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Asian Canadian Indie Music Fest 2010

ACCO — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:30:29 +0000

:::SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:::

We have made the following changes to the event:

1. The date has been changed — from March 5th, to Friday March 26th 2010

2. We have decided to change the venue to Thea’s Lounge in Koerner Grad Student’s House

3. Tickets will be$11 before the show and at the door, and appetizers and snacks will be provided!

THIS IS A 19+ EVENT! please bring your IDs. Alcohol can be purchased at the bar.

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Once again, we have brought back the Asian Canadian Indie Music Festival!

Come out and discover the amazing young, talented and local Asian Canadian performers of UBC and beyond! In its second year, ACCO’s Indie Music Fest is set to exceed last year’s expectations and open your eyes to the incredible diversity of up-and-coming Asian Canadian talent, featuring live performances by rock bands, singer-songwriters, acoustics crooners, traditional instrumentalists and much more. Refreshments will be served. This is ACCO’s biggest performing arts event of the year and is NOT to be missed!!!

Tickets only $11 in advance and at the door
All proceeds support Downtown Eastside Womens’ Centre

Date: Friday, March 26, 2010
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Thea’s Lounge, UBC Koerner Graduate Student building
Doors open @ 6:30pm, Show starts @ 7pm

You can get your in-advance tickets by:

1. Directly contacting any ACCO exec member (Crystal, Kristina, Anais, Jung Ah, Bard, Teresa, Lola, Brian, Jason), or
2. Emailing us at info@ubcacco.com, or
3. Dropping by our info booth on the SUB Concourse after March 5!!!

See you all there!

CLICK HERE for photos from last year’s music fest awsomeness!

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FREE SCREENING: ACCO-VAFF Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon Winners

ACCO — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:52:04 +0000

This year ACCO and VAFF are co-presenting ’2008 MAMM Winners Screening’ (Mighty Asian Movie-Making Marathon)!! It will take place from 5-6:30pm in the Victoria Learning Theatre in the UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009. The screening will feature the top three winners in the Asian Canadian filmmaking contest. VAFF and ACCO executives will be in attendance, as well as up and coming directors, producers, screenwriters and actors. A panel will follow. Join us for an evening of Asian Canadian film, discussion and fun!!

ACCO Icebreaker // 2009 Launch Party

ACCO — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:12:29 +0000

Dear Friends, old and new alike:

The Asian Canadian Cultural Organization is proud to invite you to our 2009 opening party!!

We’ll be explaining exactly what it is that we do; as well as the two major events we will be hosting this year in the name of Asian Canadian social awareness. In addition, we’ll introduce you to our executive team, as well as share with you which executive openings are currently available. We’ll also be talking about some of the funner events and collaborations we hope to have with fellow UBC clubs such as: Perspectives, UBC Postsecret, Asian Music Club, Indo-Canadian Club, etc. And we will introduce some of our local community partnerships with Schema Magazine, the Asian Canadian Writer’s Workshop, CBC, and other affiliates.

And Lastly! we’ll obviously be hanging out, feasting (Italian dishes and hors d’oeuvres for you food fanatics!) and taking time to get to know each other (Games and Prizes).
In spite of ACCO’s socio-cultural and political purposes, we definitely aim to have a lot of fun this year!

ACCO Icebreaker
Friday October 16th 2009
Room 213, SUB, UBC
Time: 4:30 (doors), 5 – 7pm
RSVP: smallhearted@gmail.com *please let me know if you can make it ^^

So stop by and check us out, I guarantee it will be an awesome time

Best,

Crystal Tai
President, ACCO

ACCO at Club Days This FRIDAY, SEPT. 25

ACCO — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:57:19 +0000

Greetings new, current and prospective ACCO members,

This is Kristina here, your new VP for 2009/2010!

A new year is upon us and we would like to invite every single one of you out to our UBC Club Days booth!!

Details below:
Date: September 25th (this Friday!)
Time: 10am to 4:30pm (drop by whenever)
Place: Student Union Building (SUB), Room 215 (upstairs)

We will have our traditional big ACCO display, totally revamped for the new school year! You can’t miss it. AND there will be prizes for participation

This is *the* prime time to sign up for or renew your membership, and we will have execs on hand to talk to you more about our club and what we have in store this year, as well as answer any questions you may have.

Spread the word to your friends and classmates and get them over to our booth this Friday! See you all there!

Cheers,

Kristina Chang, Vice President
on behalf of all the ACCO 2009/2010 execs

PS – Don’t forget to check out our facebook group!

