{"id":12754,"date":"2026-04-12T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/?p=12754"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:55:19","slug":"crossing-worlds-claiming-belonging-asian-diasporas-migration-and-justice-in-the-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/?p=12754","title":{"rendered":"Crossing Worlds, Claiming Belonging: Asian Diasporas, Migration, and Justice in the Americas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:25% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crossing-Worlds-Claiming-Belonging-Asian-Diasporas-Migration-and-Justice-in-the-Americas-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12774 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crossing-Worlds-Claiming-Belonging-Asian-Diasporas-Migration-and-Justice-in-the-Americas-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crossing-Worlds-Claiming-Belonging-Asian-Diasporas-Migration-and-Justice-in-the-Americas-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crossing-Worlds-Claiming-Belonging-Asian-Diasporas-Migration-and-Justice-in-the-Americas-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Crossing-Worlds-Claiming-Belonging-Asian-Diasporas-Migration-and-Justice-in-the-Americas.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Editors: Rose Ann Torres &amp; Alison Lam<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Table of Contents<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Table-of-Contents.pdf\">Table of Contents<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 1-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose Ann Torres &amp; Alison Lam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Introduction_Final.pdf\">Introduction<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter One<\/strong>: Navigating Dual Heritage: Identity Formation and Cultural Adaptation of Chinese Jamaicans in the Caribbean and North America <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 10-42<br><br>Lisa Roach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chapter-One.pdf\">Chapter One<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Chapter Two<\/strong>: Muslim Immigrant Integration in Canada: Challenges and Possibilities<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 43-57<br><br>Anila Zainub<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Chapter-Two.pdf\">Chapter Two<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter Three<\/strong>: Fighting the Asian Docility Myth: Finding My Own Voice in the Academy<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 58-73<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasmine Pham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAPTER-Three-1.pdf\">Chapter Three<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter Four<\/strong>: Yearning for Wholeness: Asian 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences of intersectional marginalization as a gateway for systemic change <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 74-88<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avi Kuttner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAPTER-Four.pdf\">Chapter Four<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Chapter Five<\/strong>: Displaced\/Displacing: Theorizing Tamil-Canadian Settler Colonialism<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 89-104<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vanessa Vigneswaramoorthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAPTER-Five.pdf\">Chapter Five<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter Six<\/strong>: Equality or Equity? Understanding Immigrant Student Needs in Canadian Higher Education<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 105-121<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alison D\u2019Cruz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAPTER-Six.pdf\">Chapter Six<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter Seven<\/strong>: Influences of Social Media on Adolescents\u2019 ideas of Physical Appearance Research with Children and Young People<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 122-140<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaoyuan Zhang<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAPTER-Seven.pdf\">Chapter Seven<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter Eight<\/strong>: Peace, Security, and Employment: A South Asian\u2019s Perspective of Life in Canada in the Post-Pandemic World<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 141-150<br><br>Sarah Alam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAPTER-Eight.pdf\">Chapter Eight<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter Nine<\/strong>: Immigrants&#8217; Well-being in Canada: Navigating Acculturation and Racism in the Post-Pandemic Era<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 151-166<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mi Hee Park, Sumi Lee, Kyung Nam Kim, Yob Ha<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAPTER-Nine.pdf\">Chapter Nine<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chapter Ten<\/strong>: Reconceptualizing Victimhood and Resiliency: Transnational Narratives of Filipinas in Canada<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Page 167-187<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rose Ann Torres &amp; Dionisio Nyaga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CHAPTER-Ten.pdf\">Chapter Ten<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editors: Rose Ann Torres &amp; Alison Lam Table of Contents Introduction Page 1-9 Rose Ann Torres &amp; Alison Lam Chapter One: Navigating Dual Heritage: Identity &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12754"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12787,"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12754\/revisions\/12787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdspress.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}