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Home to my passions for my inter-cultural adventures, Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner event. Save Kogawa House campaign, Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team, Find what you are looking for by 1) scroll the topics links, 2) use the search function ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join the Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team for lots of summer fun, fitness and friendship. We are a social team full of cultural vigor, that likes to eat. We have been featured on television, local, national and international. We have a unique and internationally famous fundraiser dinner event. We practice Sunday 1:30 pm -3:30 pm Tuesday 6pm-7:45pm Wednesday 6pm - 7:45 pm We meet at Dragon Zone clubhouse - just south of Science World in Creekside Park above the Aquabus and dragon boat docks. Our coach Todd Wong has 15+ years of experience including novice, recreational and competitive levels, and both community and corporate teams. Our 2005 Season brought us the David Lam Award for being the team that best represented the multicultural spirit of the Alcan Dragon Boat Festival, and Bronze medals at the Vancouver International Taiwanese Dragon Boat Race. In 2007, we won Gold in B Division at Vernon Races. For more information: Click on Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dragon Boat team information phone: 604-987-7124- e-mail: gunghaggis at yahoo dot ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2009 TICKETS Available in October 2008 WHAT: GUNG HAGGIS FAT CHOY: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner - 12th Annual Dinner, celebrating 250th Anniversary of Robert Burns' birth + Chinese New Year's Eve. WHEN: 6PM January 25 2009, SUNDAY doors open 5pm WHERE: Floata Chinese Restaurant, #400-180 Keefer St. CULTURE: Our Performers create something special for us every year with traditional and contemporary performances featuring everything in-between and beyond! FOOD: A quirky fusion/mix/buffet of Scottish Canadian and Chinese Canadian culture 10 course Chinese banguet dinner 2004 - The debut of Gung Haggis Won-Ton 2005 - Haggis lettuce wrap! 2007 - Haggis dim sum appetizer buffet 2008 - Scotch tastings! Watch for more surprises in 2008! Description of 2006 Gung Haggis Fat Choy Dinner featuring performers: Rick Scott & Harry Wong, The Shirleys, Joe McDonald & Brave Waves, Sean Gunn, author Joy Kogawa, with co-host Prem Gill . Media Inquiries Call Gung Haggis Productions 604-987-7124 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sponsors
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Wednesday, January 31
Performers at Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 - where to see them next!
by
Todd
on Wed 31 Jan 2007 06:30 PM PST
* Listen to Priya Ramu, host of CBC Radio's "On the Coast" - 690 AM, 3pm to 6pm
* go see Twisting Fortunes with Grace and Zen and Charlie!
* come out to a traditional Burns dinner (Ian - we can start a "Young Burns Club" as an auxilliary to the Burns Club of Vancouver)
* see Qiu Xia He perform at Capilano College on Feb 2, at "Night Bird Singing" concert before Silk Road Music goes for an extended tour in Toronto Feb 4 to March
* recognize Heather Pawsey at the Vancouver Opera's Magic Flute, or see her at "Night Bird Singing," at Capilano College on Feb 2
* see Leora Cashe Feb 11th at Terry Fox Theatre or on March 11 at The Cellar for a Joni Mitchell tribute set at The Cellar on March 11... or most Sunday mornings with Jaye at the Centre for Spiritual Living, at the Masonic Hall.
* see Margaret Gallagher on "Living in Vancouver" on CBC TV with fello hapa Jennifer Burke.
* come to see No Luck Club at the Anza Club on Feb 2, for the CJSF Anniversary party!
* recognize Lensey Namioka's books at the stores, or the libraries!
* come to Harry's First Friday Forum at the Nikkei Heritage Centre for intercultural music and discussion.
* say Hi to Carl, when he does his cound gigs at The Roxy or around town.
* catch Joe McDonald with Brave Waves, Mad Celts or solo around town...
more »
Monday, January 29
Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 Dinner - Awesome... Really Awesome!
by
Todd
on Mon 29 Jan 2007 12:59 PM PST
Big Big compliments abounded... Our best show ever! Thank yous to our performers, volunteers, audience, sponsors... more »
Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 - Roland's pics
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Roland Tanglao
on Mon 29 Jan 2007 01:38 AM PST
Check out my Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 Canon 20D set and my Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 Nokia N80i cameraphone set (uploaded live during GHFC 2007!)
