Posts tagged canada

Michelle Cheung | Paragon Tea Room—Tea for the open-minded

Michelle Cheung is a prolific young business owner who is making waves in the Vancouver cafe scene. Her current endeavour: Paragon Tea Room, has just celebrated its 2nd anniversary, boasts a modest 4.8 stars on Google, and attracts guests from all over the Greater Vancouver area. Born and raised in Hong Kong, she never planned to have a career in Canada, but now that she’s cultivating a gateway for Vancouver to connect with Eastern tea traditions, she hopes she can make Hong Kong proud someday. Read on to discover her ambitions for Paragon and beyond.

Career, Arts, Culture, Food, IdentityWe Are HKers10 December 2021tea, vancouver, canada, paragon, identityComment

Derek Chan | Writing Hong Kong from a distance -- yellow objects．黃色物件

Derek Chan 陳嘉昊 grew up in colonial Hong Kong, studied in Norway, and currently lives in Vancouver. He received his BFA in theatre performance from Simon Fraser University. A playwright, director, performer, translator, and producer, Derek has been co-artistic director of rice & beans theatre since 2010.

Arts, Career, OverseasWe Are HKers22 April 2021writing, writer, screenwriter, distance, norway, vancouver, canada, overseas, theatre, performer, performing, performance, playwright, director, translator, producer, rice and beans, speech, award, playComment

【Commentary】Overseas perspective: How long does Hong Kong’s bustling entertainment community have?

Does innovation stop when the ability to explore political themes ends entirely?

Politics, Entertainment, CommentaryWe Are HKers8 November 2020commentary, entertainment, community, self-censor, creative, freedom, innovation, music, film, theatre, dance, movie, industry, editorial, tsang chi ho, sunny chan, retroll hip hop, playwright, play, dr karen, canada, police, creators, opinion Comment

Miss M | Guarding the City We Call Home

Miss M grew up in Canada and returned to Hong Kong in 2008. She has since taught English at four different schools, witnessing the change of the education sector in Hong Kong from the Umbrella Movement[*1] to the Anti-Extradition Movement[*2]. Hong Kong is full of the CCP’s lackeys, but the seemingly-peaceful Vancouver is also in turmoil. Between Hong Kong and Canada, where does she belong?

Politics, Education, CareerWe Are HKers2 August 2020miss m, home, city, home kong, canada, canadian, teacher, teaching, education, umbrella movement, anti-elab, ccp, white terror, overseas, student, fiona forrester, chelsea, orange peel Comment

Brianna Yip | Hongkonger abroad: “I did not imagine that these events would be possible. In that, I try to see hope.”

Brianna Yip is a Hong Konger is her 20s- 30s. Brianna was born in Canada but grew up in Hong Kong. She now works as a school psychologist in San Francisco. Find out how she is spreading awareness and campaigning support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement despite being far away from Hong Kong.

Politics, Culture, OverseasWe Are HKers11 March 2020abroad, hongkonger, hope, canada, canadian, psychologist, school, San Francisco, protest, protester, protests, movement, brianna yip, overseas, TotoroComment

Jade | Canadian-HKer reconnecting with Hong Kong: “I felt isolated navigating my identity and politics.”

Born and raised in Canada, I have friends from a diverse ethnic background. It’s hard for them to understand why I feel so strongly about Hong Kong. I tried my best to raise awareness on what was happening, but I always criticized myself wondering, “Am I annoying?”

I felt isolated navigating my identity and politics. I hope that people from Hong Kong will see me as one of them even though I wasn’t born or raised there.

Identity, Personal, Politics, OverseasWe Are HKers13 February 2020jade, canada, canadian, hongkonger, identity, awakening, politics, protest, protests, protester, web developer, penguine, overseas Comment

Mavis | Spending time reading sad news? - "I should think about how I can help."

I still cannot say that we have sent out the right messages to 'click' with most Canadians to their heart. Some people say they support Hong Kong; others wonder why. We just have too many stories to tell; there are too many things happening. That's the real problem.

Career, Politics, Identity, Personal, Family, OverseasWe Are HKers30 December 2019mavis, coalhada, tendarken, canadian, canada, news, action, vancouver, PR, overseasComment