Social Inc is hosting a Friday Film Recommendation double feature.
All Mohawk College students can access these films for free through YouTube.
This week:
"Nikkei Stories - First Immigrants"
"The earliest Japanese immigrants arrived in Canada in the late 1870s. Mostly single men, they dreamed of making good and returning to Japan. But many remained in Canada, started families, and created a community."
Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.
Watch "Nikkei Stories - First Immigrants" here.
AND
"Filipino Canadians call for support of Indigenous Peoples over shared colonized history"
Filipino Heritage Month is wrapping up. It’s also National Indigenous People’s History Month. The combination of the two is more sombre this year, in light of recent findings at former residential schools in B.C. and Saskatchewan. Filipinos are asking themselves, how can we support Indigenous Peoples in Canada? The CBC caught up with a few to hear what they're doing to show solidarity.
Sensitive Content Warning: This film has content that may be sensitive and triggering. Viewer discretion advised.
Watch "Filipino Canadians call for support of Indigenous Peoples over shared colonized history" here.
Featured Book
"Brown: What being Brown in the World Today Means (to Everyone)" by Kamal Al-Solaylee
“A look at the social, political, economic and personal implications of being a brown-skinned person today, whether from North Africa, the Middle East, Mexico, the Caribbean, or South and Southeast Asia.”
Available through the Library catalogue.