
We had a wonderful time at A Banquet of Stories: Sharing Migration Tales Through Food this past Saturday, September 26 at the Sunset Community Centre. We were humbled by the willingness of our guests to share their stories with one another and to partake in this afternoon of intercultural and intergenerational learning. We had some truly inspiring guests and were honoured to have welcomed important politicians including Deputy Mayor Andrea Reimer, Conservative Party Candidate and MP Wai Young, Liberal Party Candidate Harjit Sajjan, NDP Party Candidate Amandeep Nijjar, and Green Party Candidate Elain Ng.
We would like to thank our community partners: the Canada Indonesia Diaspora Society, Gigi Astudillo, Hyoshin Kim, Sunita Jangra, the Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society, the V3 Group, the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, and Women Transforming Cities for organizing tables and bringing storytellers to our event. We could not have done this event without you and we thank you for your dedication and your passion for your great stories.
Special thanks to Elder Larry Grant of the Musqueam Nation for welcoming our guests to the traditional ancestral and unceded land of your people. We would also like to thank our Title Sponsor UBC Library, our gifts sponsors Eric Lau and the Eric Goldman Jewellery Group of Companies and the Asian Canadian Asian Migration Studies Program, and our restaurant sponsors O! Taho and Kumare Restaurant and Bakery.
And of course, we cannot neglect to mention those involved behind the scenes — thanks to our planning committee Gigi Astudillo, Eleanor Munk, Chun-Li Yang, and program chair Tineke Hellwig, as well as our volunteers Ken Eng, Philip Holden, and Hubert Vrolyk, and our volunteer photographer and videographers Ryan Erwin, Caroline Ng, Hubertine Paramagita, and Jean Tsai.
To view a photo gallery of the event, see below. Photographs credit goes to Caroline Ng.
Tea cups
Many thanks to O! Taho for food sponsorship
Many thanks to Kumare Restaurant & Bakery for food sponsorship
Korean table
Korean table
Korean table
Korean table
Korean table
Welcome to a Banquet of Stories!
Taiwanese table
Taiwanese table
Taiwanese table
Registration
PCHC-MoM Banner
Taiwanese table
Korean table
Women Transforming Cities table
Taiwanese buns
Filipino spring rolls
Indian pakoras
Filipino hopia from Kumare
Empanadas from Merienda Bakery
UBC Library
explorAsian table
Indo-African table organized by Sunita Jangra
Indonesian nagasari donated by Liza Wajong
Indonesian risoles donated by Liza Wajong
Taiwanese table
Vietnamese table
Elder Larry Grant welcomes guests to Musqueam land
Ellen Woodsworth of Women Transforming Cities
President Winnie Cheung welcomes guests to Banquet
NDP Candidate Amandeep Nijjar expresses support for PCHC-MoM
Amandeep Nijjar declaring support for PCHC-MoM
Liberal Candidate Harjit Sajjan expresses support for PCHC-MoM
Liberal Candidate Harjit Sajjan expresses support for PCHC-MoM
Deputy Mayor Andrea Reimer present for a Banquet of Stories
Gary Manansala of the Filipino table
Gigi Astudillo of the Filipino table
Joy Masuhara of Women Transforming Cities
Deputy Mayor Andrea Reimer
Vietnamese table Storytellers in traditional dress
Program Chair Tineke Hellwig
Head of the Asian Library Hana Kim
Vice Pres of PCHC-MoM Harbhajan Gill
PCHC-MoM Director Tineke Hellwig
Harbhajan Gill presents certificate to Eric Lau of Eric Goldman Jewellery Ltd
Guests stop by the Vietnamese table
Jim Wong-Chu of ACWW speaks with UBC Library June Chow
Listening to stories at Taiwanese table
Taiwanese tabe
Taiwanese table
Vietnamese storytellers organized by Hue Truong
Hue Truong and Vietnamese table
Indonesian table led by CIDS
Korean table led by Hyoshin Kim
Filipino table led by Gigi Astudillo
Wallace Chung and PCHC Pres Winnie Cheung
PCHC Treasurer Henry Yu and daughter
Women Transforming Cities table
Women Transforming Cities table
Vietnamese table and V3 Group
Harb Gill and Raj Toor of Komagata Maru Heritage Foundation
Volunteer Chun-Li Yang at Taiwanese table
Chun-Li Yang at Taiwanese table
Chun-Li Yang at Taiwanese table
Taiwanese table
Indonesian table and Canada Indonesia Diaspora Society
Women Transforming Cities table
Taiwanese table led by the TCCS
Filipino table
Faye Leung, Winnie Cheung, and Jim Wong-Chu
Faye Leung, Winnie Cheung, and Jim Wong-Chu
Faye Leung and Winnie Cheung
Harbhajan Gill, Winnie Cheung, and John Barbieri
Harbhajan Gill, Faye Leung, Winnie Cheung, and John Barbieri
Harbhajan Gill, Faye Leung, Winnie Cheung, and John Barbieri
Allan Cho, Faye Leung, and John Barbieri
Korean table
Hyoshin Kim at the Korean table
UBC’s Philip Holden at Taiwanese table
Elder Larry Grant, Sarah Ling, Winnie Cheung, Harbhajan Gill, and Andrea Reimer
Elder Larry Grant, Sarah Ling, Winnie Cheung, Harbhajan Gill, Andrea Reimer, Henry Yu
Indo-African table led by Sunita Jangra
Faye Leung and Jim Wong-Chu
Faye Leung, Jim Wong-Chu, John Barbieri
PCHC-MoM Vice Pres Harbhajan Gill
Faye Leung, Jim Wong-Chu, John Barbieri
Vietnamese table and V3 Group
Filipino table
Indo-African table
Vietnamese table
Indo-African table
Korean table
Conservative Candidate and MP Wai Young declares support for PCHC-MoM
A Banquet of Stories
Elder Larry Grant of the Musqueam band with Richard Tong of Taiwan Community Association
A Banquet of Stories
Faye Leung and Jim Wong-Chu
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