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=== National Asian Heritage Month Video conference 2012 ===
=== National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012 ===
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[[File:Asian_heritage_month_logo_01.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Asian Heritage Month (AHM) logo]]
[[File:Asian_heritage_month_logo_01.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Asian Heritage Month (AHM) logo]]
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Saturday, May 6, 2012
 
Saturday, May 6, 2012
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<br>Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver
<br>Reaching out with performances by artists from Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver including
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<br>12:00PM-2:00PM (PDT)/3:00PM-5:00PM (EDT)
<br>''For the full schedule of the National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012 in <FONT COLOR="#FF0000$">EDT (Montreal time)</FONT>, please scroll down.''
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<br>To encourage exchange between provinces and communities, Festival Accès Asie shares with you <b>"Reaching Out”</b>, a video conference with performances, speakers and public interaction between three different cities in Canada. The Festival, with the help of emcee [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuro_Shigematsu Tetsuro Shigematsu], will host this year's video conference. Through the video conference cyber-technology, three performances by theatre group Jingju Canada will be broadcast live and programmed at McGill University with other speakers, performances and public discussion from Toronto and Vancouver.
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<br>The National Address will be given by <b>Senator Vivienne Poy</b>.
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[[File:Senator_Poy_photo.gif|125px|thumb|left|Senator Vivienne Poy]]
 
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<i> Senator Vivienne Poy </i>
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<br>As the first Canadian of Asian descent to be appointed to the Senate of Canada,[http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/wiki/ Vivienne]was instrumental in having May recognized as Asian Heritage Month in Canada. In December 2001, the Senate of Canada unanimously recognized May as Asian Heritage Month, following the passage of a motion introduced by Vivienne. In May 2002, the Government of Canada declared May as Asian Heritage Month in a formal signing ceremony. Vivienne now works closely with Asian Heritage Month Societies across Canada, serving as Honourary Patron of the Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society, Toronto's Asian Heritage Month - Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture Inc., and Vancouver's Asian Heritage Month Society, as well as Honourary Advisor to Montreal's Accés Asie Festival, and Honourary Co-Chair of the Asian Heritage Foundation (Southern Alberta). She also is supportive of activities in Victoria, Winnipeg, New Brunswick, and P.E.I.
 
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<br> Host <i> Tetsuro Shigematsu</i> is a Canadian radio broadcaster, comedian and filmmaker. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuro_Shigematsu Tetsuro]] was a former host on CBC radio. He's Also a Reality TV Star on a Show Called The Deadliest Warrior. And he's currently doing a YouTube channel called [http://www.youtube.com/user/ Shiggy TV].
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<br>''For the full schedule of the National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012 in <FONT COLOR="#FF0000$">EDT (Montreal time)</FONT>, please scroll down.''
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=== Montreal Event Details ===
 
=== Montreal Event Details ===
 
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[[File:Acess_Asie_Montreal.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Festival Accès Asie]]
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[http://accesasie.com/?lang=en/ Festival Accès Asie]
 
<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">3 pm to 5 pm (Eastern Daylight Time EDT, Montreal time)</FONT>
 
<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">3 pm to 5 pm (Eastern Daylight Time EDT, Montreal time)</FONT>
 
<br> McGill University
 
<br> McGill University
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<br> Free admission
 
<br> Free admission
  
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<br> From Montreal, a performance by acclaimed Beijing opera group, Jing Ju Canada.
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[[File:Jing_Ju.jpg|170px|thumb|left|Jingju Canada]]
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<br><i> Jingju Canada </i>
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<br> [http://jingju.ca/ Jingju Canada]. is a theatre company which is dedicated to maintaining and sharing the tradition of Jingju in Canada.  Jingju has a rich heritage and is a truly complete art form combining athletics, character, dance, storytelling, singing, and design in one holistic theatrical form which is rarely seen on the Western stage.
  