Can't wait for the photos from the other photographers who were there (especially the pro photographers at the event!). more »
Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 - Chinatown - VIDEO
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Roland Tanglao
on Mon 29 Jan 2007 01:29 AM PST
Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 swinging performance of Chinatown. Recorded on my Nokia N93 cameraphone at Floata Restaurant January 28, 2007. 3 minutes 42 seconds more »
Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 - A Slow Boat to China Video
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Roland Tanglao
on Mon 29 Jan 2007 01:00 AM PST
A Slow Boat to China - Recorded at Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 by Harry Aoki and other fine artists. 4 minutes 43 second MP4 file recorded on my Nokia N93 at Floata January 28, 2007 more »
Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 - Harry Aoki performs Stardust - VIDEO
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Roland Tanglao
on Mon 29 Jan 2007 12:44 AM PST
During the Japanese Canadian internment during World War II, the only musical instrument musician extraordinaire Harry Aoki had time to take with him was the harmonica. This was the poignant anecodote that Todd related to us just before Harry performed Stardust on the harmonica at Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007. Excuse the poor quality of the video but the performance was so heartfelt and moving that I think it transcends the quality of the video from my N93 Nokia cameraphone (lesson learned: need to get closer and/or better lighting!). more »
Sunday, January 28
Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 Begins - 50 second MP3 audio clip
by
Roland Tanglao
on Sun 28 Jan 2007 11:21 PM PST
The sound of Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 beginning. more »
Saturday, January 27
Tickets for Gung Haggis Fat Choy on the weekend.
by
Todd
on Sat 27 Jan 2007 02:33 PM PST
There are limited tickets available at the door.
Cost is:
$75 for regular seating
$85 for Premium seating (closer seating + 2 bottles of wine on the table)
For reservations call:
Todd Wong
778-846-7090
Tickets must be picked up between 5:00 pm and 6:00pm or they will be released back for sale. more »
Prizes for the Gung Haggis Fat Choy 2007 dinner
by
Todd
on Sat 27 Jan 2007 02:33 PM PST
We thank our prize sponsors for their wonderful donations that support our event.
Monies raised go to help spread multiculturalism and interculturalism in our communities, through the efforts of Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop / Ricepaper Magazine, Joy Kogawa House, and the Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team.
When you come to our Gung Haggis Fat Choy dinner event on January 28th, Sunday - please purchase raffle tickets to win: see list of prizes more »
Friday, January 26
Firehall Arts Centre's "The Blue Light" final weekend
by
Todd
on Fri 26 Jan 2007 03:46 PM PST
Why would a Japanese film maker write a play about a German film maker linked to the Nazis of WW2... because she can, and because the content is incredible.
It's the final weekend for The Blue Light, written by Mieko Ouchi, an artist from Edmonton. It's directed by Donna Spencer and has been recieving good reviews in the media, especially for the acting of Gabrielle Rose in the lead role more »
SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Festival - Dragon Cart Races + Human Curling
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Todd
on Fri 26 Jan 2007 11:36 AM PST
Human curling made it's world debut as the first event of the SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Festival. Car tires were fitted onto a wooden platform with roller wheels, and floated easily across the SFU Convecation Mall towards a target with points. Human contestants sat upon each "rock" as their team mates gave a good push to launch them towards the target.
It was all part of the 2nd annual SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Festival, which aims to bring the growing Asian student population together with Simon Fraser University's Scottish traditions. Rather than create a traditional "Highland Games" the SFU Recreation department approached SFU alumni Todd Wong, to help them create a culturally inclusive and interactive new approach. more »
24 Hours - Burns Fete Looks to the East
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Todd
on Fri 26 Jan 2007 11:17 AM PST
Who says there's no free lunch? Full Story
Haggis, Scotland's national dish, was served yesterday to all comers at Simon Fraser University's Robbie Burns Day celebration on Burnaby Mountain.
