hua foundation

06/09/2026

Join us on our walking tour of Chinatown and Hogan’s Alley on Sunday, June 28th, 2026 from 11am-2pm. 

Though Chinatown and Hogan’s Alley walking tours have long served as an accessible, tangible, and engaging way to share the histories of the neighbourhoods we live and work in, these stories are often told in isolation of one another. In partnership, Hogan’s Alley Society and hua foundation are launching a new walking tour, which includes examples of how our respective communities have been intentionally divided since the inception of this city, and draws commonalities and connections between stories of the two neighbourhoods. Divide and conquer tactics have led to entire communities being displaced from their land, and that echoes into the ways we learn about these histories. When we look at our neighbourhoods not merely as Chinatown or Hogan’s Alley, but as an area that has historically and continues to house several ethnic communities, we can consider how cross-cultural solidarity might empower us to prevent further displacement and foster stronger community ties across ethnic and cultural lines.

For more information and to register, visit https://bit.ly/CT-HA-walking-tour-0628.

Tour guides: Lama Mugabo and Kimberley Wong

04/22/2026

With the municipal election just over 6 months away, our staff have been learning about all the ways in which we can advocate to government for our shared neighbourhoods and collective communities in Chinatown, Hogan’s Alley, and the Downtown Eastside. Part of that is learning about local government jurisdiction and city council’s role, identifying our community priorities, and ways to engage and shape local government decisions.

Now, we want you to come and learn with us. What makes us feel like we belong in our neighbourhoods? What levers do you know how to pull to affect change with decision makers? What are your policy priorities going into the upcoming municipal election?

Join us for an afternoon of democracy in action on May 2 from 11am-2pm at 312 Main St by signing up for Shape Your Community below and learn about all of the above and more from Women Transforming Cities (and each other!).

This event is organized and led by the Co-Share Collective (Hogan’s Alley Society, hua foundation, UBC Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement, and Chinatown Celebration Society).

‼️Register here:
🔗 https://bit.ly/SYC-CCC

03/30/2026

Last month, we came together to learn about local governance, jurisdiction, and city council’s role from Women Transforming Cities () at their Shape Your Community workshop. We were asked: What do we need to thrive and belong in our neighbourhoods? What issues do we collectively care most about coming into the municipal election? As a coalition of non-profits working together in Hogan’s Alley and Chinatown, our neighbourhoods are faced with a plethora of decisions to navigate in this civic election. Swipe through to peek at what we discussed.

Want to share your thoughts? Let WTC’s team know by filling out their Our City Hall survey at their link in bio.

…and keep an eye out for future event offerings!

03/11/2026

Our digital worlds are shifting, often faster than we can keep up with. In witnessing the troublingly rapid and widespread acceptance of AI-integrated futures, we ask ourselves: What does ethical governance look like in an age of AI?

Scroll through to find out where our concerns lie, and how we are activating our values to move towards alternative futures that uplift the agency, dignity, and humanity of our communities.

All of this together, we share the following: an excerpt of hua foundation’s AI Governance Policy, with the hope of contributing one piece to the broader conversation on how we can best embody our values in the face of these new technological landscapes.

Check out the full policy at bit.ly/hf-ai, and comment below:

🚩What stuck out to you from reading our policy?

📚What resources have been helpful to you?

👥What events, tools, etc. would you like to see?

02/05/2026

As an Asian-led and -serving organization, food has always meant a great deal to us, but portraying the importance of having culturally affirming food at our gatherings hasn’t always been so easy to describe. Food is a form of care—from the way we provide it, to the kind of food we provide, to its place as a social lubricant and reason to come together—food is political and we have always known it.

Find out who we keep ordering from, what we order, and why it’s important to us by reading the full blog post at bit.ly/catering-faves.

Edited by staff member Kimberley Wong.

02/02/2026

🧧Mark your calendars and memorize your list of New Year’s greetings! February 17, 2026 is the first day of the Lunar New Year 🌕 We are excited to be working with painter and tattoo artist Mandy Tsung ( & on Instagram) to design our 2026 Lunar New Year greeting card.

