{"id":73571,"date":"2024-02-09T12:31:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=73571"},"modified":"2024-02-09T12:31:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:31:28","slug":"making-connections-after-post-secondary-in-the-east-asian-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2024\/02\/09\/making-connections-after-post-secondary-in-the-east-asian-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Making connections after post-secondary in the East Asian community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tony Tran is a member of the Roots Collective team that creates events to connect and inspire fans of Asian pop culture who may have a hard time making friends after post-secondary. (Photo by Laura Horvat\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A<\/span>fter graduating from post-secondary, some can have a hard time making friends in their work lives and need a change from their day-to-day.<\/p>\n

T<\/span>hat’s where Roots Collective<\/a> comes in.<\/p>\n

Originally started in Vancouver, Roots Collective focuses on sharing and honouring Asian pop culture in North America through a range of events. From the Holiday Pokemon Ornament Workshop and Noodle Festival to the Ice Skating S0cial, Roots Collective welcomes people who want to make friends and reconnect after post-secondary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith this type of event, people are willing to come out of their shells and willing to spend three hours in a controlled event and make connections,\u201d said Tony Tran, a member of the Roots Collective Team.<\/p>\n

The collective’s\u00a0 first informal outdoor-based event, the Ice Skating Social, took place at The Olympic Oval<\/a> on Jan. 14. It brought together many people of the same cultural background to connect and make new friends through ice skating, followed by a dinner later on.<\/p>\n

Victoria Lee recently joined the Roots Collective and became one of the main organizers alongside Tran.<\/p>\n

\u201cI joined with Collective because I just graduated, started working and was having trouble finding a friend outside of work,” said Lee.<\/p>\n

Even though Roots Collective is welcoming anyone into their team, it always flows back to the Asian American-Canadian diaspora, according to Tran.<\/p>\n

One such example is Grace Park, who joined Roots Collective on her boyfriend\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an immigrant, sometimes I can feel the cultural difference from different people,\u201d said Park. \u201cBut here, we can make a similar bond due to our Asian background.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Stone He, a member of the Roots Collective, the social is also a great way to let people exercise on cold winter days.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the temperature is low, people tend to stay indoors a lot more,” said He. “So we try to get them to come out and have fun.”<\/p>\n

Most Roots Collective events require minimal payment unless they are ticketed. \u00a0And more activities are coming from Roots Collective in the near future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m sure that it’s gonna bring joy and happiness to us as a community,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are really happy to see these people come out and enjoy themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tony Tran socializing with friends at the Ice Skating Social Event attended at The Olympic Oval in Calgary. Tran is a member of the Roots Collective team that organized the event. (Photo by Laura Horvat\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After graduating from post-secondary, some can have a hard time making friends in their work lives and need a change from their day-to-day. That’s where Roots Collective comes in. Originally started in Vancouver, Roots Collective [ READ MORE ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":73572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_text_assignment-slug":"S1 Ice Skating Event LH","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-73571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-life"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73571"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74703,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73571\/revisions\/74703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}