Comments on: “May is almost over and I forgot to feel special” http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: deepa http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/comment-page-1/#comment-12028 deepa Fri, 27 May 2005 20:29:51 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1638#comment-12028 <blockquote>who knew queens had an african AND a caribbean students' association</blockquote> <p>When I left, Queen's had two organizations: ACSA (the African and Caribbean Students' Association) and Caribsa (Caribbean Students' Association.)</p> <p>The former was ... kind of an umbrella group, and included both Canadian and non-Canadian students. The latter was more or less kids on visa from the Caribbean.</p> <blockquote>Who knew Queens' had African and Carribean students?</blockquote> <p>And THAT'S why the student orgs exist :) Queen's has loads of international students, although recently the mix has skewed heavily towards Hong Kong Chinese kids.</p> <p>-D</p> who knew queens had an african AND a caribbean students’ association

When I left, Queen’s had two organizations: ACSA (the African and Caribbean Students’ Association) and Caribsa (Caribbean Students’ Association.)

The former was … kind of an umbrella group, and included both Canadian and non-Canadian students. The latter was more or less kids on visa from the Caribbean.

Who knew Queens’ had African and Carribean students?

And THAT’S why the student orgs exist :) Queen’s has loads of international students, although recently the mix has skewed heavily towards Hong Kong Chinese kids.

-D

]]> By: Ikram http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/comment-page-1/#comment-11998 Ikram Fri, 27 May 2005 15:11:42 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1638#comment-11998 <p><i>wow, who knew queens had an african AND a caribbean students' association</i></p> <p>Who knew Queens' had African and Carribean students?</p> <p>South Asian heritage month is new. A gift of the Mike Harris government and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raminder_Gill">former Brampton Tory MPP Raminder Gill</a>.</p> wow, who knew queens had an african AND a caribbean students’ association

Who knew Queens’ had African and Carribean students?

South Asian heritage month is new. A gift of the Mike Harris government and former Brampton Tory MPP Raminder Gill.

]]> By: Ananthan http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/comment-page-1/#comment-11984 Ananthan Fri, 27 May 2005 07:51:52 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1638#comment-11984 <p>wow, who knew queens had an african AND a caribbean students' association</p> <p>but yeah ive lived in toronto since i was 4 and i didnt know about it until i saw a commercial during an nba playoff game a few weeks ago</p> wow, who knew queens had an african AND a caribbean students’ association

but yeah ive lived in toronto since i was 4 and i didnt know about it until i saw a commercial during an nba playoff game a few weeks ago

]]> By: deepa http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/comment-page-1/#comment-11976 deepa Fri, 27 May 2005 05:19:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1638#comment-11976 <p>Hmmm.... I lived in Canada for 5 years, went to a <a href="http://www.queensu.ca">Canadian University</a> in Ontario where I was president of the African and Caribbean Students' Association, and I <em>STILL</em> didn't know it was South Asian Heritage month.</p> <p>-D</p> Hmmm…. I lived in Canada for 5 years, went to a Canadian University in Ontario where I was president of the African and Caribbean Students’ Association, and I STILL didn’t know it was South Asian Heritage month.

-D

]]> By: DesiDancer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/comment-page-1/#comment-11942 DesiDancer Thu, 26 May 2005 22:11:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1638#comment-11942 <p>I think the conversion of International Channel to AZN network, and Time Warner collaborating with ImaginAsian TV (which otherwise isn't offered on the East Coast, yet) both had to do with APA heritage month...</p> I think the conversion of International Channel to AZN network, and Time Warner collaborating with ImaginAsian TV (which otherwise isn’t offered on the East Coast, yet) both had to do with APA heritage month…

]]> By: jeet http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/comment-page-1/#comment-11935 jeet Thu, 26 May 2005 21:42:36 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1638#comment-11935 <p>Is this why Time Warner Cable started carrying the Asian-American channel this month?</p> Is this why Time Warner Cable started carrying the Asian-American channel this month?

]]> By: A N N A http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/comment-page-1/#comment-11892 A N N A Thu, 26 May 2005 16:00:43 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1638#comment-11892 <blockquote>Why aren't you all more Guyanocentric?</blockquote> <p>it's not aboot being more Guyanocentric...it's aboot the fact that none of us are Canadian. our bad. we never pretended otherwise. all seven of us are dirty yankees. i'll totally fess up to ignorance of canadian customs.</p> <blockquote>to commemorate the arrival of the first South Asians to the western hemisphere in 1843 in Guyana</blockquote> <p>wrong. they got to amreeka at least 50 years earlier (or so i wrote in my master's thesis), possibly <a href="http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/001130.html#comment4551">even before that</a>.</p> Why aren’t you all more Guyanocentric?

it’s not aboot being more Guyanocentric…it’s aboot the fact that none of us are Canadian. our bad. we never pretended otherwise. all seven of us are dirty yankees. i’ll totally fess up to ignorance of canadian customs.

to commemorate the arrival of the first South Asians to the western hemisphere in 1843 in Guyana

wrong. they got to amreeka at least 50 years earlier (or so i wrote in my master’s thesis), possibly even before that.

]]> By: Ikram http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2005/05/26/may_is_almost_o/comment-page-1/#comment-11888 Ikram Thu, 26 May 2005 15:44:39 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=1638#comment-11888 <p>Sepia hipsters fell down on the job. May is <a href="http://www.gov.on.ca/citizenship/english/about/n060503.htm">South Asian Heritage month</a>, to commemorate the arrival of the first South Asians to the western hemisphere in 1843 in Guyana. (Brown and yellow don't share months in Ontario.) More than 160 years of desis in the new world -- where's the party?</p> <p>Why aren't you all more Guyanocentric?</p> Sepia hipsters fell down on the job. May is South Asian Heritage month, to commemorate the arrival of the first South Asians to the western hemisphere in 1843 in Guyana. (Brown and yellow don’t share months in Ontario.) More than 160 years of desis in the new world — where’s the party?

Why aren’t you all more Guyanocentric?

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