<br>To encourage exchange between provinces and communities, Festival Accès Asie shares with you “Reaching Out”, a video conference with performances, speakers and public interaction between three different cities in Canada. The Festival will host this year a video conference in which representatives from the Canadian Asian Heritage Month will interact through their performances. Through this cyber-technology, three performances of music and dance by Festival Accès Asie will be broadcast live and programmed at McGill University with other speakers, performances and public discussion with
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<br>With the artistic direction of Shijia Jiang – a graduate of the directing department of the [http://international.nacta.edu.cn/en/index.asp/ National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts] with over 17 years of training and experience working professionally in China – Jingju Canada maintains a company of performers from a variety of cultural backgrounds.  These performers specialize in specific archetypal character roles so as to keep with traditional training techniques and perform Jingju in its traditional form complete with authentic costumes and makeup.
Toronto and Vancouver.  
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<br>[[File:Acess_Asie_Montreal.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Festival Accès Asie]]
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<br>Biography of the Montreal Asian Heritage Month representative:
Biography of the Montreal Asian Heritage Month representative:
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<br> <i>Janet Lumb</i>, co-founder and artistic director of Festival has designed this project to enable encounters between three Canadian cities. “Reaching Out” continues the Festival’s objectives to create and meet, despite the distances, allowing the public to discover the talents of Asian artists in Montreal and in Canada. Inspired to defy Canada’s geographic boundaries, she brings artists, audiences and communities together from across the country.   
 
<br> <i>Janet Lumb</i>, co-founder and artistic director of Festival has designed this project to enable encounters between three Canadian cities. “Reaching Out” continues the Festival’s objectives to create and meet, despite the distances, allowing the public to discover the talents of Asian artists in Montreal and in Canada. Inspired to defy Canada’s geographic boundaries, she brings artists, audiences and communities together from across the country.   
 
<br> From Montreal, a performance by acclaimed Beijing opera group, Jing Ju Canada
 
The Vancouver and Toronto audiences will have the chance to witness these live Montreal performances as well as the pleasure of discovering speakers, publics and  artists from the other cities.
 
 
<br><i> Jing Ju Canada </i>
 
<br> Jingju Canada is a theatre company which is dedicated to maintaining and sharing the tradition of Jingju in Canada.  Jingju has a rich heritage and is a truly complete art form combining athletics, character, dance, storytelling, singing, and design in one holistic theatric form which is rarely seen on the Western stage.
 
 
With the artistic direction of Shijia Jiang – a graduate of the directing department of the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts with over 17 years of training and experience working professionally in China – Jingju Canada maintains a company of performers from a variety of cultural backgrounds.  These performers specialize in specific archetypal character roles so as to keep with traditional training techniques and perform Jingju in its traditional form complete with authentic costumes and makeup.
 
  
 
=== Toronto Event Details ===
 
=== Toronto Event Details ===
<br>Toronto Asian Heritage Month is offering a presentation by Dr. Eric Fong, professor of sociology in the Canadian Studies Program at the University of Toronto.
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[[File:Virtual_Toronto.jpg|125px|thumb|left|VMACCH]]
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[http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/wiki/Virtual_Museum_of_Asian_Canadian_Cultural_Heritage_(VMACCH/ Asian Heritage Month Toronto]
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<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">3 pm to 5 pm (Eastern Daylight Time EDT, Toronto time)</FONT>
 
<br>University of Toronto
 
<br>University of Toronto
<br>15 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, M5S 3H7
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<br>Council Chambers, Simcoe Hall
<br>Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.
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<br>27 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario
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<br> Free admission
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<br>Toronto Asian Heritage Month is offering a presentation by Dr. Eric Fong, professor of sociology in the Canadian Studies Program at the University of Toronto.
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<br>[[File:Eric_Fong.jpg|120px|thumb|left|Professor Eric Fong]]
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<br><i>Professor Eric Fong</i>
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<br>[http://seevi.soc.utoronto.ca/cv/reports/webprofile.php?fsid=16/ Professor Eric Fong] will be presenting "An Update on The Economic and Social Well‐Being of Asians in Canada".
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<br>Dr. Fong is a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. He is also the current vice president of the Canadian Population Society, the chair-elect of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association, and the former president of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association.  Fong has edited three books and over 50 papers.
  
