Asian Heritage Month in Canada Resources
By AAV Staff
April 2009 - As part of our annual Village update, the editors this
year have tried to respond constructively to the periodic observations we receive from our
friends and readers in Canada that Asian Pacific America doesn't stop at the Vermont (or
Maine, or Minnesota, or Washington, or Montana, or North Dakota or Michigan or Idaho...) border, and neither should the Asian
American Village.
"Canada is in the Americas, after all," noted one
impossible-to-refute feedback email.
So we have done a review this year of some online resources featuring background and
current events information about "Asian Heritage Month" aka "Mois du Patrimoine Asiatique".
Most of these links began with a review of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website at
http://www.cic.gc.ca, which is the new repository of the
online copy of the official Asian Heritage Month proclamation we have traditionally posted
on the Village in May.
In our review, we noted that a couple of the provincial sites had yet to be updated with
the events calendars for 2009, but appeared poised to do so. In other instances, we've
expanded upon the listing to include items of additional, local or community-specific
interest, such as Ontario-only South Asian Heritage Month site, and others. If readers happen upon
other good Heritage Month resources, we would welcome your suggestions on our
Asian American Village blog or
through the IMDiversity feedback form.
-- The Editors
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Site
Local Information Sites by City or Province
Calgary, Alberta
http://www.asianheritagecalgary.ca/events-calendar/
Edmonton, Alberta
http://www.asian.ca/heritagemonth/history.html
Halifax, Nova Scotia
asianheritagemonth.halifax.chebucto.org
Ottawa, Ontario
www.asianheritagemonth.net
Ontario, South Asian Heritage Month
www.southasianheritage.com
Montreal, Quebec
English:
www.accesasie.com/en/index.htm
Français: www.accesasie.com/index.htm
Toronto, Ontario
www.asian-heritage-month.org/Page01.html
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://explorasian.wordpress.com/explorasian-2009-festival-calendar/
Winnipeg, Manitoba
www.asianheritagemanitoba.ca/events.php
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