EDUCATION

• 2020 - present — PhD English (ongoing)

  • McMaster University, Department of English and Cultural Studies

  • Supervisor: Dr. Amber Dean

• 2019 - 2020 — Creative Writing Certificate

  • Simon Fraser University, The Writer’s Studio Online

  • Mentor: Jen Sookfong Lee

• 2017 - 2019 — MA Socio-cultural Studies of Health

  • Queen’s University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies

  • Supervisor: Dr. Jeffrey Masuda

• 2010 - 2014 — BA English

  • University of Victoria, Department of English

  • Minor: Political Science

JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS (PEER-REVIEWED)

• “Why We Say Powell Street and Not “Japantown””

  • book chapter with Nicole Yakashiro

  • published in White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver

• “Beyond Pain Narratives?: Representing Loss and Practicing Refusal at the Astoria Hotel”

  • journal article

  • published in Loss, special issue of the Urban History Review, vol. 48, no. 2, 2021, pp. 76-96

• “A Matter of Life and Death: Exploring the Necropolitical Limbo of Kingston’s Housing Crisis in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic”

  • journal article with Sophie Lachapelle

  • published in The Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, vol. 10, 2021, pp. 321-347

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• June 1, 2023 — “Returning to the Past its Gaps and Other Disorientations for a Haunting Methodology”

  • with Kara Granzow and Amber Dean

  • Canadian Sociological Association at Congress, York University, Toronto, Ontario

• November 25, 2022 — ““I just find it interesting, how Japanese Canadians write letters”: Reflections on dear community and c/o”

  • Creative Counter-Memorializations: A Symposium/Gathering in Kjipuktuk (Halifax)

  • University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia

• May 28, 2019 — ““The Balmoral died, the Regent died…”: Death, rumours, and resistance in Single Room Occupancy hotels of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside”

  • Canadian Association of Geographers Annual General Meeting & Conference

  • University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba

• May 10, 2019 — ““We’re writing a eulogy”: Beyond the loss of Single Room Occupancy hotels in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside”

  • Loss: A Symposium

  • McGill University, Montréal, Québec

• May 2, 2019 — ““In that ‘zact same room”: The everydayness of life and death in the SROs of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside”

  • BC Studies Conference

  • Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia

• October 21, 2017 — “Public health, the work of the dead, and remaining in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside”

  • Canadian Association of Geographers (Ontario Division) Conference

  • Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

POEMS, STORIES, & CREATIVE WRITING

• “single mother on hastings,” published in Ricepaper Magazine, August 8, 2022.

• in Words Gathered Vol. 3: Community, edited by Irene Moore Davis and Vanessa Shields, 2023:

  • “Lights on in the Regent”

  • “ode to bob (for naomi)”

  • “Redress”

  • “threadbare woman”

• for Tsunagu: Japanese Canadian Family Stories:

  • “A Slip”

  • “Rapids and Replica”

• “Room 708: Mercy,” published in emerge20: The Writer’s Studio Anthology, Simon Fraser University, 2020.

• “you aren’t nice: on kinship, home, and being angry,” with Nicole Yakashiro, Nikkei Images, vol. 23, no. 2, 2018, pp. 12-18

• “being trespassers,” with Nicole Yakashiro, Landscapes of Injustice Scholarship and Activism Forum, September 21, 2017.

BOOK REVIEWS, PUBLIC REPORTS, & COMMUNITY COMMENTARY

• “Haunting as a Methodology: An Annotated Bibliography”

  • annotated bibliography

  • pending publication on the website for Settler Colonial Place-Making in Alberta: Sexualized Violence, Extractivism, and Cowboy Culture

• Review of Migration, Displacement, and Redress: A Japanese Canadian Perspective by Tatsuo Kage

  • book review

  • published in The Bulletin / Geppo, December 4, 2020

• “Remaining in Death: A Critical Ethnography of Death, Remains, and Community in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside”

  • Master’s thesis

  • QSpace Queen’s Graduate Theses and Dissertations, 2019

• “A Witnessing”