[[File:Virtual_Toronto.jpg|170px|thumb|left|VMACCH]]
 
 
<br>Biography of the Toronto Asian Heritage Month representative:
 
<br>Biography of the Toronto Asian Heritage Month representative:
<br><i>Dr Kay Li</i> is President of Asian Heritage Month--Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc. She is Project Leader of the Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH) and the Asian Heritage Month Festivals funded by Canadian Heritage, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Toronto Arts Council. Kay also organizes the annual Asian Heritage Month Lectures and Education Roundtables at University of Toronto and York University.
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<br><i>Dr Kay Li</i> is President of Asian Heritage Month-Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc. She is Project Leader of the Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH) and the Asian Heritage Month Festivals funded by Canadian Heritage, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Toronto Arts Council. Kay also organizes the annual Asian Heritage Month Lectures and Education Roundtables at University of Toronto and York University.
  
<br><i>Professor Eric Fong</i>
 
<br>Professor Eric Fong will be presenting "How well Asians do in Canada?".
 
<br>Dr. Fong is a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto.
 
He is also the current vice president of the Canadian Population Society, the chair-elect of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association, and the former president of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association.  Fong has edited three books and over 50 papers.
 
  
 
=== Vancouver Event Details ===
 
=== Vancouver Event Details ===
<br>This is to let you know that we at VAHMS have decided to host the Vancouver event in a studio of the UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT), where they have video conferencing capability. They will be provding us with the equipment  and technical support to work with you in linking us up Montreal and the other two participating cities.
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[[File:Logo_ahm.jpg|160px|thumb|left|exploASIAN]]
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[http://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/wiki/Asian_Heritage_Society_Vancouver/ Asian Heritage Society Vancouver]
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<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">12 pm to 2 pm (Pacific Standard Time PST, Vancouver time)</FONT>
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<br>University of British Columbia
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<br>Room -0112, 2329 West Mall, (corner of West Mall and Agronomy Red next to Campus Mail)
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<br>University Services Building
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<br>Vancouver, British Columbia
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<br>Free admission
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<br>Pay Parking off Lower Mall – West Parkade
  
<br>2329 West Mall, #0112
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<br>Vancouver Asian Heritage Month will be showcasing two fantastic influencers from B.C., Dr. Henry Yu and R.J. Aquino.
<br>Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
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[[File:Henry_Yu_CHRP.jpg|125px|thumb|left|Professor Henry Yu]]
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<br><i>Professor Henry Yu</i>
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<br>[http://www.history.ubc.ca/people/henry-yu/ Dr. Henry Yu] will be presenting his involvement and experience with a $1.2 million multi-media platform: [http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca/ Chinese Canadian Stories].
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<br>Dr. Yu is the Principal for St. John's Graduate College (UBC) and Director of the Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC).  Outside of UBC, Dr. Yu serves as Co-Chair for City of Vancouver's "Dialogues Between First Nations, Urban Aboriginal, and Immigrant Communities in Vancouver" as well as a founding member of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC.
 
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<br>Biography of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month representative:
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[[File:RJ_Aquino_WEB.jpg|115px|thumb|left|RJ Aquino]]
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<br><i>R.J. Aquino</i>
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<br>[http://rjaquino.ca/ R.J.] will be presenting on his experience with invigorating and uniting the Filipino community in Vancouver.
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<br> R.J. Aquino is the Co-Founder of [http://tulayan.com/ Tulayan], an organization that builds bridges between the Filipino community here and abroad with other communities in Vancouver. Aquino also serves as an executive for the Vancouver municipal party, COPE.
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<br>Biography of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month representatives:
 
<br><i>Winnie Cheung</i>, an international and Intercultural educator, is a longstanding supporter of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society. As a current Board Member, she has assumed the role of Interim Executive Director to help the Board reinvent the organization and reach out to youth and municipalities beyond the City of Vancouver within the region.
 