Scotland's national poet, born Jan. 25, 1759, inspires annual ceremonies worldwide with pipers, dancers and the traditional Address to a Haggis ritual. SFU's had a unique made- in-B.C. flavour, thanks to Todd Wong. more »
Robert Burns: "The Vision" Writing Contest
by
Todd
on Fri 26 Jan 2007 10:35 AM PST
Here's something that has come through my poetry/literature network:
"The Vision" Writing Contest for writers and lovers of the works of the
Scottish Bard, Robert Burns. The Prize is the James Turnbull Memorial
Award - $500 (Cdn) and possible publication in the Celtic Faerie
Magazine. more »
Thursday, January 25
Vancouver Sun: Magic Flute behind the scenes with First Nations emphasis
by
Todd
on Thu 25 Jan 2007 10:40 AM PST
Great article today in the Vancouver Sun's West Coast Life section. They do a sneak preview behind the scenes look at the new Magic Flute production by the Vancouver Opera. This is remarkable, because the Vancouver Opera really invited First Nations artists and consultants to become collaborators in presenting this unique re-imagining of one of the world's most famous operas. The opera has always had a strong mythological theme, and is now set in this land of Haida, Salish and 8 other West Coast First Nations peoples. I saw the 45 minute version that was abridged and adapted for the Vancouver Opera Touring Ensemble which travels to BC schools. It was incredible. They even played to audiences on First Nations Reserves, to great response. more »
Media Alert for January 25th: CBC Radio "On The Coast", Ming Pao and 24 Hours
by
Todd
on Thu 25 Jan 2007 01:21 AM PST
Ming Pao will have an interview with me today by reporter Eric Chan. I met up with Eric yesterday at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park in Chinatown. Eric asked some good questions about how I felt Chinese and Caucasian relationships were doing.
"Much better than 100 years ago," I informed him. "In 1907, the Anti-Asiatic league rioted in Chinatown smashing windows and breaking property. There used to be lots of animosity between Chinese and Scots, especially after the murder of Janet Smith, a Scottish nanny, when the Chinese house boy Wong Foon Sing was wrongfully accused but later aquitted.
"Today, Chinese and Scots have gotten over their differences, getting married and having Scottish-Chinese-Canadian babies. more »
Wednesday, January 24
Media Alert: for Gung Haggis Fat Choy - interviews with Todd Wong on Global TV, The Source and CBC Radio-Canada
by
Todd
on Wed 24 Jan 2007 11:56 PM PST
Today, I spotted the tv interview with Erin Cebula for Global TV's Global Village. Earlier this week, I heard from friends that they had seen it. Great spot! Erin edited in some still pictures of our Gung Haggis Fat Choy performers such as Qiu Xi He of Silk Road Music, and Joe McDonald, bagpiper, cutting up the haggis. They even showed a picture of me with then mayor, Larry Campbell, both wearing kilts and clashing chinese jackets. There was also a sequence with Fiona Tinwei Lam reading her poetry, at the Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry Night on January 15th, Monday, at the Vancouver Public Library Central Branch. more »
Sandhill Wines becomes the "official wine sponsor" of Gung Haggis Fat Choy
by
Todd
on Wed 24 Jan 2007 10:53 PM PST
The multiple award winning Sandhill Wines was the first BC wine to win a gold medal at the Chardonnay du Monde in France (1999) and a silver medal in 2002. "There were only 2 golds given to Canadian Chard for the first time that year," says Sandhills creator and winemaker Howard Soon, "and only 14 Gold out of a total of about 800 wines entered around the world". ~~~ ~~~ Howard Soon, is the first Chinese-Canadian winemaker and while admitting he is a humble man, he is also very creative. He is also the first winemaker to invite an opera singer (Heather Pawsey) to perform beside giant 100,000 gallon wine tanks. How fitting that Sandhill be the first wine sponsor for Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner. more »
Glasgow's "Back of the Moon" plays at St. James Hall on Robbie Burns Night
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Todd
on Wed 24 Jan 2007 08:26 PM PST
Here's an event from the Rogue Folk Club, if you aren't attending a Burns supper on January 25th
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Thursday, January 25th 8pm
Back of the Moon
St James Hall (3214 West 10th Ave)
Tickets: $23 ($20 members) more »
Gung HAGGIS RAP Choy - Robbie Burns Address to a Haggis set to rap music
by
Todd
on Wed 24 Jan 2007 10:10 AM PST
To my dear Scottish Friends...
literary friends...
musical friends...
intercultural friends...
