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Anti-Asian racism and the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada /

"The outbreak of COVID-19 led to an alarming increase in assaults and discrimination against individuals of Asian descent in many countries, including Canada. A shadow pandemic of racism affected mental health, interracial relationships, and the representation of Asians in a variety of ways. &q...

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Other Authors: Chakraborty, Chandrima, 1973- (Editor), Chen, Sibo (Communication professor) (Editor), Li, Muyang (Editor), Man, Guida (Editor), Yang, X. Alvin (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver : UBC Press, [2026]
Subjects:
Asians > Canada > Social conditions.
Racism > Canada.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 > Social aspects > Canada.
Canada > Race relations.
Asian Canadians > Social conditions.
Asiatiques > Canada > Conditions sociales.
Racisme > Canada.
Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020-2023 > Aspect social > Canada.
Canadiens d'origine asiatique > Conditions sociales.
Canada > Relations raciales.
Table of Contents:
  • Race, Health, and Asian Canadians: A Legacy of Disease / Chandrima Chakraborty
  • Cultural Trauma, Collective Memory, and the Enduring Power of Chinatown / Matt Patterson
  • Rethinking Racism Against Chinese Canadians: The Nexus of Geopolitics, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Anti-Asian Racism / X. Alvin Yang and Karl Yan
  • The Construction and Deconstruction of Chineseness as a Source of Identity for Chinese, Hongkonger, and Taiwanese Canadians in the Time of COVID-19 / Grace Cheng-Ying Lin
  • Tracing Anti-China Narratives in Early Canadian Media Coverage of COVID-19 / Sibo Chen
  • "Racism Without Racists": The Bryan Adams Controversy and Anti-Asian Racism on Twitter / S. Harris Ali and Myang Li
  • Social Mobilization and Online Activism Against Anti-Asian Racism: The Use of Facebook by Asians During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Quebec / Marie-Ève Samson, Rémy Chhem, and Vattharya Ker
  • "They Would Call Me Stupid": An Intersectional Analysis of Anti-Asian/Anti-Chinese Racism in the Workplace / Guida Man, Keefer Wong, Ernest Leung, Elena Chous, and Victoria Ogley
  • Anti-Asian Racism Experienced by East and Southeast Asian Young Adults in Canada / Janice Phonepraseuth
  • Sites of Racial Encounters of Korean Students Before and During the Pandemic / Ann H. Kim, Angie Chung, Mihyon Jeon, Min-Jung K Wak, Hyunjung Shin, and Angie Minah Park.