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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 19d

安信 Community Savings is proud to co-host one of @PIRSVancouver‘s 50th anniversary celebrations!
Join us for an inspiring afternoon of tea, storytelling, and networking:

Saturday, September 27 | 1:30–3:30 pm
175 – 6386 No. 3 Road, Richmond

RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/pirs-prese...

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you @efryvancouver for having me at your AGM. Recognizing systemic inequities and generational trauma - and supporting healing and recovery for women & families - is vital.

Excited for EFry’s BBQ on Sept 28 at Queen’s Park, where I’ll share my book and donate the proceeds 💙 #AStrongerHome

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Sep 15

Busy, but meaningful weekend joining many community events on behalf of #安信 Community Savings. Always great catching up with friends - old & new - and happy to end the weekend with many passionate #BurnabyEast friends and activists! ✨💛

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Sep 5

So furious to see this. It happens all the time: gov underfunds services, then points fingers at immigrants through flawed policies gov created. This fuels bias & discrimination.

What we need is reform — immigrants like me aren’t your scapegoats. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C. premier wants temporary foreign worker program cancelled or reformed | CBC News

In a rare show of unity, Premier David Eby and federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre have both called for Canada's temporary foreign worker program to be cancelled, saying it's to blame for hig...

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Aug 24

#AStrongerHome won the 2025 Sunshine Coast Writers & Editors Society Book Award! 💜

Honoured to share my story alongside some amazing BC authors - and reminded of the privilege of being able to tell my story when so many can’t.

Hope that one day, every voice will be heard. @orcabook.bsky.social

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Aug 24

#AStrongerHome won the 2025 Sunshine Coast Writers & Editors Society Book Award! 💜

Honoured to share my story alongside some amazing BC authors - and reminded of the privilege of being able to tell my story when so many can’t.

Hope that one day, every voice will be heard. @orcabook.bsky.social

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Aug 8

Join our book signing tomorrow (Saturday) at Coles at Lougheed Mall in #Burnaby from 1-3pm!

You can now find #AStrongerHome in many libraries and bookstores! 📚

#LocalAuthor #BCBooks #BCAuthor #NewBook

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you, Keri Adams & CTV Morning Live, for having me on to talk about #AStrongerHome and the urgent need to end #GenderBasedViolence.

1 in 3 women in Canada face it — and it deeply impacts our communities. It starts with all of us. 💪

▶️ www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · Aug 5

@katrinachen.bsky.social was on CTV Morning Live today talking about her new picture book A Stronger Home.

www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

New Children's Book On Gender-Based Violence

CTV Morning Live learns more about "A Stronger Home", a new children's book on gender-based violence with Co-authour, Katrina Chen.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thank you for sharing #AStrongerHome and raising awareness about the urgent need to end #GenderBasedViolence.

1 in 3 women experience it in Canada and around the world. It’s not isolated - it’s systemic.

Journalism matters. Awareness matters. Action matters. #EndGBV ✊

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jul 25

5 women killed in 3 weeks in B.C.

These are preventable tragedies. YWCA Metro Van CEO Erin Seeley and I wrote this op-ed to say: enough is enough. We need urgent action to end femicide and gender-based violence.

📰 vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
#bcpoli #EndGBV

Opinion: Government must respond to increase in femicides

Gender-based violence should be declared an epidemic. More action is needed to prevent violence and support survivors when they seek help.

vancouversun.com

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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · Jul 21

"It's a more thoughtful way for children to understand the challenges and the trauma and the violence that's happening at home."

—@katrinachen.bsky.social on her book co-written with Elaine Su. Read the full article on CBC's website!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Former B.C. MLA pens children's book about gender-based violence | CBC News

In 2022, Katrina Chen revealed she’d suffered from gender-based violence multiple times through the course of her life, and has since spoken publicly about the need to destigmatize this type of abuse.

www.cbc.ca

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thank you for sharing! 💛🙏

Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jul 18

"It's critical that we start from a young age to break the cycle of violence, to have a better understanding for our children to understand what's happening at home for prevention, and also for better understanding as a community as a whole.” @orcabook.bsky.social

CWILL BC @cwillbc.bsky.social · Jul 14

Congratulations, @katrinachen.bsky.social!

