Uplift Asian
A series of programs to celebrate Asian cultures and perspectives, and push back against discrimination in our communities. Discover authors and artists, and hear discussions with Asian thinkers who represent a diversity of experiences across Asian communities in Vancouver.
2024 Lineup
Yilin Wang: The Art and Craft of Chinese Poetry Translation
Wednesday, April 3, 6:30pm–8:00pm
Sheung-King: Batshit Seven
Thursday, April 4, 7:00pm–8:00pm
Larissa Lai: The Lost Century
Wednesday, April 10, 7:00pm–8:00pm
Denise Chong: Out of Darkness
Saturday, April 27, 2:00pm–3:00pm
Big Fight in Little Chinatown: Film Screening & Panel
Monday, May 6, 6:00pm–8:30pm
Golden Delicious: Film Screening & Panel
Wednesday, May 8, 6:00pm–8:30pm
Jade Circle: A Multilingual Theatre Discussion
Wednesday, May 22, 7:00pm–8:00pm
Tessa Hulls: Feeding Ghosts
Saturday, May 25, 2:00pm–3:00pm
2023 Lineup & Replays
Lindsay Wong: Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality
Occurred on: Wednesday, April 12 | 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Ajay Parasram: Frequently Asked White Questions
Occurred on: Wednesday, April 19 | 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Henry Tsang: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver
Occurred on: Monday, May 8 | 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Kevin Chong: The Double Life of Benson Yu
Occurred on: Wednesday, May 10 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Chinese in Verse: A Night of Poetry Recitals 五月華文詩歌朗誦會
Occurred on: Thursday, May 11 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
The Spirits Have Nothing to Do With Us: New Chinese-Canadian Fiction
Occurred on: Tuesday, May 23 | 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Hate Can Kill: Canada’s Anti-Asian History in Film
Occurred on: Thursday, May 25 | 6:30 - 8:00 pm
2022 Lineup & Replays
Cheuk Kwan: Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World
Occurred on: Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Jack Wang: A Century of Chinese Migrant Stories
Occurred on: Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Divine Threads: Cantonese Opera in Vancouver
Occurred on: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Charles Yu: On Living as a Stereotype
Occurred on: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Chinatown Today and Tomorrow
Occurred on: Tuesday, March 29, 2022
One Line at a Time: Filipinx Spoken Word Artists
Occurred on: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Unearthing the Past: Japanese Canadian Artists on the Legacy of Internment
Occurred on: Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Lam Wong: Tea, Zen, and Contemporary Art
Occurred on: Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Not Recorded
Representation Matters: A Japanese Family Restaurant on Screen
Occurred on: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Not Recorded
Aaron Chan: This City is a Minefield
Occurred on: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Discovering My Taiwanese Identity in Canada - 在加拿大發現我的台灣認同
Occurred on: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Shyam Selvadurai: Mansions of the Moon
Occurred on: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Hallyu: K-pop and Activism
Occurred on: Thursday, May 26, 2022
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Upcoming Events
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“Don’t wait to learn and don’t wait to ask. Whatever your language is, spoken or unspoken, it can bring you closer to who you are.”
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Central Library -
How far do you have to run to escape your family's past, and what happens when you decide to stop running and face it instead?
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Central Library