From being overlooked to assumptions that a promotion is about diversity rather than ability, Black and Asian women face a variety of obstacles.
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Recent research explores how women with non-native English accents — specifically Mandarin — fare in the Canadian job market.
Chinese-oriented online dating platforms create “Chinatowns” in cyberspace, where Chinese daters gather in hopes of finding true love.
Asian American mothers face a caregiving crisis, fueled by the pandemic but rooted in histories of anti-Asian discrimination and violence.
Relying on familiar stereotypes and images can make us miss this critical opportunity to reshape the ways in which Asian women are viewed as individuals and artists.
Chinese-Canadian journalist Edith Eaton documented anti-Asian racism in Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century. Over 100 years later, not much has changed.
Like the US, Australia’s ‘massage parlours’ are reliant on the prostitution, fetishisation and trafficking of Asian women.
A large body of sociological research has found that in North America, young Asian men are twice as likely as Asian women to be single.
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Director Asian & Asian American Studies Certificate, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Chinese Literature and Film, University of Victoria
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Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor, DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies, Western University
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Professor of English and former Academic Director of the Public Humanities Hub, University of British Columbia
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Research Fellow, Monash University XYX Lab, Monash University
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PhD student, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Organization Studies, York University, Canada
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Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Organisation Studies, University of Oxford; York University, Canada
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Senior Lecturer Work, Organisation and Management, University of Liverpool