out

Welcome to Wikis Ginger Garden 2015Edit

La version en français suivra.

Asian Canadian Wiki in collaboration with the Simone de Beauvoir Institute presents

Wiki`s Ginger Garden Thurs. August 27, 2015, 5-9 pm, free Simone de Beauvoir Institute, MU 101, 2170 Bishop, Montréal


Wiki`s Ginger Garden is an intimate public potluck gathering to eat, drink, meet and discuss around informal presentations of arts, education, and community-based projects in an open space conducive to sharing and exchanging information and ideas. Ten presenters who identify themselves as Asian / mixed-race will present their most recent work / project in 5 minutes followed by a Q & A period of 5 minutes. The event includes open time for public announcements, spontaneous presenters, and discussion. "Asian", in this context, includes people of mixed race whose ancestry is rooted in any Asian country. All are welcome!

Wiki`s Ginger Garden facilitates serendipitous discoveries and cross-disciplinary connections and captures the power of creativity and the imagination. Presentations are video documented with permission and posted to the Asian Canadian Wiki Ginger Garden page: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Presentations from previous years are also viewable. The Asian Canadian Wiki is a database of all things Asian Canadian. Advocating and advancing self-representation, the Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.

Bring your own plate, utensil, cup etc. to reduce waste as well as a food item to share. See you there!! The Asian-Canadian Wiki team

Contact: team@asiancanadianwiki.org


Asian Canadian Wiki en collaboration avec l'Institut Simone de Beauvoir Institute présente

Wiki`s Ginger Garden Thurs. August 27, 2015, 5 -9 pm, entrée libre Institut Simone de Beauvoir, MU 101 2170 Bishop, Montréal

Wiki`s Ginger Garden est un rassemblement et un repas collectif, intime et publique qui se veut un espace ouvert, propice au partage et à l'échange de l'information et des idées, pour boire, manger, réseauter et discuter autour d'une série de présentations informelles de projets artistiques, éducatifs, académiques et communautaires. Dix invités, s'indentifiant tous comme étant asiatiques ou métissés, présenteront leur travail / oeuvre / projet dans 5 minutes, suivi d'une période de questions de 5 minutes. Il y aura également du temps alloué à la discussion, aux annonces, et aux présentations spontanées. "Asiatique" comprend dans ce contexte toute personne métissée dont les origines se trouvent dans un pays d'Asie. Tous sont bienvenus.

Wiki`s Ginger Garden facilite la découverte et les connexions interdisciplinaires et se puise du pouvoir de la créativité et de l'imagination collective. Les présentations seront documentées en vidéo, avec permission, et archivées en ligne à la page web du Asian Canadian Wiki. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Les présentations des années précédentes y sont aussi disponibles. Asian Canadian Wiki est une base de données de tout ce qui porte sur l'identité et le patrimoine des canadiens d'origine asiatique. Notre équipe prônons la juste réprésentation par soi-même, et luttons pour mettre fin à toute forme de discrimination, racisme, et stéréotypes. On vous invite d'apporter des ustensiles, des tasses, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif ainsi qu'un plat à partager. Au plaisir de vous voir!!

Asian-Canadian Wiki team


Communiquer: team@asiancanadianwiki.org

Kakim GohEdit

MC: Kakim Goh-Visual Artist and Curator

Born in Singapore; lives in Montreal Kakim Goh holds a BFA in Painting and Drawing from Concordia University. As a visual artist who creates interdisciplinary painting, performance and video installations, Kakim has been exhibiting in Mexico and Quebec since 1993, most notably at MAI, the OBORO New Media Laboratory and la Maison de la Culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal. He is the Curator of the Visual Arts Program and Vice-President of the Board of Directors at Festival Accès Asie, an organization that promotes Asian arts, cultures and histories in Quebec and Canada.

Kakim Goh - Artiste visuel et commissaire

Né à Singapore; vit à Montréal Kakim Goh détient un baccalauréat en arts visuels spécialisé en peinture et dessin de l'Université Concordia. En tant qu'artiste visuel qui crée des installations interdisciplinaires combinant peinture, vidéo et performances, Kakim expose ses œuvres au Mexique et au Québec depuis 1993, et plus spécifiquement au MAI, au Laboratoire des nouveaux médias OBORO ainsi qu’à la Maison de la culture du Plateau Mont-Royal. Il est le commissaire d'exposition du programme en arts visuels et vice-président du conseil d'administration du Festival Accès Asie, un organisme qui a pour but de promouvoir les arts, les histoires et les cultures d’Asie au Québec et au Canada. http://www.kakimgoh.com/


Khadija BakerEdit

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Khadija was born and educated in the town of Amoude, Syria. She studied Interior Design, receiving a Master’s degree in 1999 from the University of Damascus, Syria. Since 2001 she lives and works in Montreal, Canada. She had a BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University/ painting & drawing, and completed her MFA/Open Media at the same university in 2012.

Khadija Baker is a multidisciplinary artist who creates installations that combine video, digital art, sound and animation. Her work explores social and political themes related persecution, displacement and memory. Having worked with a variety of media such as painting, fibers, and video/moving images, her current research combines these practices to create intimate site-specific sculptural installation environments that engage the senses (sight, sound, and touch.) Her work breaches the divide between artist, art and public, creating an active space of participation, exchange, understanding and storytelling. http://www.khadijabaker.com/


Shahrzad ArshadiEdit

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Shahrzad Arshadi, a Montréal - base multidisciplinary artist and human rights activist, came to Canada as a political refugee on December 24, 1983. In the past two decades, Shahrzad has ventured into different fields of photography, film, sound and performance, enabling her focus on issues of memory, culture and human rights.

