The Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement research clusters respond to ongoing issues facing diverse Asian Canadian communities.
We explore how Asian Canadian communities are being represented and how they want to be reflected through new approaches to archival collection, collaboration, digital preservation, and impactful distribution of public education.
Community Archival Collections and Heritage Exhibitions cluster (CACHE)
The CACHE cluster is composed of memory keepers and institutions who are united through the shared goal of championing equitable and socially just community archival practices.
CACHE centres community members and organizations as key agents in knowledge preservation and activation of Community Archival Collections through Heritage Exhibitions to highlight (hi)stories that are significant to Asian Canadian communities.
Browning Asian Canada cluster
In order to nurture more ethical university-community relationships and collaborations with diverse Asian communities and to transcend historical divides between universities and communities, ACRE programming emphasizes place-based dialogues in the form of hybrid symposia and workshops in diverse community locations that already have deep meaning for marginalized communities. We continue to curate various community dialogue events with current community partners in Punjabi Market, Joyce-Collingwood, and Vancouver’s Chinatown.