ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH FESTIVAL 2025
Presented by Asian Heritage Month-CFACI
Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH)
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1. Asian Heritage Month Opening Ceremony | “Fostering Understanding and Solidarity Through Combatting Anti-Asian Racism Education”
Date: Saturday May 3, 2025 | 1pm – 3pm
Please arrive at 12:30pm to tour the exhibition.
Venue: City Hall Rotunda, City Hall, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto. Map
FREE ADMISSION | Please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/asian-heritage-month-opening-ceremony-tickets-1326185349079
2. “Empowering Communities Against Racism: Asian Canadian Photography Exhibition with Demos, Workshops and Talks” | Asian Heritage Month Photography Exhibition by Award-Winning Asian Canadian Photographers at City Hall Rotunda
Date: April 28 to May 4, 2025
Venue: City Hall Rotunda, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto. Map
FREE ADMISSION
3. Photo Exhibition | Burma Seen Through The Lens of Award-Winning Photographer Mr. Tam Kam Chiu
Date: May 1 to May 31, 2025
Venue: City Hall Branch, Toronto Public Library, 100 Queen Street West, Toronto. Map
FREE ADMISSION
4. “Empowering Communities Against Racism: Asian Canadian Photography Exhibition” | Asian Heritage Month Photography Exhibition by Award-Winning Asian Canadian Photographers at Metro Hall Rotunda
Date: May 7 to May 13, 2025
Venue: Metro Hall Rotunda, Toronto, 55 John Street, Toronto. Map
FREE ADMISSION
5. Annual Asian Heritage Month Concert 2025
“Promoting Inclusion and Unity: Being an Ally – Love makes us one” |
Date: May 8, 2025, 7pm
Venue: Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto. Map
FREE ADMISSION | Please register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/asian-heritage-month-concert-2025-tickets-1334211776339
Artistic Directors: Professor Chan Ka Nin, Ms Alice Ping Yee Ho, Dr. Vania Chan
6. “The Chinese Head Tax: Untold Stories Mark 140 Years”
Date: May 14, 2025 | 6 pm
Venue: Toronto Reference Library, Toronto Public Library, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto. Map
Speakers: Arlene Chan, Judy Fong Bates, Kwoi Gin, Susan Crean
FREE ADMISSION | Please register here.
7. School Workshops
Music workshop by Bo San Karantjans
Story telling workshop by Catherine Little
FREE ADMISSION | FOR SCHOOLS ONLY
8. “Pan-Asian Diversity: Once upon a time in Chinatown | The Evolution of Chinese Desserts” | Asian Heritage Month talk at North York Central Library
Date: Wednesday May 21, 2025 | 7pm
Venue: North York Central Library, Toronto Public Library, 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto. Map
FREE ADMISSION | Please register here.
Speakers: Gordon Lam, President, Lem Si Ho Tong Society; Roy Wong, Vice President of the Wong’s Family Association; Chiyi Tam, Toronto Chinatown Land Trust, and Koby Song-Nichols, PhD candidate from University of Toronto Asian Studies. Produced by Professor Chef Leo Chan.
9. Asian Heritage Month Education Roundtable: “Asian Sports: A Unifying Force for Health and Wellness”
Date: May 29, 2025
Venue: University of Toronto
FREE ADMISSION | FOR SCHOOLS ONLY
10. “Efforts to challenge stereotypes in Asian Canadian Films” | Asian Heritage Month Film Festival programmed by Reelworld
Date: May 29, 2025 | 7:30pm
Location: Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto. Map
FREE ADMISSION. PLEASE REGISTER HERE.
Feature documentary
New feature documentary “Exclusion: Beyond the Silence” with Q&A with the producer and director
Asian Heritage Month Festival is partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Asian Canadian Artists in Digital Age is funded by Canada Council for the Arts Digital Strategy Fund
Supporters of Asian Heritage Month 2025
Main Partner: Toronto Public Library
- Canadian Heritage Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage Program
- Canada Council for the Arts Digital Strategy Fund
- Toronto Arts Council Digital Communities Fund
- Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
- Cambridge Food and Wine Society
- Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture
- Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, University of Toronto
- Chi Ping Dance Group
- Chinese Canadian Photographic Association of Toronto
- Chinese Collective Arts Association
- City of Toronto
- City Opera Vancouver
- Justin Poy Agency
- Moon Pointer Production Inc.
- Reel Asian Film Festival
- ReelWorld Film Festival
- Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
- Toronto Arts Council
- Toronto Catholic District School Board
- Toronto District School Board
- Toronto Public Library