About this resource list
In celebration of Asian Canadian Heritage Month, this guide presents a variety of works by Asian-Canadian authors and creators.
These resources, works that celebrate the ideas, successes, creativity, and stories of Asian Canadians – and more – are available at the Camosun library year-round.
If you have suggestions for resources that are not yet part of our collection, please let us know by emailing your ideas to library@camosun.ca
Identity
Changing on the Fly: Hockey Through the Voices of South Asian Canadians by 
The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak by 
Reluctant Rebellions: New and Selected Nonfiction by 
Asian Religions in British Columbia by Children's resources
My Day with Gong Gong by 
Grandmother School by 
The Komagata Maru and Canada's Anti-Indian Immigration Policies in the Twentieth Century by 
Grandmother's Visit by 
Lights for Gita by 
From Far Away by Canadian History
White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver by 
Duty, Honour & Izzat: From Golden Fields to Crimson - Punjab's Brothers In Arms in Flanders by 
Unmooring the Komagata Maru: Charting Colonial Trajectories by 
The Diary of Dukesang Wong: A Voice from Gold Mountain by 
Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians by Cuisine
Vij's Indian: Our Stories, Spices and Cherished Recipes by 
Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants by Websites of interest
Media
Directed by Yashaswi Desai, Ellie Walton
Collective Eye Films
2018
Written and Directed by Aeyliya Husain
Game Theory Films Inc.
2024
Written and Directed by Tiffany Hsiung
CBC Short Docs
2020
Written and Directed by Julia Kwan
National Film Board of Canada
2013
Directed by Rohan Fernando, Tamara Segura & Justin Simms
National Film Board of Canada
2018
Directed by Nicole Giguère
National Film Board of Canada
2011
Directed by Ling Chiu
National Film Board of Canada
2003
Written and Directed by Deepa Mehta
National Film Board of Canada
2008
Written and Directed by Jeff Chiba Stearns
Meditating Bunny Studio Inc.
2010
Stephen Quinn, Journalist interview with Shona Mistry & Adrian Zhang
CBC, Early Edition, Curio
2014
Written and Directed by Sun-Kyung Yi
Sound Venture Productions
2020
Written and directed by Kathleen Jayme
National Film Board of Canada
2024
Written and directed by Joanne Lam
National Film board of Canada
2021
Memoirs
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by 
Mistakes To Run With: A Memoir by 
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by 
I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter by Asian Canadian writers online
Environment
Jen Sookfong Lee, 2016
E-book and in print: PS 8623 E442 C66 2016
Lauralyn Chow, 2016
Call number: PS 8605 H7 P37 2016
Madeleine Thien, 2017
Call number: PS 8589 H449 D6 2017
Catherine Hernandez, 2017
Call number: PS 8615 E75 S23 2017
Jack Wang, 2020
Call number: PS 8645 A532 W4 2020
