{"id":313,"date":"2021-05-17T14:28:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/?p=313"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:35:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:35:08","slug":"asian-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/2021\/05\/asian-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Heritage Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/files\/2021\/05\/download.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/files\/2021\/05\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>May is Asian Heritage Month and in Canada specifically, acknowledging this month allows us to learn about the many Canadians of Asian descent that contribute to our country.\u00a0 In our school library, we have a large selection of books by Asian authors and about the many countries, cultures and people that make up this massive continent!\u00a0 Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.follettsoftware.com\/collection\/60a2c46a5f99340012cd3633\">collection<\/a> of some of these books and additional online resources. The Burnaby Public Library also has a number of book lists from <a href=\"https:\/\/burnaby.bibliocommons.com\/list\/share\/83430610_burnabykidsstaffpicks\/1878342279_asian_voices_for_kids\">Asian voices.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year, the theme in Canada is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/canadian-heritage\/campaigns\/asian-heritage-month.html\">&#8220;Recognition, Resilience, and Resolve<\/a>&#8221; emphasizing the importance of Asian people in our society and discouraging racism and discrimination. Here are some local online events through <a href=\"https:\/\/explorasian.org\/\">ExploreAsian<\/a>, Asian-Canadian interviews through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/celebrate-asian-heritage-month-1.6017803\">CBC<\/a> and additional information about Asian Heritage Month from<a href=\"https:\/\/brainninjas.ca\/take-a-peek-into-asian-heritage-month-in-canada\/\"> brainninjas.ca.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May is Asian Heritage Month and in Canada specifically, acknowledging this month allows us to learn about the many Canadians of Asian descent that contribute to our country.\u00a0 In our school library, we have a large selection of books by <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/2021\/05\/asian-heritage-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Asian Heritage Month<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8640,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/brantford-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}