  • book review of Fresh Pack of Smokes by Cassandra Blanchard

  • published in Canadian Literature, no. 239, 2020, pp. 132-133

• “Kingston’s Housing Crisis and COVID-19: A Matter of Life and Death”

  • public report with Sophie Lachapelle

  • sent to City of Kingston May 4, 2021

• “My Storie(s)”

  • speech adapted for print

  • published in The Bulletin/Geppo, January 15, 2019

• “Don’t condemn Chinatown to the same fate suffered by Vancouver’s Pauerugai”

  • speech adapted for print

  • published in The Volcano, May 31, 2017

• “VIFF 2014: Ishii Yuya’s ‘The Vancouver Asahi’ shines at world premiere and People Choice Award”

  • news article

  • published in Nikkei Voice, October 15, 2014

• “Celebrating the success of the 2014 JCYLC”

  • blog post

  • published on the website for the Japanese Canadian Young Leaders Conference, October 6, 2014

DOCUMENTARY, ZINES, & OTHER MULTIMEDIA

• paueru gaizette (zine)

  • editor, designer, contributor

  • no. 1, no. 2, no. 3

• “c/o” (digital mixed media)

  • published on YouTube, 8 Mar. 2022

• “dear community | ディア・コミュニティ” (documentary)

  • published on YouTube, 18 Jul. 2021

• “dialogue,” featured in “Nikkei Totoba Forest” (digital mixed media)

  • published on YouTube by Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, September 18, 2020

PUBLIC TALKS & PANELS

• Panelist, “Beyond the Disciplinary Narratives of the Colonial Settler State and Empire: New Critical Directions and Methodologies”

  • chair: Kirsten McAllister

  • panel: Angela May, Takashi Fujitani, Lisa Yoneyama, Ayaka Yoshimizu, Nicole Yakashiro, Laura Ishiguro, and Takara Ketchell

  • Simon Fraser University, February 7, 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia

• Panelist, “I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians”

  • speakers: Angela May, Laura Ishiguro, Nicole Yakashiro, Lisa Uyeda, Carolyn Nakagawa

  • University of British Columbia, March 1, 2022

• Panelist, Talking the Walk: What’s At Stake

  • host: Henry Tsang

  • panel: Angela May, Melody Ma, Michael Barnholden, Paul Englesberg

  • Powell Street Festival Society and 360 Riot Walk, July 13, 2021

• Panelist, “Antiracism in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside”

  • Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association, April 10, 2021

  • host: Emiko Newman

  • panelists: Angela May, Lama Mugabo, Skundaal (Bernie Williams), Edward Takayanagi, and Sid Chow Tan

• Presenter, Birmingham City University Physical Education and School Sport Summer Exchange Course

  • Queen’s University, 21 June 2019, Kingston, Ontario

• Speaker, 30th Anniversary of Japanese Canadian Redress and 60th Anniversary of The Bulletin Geppo

  • December 9, 2018, Tonari Gumi, Vancouver, British Columbia

• Panelist, “VOICES,” VOICES: A Multimedia Exhibit

  • host: Genevieve Flavelle

  • Isabel Bader Centre Art and Media Lab, March 8, 2018, Kingston, Ontario

• Panelist, “Being A Good Neighbour in the Downtown Eastside” (Realms of Refuge)

  • host: Kelty McKerracher

  • panelists: Angela May, Stephen Lytton, Phoenix Winter, Diane Wood, Sam Bob, Hiromi Goto, and Kat Norris,

  • Heart of the City Festival, October 21, 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia

• Speaker, Hapa-Palooza: Mixed Voices Raised

  • Hapa-Palooza Festival, September 24, 2014

PODCASTS, READINGS, & OTHER PARTICIPATORY WORK

• Podcast guest, InTanglement, Episode 1 - “To Walk Alongside One Another: Messy Tangles of Self and Society”

  • host: Rebecca Wang 王晨釔

  • guests: Angela May, Manuel Axel Strain

  • Cinevolution Media Arts Society, August 2022

• Host, “The Paueru Gai Dialogues #4: Old Roots and New Relationships on Indigenous Lands”

