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AHM - Asian Heritage Month Festival
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- Accès Asie
- Ahluwalia, Kiran
- Kiran Ambwani Photography
- Asian Business Network Association
- Association for Canadians of Pakistani Origin
- Bahl, Shelly
- Bilz Music
- CanAsian Dance Festival
- Carlos Bulosan Theatre
- Chan, Arlene
- Chan, Harvey
- Chan, Marjorie
- Chau, Osric
- Chuang, Ying-Yueh
- Culture Philippines of Toronto
- D'Costa, Dr. Jasmine
- Desi Wear
- Dioso, Rod
- fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company
- Fujiwara Dance Inventions
- Stephen Gill
- Goulding, Dr. Jay
- Giri Kedaton
- Hong Luck Kung Fu Club
- Huynh, David
- Ito, Sally
- Jeng Yi
- Kandasamy, Nanda (Geevan)
- Karilagan Dance Society
- Karnad-Jani, Rashmee
- Kienlen, Alexis
- Kitchlu, Jaya
- Kwong, Honourable Norman
- Lai, Dr. David Chuenyan
- Lam, Fiona Tinwei
- Little Empire
- Lodhia, Hasheel
- Ma, Peng
- Meminger, Neesha
- Molavi, Fereshteh
- MUKTA Advertising
- Ohi, Ruth
- Patnaik. Devraj
- Parameswaran, Uma
- Fathom Film Group
- Raza, Raheel
- The Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong-Kong Library
- Rivera, Patria
- Samuel, Julian
- Sampradaya Dance Creations
- Sathya Sai School of Canada
- Sen, Mitra
- Sethi, Rahul
- Shahrokhi, Shamsi
- Shigematsu, Tetsuro
- Shin, Minna Re
- Six Weeks of Iranian Art
- StorySave
- Sung, Doris Ha-Lin
- Tissa Films
- TSAR Publications
- Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection at the UBC Library
- Watada, Terry
- Yamamoto, Noriko
- Wong, Amy
- Yee, Kam-Sein
- Yoshikawa, Christine Mari
- Zameer
Accès Asie
Contact name: Khosro Berahmandi
Phone: 514.523.1047
Email: info@accesasie.com
Web: www.accesasie.com
Profile: Accès Asie's mandate is: To dismantle stereotypes and "cultural barriers"; To encourage dialogue creating interdisciplinary, intergenerational and intercultural solidarity's, which further the level of appreciation and understanding of Asian arts, culture and history; and to facilitate the expression of the diversity and exchange of the cultural richness thereof to the mainstream of Canadian society.
Accès Asie's artistic objectives are to present works by artists of Asian origin and/or works that is based on Asia.
Le mandat d'Accès Asie : promouvoir une plus grande tolérance culturelle et une meilleure compréhension interculturelle; encourager un dialogue dans le but de créer une solidarité intergénérationnelle, interdisciplinaire et interculturelle qui portera plus loin le niveau de compréhension et d'appréciation de la culture, de l'histoire et de l'art asiatique; et faciliter l'expression de la diversité et l'échange des richesses culturelles et ainsi contribuer à un plus grand épanouissement de toute la société québécoise.
Objectifs artistiques d'Accès Asie : Présenter des artistes d'origine asiatique et/ou des œuvres inspirées de l'Asie.
Ahluwalia,
Kiran
Contact: Ian Menzies
Phone: 403.668.6176
Email: info@kiranmusic.com
Web: www.kiranmusic.com
Profile: Kiran Ahluwalia is a singer and composer of contemporary
Indian music.
Kiran
Ambwani Photography
Contact: Kiran Ambwani
Phone 514.575.4381
Email: contact@kiranambwani.com
Web: www.kiranambwani.com
Asian
Business Network Association
Email: bwong@bw-fp.com
Web: www.abna.ca
Profile: Asian Business Network Association is an organization
that provides business networking opportunities and promotes
harmonious community relations through supporting charitable
organization and recognizing role models in the Chinese community.