Send one to the auntie who makes the best soup noodle 🍜 or your sifu/adoptive elder who taught you all of your best moves 💪🏻

Postcards can be purchased in sets of 3, 5, or 10. Head over to bit.ly/4jS9XNp for full details!

07/14/2025

Applications for our summer cohort program are now open! 

‘Reorienting Our Trauma’ is a program that offers free group counselling for members of the Asian diaspora. The 5-week program provides space for our community to speak up about the struggles and injustices we face—healing collective harms together through naming, coping with, and rewriting our trauma.

🌀Our program is created and led by facilitators Betty Yeung, RCC, CCC (.counselling), Kimberley Wong (), Program Manager at hua foundation, and Myla Mylvaganam, Program Assistant.

🐣Reorienting Our Trauma is free of cost to those participating, but participants must be able to attend all sessions. Sessions are conducted in English and light dinner will be provided. Dates of the program are August 6, 13, 20, 27, and September 3, 2025. Each cohort will have up to 12 participants and will be held in person on Wednesdays starting at 6pm in Chinatown Vancouver. 

📓Learn more about the program by reading through our application form at https://bit.ly/reorient-trauma-2025 or at the link in our bio (laptop viewing recommended!). Please submit your response to this form at the latest by 11:59pm on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. We encourage people to apply as early as possible as applications will be assessed on a rolling basis.

06/10/2025

Food carries history, migration, and memory. When we initially set out to host this event, we had planned to host a dialogue on the ways in which colonial histories and transnational migration shape Filipino/x foodways, and to offer a shared space to reflect on the layers of home that we carry with us.

In the shadow of ongoing grief and accompanying community response, this event invites us to gather and share connection, care, and kuwentuhan. Sharing food with each other is the human throughline of our communal gatherings, marking and helping us process events. In many ways, it’s those particular colonial histories and transnational migration patterns that shape the ways that we hold grief, and it is in the work of sifting through those layers that we navigate the pathways forward.

Hosted by Chef Kris Young from .yvr, Alyssa Sy de Jesus, and Dr. JP Catungal, we honour those affected by returning to what sustains us: community care, collective storytelling, and the simple act of feeding one another. In doing so, we hope to reclaim the narrative of ‘food as cultural heritage,’ not simply as a site of cultural consumption, but as a means to nourish ourselves and each other through the often unseen labours of the communal kitchen.

When: Sunday, June 29, 2025, 1:00-3:00 pm
Where: 411 Seniors Centre, 3502 Fraser St, Vancouver, BC V5V 4C5

Tickets are limited; this event is free of charge and open to all, but at this time we are prioritizing community members who are seeking spaces of care. This event features a hands-on workshop using a vegetarian lumpia recipe, which participants will receive a recipe card to take home.

This event is part of the Browning Asian Canada series and is a collaboration between the UBC Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement .yvr.

Event Details Start: 29 June 2025 1:00 pm End: 29 June 2025 3:00 pm Venue: 411 Seniors Centre Categories: Events Food carries history, migration, and memory. When we initially set out to host this event, we had planned to host a dialogue on the ways in which colonial histories and transnational migr...

06/05/2025

Registration is now open for drop-in sessions (a new format‼️) on June 11 and 18. Availability is limited, so sign up to hold your spot at the link in our bio or at https://bit.ly/rot-dropin. Reorienting Our Trauma was started to provide space for the Asian diaspora to speak up about the struggles and injustices we face collectively, and we maintain this intention as we venture forward into our next year of programming.

These evening drop-in sessions are free, open to all ages 18+, and offer a lower barrier opportunity to participate in our programs than our five-week cohort group in August.

For more information or questions regarding this program, please contact our Program Manager at [email protected].

04/27/2025

We are heart-broken by the tragic events that unfolded at last night’s Lapu Lapu Day celebration in Vancouver. To the families who lost loved ones, to those recovering from injuries, and to every attendee left shaken, please know we are holding space for your grief and pain.

We encourage everyone to hold space for grief, check in on friends and colleagues, and seek help if you’re struggling. We will share verified ways to help in our stories—whether through community vigils, counselling resources, or donation drives.

For now, we simply join you in mourning.
Ingat—take care.

the hua foundation team