She is an affiliate - Community Representative and Core Member at Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. Also Students Coordinator and Coordinator for “Fighting Marginalization” youth film workshops since 2008. In 2011 Shahrzad write and direct an experimental sound theater performance called: “It Is Only Sound That Remains” based on the life of Ziba Kazemi. This play has been on stage in Montreal and Toronto many times.

Her latest creation is “Dancing For Change” a documentary film, a story about secular and socialist women of the Islamic world, their ideals, activism, and visions for a better world. It focuses on six Kurdish Iranian women from three different generations. These women live with their male comrades in a mountain camp where they organize and have been fighting the Iranian fundamentalist Government since the past 36 years. In a society where state and family violence against women is common, they are engaged in political and military training, writing, reading, broadcasting, dancing, and singing in order to make their voice heard against any kind of injustice. Most of these women have left their home and joined the Kurdish–Iranian underground organization, due to the extreme oppression they have been subjected to in the Islamic Republic of Iran. "These women are not silent!" Dancing For Change -Trailer 3:29 minutes, https://vimeo.com/127649507 http://www.shahrzadarshadi.com/


Komachi, Kayo KasuharaEdit

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Komachi Montréal est une troupe de danse folklorique japonaise spécialisée dans les danses Bon ou Bon Odori (danse pour la fête des morts selon les rites bouddhistes). Ce type de danse est pratiqué partout au Japon; surtout lors des Matsuri (festivals d’été). Komachi Montréal se spécialise dans les danses folkloriques de style Minyō. C’est un style qui exprime la joie de danser, de faire la fête ou se donner du courage pour travailler. Certaines danses sont touchantes tandis que d’autres sont humoristiques. Comme toutes danses folkloriques, les danses japonaises ont été transmises de génération en génération par la tradition orale. Ainsi, de nos jours, chaque ville ou région du Japon possède ses propres danses et chaque groupe de danse (Ren) interprète la danse à sa façon en y mettant sa touche personnelle. De par les enseignements de Mme Kayo Yasuhara, les danseurs apprennent des danses qui se transmettent depuis des siècles. Komachi Montréal tente de présenter des danses provenant des quatre coins du Japon afin de faire découvrir la grande diversité de la culture japonaise à son public. http://www.komachimontreal.com

Nicolas Marion Nicolas is the member of the Yume-Mirai which is the previous group of Komachi Montreal, since 2009. He has some experience of teaching English in Japan, and he organise many activities related to Japanese culture. He is one of the main member of Komachi Montréal. And he is taking care of filming of 'Koi sure Fortune Cookie' project'.

Chanho BangEdit

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Chanho Bang is a director, cinematographer and editor, who was born in Mississippi, and raised in New York, Seoul and Montreal. Chanho is the director of the acclaimed H​ONEST PEOPLE which was nominated at the short film corner, 67th Cannes Film Festival. He is currently developing several film projects through his production company Chivalric Pictures based in Montreal, Quebec. Also, he is co-­directing with J​oseph R. Taylor on a mid-length documentary, A​LGON.​His works reflect his detail oriented personality and his ability to embrace a larger picture. His love for people is also another aspect that makes him enjoy his work. https://vimeo.com/chanhobang


Farah FancyEdit

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Farah Fancy is an arts manager, performer and artist who for over 15 years, has been using the arts as a mechanism to teach about equality, rights, personal histories, self actualization and community bridging. She is rooted in working with cross cultural populations to promote the arts to a diversity of communities and to outreach to new audiences to overcome emotional and cultural barriers. With an interest in creating conversations using the arts to cultivate a deeper understanding of those within and without our communities, Farah co-founded Le Groupe Herencias. Their mandate is to use the arts for the promotion, exchange, and acceptance of identity, culture and heritage through creation, art education, research, training, and creative arts therapies. Her personal mission is to bring attention how the ordinary can become extra-ordinary. Through her company she manages choreographer, Julio Hong; music group, Rumbakwa; theatre research and performance ensemble,Rencontres/Encounters ; and the Afro Cuban Association of Montreal. Farah also is a public speaker for organizations who uses the arts as a means to strategize for economic development, goal setting, re-visioning, or for those who want an experience simply for the love of the arts.

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https://www.linkedin.com/pub/farah-fancy/59/589/454


Wai Yin KwokEdit

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Wai-Yin has always worked in arts, culture, film and broadcasting since she graduated in Communications in Hong Kong and pursued French studies in France. Learning to speak different languages is her passion, she is particularly obsessed with grammar, spelling, subjunctive and gender of nouns, that's how she became a freelance Translator and Interpreter. Working as an Interpreter at the Health and Social Services of Montreal and teaching Chinese-Canadian Cantonese, she has accumulated a lot of thoughts and stories to share, this is how the idea of hosting a podcast emerged. Born to be socially engaged, even in art, she innately chose flamenco dance to express all kinds of human oppression. www.waiyinkwok.net

Through the podcast, we'd like that the different realities and experiences of the Chinese community be heard. Reducing cultural misunderstandings and advocating for mutual comprehension and tolerance, firstly in Quebec, then extended to other societies/ countries, became my mandate since I started working at the social services with the Chinese community.

