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