Association
for Canadians of Pakistani Origin
Contact: Yasmine Khan
Phone: 416.876.6460
Email: info@pakcultures.com
Web www.saimakhan.com;
www.pakcultures.com
Profile: The aims and objectives of the ACPO are to showcase
the heritage and culture of Pakistan at multicultural festivals
and promote the South Asian youth in the fields of arts, music
and literature.
Bahl,
Shelly
Email: info@shellybahl.com
Web: www.shellybahl.com
Profile: Visual and media artist
Bilz
Music
Contact Name: Vishal Urva
Phone: 514.258.7149
Email: theblizmusic@gmail.com
Web: www.bilzmusic.com;
www.theblizandkashif.com
Profile: Established in 1998, Bilz Music strives to make a positive
impact in North America to produce World Pop music fused with
urban music, with the mainstream market being its target audience.
Bilz Music is managed by a professional, experienced and dedicated
team of individuals with varying background in music, entertainment
and marketing culture. Furthermore, it is involved in sending
a universal message of peace and respect for all races and ethnicities
for future generations around the world.
Bilz Music has exhibited its ability to cater to both a South Asian and mainstream target market. Having such a diverse mix allows its partners and affiliates to successfully lead out advertising campaigns and increase their opportunity outreach both audiences using one source. In addition, its widespread target market facilitates communication of your company's marketing message and strategically connects your organization's brand on a national and international level. These innovative approaches will help satisfy your company's marketing objectives, resulting in a more feasible investment.
CanAsian
Dance Festival
Contact: Adina Herling, General Manager
Phone: 416.593.8455
Email: info@canasiandancefestival.com
Web: www.canasiandancefestival.com
Carlos
Bulosan Theatre
Contact: Nadine Villasin
Phone: 416.979.0400
Email: nadine@carlosbulosan.com
Web: www.carlosbulosan.com
Chan,
Arlene
Email: arlenelumbchan@hotmail.com
Web: www.arlenechan.com
Profile: Arlene Chan, a retired librarian, has authored three
children's books. "Awakening the Dragon: the Dragon Boat
Festival", published by Tundra Books in 2002, launched her
passion for dragon boating. Her two earlier books are "The
Spirit of the Dragon: The Story of Jean Lumb, a Proud Chinese
Canadian", selected as a Choice Book by the Canadian Children's
Book Centre, and "The Moon Festival: A Chinese Mid-Autumn
Festival", shortlisted for the Silver Birch Award. Her next
book on dragon boat racing in Canada, co-edited with Susan Humphries,
will be published in 2009 by Dundurn Press.
Arlene is currently serving as the President of the Jean Lumb Foundation and is an Appointee to the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers Advisory Council, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
Chan,
Harvey
Phone: 416.533.6658
Email: info@harveychan.ca
Web: www.harveychan.ca
Chan,
Marjorie
Web: www.marjoriechan.com
Profile: Theatre artist, writer, performer, director
Chau,
Osric
Contact: Kate Forrester, Andrew Ooi, Joel Morrish
Phone: 604.689.3639
Email: echelon@direct.ca
Web: www.osricchau.com
Profile: I am an actor. Currently working on Roland Emmerich's
latest feature film, "Farewell Atlantis"/"2012"
in a supporting role. I have studied many kinds of martial arts,
specializing in Wushu, hand forms, swords, and long weapons.
I am also currently on the Canadian National Wushu Team (2007-2009).
Chuang,
Ying-Yueh
Phone: 416.530.4843
Email: yingyuehchuang@hotmail.com
Web: www.yingyuehchuang.com
Profile: Sculptural ceramics and installation
Culture
Philippines of Toronto
Web: http://www.culturephilippines.ca/
D'Costa,
Dr. Jasmine
Phone: 416.878.8491
Email: jasy2d@gmail.com
Web:www.jasminedcosta.com
Profile: I am a writer and actor.