http://beingchinese.org/


Irem BekterEdit

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Multidisciplinary artist Irem Bekter was born in Istanbul, grew up in England and graduated from Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley, perfected at the Royal Academy of Dance and obtained a Masters degree in theatre from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. In 1984, she moved to Argentina, where she began a prolific career. While pursuing a career in theatre, on television and in film, she discovered and studied the Argentine music and ‘zapateo’. She perfected her vocal technique in traditional song and soon was merging voice and dance into her own uniquely personal vision. She preformed as a guest artist in Mercedes Sosa’s concerts En Familia and Al despertar. She toured Argentina presenting her own creations. The journalist Pablo Gorlero, mentions Irem Bekter as one of the artists that has influenced the landscape of musical theater in Argentina.

In 2008, arrival in Quebec, she founded the Irem Bekter Quintet which was programmed at the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal in 2010, followed by a first album Primero. The group multiplied its stage presence with a tour of over 35 concerts. A grant from CALQ in 2013, allowed her to perfect in Turkish music with Ismail Fencioglu and percussion with Ziya Tabassian (Constantinople).Irem is in the second phase of creation of the show VERTIGE EN 4 TEMPS on tour as of October 9, 2015.

Artiste multidisciplinaire, Irem Bekter est née à Istanbul, a grandi en Angleterre, puis obtient un diplôme de l’École de ballet Elmhurst à Camberley, se perfectionne à l’Académie Royale de danse et obtient une maitrise en Arts dramatiques du W.Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts à Londres. En 1984, elle s’installe en Argentine, où elle découvre la musique argentine et le zapateo, qu’elle étudie. Elle perfectionne sa technique vocale en chant traditionnel et juxtapose voix et danse vers la création. Elle est artiste invitée aux concerts En Familia et Al despertar de Mercedes Sosa. Elle présente son propre spectacle en tournée argentine. Le journaliste Pablo Gorlero, mentionne Irem Bekter comme l’une des artistes ayant influencé le paysage du théâtre musical en Argentine.

En 2008, arrivée au Québec, elle fonde le Irem Bekter Quintette qui est de la programmation du Festival de jazz de Montréal 2010, suit un premier album Primero. L’ensemble multiplie ses présences scéniques avec une tournée de plus de 35 concerts. Boursière du CALQ, en 2013, elle perfectionne les musiques turques auprès d’Ismail Fencioğlu et les percussions avec Ziya Tabassian (Constantinople). Elle est en phase de création du spectacle VERTIGE EN 4 TEMPS présenté en tournée à compter du 9 octobre 2015. http://www.irembekter.com/


Yellow NoiseEdit

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Yellow Noise is a Canadian based online/print platform that seeks to highlight young Asian identifying peoples in the West who push the boundaries of artistic and political expression. Recognizing the diversity of backgrounds encompassed by this label of “Asian”, we seek to open dialogue on what it means to be Asian in Western society today and to honour/acknowledge the multiplicity of perspectives involved. There will be both a focus on maintaining a sense of harmony within the community as well as solidarity with other groups of people of colour. The overarching mission of Yellow Noise is to provide a platform by Asian-identified youth for Asian-identified youth to negotiate the hybridity of identity we experience in a white-dominant society, with a particular focus on the intersection of issues of class, gender, and ability.
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Sam Lu Sam Lu was born in Wuhan, raised in Vancouver, and now currently based in Montreal. He is interested in the political and socio-historical backgrounds and contexts of artistic creation. He is invested in the creation of an Asian-American/Canadian cultural identity through the arts, a space for much needed dialogue within this cultural context.

tïna-hanäé tïna-hanäé is the real name of 23-year old, bay-area by way of miami-transplant¬¬––and roughly translates to “we are in the process of blooming.”

after attending school in the heart of silicon valley and becoming disenchanted with misplaced values and contemporary myths of futurism, she decided to take the future into her own hands; she followed the readings of a fortune-teller in a basement in michigan, and took off to montréal to experience her first winter.

she is currently working on a first E.P. a vision of ecofuturism that aspires toward a visible, accessible, critically hopeful future @ the intersection of ecological x social realms.


Sam Lu was born in Wuhan, raised in Vancouver, and now currently based in Montreal. He is interested in the political and socio-historical backgrounds and contexts of artistic creation. He is invested in the creation of an Asian-American/Canadian cultural identity through the arts, a space for much needed dialogue within this cultural context.

https://www.facebook.com/YellowNoiseMag?fref=ts http://www.yellownoise.ca/


Carolyn FeEdit

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I am a Filipino Blues Singer and would love to share my experiences as an Asian in the music industry. Carolyn Fe has been an active performance artist in Montreal for over 25 years; from contemporary dancer, actress, theatre producer and now her latest project, Carolyn Fe Blues Collective – a Blues band with musicians from all corners of the world. Aside from being the lead singer/songwriter of the band, she oversees all the business aspects required to keep the band working and self-producing albums. To date two out of the three albums released have garnered industry acknowledgements and awards. The latest being an Achievement Award from the Filipino Community not only in the artistic realm but also as a role model in promoting a positive image of Filipino-Canadians. In all her artistic endeavours, Carolyn Fe combines her business savvy so that she can pay it forward to the causes and events that are close to her heart. http://www.carolyn-fe.com


Tianmo ZhangEdit

Tianmo Zhang is an M.A. candidate in art history at Concordia University and holds a B.A. in art history and communications from the University of Ottawa (2010-2014). Her thesis focuses on the role of tradition and cultural signifiers in contemporary Chinese ink painting, with emphasis on the exhibition Unscrolled at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Since 2013, she is the founder of Z Art Space, a curatorial project space dedicated to promoting contemporary Asian art in Canada and supporting local student initiatives.


