Join us on May 26th for an art workshop for seniors and disabled community members! We will be folding mini-sketchbooks and drawing in them. This workshop is part of Yarrow’s intergenerational Chinatown disability advocacy through arts program, funded by Disability Alliance BC’s accessibility project grant Please email sunny@yarrowsociety.ca to sign up. Date: Friday, May 26th Time: 3–5PM Location: DTES Neighbourhood House (573 E Hastings St) Accessibility: The entrance is 34" wide with no steps. The bathroom door is 31" wide; there is a 12" clearance on the left side of the toilet. Masks are required at this event.

Published in March 2023, Chinatown Looks is an independently published photobook featuring photographs captured by 10 seniors and 11 youth participating artists. This photobook commemorates the Chinatown Looks project and exhibition organized by Yarrow in collaboration with Strathcona-based documentary photographer and filmmaker Soloman Chiniquay. Chinatown Looks was first exhibited at Massy Arts Society in Vancouver's Chinatown between January 17 to March 16, 2023. Help support our work by purchasing a copy of this visually moving tribute to the spirit of Vancouver Chinatown today at yarrowsociety.ca/shop.

Learn more about the work Yarrow has done in 2020 and review our financial statements from the 2019-20 fiscal year.

Read Vol. 2, Issue No. 2 of our Yarrow Senior Newsletter! This issue, we have an interview with two senior and youth participating artist from our intergenerational photo exhibition Chinatown Looks, and we recap our recent Lunar New Year event at Carnegie Community Centre. Download and read the newsletter below!

Read Vol. 2, Issue No. 3 of our Yarrow Senior Newsletter! This issue, we have an interview with Lee Shung Lung, a senior participating artist from our intergenerational photo exhibition Chinatown Looks, a contribution from physiotherapist and Yarrow volunteer Derek Lai, interesting facts about 打小人 (villain hitting/ da siu yan ritual), and a reader submission of a painting from Yarrow senior May Li. Special thanks to Derek Lai for his contribution to this issue of the Yarrow Senior Newsletter. Download and read the newsletter below:

On Friday, March 10th at 6pm, Massy Arts will host the closing reception and book launch for Chinatown Looks: an intergenerational disposable camera project, a Chinatown-based photography project and workshop series showcasing the work of 21 Chinese seniors and youth members of Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice. At the event, the Chinatown Looks photo publication, featuring the works of all 21 artists will be available for purchase. Soloman Chiniquay and the youth and senior participating artists will be present to connect with community members and chat. Please bring cash to purchase a publication and come enjoy the works of Chinatown Looks one last time before March 16! Registration is free or by donation, open to all and required for entrance. The Massy Arts Gallery is located at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver. COVID-19 SAFETY: Wearing a face mask is required for this event. Surgical and KN95 face masks will be provided for those who do not have one. There will also be a HEPA air purifier in the space. Light refreshments will be provided. Attendees are encouraged to consume their refreshments outside the venue or after the event to prevent airborne transmission of COVID-19. Accessibility info for Massy Arts Society (23 E Pender St) Entrance: The door is not automatic. Push to enter, pull to exit. The width of the doorway is 100cm / 39.3in. The path from the street to the doorway is flat. When entering the space, there will be two tables on either side of the entrance. There will be a narrow path when entering the space that is the same width as the doorway and ~4ft long. The space widens after the narrow entrance path. Event space: The main gallery space is 627sq ft. The length of the gallery space is ~36.5ft and the width is 17ft. There are four support posts in the space. The distance between the posts is 9ft 7in. The narrow distance between the posts and the right-side wall is 5ft 4in. There will be seating available at the event which are plastic fold chairs. Bathrooms: There is one gender inclusive bathroom in the space. The door is not automatic. Pull to enter, push to exit. The width of the doorway is 90cm / 35.5in. The bathroom is 45sq ft. There are two sets of grab bars located behind and to the right of the toilet. There are usually chairs stored inside the bathroom, but they will be removed for the event. Scent policy: The space is a scent-free space. We kindly ask that event attendees refrain from wearing scented products in the space. Transit: Bus: #19, #22, N19 Night Bus. Bus stop ID: 50021 Sky Train: Stadium-Chinatown Station

Local harm reduction activist and organizer Eris Nyx from Drug User Liberation Front BC (DULF) will be giving a Harm Reduction 101 workshop for Yarrow board, staff, and volunteers. This will be an in-person event. Date: Thursday, February 9, 2023 Time: 5:00-6:30pm PST Location: Sun Wah Centre 4th Floor Flex Space, 268 Keefer St., Vancouver. Workshop Agenda: What are Drugs Why do drugs cause harm? What is addiction? What causes harm to the individual using drugs? History of Prohibition. Why have prohibition? Sign-up to attend by visiting bit.ly/yarrowharmreduction101 COVID-19 SAFETY: Wearing a face mask is required for this event. There will be a HEPA air purifier in the space.