<br><i>Winnie Cheung</i>, an international and Intercultural educator, is a longstanding supporter of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society. As a current Board Member, she has assumed the role of Interim Executive Director to help the Board reinvent the organization and reach out to youth and municipalities beyond the City of Vancouver within the region.
 
 
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<br><i>Linton B. Chokie</i> With 10 years experience in event planning and management, it is safe to say Linton loves it.  When he is not raising money for cancer research with the Ride to Conquer Cancer, you can find Linton living out his other passions in sustainability and grass roots community work with awesome groups such as NAAAP and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society.
 
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<br><i>Ray Hsu</i>,
 
http://killingthebuddha.com/mag/psalm/a-package-arrives/
 
Poet-schmoet. Ray Hsu is a rockstar who happens to write books. Ray
 
describes himself as the neighbourhood kid who gets everyone to build
 
a snowfort. His catchphrases include, "What can I do to help?" and
 
"You know, what would be cool is if..." Ray is author of Anthropy
 
(winner of the Gerald Lampert Award) and Cold Sleep Permanent
 
Afternoon. At last count he has published over a hundred and
 
twenty-five poems in over forty journals internationally. He has more
 
degrees than he knows what to do with. He taught writing for over two
 
years in a U.S. prison. He now teaches at the University of British
 
Columbia, where he collaborates across disciplines, districts, and
 
dinner tables. When he isn't winning poetry or teaching awards, he
 
kicks back with a can of Chef Boyardee and a snifter of Hennessey.
 
Catch him at thewayofray.com.
 
  
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=== Schedule (EDT) (subject to change)===
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<br> 3:00 pm Welcome from MC (Master of Ceremony), Tetsuro Shigematsu in Vancouver
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<br><b> 3:03 pm Vancouver MC intros (introduces) Senator Vivienne Poy</b>
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<br> 3:04 pm Toronto, Senator Vivienne Poy – National Address
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<br> 3:09 pm Vancouver MC intros Toronto Asian Heritage Month (AHM)
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<br> 3:10 pm Toronto Professor Emily Gilbert introduces speaker
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<br><b> 3:15 pm Toronto Prof. Eric Fong: “An Update on The Economic and Social Well‐Being of Asians in Canada"</b>
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<br> 3:25 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
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<br> 3:35 pm Vancouver MC intros Festival Accès Asie and Beijing Theatre Group Jingju, Opera titled Crossroads (Montreal)
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<br><b> 3:36 pm Montreal Crossroads: two main characters meet each other and build their mistrust of each other</b>
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<br> 3:41 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
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<br> 3:46 pm Vancouver MC intros Vancouver speaker
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<br><b> 3:47 pm Vancouver Prof. Henry Yu: Chinese Canadian Stories project</b>
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<br> 3:57 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
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<br> 4:07 pm Vancouver MC intros Jingju double sword scene
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<br><b> 4:08 pm Montreal Crossroads: double sword scene</b>
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<br> 4:11 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
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<br> 4:14 pm Vancouver MC intros Vancouver speaker RJ Aquino
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<br><b> 4:15 pm Vancouver RJ Aquino: Invigorating and uniting the Filipino community in Vancouver</b>
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<br> 4:25 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
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<br> 4:35 pm Vancouver MC intros Jingju night fighting scene
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<br><b> 4:36 pm Montreal Crossroads: night fighting scene</b>
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<br> 4:48 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
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<br> 4:58 pm videoconference ends with Vancouver MC
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<br> 5:00 pm Close-up and hang-up
  
