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Allan Cho
@allancho.bsky.social
Political science 28%
Sociology 25%

Very sad about disability advocate Alice Wong's passing. Her influence was immense in raising awareness of marginalized and disabled people. She lived a life that truly made this world a better place. Rest in power.
gofund.me/be6a5497a #rip #disabilityvisibilityproject
Donate to Help finish Alice’s work, organized by yomi wrong
Our comrade, friend, collaborator and fierce Tiger Mischief Maker, Alice Wong, needs us. As yo… yomi wrong needs your support for Help finish Alice’s work
gofund.me

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Ricepaper's Executive Editor and multi-genre writer, Allan Cho, interviews PP Wong, author of the new novel, Slice the Water -- a dystopian thriller, a speculative fiction, and a coming-of-age story ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/11/writ... #asiancanadian #diversityLIT

Looking forward to "emerge 25: The Writer’s Studio Anthology" from
@TWSSFU
tidewaterpress.ca/emerge-25/

"The Exodus of Faculty Librarians of Color from the California State University System" is a fascinating conversation between 3 BIPOC librarians who share their suffering under the oppression of racism and intolerance commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/9hfyt7p0... #academia #lis
A Conversation: The Exodus of Faculty Librarians of Color from the California State University System
🎧 Three former CSU librarians reflect on their experiences on the tenure-track system, life as LoCs, and explore the data and responses of an information gathering study on the lived experiences of ot...
commonplace.knowledgefutures.org

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We’re pleased to announce that Kaetrena Davis Kendrick @kaetrena.bsky.social is hosting the Library Workplace Morale Renewals Colloquium on Thurs. July 17 at 11am on Zoom. This session is based on her extensive research on low morale and includes a Q&A. Register today! bclaconnect.ca/resources/co...

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of ACWW at the LiterASIAN Writers Festival in June 2025 with/ Catherine Clement's new book, "The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act," on June 28, at the Chinese Canadian Museum www.allancho.com/2025/04/cele... #literasian #asiancanadian #LIS

An essential new title, "Well-Being in the Library Workplace: A Handbook for Managers" - a must-read for anyone in libraries and archives. A beautifully designed book cover as well! alastore.ala.org/wblw #lis

Applications for 2025/2026 Writer-in-Residence Program are now open
ikblc.ubc.ca/initiatives/...

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Exciting news! The ViMLoC Mentorship Program is now accepting applications for the 2025 session. This mentoring session will run from May 1st to June 30th, 2025. Apply by Apr 20th, 2025. vimloc.org/mentorship/
Mentorship Program
At ViMLoC we believe that mentorship for visible minority librarians is an important aspect to recruit, retain, and revitalize the library workforce. To ensure that librarians are supported to over…
vimloc.org

A wonderful event featuring UBC Library's inaugural Writer-in-Residence Tsering Yangzom Lama, moderated by Word Vancouver's Festival Director, Bonnie Nish. Thank you to Bonnie and Word Vancouver for its partnership in creating this program with us ikblc.ubc.ca/initiatives/...

This panel features editors Allan Cho, Jessica Key, and Cadence Mandybura, moderated by FBCW host Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho. The discussion will delve into key aspects of pitching to magazine editors bcwriters.ca/event-6090116

The BC Museums Association will be hosting an important event virtually on January 22nd from 12:00pm - 1:00pm. It’s the BCMA Webinar: Learning to be Better – creating a healthy, ethical climate in your organization to learn more. Click here to learn more and register museum.bc.ca/event-list/?...

Dr. Brian Goldman explores intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy, or ISTDP, a kind of talk therapy that is gaining a reputation for helping long-suffering patients with unexplained symptoms www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca

It’s concerning that “potential cuts to Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts [will] threaten the very backbone of cultural institutions across the country.” Although I hope it doesn’t happen, arts is often rhe first to go in budget crises pancouver.ca/the-growing-... look
The growing challenges for arts nonprofits: a call for partnership and support - Pancouver
In a diverse country such as Canada, the arts do more than entertain—they connect us to our shared humanity.
pancouver.ca

The Lower Mainland Curators Group presents its first meeting of 2025 on Thursday, February 13 from 3:00-4:30 pm. Join virtually via Zoom for an insightful and practical conversation about oral history projects. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session.

Utmost of concern that Republicans (MAGA) Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/t...
G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election (Published 2023)
A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics.
www.nytimes.com

A fascinating documentary that follows the largest fMRI randomized controlled trial challenging conventional wisdom about chronic pain, and revolutionizing treatment for millions. www.collectiveeye.org/products/pai...
Pain Brain
PAIN BRAIN is a documentary film that explores a new understanding of chronic pain that may provide hope to the millions who suffer.
www.collectiveeye.org

Proud to be a part of this event with Tsering Yangzom Lama and Bonnie Nish from Word Vancouver!

Books that I have on my reading list this Xmas break

Fantastic Directory of Literary Magazines in Canada from Literary Magazines Canada Collective

litmags.ca/directory/

This is for anyone considering a career change in 2025 due to a toxic work environment, but especially for those who work in library and information studies. A brave piece by Naomi Smith youtu.be/_AJjI3uB7IE?... #lis
Libraries are Toxic! The Truth About Why I left my Toxic Job to become a Content Creator
YouTube video by Black and Gold Education 🖤
youtu.be

On my Xmas reading list — On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction archive.org/download/OnW...
archive.org

Manuscript Consultation Office Hours with UBC Library Writer-in-Residence Tsering Yangzom Lama @ubclibrary

Wonderful opportunity to spend time together #FatherSon

From Head Tax to Hockey Heroes
How Canadians’ favourite sport helped a Chinese immigrant family find acceptance in small-town Ontario www.canadashistory.ca/explore/sett... #asiancanadian
From Head Tax to Hockey Heroes - Canada's Historysearch-iconclosesearch-iconclose
How Canadians’ favourite sport helped a Chinese immigrant family find acceptance in small-town Ontario.
www.canadashistory.ca

Congratulations to UBC prof. Wendy H. Wong who wins the Balsillie Prize for best public policy book that recognizes nonfiction that advances public discourse. This is a fascinating book direct.mit.edu/books/book/5... #data
We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age
A rallying call for extending human rights beyond our physical selves—and why we need to reboot rights in our data-intensive world.Our data-intensive world
direct.mit.edu

Delicious Turkish tea from this restaurant I just discovered called Istanbul in Metro Vancouver. I’m loving it! istanbulrestaurant.ca

A really interesting piece by Joanne Lee Young, "Passing the art of traditional Cantonese culinary 'magic' to a new generation of B.C. chefs" - reminds us how the tradition of cuisine is ephemeral without passing down through generations vancouversun.com/feature/chin...
Passing the art of traditional Cantonese culinary 'magic' to a new generation of B.C. chefs
As chefs grow older, working far beyond retirement ages, how can restaurateurs find, prepare new generation of chefs with same skill sets?
vancouversun.com

Terrific conference put on by MagsWest organizers @magsbc The magazine industry has been struggling but Canadian magazines continue to move forward with new digital media approaches and creativity. It’s a labour of love, great sessions! magazineswest.com #magswest2024

Honoured to have shared a moment with friends and family of Vancouver’s Poet Laureate at VPL. Fiona’s three years was likely the most productive a poet laureate can get. Congratulations Fiona 🎉 the City Poems project is a true labour of love! fionalam.net/2024/09/08/c...