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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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Interior Chinatown challenges how Asians are viewed in Hollywood and the world
Features Rebecca Gao 2024-11-25 Features Rebecca Gao 2024-11-25

Interior Chinatown challenges how Asians are viewed in Hollywood and the world

“If you keep letting them tell you that you are [a supporting character], eventually you’ll start to believe that you are.”

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Isabel Kanaan Remains ‘Unapologetically Filipino Canadian’ with her Sketch Show ‘Abroad’
Features Sadaf Ahsan 2024-07-03 Features Sadaf Ahsan 2024-07-03

Isabel Kanaan Remains ‘Unapologetically Filipino Canadian’ with her Sketch Show ‘Abroad’

The half-hour sketch show has a dedicated multi-generational and multicultural audience, which was always the plan.

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Get Up Aisha’s Creators Go Deep on Mental Health in the South Asian Community
Features Sadaf Ahsan 2024-06-26 Features Sadaf Ahsan 2024-06-26

Get Up Aisha’s Creators Go Deep on Mental Health in the South Asian Community

The creative trio share their own struggles, how they were told to “pray on it,” and why Muslim representation is so essential.

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Élodie Yung on Playing the Anti-Hero in ‘The Cleaning Lady’
Profiles Sadaf Ahsan 2024-04-26 Profiles Sadaf Ahsan 2024-04-26

Élodie Yung on Playing the Anti-Hero in ‘The Cleaning Lady’

“Whatever decision [my character] makes, I just have to try to understand it. But I can relate to any person who has to do what’s necessary to survive.”

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HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’ Puts Vietnamese People in the Spotlight of Their Stories
Features Rebecca Gao 2024-04-19 Features Rebecca Gao 2024-04-19

HBO’s ‘The Sympathizer’ Puts Vietnamese People in the Spotlight of Their Stories

The new HBO show based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s award-winning novel skewers western representations of Asians and the Vietnam War.

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How ‘Gangnam Project’ Showrunners Sarah Haasz and Romeo Candido made the K-Pop version of ‘Degrassi’
Features Rebecca Gao 2024-04-15 Features Rebecca Gao 2024-04-15

How ‘Gangnam Project’ Showrunners Sarah Haasz and Romeo Candido made the K-Pop version of ‘Degrassi’

The show follows a biracial Korean Canadian teen’s journey of self-discovery as she becomes a tutor at a K-Pop academy.

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From YouTube Star to Leading Man, Jasmeet Singh Raina Makes a Big, Bold Comeback
Features Sadaf Ahsan 2024-02-02 Features Sadaf Ahsan 2024-02-02

From YouTube Star to Leading Man, Jasmeet Singh Raina Makes a Big, Bold Comeback

The Canadian comedian pokes fun at his own history, playing a local YouTuber straddling cultural values.

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The Biggest Moments From the 75th Emmys
News Rebecca Gao 2024-01-16 News Rebecca Gao 2024-01-16

The Biggest Moments From the 75th Emmys

‘Beef’ wins big!

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In Conversation With The Brothers Sun stars Justin Chien and Sam Song Li
Features, CONVERSASIANS Nathan Sing 2024-01-10 Features, CONVERSASIANS Nathan Sing 2024-01-10

In Conversation With The Brothers Sun stars Justin Chien and Sam Song Li

Justin Chien and Sam Song Li discussed their profound connections to their characters, the intertwining of personal and on-screen narratives, and the unique cultural layers that enrich this thrilling epic.

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With ‘Run the Burbs,’ Andrew Phung is Turning the Camera to the ‘Neighbours Who Have Always Been There’
Features Rebecca Gao 2024-01-09 Features Rebecca Gao 2024-01-09

With ‘Run the Burbs,’ Andrew Phung is Turning the Camera to the ‘Neighbours Who Have Always Been There’

“Stories about the suburbs ignore families of colour. But if you go to any suburb, it’s filled with families and people of colour living their life.”

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Bilal Baig on Sort Of’s Bittersweet End
Features Sadaf Ahsan 2023-11-20 Features Sadaf Ahsan 2023-11-20

Bilal Baig on Sort Of’s Bittersweet End

With the third and final season of CBC Gem’s “Sort Of” premiering on November 17, it feels a little too soon to say goodbye to the boundary-breaking sitcom.

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Vivek Shraya On Telling a Queer, Brown Story on Her Terms
Features Rebecca Gao 2023-10-25 Features Rebecca Gao 2023-10-25

Vivek Shraya On Telling a Queer, Brown Story on Her Terms

The author, playwright, actor and musician is telling her story her way in her new series ‘How to Fail as a Popstar’.

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Randall Park Says Blockbuster is ‘Like a Warm Hug’
Features Bina Lee-Deir 2022-11-03 Features Bina Lee-Deir 2022-11-03

Randall Park Says Blockbuster is ‘Like a Warm Hug’

“I hope that the people that watch the show feel inspired, and appreciate and acknowledge the people in their lives,” says the Korean American actor.

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‘Patriot Act’ Was So Much More Than Just a Win for South Asian Representation
Features Zeahaa Rehman 2020-10-28 Features Zeahaa Rehman 2020-10-28

‘Patriot Act’ Was So Much More Than Just a Win for South Asian Representation

Hasan Minhaj’s now-cancelled Netflix series boldly unpacked polarizing issues occurring domestically and globally.

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Asia Jackson, Actress and Digital Creative
Features, Profiles Isabelle Docto 2020-10-20 Features, Profiles Isabelle Docto 2020-10-20

Asia Jackson, Actress and Digital Creative

On how she harnesses social media for her activism and about being a role model for young women of colour.

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