  • Powell Street Festival Society, April 29, 2021

• Reader, “Readings from the Writer’s Studio”

  • Vancouver Writer’s Festival, November 1, 2020

• Participant, Grounds for Goodness (Downtown Eastside)

  • Heart of the City Festival, October 31 to November 8, 2020

  • participants: Angela May, Gilles Cyrenne, Rosanne Gervais, Stephen Lytton, Rev. Dr. Victoria Marie, Tarene Thomas, Helen Volkow, Phoenix Winter, and Henry Wong

• Reader, Yung Nikkei Stories

  • host: Shō Yamagushiku

  • readers: Angela May, Shō Yamagushiku, and Erica Isomura

  • Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society, May 14, 2016, Victoria, British Columbia

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Research Assistant (2022-2024)

  • Settler Colonial Place-Making in Alberta: Sexualized Violence, Extractivism, and Cowboy Culture

  • SSHRC

• Research Assistant (2017-2018)

  • The “Right to Remain” of Single Room Occupancy Dwellers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  • SSHRC

• Research Assistant (2017-2018)

  • A SHARED Future: Achieving Strength, Health and Autonomy, through Renewable Energy Development for the Future

  • CIHR

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH & CULTURAL STUDIES (MCMASTER UNIVERSITY)

• 2024 (Jan - Apr) — Teaching Assistant, ENG 2C03: Contemporary Canadian Fiction

• 2024 (Jan - Apr) — Teaching Assistant, ENG 3NH3: Narratives of Health

• 2023 (Sept - Dec) — Teaching Assistant, ENG 2CL3: Canadian Literature of Dissent and Social Justice

• 2023 (May - Jun) — Teaching Assistant, ENG 1F03: The Written World

• 2023 (Jan - Apr) — Senior Teaching Assistant, ENG 1CS3: Studying Culture: A Critical Introduction

• 2021 (Sept - Dec) — Senior Teaching Assistant, ENG 1F03: The Written World

• 2021 (Jan - Apr) — Teaching Assistant, ENG 2CC3: Settler Colonialism and Writing in Canada

• 2021 (Jan - Apr) — Writing Tutor, English and Cultural Studies Department

• 2020 (Sept - Dec) — Teaching Assistant, ENG 3GG3: Theories of Decolonization and Resistance

SCHOOL OF KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH STUDIES (QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY)

• 2019 (Jan - Apr) — Teaching Assistant, HLTH 101: Social Determinants of Health

• 2019 (Jan - Apr) — Teaching Assistant, HLTH 102: Personal Health and Wellness

• 2018 (Jan - Apr) — Teaching Assistant, HLTH 305: Fundamentals of Health Policy

• 2018 (Jan - Apr) — Teaching Assistant, HLTH 102: Personal Health and Wellness

• 2017 (Sept - Dec) — Teaching Assistant, HLTH 334: The Politics of Health and Wellness

GUEST LECTURES, CLASS VISITS, & COURSE MATERIALS

• ACAM Summer Program: Is Asia Vancouver: The Experiences of Asian Canadians in Metro Vancouver (Nicole Yakashiro and Rob Ho, University of British Columbia)

  • Class visit (with dear community as course material), August 3, 2023

• URB 620: Urban Communities and Cultures (Dr. Annika Airas, Simon Fraser University)

  • Class visit (with dear community as course material), June 5, 2023

  • Class visit (with dear community as course material), November 3, 2023

  • Class visit (with dear community as course material), September 27, 2021

• ENG 1F03: The Written World (Dr. Ronald Cummings, McMaster University)

  • Guest lecture, May 2, 2023

• CDNS 2301A: Immigrants, Migrants, and Diasporas: There’s No Place Like Home (Dr. Orly Lael Netzer, Carleton University)

  • Guest lecture (with dear community as course material), February 6, 2023

• ACAM 300: Dis/orienting Asian Canada: Asian Canadian Histories for Our Times (Dr. Laura Ishiguro, University of British Columbia)