Desi
Wear
Contact: Manny Brar
Phone: 905.844.1291 ext. 3043
Email: manny.brar@entripy.com
Web: www.desiwear.com
Dioso,
Rod
Phone: 416.966.1803
Email: roddioso@gmail.com
Web: www.pageshome.com
fu-GEN
Asian Canadian Theatre Company
Contact: Nina Lee Aquino
Phone: 416.920.2828
Email: info@fu-gen.org
Web: www.fu-gen.org
Profile: Fu-Gen is a charitable theatre company dedicated to
the development of professional Asian-Canadian theatre artists
through the production of new and established works.
Fujiwara
Dance Inventions
Contact: Adina Herling, general manger
Phone: 416.593.8455
Email: info@fujiwaradance.com
Web: www.fujiwaradance.com
Stephen
Gill
Phone: 613.932.7735
Email: stephengill@cogieco.ca
Web: www.stephengill.ca
Profile: Writer - creative and critical, particularly a poet
Goulding,
Dr. Jay
Phone: 416.736.2100 ext. 22883
Email: jay@yorku.ca
Profile: Chinese philosophy, hermeneutics, phenomenology
Giri
Kedaton
Contact: Nino Gabrielli
Phone: 514.343.6111 ext. 5522
Email: girikedaton@hotmail.com
Web: www.girikedaton.com
; www.myspace.com/girikedaton
Profile: Gamelan balinais gong kebyar
Balinese gong kebyar gamelan
Hong
Luck Kung Fu Club
Phone: 416.596.8581
Email: info@hongluck.org
Web: www.hongluck.org
Profile: Traditional Chinese Kung Fu and Lion dance.
Huynh,
David
Web: www.david-huynh.com
Profile: David Huynh is a Vietnamese Canadian actor.
Ito,
Sally
Phone: 204.774.7704
Email: sito@cwu.ca
Web: www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=536&L=
Jeng
Yi
Contact: Charles Hong
Phone: 416.574.4664
Email: info@jengyi.com
Web: www.jengyi.com
Profile: Korean Drumming
Kandasamy,
Nanda (Geevan)
Phone: 416.457.4509
Email: nandakandasamy@gmail.com
Karilagan
Dance Society
Contact: Elmina Cochingco
Phone: 780.484.8787 or 780.709.2830
Email: memen@shaw.ca
Web: www.karilagandancesociety.net
Profile: To promote and live the Filipino culture and heritage,
provide information and facts about the organization and the
Philippines; to teach the Filipino-Canadian and non Filipino-Canadian
youth the Filipino dances, songs and culture so that they may
be knowledgeable, and for the Filipino Canadian youth to be proud
of their ancestry.
Karnad-Jani,
Rashmee
Phone: 416.768.5264
Email: thelittlebrownbox2008@gmail.com
Web: www.thelittlebrownbox.blogspot.com
Profile: Literature- prose and poetry
Kienlen,
Alexis
Phone: 780.988.7292
Email: alexiskienlen@hotmail.com
Web: www.alexiskienlen.com
Profile: Poet, fiction writer, journalist
Kitchlu,
Jaya
Phone: 905.858.7702
Email: jayakitchlu@rogers.com
Profile: Jaya Kitchlu is a renowned signer and radio/television
broadcaster who has been in the Indo-Canadian entertainment industry
for over 30 years. Jaya has performed in India, Canada, the United
States and beyond.
Kwong,
Honourable Norman
Phone: 780.427.7243
Email: LTGov@gov.ab.ca
Web: www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca
Profile: Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. The Lieutenant Governor
serves as Her Majesty the Queen's representative in Alberta.
Lai,
Dr. David Chuenyan
Email: dclai@uvic.ca
Profile: Research interests include: urban geography, Chinatowns,
overseas Chinese, China
Lam,
FionaTinwei
Web: http://www.writersunion.ca/ww_profile.asp?mem=1086&L=
Little
Empire
Email: info@littleempire.com
Web: www.littleempire.com
Lodhia,
Hasheel
Phone: 289.218.6626
Email: hasheel@gmail.com
Ma,
Peng
Contact: Lien Chao
Phone: 416.469.1996
Email: lchao@candesign.com
Web: http://mapengsart.blogspot.com/
Profile: Painting (Chinese brush painting and oil painting);
Sculpture (bronze and stone)
Meminger,
Neesha
Email: neesha@neeshameminger.com
Web: www.neeshameminger.com
Molavi,
Fereshteh
Web: www.fereshtehmolavi.net
MUKTA
Advertising
Contact: Tushar Unadkat
Phone: 416.716.8582
Email: mukta_71@yahoo.com
Web: www.tusharunadkat.com
Ohi,
Ruth
Email: ruth.ohi@sympatico.ca
Web: www.ruthohi.com
Patnaik.
