Fighting Anti Asian Racism in Toronto Chinatown: Storytelling, Community, and Belonging

Toronto is filled with incredible people, doing amazing work. I'm really glad I was given the opportunity to participate in project "Long Time No See."

What is "Long Time No See?"

Chinatown is again facing a period of change and uncertainty with businesses battered by COVID lockdowns, with Anti-Asian Racism and with development pressures in Toronto’s over-heated property market. Some of us got together hoping to put a face to our community to show what and where in Chinatown we work, shop, eat and love.

This project is just a beginning, a beginning to build relations among people who care about Chinatown. We hope it can lead to learning more about each other, honouring story and memory, and to building a more equitable community with shared responsibilities to this land and the Indigenous peoples of this land.

Below photo credit to the incredible Maylynn Quan, a good friend and inspiration!

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