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==Ziwei Liu (Katie)==

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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 Calugay==

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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 Raouf==

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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.  

==Atif Siddiqi==

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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

==Kyra Shaughnessy==

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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

==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.

==Reena Almoneda-Chang==

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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.

==Chittakone Baccam Thirakul==

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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.

==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.

==Florence Yee==

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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.

   

==Amy Yee==

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Amy is a recent journalism graduate from Carleton University. During her time there, she started a student organization known as the Asian Canadians Association and developed a sister one at the University of Ottawa in the following year. The organization worked to develop community on campus and discuss Asian Canadian issues and experiences.

==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.