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Ethnocultural Art Histories Research (EAHR) is a student-driven research community based within the Art History Department of Concordia University (Montreal, Qc). Since summer 2011, EAHR has facilitated opportunities for exchange and creation in the examination of and engagement with issues of ethnic and cultural representation within the visual arts in Canada. EAHR is open to students and faculty invested in engaging with issues of cultural representation and ethnocultural art histories research across various disciplines and communities.

https://www.facebook.com/EAHRConcordia/info?tab=page_info

Z Art Space is a curatorial project gallery dedicated to promoting contemporary Asian art in Canada and supporting local and international artists and student initiatives. Through its programming, the gallery seeks to provide a platform for discursive projects around issues of identity politics, globalization, and complex narratives of the East/West binary. Founded in 2013, the gallery is located in Montreal’s Little Burgundy district, between Saint-Henri and Griffintown.

http://www.zartspace.com


Margaret Elizabeth NielsenEdit

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Born in Ellwangen, Germany, lives in Montréal, Canada.Photography as a mean of communication fascinated her since early adulthood. Influenced by classic photojournalism, she started to explore photography as an autodidact from scratch, working for years only in black and white. This allowed her to develop an experience in darkroom techniques as well as analog photography.

After having worked as a freelance photographer and assistant for many years, she started her career as a photo editor and account manager in a German photo agency. Various travels brought her to Asia and a sabbatical allowed her an extended stay in Afghanistan, where she could teach women basic photography. Her work about China has been exhibited with the support of the Goethe-Institut in Germany.

Her recent projects involve darkroom techniques as well as the reuse of found material. Her current project 'A Nepalese Photo Studio' is comprised of a selection of 'found photography' that she acquired from a family-run photo studio in Nepal. The images were taken by 2 photographers, father and son, who specialized in portraiture, street scenes, events and snippets from daily life. The material dates from the late 40s till the end of the 90s and provides insight into daily life and the history of a small Newari town and its inhabitants. The exhibition will be presented by Festival Accès Asie (www.accesasie.com) from April 27 to June 04, 2016 at La Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montréal. www.margretnielsen.wordpress.com


Veena GokhaleEdit

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Veena Gokhale is a freelance journalist, fiction writer, communications professional and informal educator. She is also a foodie who gives bilingual (English-French) Indian cooking classes – easy, veggie, gluten-free, yummy food! She wants to get people together, cooking and sharing over a relaxed dinner. Her classes feature the regional cuisine from her home-state Maharahstra that she has been making for the last 20 years.

Apart from attending classes in her spacious, downtown, transit-accessible apartment, you could also have her give a class to you and your friends in your own kitchen! http://www.veenago.com/slurrrrp/


Event Day Schedule 2015

3 pm-set up room, check technical needs, computer, screen, projector, arrange tables, decorate, ensure entrance and exit are easily accessible, put up signs, volunteers are welcome

5-6 pm-welcome, visit, eat, drink

6-begin, Kakim Goh, MC intro

6:05-Shahrzad Arshadi & 5 mins. Q&A

6:15-Komachi & 5 mins. Q&A

6:25-Khadija Baker & 5 mins. Q&A

6:35- Chanho Bang & 5 mins. Q&A

6:45- Farah Fancy & 5 mins. Q&A

6:55-Shahin Parhami & 5 mins. Q&A

7:05-MC-break, 20 mins.

7:25- MC, parking lot, spontaneous announcements

7:35- Emily Gan & 5 mins. Q&A

7:45-Wai Yin Kwok & 5 mins. Q&A

7:55-Irem Bekter & 5 mins. Q&A

8:05-Yellow Noise & 5 mins. Q&A

8:15-Carolyn Fe & 5 mins. Q&A

8:25- 12th presenter & 5 mins. Q&A

8:35 –MC, break, 20 mins.

8:55-13th presenter & 5 mins. Q&A

9:05 pm-14th presenter & Q&A

9:15- MC, parking lots, spontaneous announcements, presenters, last words

9:25 pm-enjoy

9:30 pm-clean up

10 pm-clear out


Welcome to Ginger Garden 2014Edit

La version française suivra

Dear friends and curious ones, Ginger Garden 2014 is a potluck gathering to eat, drink, and talk about burning questions and projects in the arts, education and community building. Thirteen presenters, who identify themselves as 1st generation Asians/ mixed race in Canada, will present their most recent works. Each presentation will be followed by Q & A.

The intent of Ginger Garden is to create an intimate space for sharing information and exchanging ideas and to encourage self representations.

Date: Tues. August 19, 2014 Time : 5 -9 pm Place : Simone de Beauvoir Institute, 2170 Bishop, Montréal

You are encouraged to bring a plate, utensils, cup etc. to minimize the waste for the potluck of contributing and sharing food together. Ginger Garden as an event has replaced Chinese Tea Salon in Montréal.

To whet your curiosities, check out some of the presenters coming soon : http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Feel free to contact us. See you at Ginger Garden!!

