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Features Rebecca Gao 2025-12-18 Features Rebecca Gao 2025-12-18

‘Ghost School’ Tells the Scary Story of Political Corruption and Women’s Education

“It was so apparent, in plain sight, yet no one wanted to do anything about it and nobody wanted to even acknowledge the problem,” says director Seemab Gul.

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Getting Down With Tita: How Seafood City Transformed Filipino Supermarkets into Hot Clubs
Features Rebecca Gao 2025-12-12 Features Rebecca Gao 2025-12-12

Getting Down With Tita: How Seafood City Transformed Filipino Supermarkets into Hot Clubs

The supermarket chain is hosting these parties around North America.

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Asian-Owned Holiday gift Guide 2025: Picks for Everyone on Your List
Features, Asian-Owned RepresentASIAN Project 2025-12-09 Features, Asian-Owned RepresentASIAN Project 2025-12-09

Asian-Owned Holiday gift Guide 2025: Picks for Everyone on Your List

Where to shop Asian-owned brands for the holidays.

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‘Left-Handed Girl’ is an Exploration of Shame and Generational Differences in Modern Taiwan
Features Rebecca Gao 2025-12-09 Features Rebecca Gao 2025-12-09

‘Left-Handed Girl’ is an Exploration of Shame and Generational Differences in Modern Taiwan

For Taiwanese American filmmaker Shih-Ching Tsou, making “Left-Handed Girl” meant reflecting on her own life and bringing details from her family to life.

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XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary
News RepresentASIAN Project 2025-12-06 News RepresentASIAN Project 2025-12-06

XG’s Cocona Comes Out as Transmasculine, Nonbinary

“As I reach this new chapter in my life, I want to share something that’s been in my heart for a long time,” the Japanese rapper wrote on Instagram.

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Rental Family is a Cozy Film About What it Means to Truly Connect
Features Rebecca Gao 2025-11-25 Features Rebecca Gao 2025-11-25

Rental Family is a Cozy Film About What it Means to Truly Connect

Starring Brendan Fraser, this Japanese film dissects cultural understandings of lying and what we owe one another.

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Why Are There So Many Japanese Players in Major League Baseball?
Features Rebecca Gao 2025-11-19 Features Rebecca Gao 2025-11-19

Why Are There So Many Japanese Players in Major League Baseball?

Shohei Ohtani and World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto are just the latest in a long line of Japanese players making headlines in North America.

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Representasian Project’s Asian Canadian Brand Directory
Asian-Owned, Features RepresentASIAN Project 2025-11-14 Asian-Owned, Features RepresentASIAN Project 2025-11-14

Representasian Project’s Asian Canadian Brand Directory

From fashion and beauty to lifestyle and food, here are the Asian Canadian brands you need to know.

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Does Aziz Ansari Deserve a Comeback?
Features Sadaf Ahsan 2025-11-13 Features Sadaf Ahsan 2025-11-13

Does Aziz Ansari Deserve a Comeback?

The comedian’s cautious comeback shows that, in 2025, the public is more forgiving — but also less impressed.

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'There Are No Words' Expands Min Sook Lee's Search For Truth About Her Mother's Life and Death
Features, Sponsored Rebecca Gao 2025-11-04 Features, Sponsored Rebecca Gao 2025-11-04

'There Are No Words' Expands Min Sook Lee's Search For Truth About Her Mother's Life and Death

“I believe very strongly that when someone dies, if people speak their name, it’s a way of bringing their spirit back to life.”

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How Food Journalist Suresh Doss Is Mapping Canada’s Diasporic Palate
Features Sadaf Ahsan 2025-10-21 Features Sadaf Ahsan 2025-10-21

How Food Journalist Suresh Doss Is Mapping Canada’s Diasporic Palate

In his new CBC series “Locals Welcome,” Doss traces how immigrant communities have rewritten the national culinary map and what that says about who we are.

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Author Souvankham Thammavongsa On Her New Novel ‘Pick a Colour’
Features, Sponsored Rebecca Gao 2025-10-16 Features, Sponsored Rebecca Gao 2025-10-16

Author Souvankham Thammavongsa On Her New Novel ‘Pick a Colour’

“The way I write about us, we are the main characters.”

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Reel Asian Film Festival 2025: Our Top 10 Film Picks
News, Sponsored RepresentASIAN Project 2025-10-09 News, Sponsored RepresentASIAN Project 2025-10-09

Reel Asian Film Festival 2025: Our Top 10 Film Picks

Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival runs November 5-15, with events across downtown Toronto, and November 10-23 online across Canada.

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TIFF 2025: Our Top 10 Film Picks
Features RepresentASIAN Project 2025-09-22 Features RepresentASIAN Project 2025-09-22

TIFF 2025: Our Top 10 Film Picks

These picks range from intimate dramas to sweeping epics, each reshaping how we see the world in their own way.

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How Toronto Director Maggie Kang Created a Hit With ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Profiles, The K-pop Chat Samantha Lui 2025-09-08 Profiles, The K-pop Chat Samantha Lui 2025-09-08

How Toronto Director Maggie Kang Created a Hit With ‘KPop Demon Hunters’

“It’s been really cool to go from where I had to hide my K-pop love to see Korean culture so globally embraced.”

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From Brampton to Bollywood: How Jonita Gandhi Is Building a Global Pop Identity
Profiles Sadaf Ahsan 2025-08-27 Profiles Sadaf Ahsan 2025-08-27

From Brampton to Bollywood: How Jonita Gandhi Is Building a Global Pop Identity

After years of success as a playback singer in India, Jonita Gandhi is now busy finding her own voice.

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From Asia to the World: Labubu and the Rise of Blind Box Culture
Features Natalie Chan 2025-08-26 Features Natalie Chan 2025-08-26

From Asia to the World: Labubu and the Rise of Blind Box Culture

A decade after debuting as a side character, Labubu has become a global favourite, introducing Asian toy culture to fans around the world.

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Francis Libiran Brings Filipino Glamour to Toronto’s Mabuhay Festival
News Sadaf Ahsan 2025-08-22 News Sadaf Ahsan 2025-08-22

Francis Libiran Brings Filipino Glamour to Toronto’s Mabuhay Festival

From Olympic uniforms to Hollywood red carpets, the Filipino designer’s return to Toronto highlights how fashion can remain defined by both culture and community.

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The Asian Movies at TIFF 2025 We’re Excited For
News Rebecca Gao 2025-08-19 News Rebecca Gao 2025-08-19

The Asian Movies at TIFF 2025 We’re Excited For

From the highly-anticipated film from Park Chan-wook to an adaptation of a Kazuo Ishiguro novel to a number of independently-made Asian Canadian films, there’s so much to see at this year’s TIFF.

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“We All Have a Role to Play”: Dr. Yipeng Ge on Gaza, Genocide and Speaking Out
Profiles Sadaf Ahsan 2025-08-07 Profiles Sadaf Ahsan 2025-08-07

“We All Have a Role to Play”: Dr. Yipeng Ge on Gaza, Genocide and Speaking Out

After being suspended for his pro-Palestinian posts, the Canadian physician refused to return to his residency. Instead, he went to Gaza to help, and hasn’t stopped fighting for justice since.

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