Asian Heritage Month Resources
May is Asian Heritage Month, and it’s dedicated to reflecting and celebrating the people of Asian Descent (East Asia, Southern Asia, Western, Central, and Southeast Asia). We’ve compiled Asian resources and recommendations containing shows, movies, podcasts, local businesses, organizations, and so much more.
We want to hear your recommendations! If you have a favourite piece of media that celebrates people of Asian descent, we welcome you to share it with us so we can add it to our list! Just email: communications@theuwsa.ca.
Read:
- Aravind Adiga
- The White Tiger
- Arundhati Roy
- The God of Small Things, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
- Banana Yoshimoto
- Kitchen, Moonlight Shadow, Asleep, Goodbye Tsugumi, The Lake, Moshi Moshi
Buy:
- Fashion: Hello Darling, Aldo Formal Wear
- Shop: Unique Bunny, Little Star Gifts
- Grocery: 88 Mart, Young’s Market, Spice World, ING Supermarket
- Services: Hue Shoe Repair
- Beauty: American Nails
- Food and Drinks: Little Korea, Copper Chimney, Pho Hoang, Shaba Thai Cuisine, Banh Mi King, East Ocean Restaurant, Monuts, Asia City
- Photographer: Ally Gonzalo (jhapes), Jeff Marc (jeffmarcphotography)
Watch:
TV Shows:
- Kim’s Convenience
- Never Have I Ever
- Fresh off the Boat
- Killing Eve
Movies:
- Bao (short film)
- Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
- Gook
- First Cow
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
- Turning Red
- Drive My Car
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Parasite
Misc:
Listen:
Podcast:
- Asian Enough by Los Angeles Times
Music
- Rina Sawayama
- Shawn Wasabi
- The Linda Lindas
- H.E.R
- Eric Nam
- Mitski
- Twice
- Seventeen
- M.I.A
Follow:
- Adrienne Shum – Yoga teacher, functional range condition mobility specialist, and Ayurvedic lifestyle counsellor
- @andrea.cesyl – Actor on broadway
- @coldteacollective – Original stories for and by Asian Millennials
- @ianbawa – Filmmaker
- @maribeth.tabanera – Abolitionist educator, choreographer, DJ, writer, and organizer
- @mingmingmingmgniming – Dancer and choreographer
- @Sophie_Kil – Dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor
- @itsquaniee – Filmmaker
At UWinnipeg:
- Bangladeshi Student Association
- East Asian Language and Cultures
- The University of Winnipeg Filipino Student Association
Attend, Donate, and Support:
- Asian Heritage Society of Manitoba: Asian Event Directory
- Asian Women of Winnipeg: Non-profit Organization
- FascinAsian Film Festival: Film Festival
- Vietnamese Canadian Federation: Vietnamese Culture Magazine
- Winnipeg Chinese Cultural & Community Centre