Cordially yours,

Ginger Garden Team team@asiancanadianwiki.org


La version française Chers amis et curieux de nouveautés socioculturelles,

Bienvenue au Jardin de gingembre!

Le Jardin de gingembre est un collectif pour discuter de questions pressantes dans les domaines des arts, pour déguster de plats, pour boire, et aussi pour parler des projets d’éducation et de promotion d’activités communautaires. Treize conférenciers, qui s'identifient comme premières générations d’origines asiatiques ou de race mixte au Canada, présenteront leurs exposés. Chaque présentation sera suivie d’une séance de questions et réponses.

Le but du Jardin de gingembre est de créer un espace démocratique et ouvert pour le partage d'information, pour l’échange d'idées et pour encourager les innovations de façon indépendante.

Vous êtes invités à apporter un plat préparé, des ustensiles, des tasses, etc., afin de minimiser les déchets de ce repas collectif et pour contribuer à un partage de différents plats. L’évènement Jardin de gingembre a remplacé l’ancien évènement Salon de thé chinois de Montréal.

Date : le mardi 19 août 2014 Heure : de 17 h à 21 h Lieu : Institut Simone de Beauvoir, 2170, rue Bishop, Montréal.

Pour désaltérer votre soif de curiosité, veuillez consulter les biographies et quelques présentations des conférenciers au site web suivant http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Ginger_Garden

Pour toute autre question, n'hésitez pas à communiquer avec nous.

Bienvenue au Jardin de gingembre !

Cordialement,

L'équipe du Jardin de gingembre team@asiancanadianwiki.org

Event Schedule

5 pm- greetings

5:30 pm-begin presentations, Tracy: moderator-5 mins.

5:35 pm- Shuibo Wang 6 mins.

5:41 pm-Q&A, 6 mins.

5:47 pm- Green Chinatown Montreal, Chao/Miaoyun

5:53 pm-Q&A

5:59 pm- Jie Wu

6:06 pm-Q&A

6:12 pm- Kiran Ambwani

6:18 pm-Q&A


6:36 pm- break-25 mins.

7:01 pm- Veena Gokhale

7:07 pm-Q&A

7: 13 pm- Xiao Dan He

7:19 pm-Q&A

7:25 pm- Sophie Gee

7:31 pm-Q&A

7:37 pm- break, 25 mins.

8 :02 pm- Satoshi Ikeda

8 :08 pm-Q&A

8 :13 pm- Mi Jeong Lee

8 :19 pm-Q&A

9:01 pm- break, open

9:30 pm-begin clean up

Presenters Descriptions and Bios

Tracy Zhang,ModeratorEdit

Tracy Zhang is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment, Concordia University. Her recent research examines international recruitment of Chinese acrobats. She is a member of Art Can Heal Montreal, a collective group of oncology patients and their loved ones, arts therapists, researchers affiliated with Cedars CanSupport.

Shuibo WangEdit

{{#widget:YouTube|id=0tyXTud3jtw}} Shuibo Wang is a Beijing/Montreal based artist and filmmaker, he is also a Guggenheim Fellow and Oscar nominee. He currently teaches at China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

Never Loose My Fist, is a feature documentary directed by Shuibo Wang, it tells the stories of a group of rebellions Punk Rock musicians from the industry city Wuhan in central China.

Kiran AmbwaniEdit

Passionate about people, their lifestyle, and the arts, Kiran Ambwani is a professional photographer of Indian origin, now based in Montreal. Kiran's creative vision captivates the editorial and advertising worlds, with a versatile portfolio ranging from portraits to products, lifestyle to landscapes and architecture to abstract images. Kiran freelances for various publications, advertising and press agencies, and non-profit groups. Specializing in portraiture and editorial photography, Kiran's photographs have been published in Vogue, Geo Plein Air, MindFood (Australia), Travesias (Mexico), US Airways, IB World (UK), Le Devoir, Journal Alternatives, Metro, Mirror, and The Bombay Times (India). Kiran's images reflect a sensitivity shaped by her background in anthropology and environmental science and her numerous travels. Driven by a curiosity for the problematics encountered by marginalised populations, Kiran has explored, among others, the lives of Tibetan monks in exile, the survivors of child trafficking in Mumbai, the inhabitants of Asia's largest slum Dharavi, and the indigenous women of Nepal. She has collaborated on several humanitarian projects with NGOs in Canada, India, and Nepal. Apart from commercial work, Kiran has held several group and solo exhibitions of her personal work in Canada and abroad. Kiran is a graduate of McGill University and the Dawson Institute of Photography in Montreal.

Kiran is currently working on 'Objets Cheris'. A public art project, it aims at bringing art and life to the otherwise dull and impersonal walls of the oncology departments in Montreal's wellness facilities. Initiated at Montreal's Notre-Dame Hospital, this installation seeks to inspire people by showcasing patients who have found the inner strength to face the challenges of the disease by engaging in various hobbies and activities. Art is known to have potent therapeutic effects, therefore there is need for art in places of healing. Furthermore, engaging patients in the artistic process can have positive mental health benefits and help them to feel more connected with the hospital and broader community. Creating art encourages vision, hope and imagination, all of which nurture the healing process.