Free Film Screening of The Iron Road

ACCO — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:04:20 +0000

Please join us for a preview screening of IRON ROAD, a gripping love story set against the historical contribution of Chinese immigrants whose lives and personal sacrifice made the construction of Canada’s transcontinental railroad through the Rockies possible. The screening is followed by a youth response to the movie and a Q&A with Producer Raymond Massey and Executive Producer Tiger Hu.

Thursday JULY 16, 2009 at the Victoria Learning Theatre (Room 182)

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, [map]

1961 East Mall, UBC

Doors open: 5:45 PM | Screening begins: 6:00 PM

Panel Discussion 7:45 – 8:15 PM

Admission is Free, RSVP required. Please RSVP at http://www.naaap.bc.ca/events.php

This epic film stars Oscar-winning Peter O’Toole, Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, Wimbledon), Sun Li (Fearless with Jet Li), Chinese mega-star Tony Leung Ka Fai (The Lover), Luke Macfarlane (Brothers and Sisters, ABC), Ian Tracey (Intelligence, Da Vinci’s Inquest), Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho, NBC) and Charlotte Sullivan (MVP, Alice in Wonderland).

IRON ROAD has been winning awards at international film festivals: Best Actress in Rome, Audience Favourite in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Best Cinematography, Production Design, Costumes and Makeup at the Leo Awards this year.

Visit the website www.ironroadthemovie to view the trailer and the Behind the Scenes video
[user name: ironroad [no spaces], password: railroad123 ]

IRON ROAD is the first film co-production between Canada and China since Bethune with Donald Sutherland. It is co-written by Barry Pearson and Raymond Storey, directed and edited by David Wu. Vancouver casting by Sue Brouse and Lynn Carrow. Financial support from the CTF, through Telefilm Canada, the CBC, Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund, Cogeco Fund, and the Shaw Rocket Fund, and FIBC and OMDC.

This community-sponsored screening is co-presented by CBC, the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHS) and the UBC Community Partners for Internationalization (CPI), in partnership with the Asian Canadian Cultural Organization (ACCO) and NAAAP Vancouver, and is made possible through the generous support of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre of UBC.

+ IRON ROAD is also screening at Fifth Avenue Cinema (Fifth Avenue & Burrard), one night only on Wednesday July 29, 2009 at 7:00 PM. Don’t miss the two-part broadcast version of IRON ROAD, which airs Sundays August 9 and August 16th 8:00 – 10:00 PM, on CBC Television.

INSTRCC presents a film screening of Rex Vs. Singh at UBC

ACCO — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:16:06 +0000

REX VERSUS SINGH FILM SCREENING

with Director, Ali Kazimi

MARCH 26, 2009

6-8 pm

Victoria Learning Theatre in the Irving K. Barber Learning Center at UBC

THIS EVENT IS COMPLETELY FREE!!!

Please come join us for a special screening of Rex Vs. Singh, a 30-minute film which centers on a 1915 trial where two South Asian mill-workers were entrapped by undercover police, accused of sodomy and sent to trial. Themes of homophobia, racism, and corruption are prevalent throughout this 30-minute film. Immediately following the screening, there will be a panel discussion withBrent Ingram, a local historian whose research inspired the film, UNBC Professor Dave Sangha, and one of the directors of Rex Vs. Singh and who is also a film professor at York University, Ali Kazimi.

FACEBOOK EVENT FOR REX VS. SINGH



UnConference Day 2
ACCO — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:39:29 +0000
A special thanks to all our executives who put so much time and effort into our UnConference 2009! Here are some pictures of Day 2 and for more pictures, please go to: ACCO presents UnConference 2009


         


ACCO UnConference 2009 – Day #1
ACCO — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:38:22 +0000
ACCO UnConference 2009 has just completed Day #1.  Please come join us for Day #2!

         


ACCO hosts… UnConference 2009!
ACCO — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:07:47 +0000
Can Asian guys get non-Asian girls?
Are Asian girls just all passive naive sex kittens?
Are Asians to blame for the gang violence in Vancouver?
Do you hate being called a FOB?
Join in on our *FREE*Unconference sponsored by INSTRCC on March 5th and 6th in the UBC SUB Rooms 214 and 216, and address these issues with us. UnConference is our annual two day event that consists of six workshops facilitated by our student members. Each workshop tackles a different topic that affects the Asian Canadian community. Below is our program: 
Note:

- Door Prizes!

