User:Asian Canadian Wiki
Arts Group Developer
Mandate
Asian Canadian wiki is a website dedicated to promoting Asian Canadian community and is a database of all things Asian Canadian - from artists, scientists, leaders, to cultural centres, community organizations and festivals.
Vision Statement
The Asian Canadian Wiki team is dedicated to working to end all forms of discrimination, including racism and stereotyping.
Who Are We
We are a collective of like-minded Canadians who believe in the democratization and accessibility of information sharing.
- Janet Lumb: Directing Coordinator
- Rob Parungao: Moderator/Project Coordinator
- Elena Kusaka: Moderator/Summer Project Coordinator
- Festival Accès Asie: Moderator
- Heeseung Ko: Moderator
- Adrienne Vicente: Moderator
- Allan Lee: Moderator
- Speranza Spir: Contributor
- Xi Feng: Contributor
- Florence So: Website Networker
- Mike Chan: Logo Designer
Setup and ongoing guidance provided by David Mason of zooid organisation.
History and News
The intent of this site was to gather like-minded Asian Canadians from arts and cultural communities to participate in a Asian Heritage Symposium in Montreal in 2010. Locating Asian Canadian artists, arts organizations, communities and centres was a challenging process. We realized that connecting these communities required more research and development.
The asiancanadianwiki.org was soon created by compiling renowned artists, established artist organizations, and re-usable third-party information into a online resource. Spearheaded by Festival Accès Asie, the site was created by a small team of dedicated volunteers to realize objectives for the National Asian Heritage Month Symposium.
With funding from Canada Council for the Arts and with your support, in 2012 we “kickstarted” asiancanadianwiki.org with design elements and substantial and credible content. Our hope is that the site will have the necessary visibility and participation to foster connection, culture and community.
2010 Asian Heritage Symposium
In September 2010, Accès Asie (aka Montreal Asian Heritage Festival) hosted a national Asian Heritage Symposium in Montreal. The symposium offered discussion and coaching activities led by speakers who are known for their leadership in the respective areas of cultural strategy, fundraising strategies and diversity-equity policy implementation.
Who Is Asian?
The definition of "Asian" includes people of mixed race, and/or those who ethnically identify themselves as Asian. It could also be defined geographically and may apply to people who come from or whose ancestors come from any of the countries considered part of "Asia"m
Asia is generally defined as comprising the eastern four-fifths of Eurasia. It is located to the east of the Suez Canal and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma-Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by thePacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.
East Asia
- Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan
Southeast Asia
- Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore
South Asia
- Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Central & Middle Eastern Asia
- Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Afghanistan, Armenia
Canada Council of the Arts
This project was made possible by Canada Council of the Arts in 2012.
Contact Us
asiancanadianwiki[at]gmail.com or write on our Discussion page
Development Meeting Minutes
Next meeting: Sunday, August 24th, 2 pm PST (5pm EST)