2024 Jade Music Festival
Concert of Convergence - Program highlights

Apart from a number of concerts featuring local and international artists, this year's Jade Music Festival will feature the following events among other panels, workshops, and artist talks, all connected by the theme "convergence," from November 6-9, 2024.

Panel
"Disrupt The System Through Language In Music"

Date: Saturday, 9 November 2024
Time: 11:30am PT
Venue: Performance Works, Granville Island, Vancouver
Speakers: Serrini and Enno Cheng
Moderator: Dr. Helena Wu (Asian Studies, UBC)

// This panel features Serrini from Hong Kong and Enno Cheng from Taiwan, two innovative artists who are pushing boundaries in the music industry. Through their unique linguistic styles and storytelling techniques, they deliver sociological messages with music as a powerful medium for change.

In this exclusive panel, we will explore their storytelling methods and perspectives on navigating various industry labels. As Asian artists, Serrini and Enno Cheng will reflect on the nuances of expression and the impact of cultural contexts on their work. //

Event in English. All are welcome. RSVP here.

Workshop
"Exploring Ethnicity and Identity in Your Songs"

Date: Friday, 8 November 2024
Time: 10:30am PT
Venue: ANNEX, Vancouver
Speaker: Dr. Szu-Wei Chen
Moderator: Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke (Asian Studies, UBC)

Artist Talk
"Hip-hopping My Identity"

Date: Thursday, 7 November 2024
Time: 10:30am PT
Venue: Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver
Speaker: Handwash

Community Book Talk
Ingat: An Anthology by Migrant Domestic Worker Creatives in Hong Kong

Date: Friday, 22 November 2024
Time: 17:30-19:00 PT
Venue: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, UBC

Speakers:
Julie Ham (Associate Professor, Brock University; CMS Visiting Scholar)
Christine Vicera (Founder, be/longing)
Yvonne Yevan Yu (Writer; Instructor, Hong Kong Baptist University)
Mary Nemy Lou Rocio (Co-founder and president, Migrant Writers of Hong Kong)

This book talk, in-person and virtual, features the three co-editors of Ingat: An Anthology of Works by Migrant Domestic Worker Creatives in Hong Kong

Ingat is a collection of creative writing, poetry, photography and visual art by members of the Migrant Writers of Hong Kong and Lensational. The collection was edited by Yvonne Yu, Christine Vicera and Julie Ham, designed by Daniella Bilo and published with Small Tune Press. The anthology considers the various meanings of ingat in Tagalog and Bahasa – to remember, carefulness, to say goodbye, caution, and to take care of. The book’s design evokes the balikbayan box familiar to many Filipino families and an iconic symbol of the care that migrant domestic workers send across borders to loved ones in their countries of origin.

This event is sponsored by the Centre for Southeast Asia Research, the Centre for Migration Studies, and the Hong Kong Studies Initiative, The University of British Columbia.

Vancouver Asian Film Festival
Stories of Pang Jai 風吹布動 (2024) – West Canadian Premiere

Date: 11-17 November 2024
Virtual screening
Color | 50 min | Documentary | Cantonese & English | English subtitles
Produced by Jimmy Lo; Ruby Yang | Directed by Jimmy Lo

*Feature Film Award Nominee in the categories of Best Cinematography; Best Director; Best Film; and Best Editing.

Synopsis
In 2015, the Hong Kong government demanded the reclaiming of Pang Jai, the Yen Chow Street Hawker Bazaar/Fabric Market for land redevelopment. Stories of Pang Jai is a tribute to the heart and soul of this community, where threads of resilience and passion interweave in their efforts to save it.

About the Director
Jimmy Lo is a filmmaker and educator from Hong Kong. His debut documentary Stories of Pang Jai was nominated for the Human Rights Award at the South Taiwan Film Festival and screened internationally. Jimmy teaches Documentary Production and has an MFA in Film Production from the University of British Columbia.

More details: https://2024festival.vaff.org/events/storiesofpangjai/

Virtual screening from 11-17 November 2024: https://2024festival.vaff.org/events/v2westcoastfeaturedocumentary/

The 7th Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies
The Oysterman, the Farmer, and the Marine Police: Hong Kong History at Its Borders

Date: Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Time: 14:30-16:30 ET
Venue: Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
Speaker: Dr. Denise Y. Ho (Georgetown University)

// What does Hong Kong history look like at its borders? This talk examines the experiences of three figures whose life and work traversed Hong Kong’s border with China, focusing on the period from the establishment of the People’s Republic to the early years of China’s era of “reform and opening-up.” //

This event is organized by the York Centre for Asian Research, York University and co-sponsored and hosted by the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto.