Hua Foundation
The Hua Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, founded in fall of 2013, and launched in November 2013.[1] It was founded by youth organizers Claudia Li (Chinese-born Canadian), Kevin Huang (Taiwanese-Canadian) and Bard Suen (Chinese-born Canadian) to build community engagement in environmentalism and sustainability.
The foundation evolved out of Li and Huang's shark conservation campaign, Shark Truth. It is a program of the Global Youth Education Network Society (genius), a federally registered charity.[2]
Programs[edit]
Reconnecting[edit]
In 2013, The foundation hosted a wonton workshop, the first of a series of cooking classes called the "G-Ma Kitchen Table Series." The classes aim to reconnect Chinese youth with their traditional foods and practices by decreasing the intergenerational knowledge gap.
The Choi Project[edit]
The Choi Project is the Hua Foundation's food security and food literacy program. It aims to provide more local, pesticide, and hormone-free food products that can be used in traditional cuisine.[3][4] The organization is partnered with various Metro Vancouver area groups such as the Richmond Food Security Society,[5] Vancouver Food Policy Council[6] and urban growers.
Shark Truth[edit]
In 2009, Claudia Li founded Shark Truth, an organization aiming to protect sharks from extinction through reduction of shark finning, using cross-cultural messaging, such as its Happy Hearts Love Sharks wedding contest. In 2012, Shark Truth offered wedding couples who vowed to go "Fin Free" at their weddings a chance to win a trip to the Galapagos Islands. Shark Truth campaigns saved nearly 8,000 sharks by diverting over 80,000 bowls of shark fin from consumption.[7][8]
The issue of shark-fin soup caused controversy and divides in the Chinese and environmental communities.[9] The move toward local bans in Canadian municipalities — and Shark Truth's role — was covered in the South China Morning Post and numerous national and international outlets.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ Jennifer Moreau, "Burnaby Woman Launches New Foundation"', Burnaby Now, November 18, 2013
- ^ Genius Archived 2014-06-22 at archive.today, hua foundation
- ^ "Vancouver's Chinese restaurants urged to buy local food". CBC News. November 18, 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ Woods, Graeme (December 6, 2013). "Growing the food movement by bridging cultures". Richmond News. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Seasonal Choi Guide". Richmond Food Security Society. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "November 13 Meeting: Intercultural Food Literacy & the Hua Foundation". Vancouver Food Policy Council. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ "Happy Hearts Love Sharks - Wedding Bells". Happy Hearts Love Sharks. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "Fostering and Communicating Sustainable Lifestyles Principles and Emerging Practices - Summary Report" (PDF). oneearthweb.org. United Nations Environment Programme. 2016. pp. 75–77. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ^ "Shark fin soup targeted by Chinese-Canadians". CBC News., March 25, 2010
- ^ Shark Truth, In the News