<br><i> Joyce Lam</i>
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=== Related Documents ===
<br>Joyce Lam is the co-Founder and Artistic Producer of the Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT).  In 2009, she produced Rodgers & Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song, a show that has never been a full production in Vancouver since the show's inception in 1958.  In 2008, VACT produced Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple to emphasize that Asian Canadians can play non-race specific roles and where she introduced Mandarin surtitles to entice Chinese speaking patrons to English speaking theatre. Also in 2008, she produced weekly comedy sketch segments for AZN Lifestyles TV on CityTV to dispel Asian stereotypes.  This year Joyce is thrilled to have developed & produced RED LETTERS, an original Chinese Canadian musical about a significant historical event for Chinese Canadians.  She hopes you will continue to support VACT in showcasing stories about Asian Canadians.  Joyce was recognized with the 2010 BC Community Achievement Award for connecting Asian Canadian & mainstream communities through theatre.
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<br><i>Alan Bau – Music & Lyrics Composer</i>
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<br>Alan Bau has been composing music for over twenty years. He wrote his first musical in 1995 and one of his songs is used as a theme song for the joint Hong Kong Catholic School reunions in Toronto. RED LETTERS is his first produced musical, which started development in 2006 with the help and support of Joyce Lam and VACT. Alan is pleased to have had the opportunity to study under Canada Pops Orchestra founder David Warrack and would also like to thank Canstage for their support of RED LETTERS and of musical workshops over the years.
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<br><i>Kathy Leung – Book Writer</i>
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* Schedule of Events  [[File:Asian_Heritage_Month_National_Videoconference_2012_Schedule.v10.pdf‎]]
<br>Kathy Leung has been involved with independent film and theatre since 2002 in various roles from director and writer to all‐around go‐to gopher. Her first script, Lily’s Crickets, was produced and screened at numerous festivals including the Vancouver Asian Film Festival and the Asian American International Film Festival. It also received a Leo award nomination and two Golden Sheaf nominations including one for Best Short Film – Multicultural/Race Relations Category. Her screenplay for Script This was selected for Whistler International Film Festival's Short Scripts Competition, while Cheque Please and The Rules of Engagement (co-written with Matt Yoshikazu Gates) were chosen for CityTV's Cinecity Initiatives. In 2007, she made her theatrical directing debut with Twisting Fortunes, a two‐act play staged at the Playwrights Theatre Centre. RED LETTERS is Kathy’s first full‐length stage play.
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* Videoconference 2012 Consent form/Formulaire Consentement [[File: Formulaire_Consentement_Consent_Form_2012.pdf]]
 
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* Montreal Videoconference Poster  [[File:Montreal_-_Jingju_-_Fight-in-the-dark.pdf]]
===Full schedule of the National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012 in <FONT COLOR="#FF0000$">Eastern Daylight Time, EDT (Montreal time)</FONT>===
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* Toronto Videoconference Poster [[File: Asian_Heritage_Month_Toronto_Videoconference_Poster_2012.pdf]]
 
