This panel will focus on all the different ways Asian-Canadian communities are covered in the media at large, including in the context of recent anti-Asian sentiment, and how that's evolving. We’ll also explore the nuances of how Asian-Canadian media-makers across generations and cultures approach coverage of their communities, using a diverse array of platforms and formats.

Anita Li is founder of The Other Wave, a newsletter about challenging the status quo in Canadian journalism, as well as a media strategist and consultant with a decade of full-time experience as a multi-platform journalist at outlets across North America. She is also a journalism instructor at Ryerson University, the City University of New York and Centennial College. Her areas of expertise include community-driven journalism, audience engagement, journalism entrepreneurship, consumer revenue business models, newsroom diversity, media ethics and journalism innovation. Anita co-founded Canadian Journalists of Colour in 2018, and is also a member of the 2020-21 Online News Association board of directors.

Justine Abigail Yu is the founder and editor-in-chief of Living Hyphen, an intimate journal that explores the experiences of hyphenated Canadians — that is, individuals who call Canada home but who have roots in often faraway places. Justine is also a communications and marketing strategist whose expertise lies in growing organizations from the ground up through strategic digital marketing, compelling storytelling and genuine community engagement with a lens of anti-oppression.

Aparita Bhandari is producer and co-host of the Hindi language podcast, Khabardaar Podcast, a Hindi language podcast about Bollywood movies. Aparita is also a seasoned arts and life reporter who regularly contributes to a wide range of media outlets. She’s been published in the CBC, The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus magazine and more. Her areas of interest and expertise lie in the intersections of gender, culture and ethnicity.

Kenny Yum is senior director of innovation and partnerships at CBC News, which he joined in 2017. Kenny has spent his career on the digital side of journalism and has worked for national news sites as an editor, manager and strategist. He helped spearhead the relaunch of the Financial Post and the National Post’s digital properties in 2007. Kenny then helped launch the Globe and Mail’s website in 2000, eventually serving as a managing editor and editor of GlobeAndMail.com from 2009 to 2011. He eventually left the Globe in 2011 to become the founding editor-in-chief of HuffPost Canada and the editorial lead of all AOL Canada channels.

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Asian-Canadian Representation in the Media