  • Course material (dear community), Sept - Dec 2023

  • Course material (dear community), Sept - Dec 2022

  • Course material (dear community), Sept - Dec 2021

• HLTH 334: The Politics of Health and Illness (Dr. Samantha King, Queen’s University)

  • Guest lecture with Sophie Lachapelle, October 20, 2020

• HIST 321A/421A: Histories of Death (Dr. Coll Thrush, University of British Columbia)

  • Class visit with Nicole Yakashiro, November 6, 2018

SERVICE

COMMUNITY & VOLUNTEER WORK

• 2023 — Illustrator, Canadian Race Relations Foundation Anniversary Video (Bonfire Originals)

• 2021-2023 — Director of the Board, Powell Street Festival Society

• 2015-2023 — Advocacy and Outreach Committee Member, Powell Street Festival Society

• 2021-2022 — Director of the Board, Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative

• 2017 — Community Arts Worker (Carnegie Community Centre, DTES Small Arts Grants), City of Vancouver

• 2016-2017 — Program Coordinator (Enterprising Women Making Art), Atira Women’s Resource Society

• 2016-2017 — Editorial Assistant (Landscapes of Injustice), University of Victoria

• 2015-2016 — Volunteer, Downtown Eastside SRO Collaborative

• 2016 — Future Directions Team Member, National Association of Japanese Canadians

• 2016 — Arts, Culture, and Education Committee Member, National Association of Japanese Canadians

• 2014-2015 — Young Leaders Committee Member, National Association of Japanese Canadians

• 2015-2016 — Director of the Board, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association

• 2014 — Organizer, Japanese Canadian Young Leaders Conference

• 2014 — Editorial Board Member, Ricepaper Magazine

CONFERENCES & COLLECTIVES

• The Crew Writing Collective

  • Co-organizer, with Hugh Griffith, Elliott Gish, Rebecca Chan-Gill, Colleen Doty, Judy Dercksen, Anya Wyers, Frederic Sahyouni, and Uttara Krishnadas

  • 2021 - present

• Critical Japanese Canadian/Japanese American/Transnational Scholars (Emergent Group)

  • Co-organizer, with Kirsten McAllister

  • 2021 - present

• “An Open Letter from the Japanese Canadian / Nikkei Community Against Beedie’s Proposed Development at 105 Keefer”

  • Co-organizer, with Kathy Shimizu and Haruho Kubota

  • May 27, 2021

• Beyond the Disciplinary Narratives of the Colonial Settler State and Empire: New Critical Directions and Methodologies

  • Co-organizer, with Nicole Yakashiro, Laura Ishiguro, and lead organizer Kirsten McAllister

  • February 7, 2023

• Kikiai Collaborative (previously Japanese Canadian Young Leaders of Vancouver, 2014-2016)

  • Founding member

• Japanese Canadian Young Leaders Conference

  • Co-organizer, with support from the National Association of Japanese Canadians

  • September 19-21, 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia

DEPARTMENTAL

• Vox Populi Committee Member, Graduate Caucus

  • Department of English and Cultural Studies

  • McMaster University, 2020-2021

• Teaching Assistant Committee Member, Graduate Caucus

  • Department of English and Cultural Studies

  • McMaster University, 2020-2021

OTHER EDUCATION

• 2023 — Heritage Language for Beginners, Part III, Japanese for Nikkei

• 2022 — Heritage Language for Beginners, Part II, Japanese for Nikkei

• 2021 — Heritage Language for Beginners, Part I, Japanese for Nikkei

• 2019 — Writing Pedagogy Institute, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen’s University (partial completion)

• 2019 — Professional University Teaching and Learning Workshop Series, Centre for Teaching and Learning, Queen’s University (partial completion)

• 2017 — Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS) 2 CORE Training Certificate

• 2016 — MATH 215: Introduction to Statistics, Athabasca University (Grade: A)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2023 - present — Association of Asian American Studies

2023 - present — Canadian Sociological Association

2021 - present — Canadian Studies Network