No one chooses the circumstances they are born into – not their birthplace, ethnicity, socio-economic status, none of these. But that does not stop a dark side of humanity from …
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My impressions of Montréal were a haze of summer memories: Leonard Cohen’s mural just off Boulevard Saint-Laurent, not far from where mourners gathered on his doorstep upon hearing the news …
Translation may be found everywhere we look, but it is paradoxically rarely seen. The many complex ways of translation continually shape our understanding of the world. From world maps, to …
Australia-Canada Spotlight: Beverley Wang, “It’s Not a Race” Podcast & Liminal Magazine
by Gavin Hee
Asian Canadian, Asian Australian. We often think of identifiers like these in largely national terms. But many similar cultural and historical experiences bind us that have given rise to a …
Kitsilano is saturated with coffee shops. Liza Wajong counts five in the vicinity of her unassuming cafe. The interior of Nusa Coffee is warm despite the November chill, rich with …
Toronto Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Canada / 2017 / Rated 14A / 85:00 / English, Korean with English subtitles Stand Up Man is a film with a story which will resonate with young …
Alissa Cho doesn’t write “From: Aunt Alissa and Uncle Stevie” on the Christmas presents anymore. She and Stevie fight too much now and she worries if she writes their names …
You were the Sawdust Boy. That’s what everybody called you back when there were no electric stoves in the village. Elderly women making bets with their husbands’ cigarette money on …
She couldn’t sleep. It had been a horrible day. A day that felt like it was going out of its way to tell her that she wasn’t right for the …
For those lucky enough to be in Toronto between November 9-18, 2017, the fantastic Reel Asian International Film Festival will be in town. This 21-year-old festival will open with Yukiko …