{"id":1432,"date":"2021-04-30T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/?page_id=1432"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T15:30:36","slug":"we-rise-together","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/events\/we-rise-together\/","title":{"rendered":"We Rise Together: Stopping Anti-Asian Racism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/we-rise-together-header-1600w-1.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        We Rise Together: Stopping Anti-Asian Racism\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Rise Together: Stopping Anti-Asian Racism\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6CDDIJPaVQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1011\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/we-rise-together-800w-1.jpg\" alt=\"We Rise Together\" class=\"wp-image-1479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/we-rise-together-800w-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/we-rise-together-800w-1-300x379.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/we-rise-together-800w-1-400x506.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/we-rise-together-800w-1-768x971.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/we-rise-together-800w-1-700x885.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Asian diaspora have been subjected to increasing blame, stigma, verbal and physical attacks. No matter its form, it is unacceptable. The \u201cWe Rise Together: Stopping Anti-Asian Racism\u201d forum on May 13 will feature leaders in the Asian-Canadian community discussing the disturbing rise of anti-Asian racism in Canada and abroad over the past year. Please join us for this difficult but important dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panelist details can be found below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> Thursday, May 13th, 2021<br>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (EST) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"a-conversation-with\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Conversation With:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moderator: Yanling Wang, Professor, Carleton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel Quan-Watson, Deputy Minister at Government of Canada Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Xiaobei Chen, Professor, Carleton University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yuen Pau Woo, Independent Senator, Senate of Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falice Chin, Executive Producer of News at CBC Ottawa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"welcome-and-introduction\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome and Introduction:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Michael F. Charles, Assistant Vice-President and University Advisor, Equity and Inclusive Communities (EIC), Carleton University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>Michael F. Charles<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65%\" valign=\"top\">Michael F. Charles is a lawyer in the Province of Ontario Canada, and an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategist. As the inaugural Assistant Vice-President and University Advisor, Equity and Inclusive Communities at Carleton University, his portfolio represents 37,000 faculty, staff and students. His body of work has led him to national advisory roles including his current membership in the Universities Canada EDI Advisory Group and the National Dialogues and Action Inter-Institutional Advisory Committee. Prior to work in higher education, Michael provided EDI research, strategy and program consulting services to a broad array of public sector and non-profit organizations in Canada; as well as private sector organizations including financial service institutions, health care corporations and, international law firms across North America.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/michael-charles-300w-1.jpg\" alt=\"Michael F. Charles\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\"><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>Prof. Yanling Wang<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65%\" valign=\"top\">Yanling Wang is a Professor and the associate director (PhD program) at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs in Carleton University. Her research interests lie in the empirical issues related to international trade and foreign direct investment, including knowledge spillovers from FDI and trade, and firms\u2019 exporting strategy with a focus on Canada and China. She currently serves as an executive member on the Canadian Women Economists Committee. She has previously served as the President for Canadian Women Economists Network, and the President for Chinese Economists Society.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/yanling-wang-300w-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Yanling Wang\"><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>Daniel Quan-Watson<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65%\" valign=\"top\">Daniel Quan-Watson is a proud public servant who is passionate about the role that public institutions play in shaping Canada and the lives of Canadians. Much of his career has focused on work with Indigenous peoples and issues. His appointment at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Indigenous Affairs is his fifth appointment as a Deputy Minister, having been Deputy Minister (and previously Associate Deputy Minister) of Western Economic Diversification, Chief Human Resources Officer for the Government of Canada and Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/daniel-quan-watson-300w-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>Falice Chin<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65%\" valign=\"top\">Falice Chin is the executive producer of news at CBC Ottawa. She is a multimedia journalist with nearly 20 years of experience in reporting and editing local, national and international stories. She co-created CBC Radio\u2019s national business show the Cost of Living; oversaw CBC\u2019s coverage of the 2019 Alberta General Election on all platforms; and helped launch numerous programs within CBC. Her career has taken her across the Gulf region of the Middle East, where she won a UN World Summit Award for her contributions to the development of e-services. She holds cu_people_degree in linguistics and journalism from the University of Calgary and the University of King\u2019s College.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/falice-chin-300w-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>The Honourable Yuen Pau Woo<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65%\" valign=\"top\">The Honourable Yuen Pau Woo sits as an independent senator representing British Columbia. He has been the Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group since 2017, and was re-elected for a second two\u2013year term in December 2019. Senator Woo is co-chair of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations, as well as a member of the Standing Senate Committees on Selection, and Transport and Communications. Senator Woo has worked on international economics and Canadian foreign policy issues for more than 30 years. He has previously served as President and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and Chair of the Canadian Committee for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/yuen-pau-woo-300w-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"4\"><strong>Prof. Xiaobei Chen<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"65%\" valign=\"top\">Xiaobei Chen is Professor of Sociology and Associate Chair in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. She is President of the Canadian Sociological Association (2020-2021). Her research and teaching interests include: sociology of childhood and youth, governance and power, citizenship, racism, colonialism, citizenship, the Chinese diaspora, and Buddhist social thought. Her latest book is a co-edited volume The Sociology of Childhood and Youth in Canada. Her current research and community engagement are around anti-Chinese, anti-Asian racism associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.<a name=\"register\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/equity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/152\/xiaobei-chen-300w-1.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Asian diaspora have been subjected to increasing blame, stigma, verbal and physical attacks. No matter its form, it is unacceptable. 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