Former B.C. MLA pens children's book about gender-based violence | CBC News

In 2022, Katrina Chen revealed she’d suffered from gender-based violence multiple times through the course of her life, and has since spoken publicly about the need to destigmatize this type of abuse.

www.cbc.ca

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you so much for your review! 💛

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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · Jul 9

“The story, co-written by Katrina Chen and Elaine Su, is affecting and realistic, with the focus placed on the strong bond between mother and son rather than on the abuser,” writes Rachel Rosenberg of A Stronger Home. buff.ly/LIX0MuF #kidlit #review

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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · Jul 7

“The more I worked on this story, the more I realized how important it is to unpack my trauma and face all of my emotions in order to truly heal and recover.”

Author Katrina Chen on writing A Stronger Home. Read the full Q&A on the Orca Blog!

blog.orcabook.com/katrina-chen...

Katrina Chen on writing A Stronger Home

A Stronger Home depicts a mother and son experiencing family violence who have to flee their home. They move from place...

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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · Jul 10

“A heart-wrenching and a hopeful picture book that addresses domestic abuse and leaving home to find safe shelter…the story never feels scary or overwhelming because of the mother’s strength and love.”

Read Quill & Quire's review of A Stronger Home here: quillandquire.com/review/a-str...

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jul 9

Just did several interviews this week about gender-based violence — heartbreaking to hear that a third woman in B.C. has died from intimate partner violence in just one week.

We need more awareness — and more actions!

#GBV #EndViolence #BCPoli

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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · Jul 4

“With heart and tenderness, ‘A Stronger Home’ is an affirming portrait of finding the strength to start again.”

—The Tyee on @katrinachen.bsky.social, Elaine Su and Delphie Côté-Lacroix's moving picture book.

thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

A Powerful Response to Family Violence | The Tyee

With heart and tenderness, ‘A Stronger Home’ is an affirming portrait of finding the strength to start again.

thetyee.ca

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Massy Books @massybooks.bsky.social · Jul 6

@katrinachen.bsky.social signing books at Massy, in support of @endingviolence.bsky.social ❤️

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jul 3

Let’s help build safer futures. 🏡

When you purchase #AStrongerHome from @massybooks.bsky.social (online or join us July 6!) in July/Aug, Massy Books, @orcabook.bsky.social and I will donate some/all proceeds to @endingviolence.bsky.social’s Synchronicity 2nd Stage Transition House.

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thank you @nikisharma.bsky.social for advocating for survivors and recognizing how our systems must do better to support those impacted by #GBV and intimate partner violence.

As a survivor, I join many others in looking forward to meaningful actions to address systemic challenges. #bcpoli

Niki Sharma @nikisharma.bsky.social · Jun 24

I appointed Dr. Kim Stanton to conduct an independent review on how B.C.’s justice system treats survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence.

Survivors deserve better and that is why I am launching the Gender Based Violence Action Committee

shorturl.at/aOrJj

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · Jun 26

I’m proud to have played a role in launching the 10-year #ChildCareBC & #10aDayPlan — knowing that a new child care system is possible. But most provinces have now passed BC on fees & ECE wages. It’s time to re-prioritize child care—for families & our economy. Let’s get back on track. #bcpoli #bced

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Lesli Boldt @lesliboldt.bsky.social · Jun 24

Erin Seeley of YWCA Metro Van and Sharon Gregson kickoff the Coalition for Child Care Advocates campaign relaunch and news conference at YWCA Downtown Vancouver. #childcare #10aDay

Sharon Gregson of the Coalition of Child Care advocates of BC

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