Xiaodan HeEdit

{{#widget:YouTube|id=jYyZ25b2L88}} Xiaodan He, born in 1975, has studied film production at the Beijing Film Academy in China from 1993 to 1997. In 2002, Xiaodan directed her first film, The Dance of The Star. In the same year, she moved to Montreal. In 2006, her first short film: Cairo Calling, has screenings in over 50 festivals around the world. In 2009, her documentary The Fall of Womenland is distributed in the TV of Canada and the other countries. Xiaodan is working on her first feature film, Pear Tree Blossoms.

Pear Tree Blossoms is a feature film of co-production between Canada and China. Li Fang, a Chinese immigrant has been living in Montreal for 10 years. Physically infertile and her violent separation from Eric, her québécois husband, has pushed her to the brink of despair. Escaping the chaos in Montreal, Li Fang travels to her birthplace and visits her grandfather in Dazu, a small district in south China. There, she hides the troubles she left behind but suffers from the sorrow and hate she keeps for her old love. The calmness of her granddad, the support of her childhood friends and being witness to their own problems and sufferings, helps her break the impasse in her life.

Jie WuEdit

Jie is doing his program of Master in Film Studies at the University of Montreal. His thesis work focuses on the impact of technological innovations on the film industry.

Veena GokhaleEdit

{{#widget:YouTube|id=_8a_M6NNJV0}} Journalist, fiction writer, communications coordinator, project manager and educator. Worked in South Asia, Canada and Tanzania. Created issue-based, illustrated storybooks and developed and delivered workshops on “Using stories for social change.” Looking to build a professional team to apply the stories for social change concept in practice. http://www.veenago.com

My topic is called Using Stories for Social Change. I am going to talk about my own experience in this realm, it's going to be quite informal, and then ask people who may be interested in being on a team to take my project forward, to connect with me. Typically I'm looking for people with experience in video, film, radio, comic books and graphic novels, those who work in online or video games as also people who have started communications businesses. (But it could be others who are just inspired by my project and have some relevant skills.)


Sophie GeeEdit

Sophie Gee is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s Directing Programme. Born and raised in Alberta, Sophie spent many years in London, UK before relocating to Montreal where she presents creations under the name Nervous Hunter. Works include The Phaedra Project (No! I! Don't! Want! To! Fall! in! Love! With! You!) (MAI, Montreal), I Am Such a Small Container for All This (SEAS Festival, Iceland), Domestik (Eastern Bloc, Montreal), and Estate (Festival Occupe Bain St Michel). www.nervoushunter.com

Sophie is currently working on an adaptation of a play looking the effects a factory collapse has on a Chinese-Canadian family. This bilingual (English/Mandarin) play will be workshopped in Toronto late August/September under the guidance of Governor-General nominated playwright David Yee of Fugen Theatre Company.


Satoshi IkedaEdit

{{#widget:YouTube|id=TNqTs4QXuQM}} Satoshi Ikeda teaches sociology at Concordia University. Aside from his academic activities, he engages in community development initiatives on campus and in the community. The projects he has been involved include Green Chinatown Montreal, Concordia Food Coalition (Hive Café, Burritoville, Rooftop Garden, etc.), and Transitions NDG. His wants to create alternatives to the corporate economy through the promotion of social economy based on giving, sharing, and reciprocal exchange.

This presentation reflects on personal transformation from an academician to a community activist and artist. Following the images of a journey, the presentation traces major turns in his life that led to the current state. It will conclude with the works of art he is currently engaging in.


Miaoyun ZhouEdit

Miaoyun Zhou is graduated from Concordia University, major in Urban Studies. Miaoyun loves traveling, photography and everything related to food. She joined in this amazing project Green Chinatown Montreal in 2013 and she helped to introduce fresh locally grown vegetables delivery service to senior residences first time in Chinatown. Now she is learning interior design at LaSalle College and she would like to combine the idea of urban agriculture into her design process in future.

Chao ZengEdit

{{#widget:YouTube|id=4JA4PP54V04}} Chao Zeng is a recent graduate from civil engineering of Concordia University. He was born in China and had studied at Concordia as an international student. He is interested in the urban agriculture and sustainable engineering design. He was a volunteer of Sustainable Concordia and Habitat for Humanity (Montreal, Quebec), and had joined many conferences and workshops about green engineering and food justice. He is a member of “Green Chinatown Montreal” garden. Green Chinatown Montreal garden existing for 4 years has been to create a community environment by exploring and developing urban gardening in Chinatown with locally alternative food culture.


Mi-jeong LeeEdit

Mi-jeong Lee is an independent filmmaker, writer, video artist, and curator. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and began her professional career as a journalist from 1984, then her interest shifted onto arts and became a practitioner in arts since her migration to Montreal in 1991. She is currently completing her Ph.D research-creation in the department of Études et Pratiques des Arts at Université de Québec à Montréal and a member of Senselab - a laboratory for thought in motion - that is affiliated with Concordia University, where she works as an Asian cinema consultant. Her Korean-language novelization of the Luc Besson's film "Le Grand Bleu" was published in 1993 in Korea. Lee opened up her knowledge of world cinema by watching films and meeting Asian filmmakers at various international film festivals. Her first film script project, Naked Fish, was award to receive a script development funding from National Film Board of Canada in 1995 as a foreign student. This proposition influenced her to reside in Montreal and began filmmaking. Her independent film works are "I Am the Park", "Façcades", "Underground", "Breathe", as well as the video installation piece "Turn Around." Living in Canada as an Asian, she became intricately interest in the issues of Asian culture and identity, which resulted in her founding of Asian film-related festivals and activities since twenty years ago, as well as a non-profit organization: Ciné-Asie (www.cine-asie.ca), AmérAsia Asian Film Festival (www.amerasiafestival.com), Korean Film Festival (www.koreanfilm.ca), and production/distribution company CINEASIE Creatives (www.cineasiecreatives.com).

