The Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement (ACRE) stands in solidarity with all racial minorities to advance our understanding of the roots of racism and its histories, and to participate in efforts to stop it. The centre’s focus is on expanding community-engaged teaching and research that would advance equity, recuperate Asian Canadian histories, and transform current realities of exclusion and racism.
Though the systemic exclusion of Asian immigrants began in Canada more than 150 years ago, the global COVID-19 pandemic shone a harsh spotlight on anti-Asian racism in this country. The rising tide of anti-Asian racism has shown that this systemic issue is a present reality rather than a historical wrong, and requires immediate attention and an urgent response. Following the first-ever National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism in 2021, ACRE was established to generate and disseminate knowledge that drives change.
Located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), we are a community of faculty members, practitioners, students, research and support staff, all working together to advance the study and understanding of Asian Canadian histories and efforts toward anti-Asian racism.
Looking back
Asian Canadian research and engagement at UBC today has been shaped by a longer history of interventions and efforts, particularly by Asian Canadian faculty, students and community members, to address racism within and beyond UBC.