Here is something to welcome Robbie Burns Day Eve.
My new musical gift to the world for Robbie Burns Day: Gung HAGGIS RAP Choy (see MP3 attachment below) more »
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2007 Menu for Gung Haggis Fat Choy™:Toddish McWong's Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner
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Todd
on Tue 23 Jan 2007 12:30 AM PST
Our selections are not a real "traditional" Chinese New Year dinner menu - but a blending of favorites, and brand new fusion-fare. It is created to help introduce "real Chinese banquet fare" to Scottish-Canadians and to help make "haggis" safe for Chinese-Canadians. And if you are Ukranian-Italian-Japanese-First Nations... that's alright too!
Here is the menu for 2007, subject to change at my whimsy and the kitchen's demands:
Haggis Dim Sum Appetizer buffet
This will be available upon people's arrival soon after the reception starts after 5:30pm
We have also told the restaurant to have TWO bars open for 5:30pm more »
Monday, January 22
SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy Festival - Dragon Cart Races + Human Curling
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Todd
on Mon 22 Jan 2007 11:40 PM PST
I was approached by the SFU Recreation Department way back in Fall 2004, to help them create an event that would bring the large Asian student population together with the university's Scottish traditions. Voila - SFU Gung Haggis Fat Choy "Canadian Games" was created! And Dragon Cart racing was born! ~~~~~ 2 years later... Dragon Cart racing returns to Convecation Mall at SFU's Burnaby Mountain Campus, and it is joined by "Human Curling" and an attempt to set a record for the largest number of people eating haggis at one time. I will be MC for the ceremonies, and the play by play announcer for the Dragon Cart races. more »
Sunday, January 21
Twisting Fortunes: new Asian Canadian romantic comedy play written by Charlie Cho and Grace Chin
by
Todd
on Sun 21 Jan 2007 11:58 PM PST
Playwrights Charlie Cho and Grace Chin are bringing their new play to Gung Haggis Fat Choy Robbie Burns Chinese New Year Dinner. It's about dating in Vancouver... with an Asian twist. I thought this would be perfect to introduce to our Gung Haggis audience. Charlie and Grace are friends who have supported GHFC for many years. Charlie was at our first dinners back in 2000 and 2001, and even ate haggis for a radio interview helping to promote GHFC, in his role as lead editor for the Rice Paper Magazine collective, which Grace has also helped to edit in years past. more »
John Rutherford's Check Your Chart, for the Week of 22 January, 2007
by
Todd
on Sun 21 Jan 2007 11:50 PM PST
What did you expect, earthquakes, volcanoes, explosions? Last week, as the Sun aspected the approaching square between Jupiter and Uranus, traditional Western Astrology would have you believe all the above, and more, was bound to happen. Oh sure, we now have a tsunami warning, and there was the more than normal madness and mayhem in Baghdad et al, but really there wasn’t that much that went “Kablooie!”.
These two giants, Jupiter and Uranus, don’t really work that way. Jupiter eases and Uranus is a neutraliser. Jupiter is on the left side of Uranus, in a closing phase-angle with this so-called disruptor. For many years, I’ve called Uranus the Mad Hatter. Yes, he is the only Planet tipped over like a top on its side, putting strange twists on whatever he touches, but the Hatter is also quite the social animal, too.