Subject of the presentation: I raise a question very often to myself, "Why am I struggling to keep on the 4th edition of AmérAsia Montreal Film Festival as a filmmaker? My presentation will be about my ongoing problem as an art practitioner.

Chinese Tea Salon in Montreal 2013Edit

This event is a special occasion with a visiting professor at Concordia, Olive/Li Hui, who teaches in China about Chinese Canadian writers and exciting post doc pre-doc and interested Chinese Montrealers working on engaging subjects. Gracious thanks and much gratitude goes to Tracy Zhang for initiating this activity to welcome and feature the visiting professor from China, Olive Li Hui at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute. Some of the presenters are: Tracy Zhang, Alice Jim, Alan Wong, Cheryl Sim, Chen Fang, Joanne Hui, Parker Mah and Leslie Cheung.

Anyone can take the floor as an impromptu 5 mins. presentation. This gathering is inspired from tea house in China, (茶館, cháguăn or 茶屋, cháwū), traditionally similar to the American cafe but centred on tea and to chat, eat and socialize. As a potluck where each contributes a dish or refreshments to share collectively, please also bring your own plate, utensils, cup etc. to minimalize any waste.

You are most welcome to present for 5 mins. on your doc post doc or interests. Please contact us. Presenter descriptions and video presentations will be available on: http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Chinese_Tea_Salon_in_Montreal

Event Date: Wed. July 24, 2013 Time: 5-9 pm Place: Simone de Beauvoir Institute, 2170 Bishop

See you soon!!

Cordially yours,

Tea Salon team and "Asian Canadian Wiki" <asiancanadianwiki@gmail.com>,

This Montreal tea salon was inspired by the many tea houses by Mary Wong. http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Mary_Sui_Yee_Wong

Event Schedule 5 pm- sharing potluck meal and chatting

6 pm- presenters: Olive, Alice (no video), Tracy, Alan, Cheryl, Leslie (5 mins. presentation + 5 mins. Q&A x 6 presenters = 60 mins.)

7 pm-break

7: 20 presenters: Parker, Fang, Joanne (no video), Rajee (no video) (5 mins. presentation + 5 mins. Q&A x 5 presenters = 50 mins. + one impromptu presenter @ 10 mins.

8:20 pm-break

8:40 pm-2 impromptu presenters & Q&A = 20 mins.

9 pm-break

Presenters Descriptions and Bios

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Olive Li HuiEdit

Associate Professor, The Canadian Studies Center, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Sichuan University Chinese Canadian Women Writers

Ever since the emergence of the Chinese Canadian literature more than 100 years ago, the Chinese Canadian women writers have been writing actively about their unique living experiences and spiritual quest. My research is about the major Chinese Canadian women writers to highlight their contributions not only to the Chinese Canadian literature but also to the Chinese Canadians’ history.
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Alice Ming Wai Jim, ModeratorEdit

Performing Asian/Americas To think of Asian/Americas is to question how diasporic identities can be rendered beyond nation-state, global north, third and first world paradigms, and divisive dichotomies, I.e. East/West, North/South. I will present our call for workgroup participants in upcoming Encuentro in Montreal organized by NYU’s Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics and Concordia University, June 2014.

Alice Ming Wai Jim is Associate Professor of Contemporary Art at Concordia University, Montreal. Recent publications and exhibitions include ‘How to Occupy Retreat: dOCUMENTA (13) from Kassel to Banff’ in the Journal of Curatorial Studies and ‘Yam Lau: A World is a Model of a World’ at the Darling Foundry.

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Tracy ZhangEdit

Tracy Zhang is a post-doctoral fellow in the department of Geography, Planning, and Environment at Concordia University and holds a doctorate in Communication Studies from Simon Fraser University. Most of her research explores the changing experiences of life and work in the cultural industries. The objective of her on-going research project is two-fold. First she examines the modern history of acrobatics in the People's Republic of China. Second, she investigates Cirque du Soleil’s recruitment strategies in the case of Chinese acrobats, including the implications of that strategy for the Montreal cultural sector and institutions.

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Alan WongEdit

My research focuses on activists in Montreal whose bodies are marked by the intersections of sexuality, race, ethnicity, colonization, gender, and class, paying particular attention to their deployments of subjectivity in seeking ways to belong and, consequently, perform their activisms in the face of the discursive violence enacted upon them. Alan Wong

Alan Wong is a teacher in the English department at Vanier College. He recently celebrated the successful defense of his dissertation and will receive his PhD this fall. His research interests include race, sexuality, activism, and community-based performance. He is also a community organizer in Montreal.

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Cheryl SimEdit

The Fitting Room: Canadian women of Chinese Heritage and the Cheongsam This research-creation PhD explores the relationship between the cheongsam and Canadian women of Chinese heritage born between 1965 and 1985. The final project will be an installation that responds to two inter-related questions; what are the current attitudes, ideas and wearing practices of the cheongsam and how can the richness of these responses be presented as an installation?

