Sep 5 - 7
9月5日 - 7日
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
About the Program
Katrina Chen, former Minister of State for Child Care of British Columbia, published her first children’s picture book, A Stronger Home, last May. The book was inspired by her personal experiences with domestic violence. The publication aims to encourage survivors of gender-based violence to speak out and to raise public understanding and awareness of domestic violence.
TAIWANfest features an exhibition centered on A Stronger Home, with Katrina Chen presenting live readings, delivering a short talk, and facilitating a workshop—all designed to create a safe space where children and adults alike can explore what an ideal “home” might look like.
Sep 5, SAT & Sep 7, MON
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Book Reading & Workshop
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Mini Panel: Gender Equity Data in TW and CA
*No registration required.
Katrina Chen 陳葦蓁 immigrated to Canada from Taiwan on her own and began her career in grassroots community work before serving as a Trustee on the Burnaby Board of Education. She was later elected MLA for Burnaby–Lougheed and became the first Taiwanese‑born Canadian appointed to the BC Cabinet as Minister of State for Child Care, where she helped lay the foundation for the $10‑a‑Day child care system.
With nearly 20 years of experience in community service, Katrina is now a life and impact coach and the President of 安信 Community Savings, B.C.’s first credit union initiative dedicated to serving Chinese‑language communities. As a survivor of gender‑based violence, she is also the author of A Stronger Home, an award‑winning picture book about family violence, healing, and the meaning of home. She continues to advocate for child care, public education, and equity.
A Stronger Home
Author 作者: Katrina Chen 陳葦蓁, Elaine Su 蘇依泠
Illustrator 繪者: Delphie Côté-Lacroix
Published by Orca Book Publishers
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TAIWANfest Vancouver is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered here, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples of this land while we engage in meaningful conversations of culture and reconciliation.