From January 17th 2023 – March 16th 2023, Massy Arts will host, Chinatown Looks: an intergenerational disposable camera project, a Chinatown-based photography project and workshop series showcasing the work of 21 Chinese seniors and youth members of Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice. Drawing inspiration from Megaphone’s Hope in Shadows, Chinatown Looks responds to an expressed need for intergenerational knowledge creation and sharing around the past and future of Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside. With the support of Strathcona-based photographer and filmmaker, Soloman Chiniquay, the project is driven by the democratization of photography that disposable cameras provide and the act of empowering marginalized peoples to document their own lives. The Massy Arts Gallery is located at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver. The gallery is open Monday to Sunday, 12pm to 5pm. Entrance is free, and masks are mandatory. About the artists Soloman Chiniquay is a documentary photographer and filmmaker living between xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ territory and his homelands of Treaty 7 territory. His lens-based work explores the ways he is welcomed to witness expressions of Indigeneity, creating imagery that attempts to show, in sometimes raw ways, the land and the people on it, the ways people use and connect to the land, and the artifacts they leave on it. Yarrow seniors and youth featured in this exhibition include Sunny Ho, Betty Ling, Huang Chun Lan (Chanel), Hui Yan Yu, Liang Xue Mei, Wang Su Qiong, Wu Man, Li Ju Gen, Lee Shung Lung, Wang Zhao (Rosy), Ada Yim, Mandy Pui, Lorraine Wong, Wyatt Leung, Andrew Ha, Ming Wai Chung, Muhan Zhang, Addie Chen, Katherine Cheng, cecilia wang, and Amy Nofech-Yang. Chinatown Looks was funded with the generous support of the City of Vancouver’s Communities and Artists Shifting Culture Grant, 221A, the UBC Arts Amplifier Fund, and our community of donors.

Read Vol. 2, Issue No. 1 of our Yarrow Senior Newsletter. It's our first newsletter of 2023 and this edition is all about Lunar New Year! This issue, we recap our printmaking workshop with our seniors and the December snowstorm in Vancouver. There is also a bonus 百福圖 “100 Blessings" poster, with contributions from our seniors, included with this special edition. Download the newsletter and bonus poster below! The senior newsletter is a new program from our outreach team that helps our seniors stay connected with the latest news and events happening at Yarrow and in our broader community. You can also access past issues of our senior newsletter here.

On Tuesday, January 17th at 6pm, Massy Arts will host the opening reception for, Chinatown Looks: an intergenerational disposable camera project, a Chinatown-based photography project and workshop series showcasing the work of 21 Chinese seniors and youth members of Yarrow Intergenerational Society for Justice. At the event, Soloman Chiniquay alongside some youth and senior artists will share their creative process and experience with the project. There will also be a brief Q&A portion for the artists to answer questions from the audience. Registration is free, open to all and required for entrance. Entrance is free, and masks are mandatory. The Massy Arts Gallery is located at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver. COVID-19 SAFETY: Wearing a face mask is required for this event. Surgical and KN95 face masks will be provided for those who do not have one. There will also be a HEPA air purifier in the space. Light refreshments will be provided. Attendees are encouraged to consume their refreshments outside the venue or after the event to prevent airborne transmission of COVID-19. Accessibility info for Massy Arts Society (23 E Pender St) Entrance: The door is not automatic. Push to enter, pull to exit. The width of the doorway is 100cm / 39.3in. The path from the street to the doorway is flat. When entering the space, there will be two tables on either side of the entrance. There will be a narrow path when entering the space that is the same width as the doorway and ~4ft long. The space widens after the narrow entrance path. Event space: The main gallery space is 627sq ft. The length of the gallery space is ~36.5ft and the width is 17ft. There are four support posts in the space. The distance between the posts is 9ft 7in. The narrow distance between the posts and the right-side wall is 5ft 4in. There will be seating available at the event which are plastic fold chairs. Bathrooms: There is one gender inclusive bathroom in the space. The door is not automatic. Pull to enter, push to exit. The width of the doorway is 90cm / 35.5in. The bathroom is 45sq ft. There are two sets of grab bars located behind and to the right of the toilet. There are usually chairs stored inside the bathroom, but they will be removed for the event. Scent policy: The space is a scent-free space. We kindly ask that event attendees refrain from wearing scented products in the space. Transit: Bus: #19, #22, N19 Night Bus. Bus stop ID: 50021 Sky Train: Stadium-Chinatown Station

Join our team! Yarrow is hiring for a part-time, Cantonese-speaking Chinese Seniors Hub Coordinator! The Chinese Seniors Hub Coordinator works in collaboration with the Seniors Hub team to facilitate recreational and skill-building programs for Chinese-speaking seniors residing in Vancouver’s Chinatown, Downtown Eastside (DTES), Strathcona, and Oppenheimer communities. The Coordinator provides basic social services to Chinese-speaking seniors with the intention of empowering seniors to become leaders in their respective buildings and communities. This is a hybrid position that involves a combination of remote and onsite work. If you're interested in applying or know someone who would be a good fit, you can learn more about the position here. Deadline to apply is January 19th, 2023 @ 11:59PM PST!

Happy Winter Solstice 冬至快樂! We are thrilled to announce that we have exceeded our $15,000 Winter Solstice Fundraising goal, raising a total of $18,945 to continue the work of building a strong, inclusive, and intergenerational Chinatown! Since 2015, Yarrow has helped more than 1000 seniors access medical care, essential social services, housing, and safe spaces for cultural celebration and connectedness. It is the solidarity of supporters like you that makes this work possible. Your donation, no matter the amount, makes all the difference for seniors who count on us for accessible and culturally relevant services. For that, we thank you.