- no sign up required!

- Pop in ANY time! attend any of the topics *mentioned below*

- Food and refreshments will be provided, complimentary of ACCO 
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Program:
March 5th, 2009 – Day 1
Opening  – 11 am to 11:30 am
Workshop 1 – 11:30 am to 12:50 pm SUB 214
Asian Women are Sooo Exotic

This workshop will open up a nice girly flow of conversation pertaining to the cultural and sexual stereotypes of Asian women in the West. Topics to be addressed include: media representation, family and cultural upbringing, and, sexuality and identity. Led by UBC student Crystal Tai, we invite you to join us in breaking down some of the misnomers that affect Asian women, and help us come up with different ways to counter such misconceptions.
Workshop 2 – 1:00 pm to 2:20pm SUB 214
Asian Man, Take a Stand!  Reframing the Angry Asian Man Experience

Are you angry? Asian? Join UBC Students Kenji Shimizu and Mark Lee on a journey of self-discovery. From media portrayals to interracial dating, explore the causes of the angry Asian man phenomenon and discuss practical methods to grow and overcome these problems. Women, non-Asians and the non-angry are also welcome!
Workshop 3 – 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm SUB 214
New versus Old:  Conflicts between Immigrants and Canadian-Born Asians

Have you ever wondered where your Asian parent is coming from? Or pondered about what your immigrant and Canadian-Born Asian peers think about one another? UBC student Andrea Chan will explore the culture and value differences between Asian immigrants and CBAs. This workshop will discuss social interactions, thoughts and feelings between those new to Canada and those that are born in Canada and have thus been accustomed to Western culture.
March 6th, 2009– Day 2
Workshop 4 – 12:00 pm to 1:20 pm SUB 214
Drugs, Gangs, and Asian Youth Culture

With the rise of gang-related crimes in the Lower Mainland, the street gang lifestyle has been increasingly associated with Asian Canadians. Police-raided grow-ops have also indicated that Asians own a fair share of these illegal operations. Are these statements a fair assessment? Are Asians really more prone to joining gangs and dealing drugs? UBC students Narith Heng and Angela Wong will lead a workshop examining the association of drugs and gangs with Asian Canadian youths and the social and political consequences it has on the Asian Canadian community.
Workshop 5 – 1:30 pm to 2:50 pm SUB 214
Prudes! Nymphos! Asians? Ideas of Sex in an Asian Canadian Mindset

Did you grow up in a traditional Asian household where sex was a taboo subject? Did you learn about sex through other outlets besides your parents? Are Asian women really better in bed? Do Asian men make bad lovers? UBC students Angela Wong and Crystal Tai will explore traditional Asian concepts of sex and how the younger Asian Canadian generation bridge traditional and western concepts of sex. Ideas of sexual stereotypes associated with Asians and the implications for Asian Canadians will also be examined.
Workshop 6 – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm SUB 214
The Rise of Canadian-Born Asian (CBA) Culture

In the vibrant and dynamic multicultural city of Vancouver, you can hardly take one step outside without noticing this relatively new phenomenon: Canadian-Born Asian culture. Bubble tea at the movies, Korean Supermarkets in downtown, Anime Conventions attracting thousands of participants and Bollywood movies rapidly gaining a surprising audience: When did it start and how did it become such a ubiquitous and uniquely “Canadian” culture? In this interactive and thought-provoking workshop, UBC students and CBA connoisseurs Rainie Tian and Kristina Chang will take you through the rise of CBA culture in Vancouver and discuss its social, economic, and political implications.
4:30 – 5:00 pm – Closing

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for more info, please email us at info@ubcacco.com
FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE FOR UNCONFERENCE 2009




         


A.Jam Success!
ACCO — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:54:15 +0000
Hi Everyone,
A big thank you to everyone that attended A.Jam. It was an amazing event! There was delicious food, a great raffle draw and fantastic performances! Also, half the proceeds will be going to ASIA so not only was it a fun event but it we were also helping a worthy cause. A BIG thank you to our volunteers, INSTRCC, and all our wonderful and talented performers. I’ve included some photos (click on them to see the full size) but feel free to see the rest of the pictures at: ACCO Presents A.Jam 2009!
SVS Style Dance Crew
x:Enders
Angy & Karyn from ASIA
Mark and Kristina 
Crystal and Anais
Some of our Attendees
Andrea and Rainie
Kristina, DJ Oker Chen, Angela
Kristina, Crystal, and Angy