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* University of Toronto Simcoe Hall Campus Map [[File: UofT_Simcoe_Hall_Campus_Map.pdf]]
<br>In Montreal  
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<br>9 am-arrival of Accès Asie team, AVW, Ziya and Kiya, set up
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<br>9: 40 am - Arrival of dancers with Michel and Saxon
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<br>10:00 am-artists ready and on stage for tech check, Constantinople
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<br>10:20 am - Arrival of Shawn and Sudesna
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<br>10: 40 am- artists ready and on stage for tech check, Michel hip-hop
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<br>11:20 am- artists ready and on stage for tech check, Sudesna & Shawn
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<br>12 pm-1 pm-lunch is provided for all
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<br>1 pm-in house tech check
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<br>2 pm-(Montreal, Toronto Time), 11 am(Vancouver Time), 12 pm (Calgary Time) on line technical run through of cue to cue, city to city of 4 cities with MC, Tetsuro
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<br>3 pm –begin videoconference on line, Tetsuro (MC) welcomes and introduces the AHM videoconference to all 4 cities (1 minute)
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<br>3:01 pm- Tetsuro introduces Pr. Coloma from Toronto (1min)
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<br>3:02 pm- Pr. Roland Sintos Coloma from Toronto (13 min)
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<br>3:15 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A, introducess Mayi from Calgary (4min)
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<br>3:19 pm- Mayi introduces Hui Nancy Li(1min)
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<br>3:20 pm- Pipa performance by Hui Nancy Li (live performance) (10min)
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<br>3:30 pm- Tetsuro animates public Q&A, introduces Winnie from Vancouver (4min)
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<br>3:34 pm- Winnie introduces Ray Hsu (1min)
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<br>3:35 pm- Ray Hsu from Vancouver (20 min)
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<br>3:55 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A, introduces Janet from Montreal (4min)
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<br>3:59 pm- Janet introduces Sudesna & Shawn (1 min)
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<br>4:00 pm- Sudesna & Shawn (13 min)
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<br>4:13 pm-Tetsuro animates the public Q&A with Shawn and Sudesna (4min)
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<br>4:17 pm- Tetsuro introduces Julie Metha from Toronto(1min)
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<br>4:18 pm- Julie Metha from Toronto (13min)
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<br>4:31 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A, presents Mayi from Calgary (4min)
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<br>4:35 pm- Mayi introduces Vietnamese Youth Association (1min)
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<br>4:36 pm- Dance performance of Vietnam’s three regions by the Calgary Vietnamese Youth Association (10min)
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<br>4:46 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A (4min)
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<br>5:00 pm- Janet inroduces Montreal with Michel Lim and Saxon Fraser (1min)
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<br>5:01 pm- Michel, Ddimplz & Did,3min., Saxon & Fred,4min., Michelsolo,2min. (12min)
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<br>5:13 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A with Michel and Saxon (4min)
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<br>5:17 pm- Tetsuro introduces Lien Chao and Peng Ma from Toronto (1min)
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<br>5:18 pm- Lien Chao and Peng Ma from Toronto (13 min)
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<br>5:31 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A, presents Mayi from Calgary(4min)
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<br>5:35 pm- Mayi introduces “Straight to it” (1min)
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<br>5:36 pm- All-styles dance performed by “Straight to it” (live performance) (10min)
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<br>5:46 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A, presents Winnie from Vancouver (4min)
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<br>5:50 pm- Winnie introduces Joyce Lam (1min)
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<br>5:51 pm- Joyce Lam from Vancouver (20min)
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<br>6:11 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A (4min), presents Janet from Montreal
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<br>6:15 pm- Janet introduces Montreal with Kiya and Ziya (1min)
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<br>6:16 pm- Montreal Constantinople (13min)
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<br>6:29 pm- Tetsuro animates public Q&A, Kiya & Ziya, presents Mayi of Calgary (4min)
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<br>6:33 pm- Mayi introduces Dr Hieu Van Ngo (1min)
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<br>6:34 pm- Talk on “Reaching Out” by Dr Hieu Van Ngo (10min)
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<br>6:44 pm- Tetsuro animates the public Q&A (4min)
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<br>6:48 pm- open Q&A (10min)
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<br>6:58 pm- Tetsuro, thank yous, all publics, all cities say farewells
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<br>7:00 pm- sign off line, wrap up
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<br>8:00 pm- out of venue
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=== Related Documents ===
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* Schedule of Events [[File:schedule.pdf]]
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''Schedule of the National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012 is in <FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Eastern Daylight Time, EDT (Montreal time)</FONT>''
* Toronto Schedule and bios [[File:Toronto.pdf]]
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* English Press Release [[File:epressrelease.pdf]]
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* French Press Release [[File:fpressrelease.pdf]]
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National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012


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[edit] National Asian Heritage Month Video conference 2012

Asian Heritage Month (AHM) logo

Saturday, May 6, 2012
Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver
12:00PM-2:00PM (PDT)/3:00PM-5:00PM (EDT)

To encourage exchange between provinces and communities, Festival Accès Asie shares with you "Reaching Out”, a video conference with performances, speakers and public interaction between three different cities in Canada. The Festival, with the help of emcee Tetsuro Shigematsu, will host this year's video conference. Through the video conference cyber-technology, three performances by theatre group Jingju Canada will be broadcast live and programmed at McGill University with other speakers, performances and public discussion from Toronto and Vancouver.