You can’t have a Tea Party without enough people being there. Otherwise, what’s the point? And where’s the party if people can’t chill a bit, be more neutral, together? Without enough bodies gathered together, Uranus gets cranky, easily agitated, and devoted so stubbornly to his own given issue that only a tantrum will clear. But, given “a party”, usually five or more, he becomes amiable, as if having so many around dissipates the crankiness. more »
Saturday, January 20
CFUN 1410 AM: Toddish McWong visits "The Best of Food & Wine"
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Todd
on Sat 20 Jan 2007 11:55 PM PST
It was a good interview today at noon on 14 CFUN's "The Best of Food & Wine" with hosts Kasey Wilson and Anthony Gismondi. They are a lively twosome and really play off each other. They each asked questions about the dinner and its origins. They asked how many Chinese and Scottish attend the dinner. I had to say about half and half... with another contingent of people who have both Scottish and Chinese parents, or are in relationships with one or the other. "How do the Chinese like the haggis?" asked Kasey. more »
Vancouver Sun: Todd Wong & Gung Haggis Fat Choy in Malcolm Parry column "Town Talk"
by
Todd
on Sat 20 Jan 2007 11:07 PM PST
Here's what Vancouver Sun's social columnist had to say today:
TODD WONG, the three-decade city assistant librarian, is in the midst of a yearly program that is truly one for the book. It's a Gung Haggis Fat Choy, the mini-festival of the Sino-Scotch arts he launched in 1998 with a Robbie Burns Chinese New Years dinner for 16. Some 500 are expected in the Floata restaurant Jan. 28, when "Toddish McWong" and broad-caster Priya Ramu will emcee at a banquet involving haggis-shrimp dumplings, haggis-stuffed tofu and haggis won ton. Diners and guest artists will also sing Scotland the Brave, My Chow Mein Lies Over the Ocean and other favourites.
more »
Friday, January 19
To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough - Robbie Burns poem
by
Todd
on Fri 19 Jan 2007 07:45 PM PST
My friend Sherry Shaghaghi sent me this file of a mouth brushing his teeth. Each March Sherry organizers a Persian New Year celebration at the Harry Jerome Recreation Complex in the City of North Vancouver. Maybe Sherry and I will get to gether to create a St. Patrick's Persian New Year Celebration... sounds tempting eh? Perfect for Celtic Fest maybe?
I think this mouse is Scottish because he is wearing a plaid shirt... and his name just might be Stuart - a right good Scottish name! I have paired the picture file with one of Robert Burns' most famous poems below. more »
Media Alert for Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Global TV with Erin Cebula's Global Village
by
Todd
on Fri 19 Jan 2007 05:36 PM PST
Erin Cebula interviewed me on Monday evening, just prior to the start of the GHFC World Poetry Night at the Vancouver Public Library. I had first met Erin when she was co-hosting Urban Rush on Rogers, in 2004. That interview was all about the then upcoming CBC tv special "Gung Haggis Fat Choy." In 2004, we hosted 2 GHFC dinners on the Saturday and the Sunday, each around 220 to 240 people attending. I brought some haggis won-ton to the show which Erin easily tried... but her co-host Russell took a pass. more »
Media Alert for Gung Haggis Fat Choy: Malcolm Parry in Vancouver Sun
by
Todd
on Fri 19 Jan 2007 05:27 PM PST
Wow! I've finally made the Malcolm Parry society news column.
Mr. Parry came by on Monday to the GHFC World Poetry Night at the Vancouver Public Library, and took a photo of me. more »
Media Alert for Gung Haggis Fat Choy: CFUN's "Best of Food & Wine"
by
Todd
on Fri 19 Jan 2007 05:23 PM PST
Listen to CFUN 1410 AM on your radio, for Saturday 12 noon, January 20.
I will be interviewed by Kasey Wilson (food) and Anthony Gismondi (wine), for their live show Best of Food and Wine. Kasey called me today, and she is thrilled to have me on their show. She loves the intercultural spirit of Gung Haggis Fat Choy and agres that FUN is important. more »
Advance Price for Gung Haggis Fat Choy dinner extended to January 22st
by
Todd
on Fri 19 Jan 2007 12:09 PM PST
We have extended the advance pricing for the 2007 Gung Haggis Fat Choy dinner to Monday, January 22nd.
