ASA

Asian Student Association

Central Asia

East Asia

North Asia

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Southwest Asia

About

Central Asia (consist of five former Soviet Socialist Republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan; in a wider view, Xinjiang of western China, Mongolia, Afghanistan, and northern Pakistan are included)

East Asia (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Tibet, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, and South Korea)

North Asia (Asian part of Russia and consists of three federal districts of Russia: Ural, Siberian, and the Far Eastern)

South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka)

Southeast Asia (Southeast Asia is often split into two parts: Mainland Southeast Asia, comprising Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam; and Maritime Southeast Asia, which includes Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, East Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. China has historically influenced the region more than India, most notably through the large Chinese populations in many of the countries of the region)

Southwest Asia  (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, most of Turkey, and part of Egypt)
Film

  • National Film Board playlist: Asian Communities in Canada
  • CBC GEM: Asian Heritage Month: A collection of documentaries, films and shows that honour the rich culture of Asian Canadians.
  • Iron Road: The story of Iron Road presents an ideal opportunity to educate young people about the history of the Chinese community in Canada, the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the cultural diversity of our nation
  • A Passage Beyond Fortune: An homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw

Heritage Minutes:

The following four-minute-long films provide a sample of Heritage Minutes that touch upon Asian heritage in the Canadian context.