The National Address will be given by Senator Vivienne Poy.

Senator Vivienne Poy


Senator Vivienne Poy
As the first Canadian of Asian descent to be appointed to the Senate of Canada,Viviennewas instrumental in having May recognized as Asian Heritage Month in Canada. In December 2001, the Senate of Canada unanimously recognized May as Asian Heritage Month, following the passage of a motion introduced by Vivienne. In May 2002, the Government of Canada declared May as Asian Heritage Month in a formal signing ceremony. Vivienne now works closely with Asian Heritage Month Societies across Canada, serving as Honourary Patron of the Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society, Toronto's Asian Heritage Month - Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture Inc., and Vancouver's Asian Heritage Month Society, as well as Honourary Advisor to Montreal's Accés Asie Festival, and Honourary Co-Chair of the Asian Heritage Foundation (Southern Alberta). She also is supportive of activities in Victoria, Winnipeg, New Brunswick, and P.E.I.




Host Tetsuro Shigematsu is a Canadian radio broadcaster, comedian and filmmaker. Tetsuro] was a former host on CBC radio. He's Also a Reality TV Star on a Show Called The Deadliest Warrior. And he's currently doing a YouTube channel called Shiggy TV.

For the full schedule of the National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012 in EDT (Montreal time), please scroll down.

[edit] Montreal Event Details

Festival Accès Asie

Festival Accès Asie 3 pm to 5 pm (Eastern Daylight Time EDT, Montreal time)
McGill University
Burnside Hall, Multimedia Room 107
805 Sherbrook West
Free admission


From Montreal, a performance by acclaimed Beijing opera group, Jing Ju Canada.

Jingju Canada


Jingju Canada
Jingju Canada. is a theatre company which is dedicated to maintaining and sharing the tradition of Jingju in Canada. Jingju has a rich heritage and is a truly complete art form combining athletics, character, dance, storytelling, singing, and design in one holistic theatrical form which is rarely seen on the Western stage.


With the artistic direction of Shijia Jiang – a graduate of the directing department of the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts with over 17 years of training and experience working professionally in China – Jingju Canada maintains a company of performers from a variety of cultural backgrounds. These performers specialize in specific archetypal character roles so as to keep with traditional training techniques and perform Jingju in its traditional form complete with authentic costumes and makeup.


Biography of the Montreal Asian Heritage Month representative:
Janet Lumb, co-founder and artistic director of Festival has designed this project to enable encounters between three Canadian cities. “Reaching Out” continues the Festival’s objectives to create and meet, despite the distances, allowing the public to discover the talents of Asian artists in Montreal and in Canada. Inspired to defy Canada’s geographic boundaries, she brings artists, audiences and communities together from across the country.

[edit] Toronto Event Details


VMACCH

Asian Heritage Month Toronto 3 pm to 5 pm (Eastern Daylight Time EDT, Toronto time)
University of Toronto
Council Chambers, Simcoe Hall
27 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario
Free admission


Toronto Asian Heritage Month is offering a presentation by Dr. Eric Fong, professor of sociology in the Canadian Studies Program at the University of Toronto.


Professor Eric Fong


Professor Eric Fong
Professor Eric Fong will be presenting "An Update on The Economic and Social Well‐Being of Asians in Canada".
Dr. Fong is a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto. He is also the current vice president of the Canadian Population Society, the chair-elect of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association, and the former president of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association. Fong has edited three books and over 50 papers.