Regular seats $60 + $5 service charge
Premium seats $70 + $5 service charge (closer seating + 2 bottles of wine at the table) children 13 and under 50% off. more »
Gung Haggis dim sum taste-testing a success!
by
Todd
on Fri 19 Jan 2007 12:00 AM PST
We taste-tested the world's first haggis dim sum tonight. Floata served (to our specifications) deep-fried haggis won-ton, haggis har gau (shrimp dumplings), haggis su mei (pork dumplings) + vegetarian spring rolls. The haggis shrimp dumplings was the best. Very tasty... there were positive compliments right away. Haggis pork dumplings were good too. Har gau shrimp dumplings and su mei pork dumplings are classic cantonese dim sum items. They are not overwhelmed by the addition of the haggis. We asked the restaurant chefs not to put too much haggis in - just enough to give it the taste. People will like these new additions to our culinary menu. more »
Wednesday, January 17
"All Mixed Up" - Book launch dedicated to creative Hapa (mixed race Asians)
by
Todd
on Wed 17 Jan 2007 12:27 PM PST
The editors of "All Mixed Up," a chapbook dedicated to the writing,
art, photography, and social commentary by and about Hapas (mixed race
Asians), announce a celebration for the publication.
-- Thursday, January 18, 2007, 6-8 pm, Centre A, 2 West Hastings Street
Vancouver contributors include:
Margaret Gallagher, Kelty McKinnon, Mark Nakada, Debora O, Haruko Okano and Fred Wah, Michael Tora Speier more »
Monday, January 15
Jan 15 - Sublime, entertaining, and full of surprises - Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry Night
by
Todd
on Mon 15 Jan 2007 11:59 PM PST
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something brewed," is how I always describe the GHFC World Poetry Night. And then sometimes we just make things up as we go along... that is how creativity works. What else could you expect when the host of Co-op Radio's "Creativity Rocks" program Ariadne Sawyer gets together with Gung Haggis Fat Choy creator Todd Wong? ~~~~ A little bit of Scottish music on this side... a little bit of Chinese poetry on that side... a little bit of Robbie Burns from Ian Mason, and a strange hybrid Chinese/Scottish dragon dance to bagpipes in the middle of the poetry readings. more »
Tonight: Gung Haggis Fat Choy World Poetry Night at Vancouver Public Library
by
Todd
on Mon 15 Jan 2007 05:27 PM PST
January 15th, Monday
7:30pm
Central Library, 350 West Georgia St.
Alice MacKay room (lower level) more »
Martin Luther King: a dream for peace and harmony beyond racism
by
Todd
on Mon 15 Jan 2007 05:16 PM PST
This is a great way to celebrate a day dedicated to the memory of a man who wanted to improve the lives of all people. And in particular, to imagine a day and a country without racism. But we have to work for it - if we truly want it. We have to provide service to help create the world we want to live in. more »
Sunday, January 14
CKNW radio interview for Gung Haggis Fat Choy
by
Todd
on Sun 14 Jan 2007 03:01 PM PST
I just did a radio interview with CKNW AM 980 reporter Nafessa Karim.
Nafeesa was really interested in learning how Gung Haggis Fat Choy began as a small dinner with friends, and is growing into a festival. "It's all about community," I told her. "The Gung Haggis concept resonates with people, and they want to be a part of it. In 2004, we paired up with World Poetry Night at Vancouver Public Library, to create an event that celebrates the poetry of Robbie Burns, the traditions of Chinese New Year, plus sharing the work of contemporary Scottish-Canadian and Chinese-Canadian poets. We add in some bapipes and singalongs and everybody has fun. more »
Saturday, January 13
David Suzuki Park? In Vancouver's Marpole neighborhood?
by
Todd
on Sat 13 Jan 2007 03:01 PM PST
Both David Suzuki and Joy Kogawa grew up in Vancouver's Marpole neighborhood, but their families were removed from their homes in 1942, because of the internment of Japanese-Canadians. All the homes and properties of West Coast Japanese-Canadians was later confiscated and sold - without their permission. The park site is in the neighbourhood where Suzuki's family, as part of a Japanese fishing community, lived bef or e being interned by the Canadian government during World War II. more »
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