Cheryl Sim is Curator of research-creation projects at the Phi Centre as well as Associate Curator at DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art. She is currently a PhD candidate in the études et pratiques des arts program at UQÀM. In a parallel life she is a

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Leslie CheungEdit

Leslie Cheung is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at McGill University, with previous degrees in Public Policy and Social Work. Her dissertation looks at the intersection of race and language in the negotiation of competing host identities among second-generation immigrants in the Quebec context. She is currently doing her fieldwork in Montreal, seeking to interview second-generation youth (born in Quebec or arrived in Quebec before the age of 5, with at least one immigrant parent) between the ages of 18 and 35 from Filipino, Vietnamese, Anglo-Caribbean, and Haitian backgrounds.

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Parker MahEdit

Parker will briefly present the feature-length film Être Chinois au Québec (Being Chinese in Quebec), a documentary presenting the young generation of Chinese in Quebec through reflections and interviews on issues of identity, integration and the impacts of discriminatory policies such as the Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada.

Parker Mah was born in Vancouver in the year of the Rooster. A trained jazz pianist, he also counts photography and multimedia installations among his creative endeavors. His artistic involvement in the Asian community began with the New Voices Project, aimed at promoting the distinct cultural identity of the new generation of young Asian-Canadians. He is now based in Montreal and recently participated in a feature-length documentary exploring the identity of young Chinese-Quebecers.

Parker Mah est né à Vancouver durant l'année du coq. Formé comme pianiste de jazz, il compte également la photographie et les installations multimédias parmi les cordes à son arc créatif. Son engagement artistique dans la communauté asiatique a commencé avec le projet Nouvelles Voix, qui visait à promouvoir l'identité culturelle distincte d'une nouvelle génération de jeunes Asiatiques canadiens. Il vit maintenant à Montréal et a participé récemment à la production d'un documentaire long-métrage sur l'identité des jeunes Sino-québécois.

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Joanne Joe Yan HuiEdit

Thesis Title: Fluid Terrains: Mobile Subjectivity in the Graphic Narrative Travelogue

Joanne Hui is an artist and doctoral student in the Humanities PhD Program at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture at Concordia University. Her research investigates concepts of identity in comic art, particularly how graphic arts addresses culturally-specific and historical conditions of migration and immigration.

Research Interests

Comic Art and the Graphic Novel Travelogue

Ethnocultural Art History

Asian North American Literature

Post-Colonial, Diasporic and Transnational Studies

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André HoEdit

André Ho is currently a master student in social work at UQAM. Since the last 15 years, he helps and is involved among organizations helping people with (mental and social) problems. His interests are in mental health, inter-cultural issues and contributions to the communities. For his master project, he will produce a documentary called Banane et bambou about how immigrants from China build their identity. One of the goal of his project is to study identity-related issues in a highly diversified and complex social context. The beginning of his project will be in October 2013. If you are interested to be part of the project, email him at : andre.ho82@gmail.com.

Rajee Paña Jeji ShergillEdit

Rajee Paña Jeji Shergill is an interdisciplinary artist and current Master’s student in Art History at Concordia University. Her thesis examines artworks that engage with family accounts of trauma and personal memories related to the Partition of the Indian subcontinent. She is interested in transgenerational transmission as a key interpretative lens and investigative focus within the study of historical trauma associated with the Partition.

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kimura byol-nathalie lemoineEdit

kimura byol-nathalie lemoine (a.k.a kimura byol) is a multimedia artist and curator, born in korea (south), raised in belgium, and immigrated to canada. "zer" visual work was exhibited solo and in group (seoul, tokyo, kyoto, hong-kong, taipei, berlin, brussels, lille, grenoble, montreal, vancouver, los angeles, new york). her poems, essay and critics have been published in the u.s., south korea and Japan. her videos were screened in korea, japan, hong-kong, tunisia, belgium, france, canada and the u.s. kimura works on diasporic identity, question gender and play with words. kimura believes in social justice and therefore dosn't like capital letters.http://starkimproject.com

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Henry TsangEdit

Henry Tsang is a visual and media artist whose work has been exhibited internationally. His projects incorporate digital media, video, photography, language and sculptural elements in the exploration of the relationship between the public, community and identity through global flows of people, culture and capital. Examples include video installations Orange County, 2004, and Olympus, 2006, shot in California, Beijing, Torino and Vancouver, demonstrating a complex understanding of overlapping urban and socio-political spaces; Napa North, 2008, exploring the relationship between wine, real estate and cultural translation in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley; and the Maraya project, with M. Simon Levin and Glen Lowry, that investigates the uncanny similarities between Vancouver’s False Creek and the Dubai Marina in the United Arab Emirates. His public artwork, Welcome to the Land of Light, is a 100 metre-long installation located on the seawall handrail along Vancouver’s False Creek. Comprised of fibre optic cable lighting and marine-grade aluminum lettering, it literally underscores Chinook Jargon, a 19th Century local trade language, and the English that replaced it, to speak about the promise of technology and how different cultures have come to live together in that part of the world.

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Day’s LeeEdit

Day’s Lee is the author of the children’s picture book, "The Fragrant Garden," which was named “Our Choice” by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre in 2007. Her latest book is a young adult novel entitled "Guitar Hero." Her short stories which have appeared in anthologies including "The Ladies Killing Circle," have been nominated for the Arthur Ellis award for the Best Mystery Short Story of the Year, won honourable mention in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s short story contest, and placed third in Storyteller Magazine’s annual short story contest.


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