Biography of the Toronto Asian Heritage Month representative:
Dr Kay Li is President of Asian Heritage Month-Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc. She is Project Leader of the Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH) and the Asian Heritage Month Festivals funded by Canadian Heritage, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Toronto Arts Council. Kay also organizes the annual Asian Heritage Month Lectures and Education Roundtables at University of Toronto and York University.


[edit] Vancouver Event Details


exploASIAN

Asian Heritage Society Vancouver 12 pm to 2 pm (Pacific Standard Time PST, Vancouver time)
University of British Columbia
Room -0112, 2329 West Mall, (corner of West Mall and Agronomy Red next to Campus Mail)
University Services Building
Vancouver, British Columbia
Free admission
Pay Parking off Lower Mall – West Parkade


Vancouver Asian Heritage Month will be showcasing two fantastic influencers from B.C., Dr. Henry Yu and R.J. Aquino.

Professor Henry Yu


Professor Henry Yu
Dr. Henry Yu will be presenting his involvement and experience with a $1.2 million multi-media platform: Chinese Canadian Stories.
Dr. Yu is the Principal for St. John's Graduate College (UBC) and Director of the Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC). Outside of UBC, Dr. Yu serves as Co-Chair for City of Vancouver's "Dialogues Between First Nations, Urban Aboriginal, and Immigrant Communities in Vancouver" as well as a founding member of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC.

RJ Aquino


R.J. Aquino
R.J. will be presenting on his experience with invigorating and uniting the Filipino community in Vancouver.
R.J. Aquino is the Co-Founder of Tulayan, an organization that builds bridges between the Filipino community here and abroad with other communities in Vancouver. Aquino also serves as an executive for the Vancouver municipal party, COPE.

Biography of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month representatives:
Winnie Cheung, an international and Intercultural educator, is a longstanding supporter of the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society. As a current Board Member, she has assumed the role of Interim Executive Director to help the Board reinvent the organization and reach out to youth and municipalities beyond the City of Vancouver within the region.

Linton B. Chokie With 10 years experience in event planning and management, it is safe to say Linton loves it. When he is not raising money for cancer research with the Ride to Conquer Cancer, you can find Linton living out his other passions in sustainability and grass roots community work with awesome groups such as NAAAP and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society.

[edit] Schedule (EDT) (subject to change)


3:00 pm Welcome from MC (Master of Ceremony), Tetsuro Shigematsu in Vancouver
3:03 pm Vancouver MC intros (introduces) Senator Vivienne Poy
3:04 pm Toronto, Senator Vivienne Poy – National Address
3:09 pm Vancouver MC intros Toronto Asian Heritage Month (AHM)
3:10 pm Toronto Professor Emily Gilbert introduces speaker
3:15 pm Toronto Prof. Eric Fong: “An Update on The Economic and Social Well‐Being of Asians in Canada"
3:25 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
3:35 pm Vancouver MC intros Festival Accès Asie and Beijing Theatre Group Jingju, Opera titled Crossroads (Montreal)
3:36 pm Montreal Crossroads: two main characters meet each other and build their mistrust of each other
3:41 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
3:46 pm Vancouver MC intros Vancouver speaker
3:47 pm Vancouver Prof. Henry Yu: Chinese Canadian Stories project
3:57 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
4:07 pm Vancouver MC intros Jingju double sword scene
4:08 pm Montreal Crossroads: double sword scene
4:11 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
4:14 pm Vancouver MC intros Vancouver speaker RJ Aquino
4:15 pm Vancouver RJ Aquino: Invigorating and uniting the Filipino community in Vancouver
4:25 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
4:35 pm Vancouver MC intros Jingju night fighting scene
4:36 pm Montreal Crossroads: night fighting scene
4:48 pm Vancouver MC & public Q&A
4:58 pm videoconference ends with Vancouver MC
5:00 pm Close-up and hang-up

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Schedule of the National Asian Heritage Month Videoconference 2012 is in Eastern Daylight Time, EDT (Montreal time)

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