Devraj
Phone: 905.616.2636
Email: king_ofgods@hotmail.com
Web: www.seeodissi.com
Profile: Odissi dance, one of the seven Indian classical styles
from the Indian state of Orissa.
Parameswaran,
Uma
Email: uma_param@yahoo.com
<mailto:uma_param@yahoo.com>
Web: www.uwinnipeg.ca/~parmswrn
<http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~parmswrn>
Fathom
Film Group
Contact: Ann Shin
Email: ann@fathomfilmgroup.com
Web: www.fathomfilmgroup.com
Profile: Writer of fiction and poetry, film director and television
production.
Raza,
Raheel
Phone: 416.505.6052
Email: raheel@raheelraza.com
Web: www.raheelraza.com
Profile: Promoting interfaith and intercultural diversity through
events, speaking and writing.
The
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong-Kong Library
Contact: Jack Leong
Phone: 416.946.3892
Email: jack.leong@utoronto.ca
Web: http://content.library.utoronto.ca/hongkong/
Profile: The Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library has
been named in honour of Richard Charles Lee, one of the foremost
Hong Kong businessmen and philanthropists of his day. The facility
features a unique research collection of Canada- Hong Kong studies,
quiet study space, and seminar areas. It provides resources and
space to accommodate the continuous growth of research interests
in Hong Kong, and its relation to Canada and other regions in
the world.
Rivera,
Patria
Web: www.frontenachouse.com
Samuel,
Julian
Phone: 514.842.0884
Email: juliansamuel@videotron.ca
Web: www.juliansamuel.net
Sampradaya
Dance Creations
Contact: Jasmine Sawant, General Manager
Phone: 905.607.8434
Email: info@sampradaya.ca
Web: www.sampradaya.ca
Profile: Leading Canadian bharatanatyam dance company founded
by Lata Pada; performing classical and contemporary choreography
nationally and internationally.
Sarma,
Gokul
Phone: 905.873.3142
Email: gcsarma2002@yahoo.ca
Profile: Completed masters and post masters of Science degrees
in Industrial Engineering, worked with top corporations both
in the United States and Canada in various responsible positions
and author of a book on tea technology.
Sathya
Sai School of Canada
Contact: Seema Poddar
Phone: 416.297.7970
Email: seema.poddar@gmail.com
Web: www.sathyasaischool.ca
Profile: Inaugurated on 2 September 2000, the Sathya Sai School
is a private elementary school which provides students with an
education that balances both academic excellence and character
development. It is open to all students regardless of socio-economic
status, ethnic origin or religion. Tuition is free. The founder
of the school is Sri Sathya Sai Baba, whose philosophy of education
has inspired the founding of schools in Africa, Asia, Europe,
Australia, South America and North America. His education philosophy
is based on the view that a balanced education given importance
not only or academic success but also to the development of character.
His educational program, called Education in Human Values (EHV),
aims at developing each child's highest potential through the
inculcation of values common to all civilizations: Truth, Right
Conduct, Peace, Love and Non-Violence. The Human Values program
has achieved impressive results in nurturing academically excellent,
socially responsible, ethically mature and well-rounded students.
Sen,
Mitra
Phone: 416.441.0253
Email: mitrasen@yahoo.com
Web: www.peacetreeday.com;
www.sandalwoodproductions.com
Profile: Teacher, and director/producer of films and initiatives
related to peace and diversity.
Sethi,
Rahul
Phone: 416.807.0507
Email: rahul30_@hotmail.com
Web: www.iamnotamagician.com
Shahrokhi,
Shamsi
Phone: 905.707.8028
Email: shamsih@rogers.com
Web: www.artisticpick.com
Shigematsu,
Tetsuro
Email: tshigematsu@gmail.com
Web: shigematsu.com/tetsuro
Profile: Tetsuro Shigematsu is a writer, director, filmmaker,
radio and television broadcaster, actor and comedian who has
worked extensively in film, radio, theatre and television.
Tetsuro Shigematsu est un écrivain, réalisateur, cinéaste, à la radio et la télévision, acteur et humoriste qui a beaucoup travaillé dans le cinéma, la radio, le théâtre et la télévision.
Shin,
Minna Re
Email: minna@minnareshin.com
Web: www.minnareshin.com
Profile: Classical music/piano; Musique classique/piano
Six
Weeks of Iranian Art
Contact: Pooyan Tabatabaei
Phone: 647.893.7687
Email: info@sixweeks.ca;
pooyan@pnvp.com
Web: www.sixweeks.ca; www.pnvp.com/artshow
StorySave
Web: www.storysave.ca
Profile: StorySave is a project of Storytellers of Canada/ Conteurs
du Canada whose mandate is to record some of the unique voices
of Canadian storytellers.
Sung,
Doris Ha-Lin
Email: dorissung@yahoo.com
Web: www.dorissung.com
Profile: Visual Arts
Tissa
Films
Contact: Cheuk Kwan
Phone: 416.804.1527
Email: ckwan@tissa.com
Web: www.chineserestaurants.tv
TSAR
Publications
Contact: Nurjehan Aziz
Phone: 416.483.7191
Email: inquiries@tsarbooks.com
Web: www.tsarbooks.com
Profile: TSAR Publications is devoted to publishing and promoting
"new" Canadian writing. We consider for publication
writers of any origin whose work in some way is inspired by the
diversity of our world (especially Canada) and the interaction
and sharing of culture.
Wallace
B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection at the UBC Library
Contact: Sarah Romkey
Phone: 604.822.8208
Email: sarah.romkey@ubc.ca
Web: www.library.ubc.ca/chung
Profile: The University of British Columbia Library stands out
as a leading, research-intensive institution. It is the second-largest
research library in Canada and a high-ranking member of the Association
of Research Libraries (ARL). UBC Library has more than 20 branches
and divisions, including on-and-off-campus locations, The Irving
K. Barber Learning Centre - a magnificent facility for teaching
and learning - and UBC Okanogan Library. Our collections are
large and diverse, and include 5.5 million volumes, 5.2 million
microforms, more than 823,000 maps, audio, video and graphic
material and nearly 65,000 serial subscriptions.
The Wallace B. and Madeline H. Chung Collection is housed in the UBC Library's Rare Books and Special Collection branch. Donated by the Chung family in 1999, it is a priceless collection of books, documents, and artifacts related to early British Columbia history, the immigration and settlement experience, and the Canadian Pacific Railway. An exhibition of outstanding items from the collection is open to the public Monday through Friday 9-5 year round and on Saturdays from 12-5 from September through April.
Watada,
Terry
Email: twatada@sympatico.ca
Yamamoto,
Noriko
Contact: Gerry Kumagai or Noriko Yamamoto
Phone: 416.538.0749 or 416.458.9298
Email: performer@noriko.ca
Web: www.noriko.ca <http://www.noriko.ca>
and www.momogallery.ca
Profile: Mime, clown, silent storyteller
Wong,
Amy
Phone: 416.291.3452
Email: amyw.h.wong@gmail.com
Web: amywongwebsite.blogspot.com
Yee,
Kam-Sein
Email: kamseinyee@hotmail.com
Profile: Poetry, short fiction, Canadian cultural studies, Asian
feminist experience
Yoshikawa,
Christine Mari
Email: christinemari@christineyoshikawa.com
Web: www.christineyoshikawa.com
Zameer
Web: www.zameermusic.com