DiscoverTalking Burma
Talking Burma

Talking Burma

Author: Burma-Canadian Association of Ontario

Subscribed: 0Played: 1
Share

Description

Talking Burma was initiated by the Burmese-Canadian community to explore the amazing lives, stories, and work of people who are from Burma. Stories from Burma as a whole are generally untold. So we are looking to change the narrative and bring these stories to the forefront.

Artwork by Yuzana Wynn. Produced by the Burma-Canadian Association of Ontario (BCAO). The BCAO Podcasting team is lead by Napas Thein, Yuzana Wynn, Aung Zaw Htoon, and Mimi Yee.

Learn more about the BCAO at https://burmacanadianassociation.ca .
3 Episodes
Reverse
In this episode, we speak with Isabella Aung on her experiences in Burma and growing up in the US and Canada. Isabella Aung is a doctoral candidate in Political Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. Her research focuses on how contemporary authoritarian power is both contested and sustained through social media and how this process is gendered. Born in Myanmar, Isabella migrated to the United States as a young teen. She later moved to Canada to pursue her graduate studies. She is currently a UBC Myanmar Initiative Fellow, a Civil War Paths Fellow at the University of York, an inaugural Public Scholarship Fellow at Queen's University, a Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) Institute Fellow, and a Myanmar Policy and Community Knowledge Hub (MyPACK) Fellow at the University of Toronto. She is also the Head of the Comparative Politics Diploma Program at Spring University Myanmar, which provides youth in and from Myanmar access to university-level education during the current political crisis. Talking Burma was initiated by the Burmese-Canadian community to explore the amazing lives, stories, and work of people who are from Burma. Stories from Burma as a whole are generally untold. So we are looking to change the narrative and bring these stories to the forefront. Subscribe to our podcasts on your favourite streaming app and check out our social medias. Music Credits:Kinetics by | e s c p | https://www.escp.spacehttps://escp-music.bandcamp.com
U Aung Myo Min is the Minister of Human Rights for the National Unity Government of Myanmar. The National Unity Government, or NUG for short, was formed shortly after the Myanmar military enacted a coup against the elected government in 2021. The formation of the NUG lead to the formation of the country’s first ever Ministry of Human Rights. U Aung Myo Min is not a career politician. Throughout his life he first served as a revolutionary, activist and NGO worker. He is also known to be the first ever LGBT activist in Burma’s history. Listen in to learn more about the life of Minister U Aung Myo Min. Talking Burma was initiated by the Burmese-Canadian community to explore the amazing lives, stories, and work of people who are from Burma. Stories from Burma as a whole are generally untold. So we are looking to change the narrative and bring these stories to the forefront. Subscribe to our podcasts on your favourite streaming app and check out our social medias. Music Credits:Kinetics by | e s c p | https://www.escp.spacehttps://escp-music.bandcamp.com
In this pilot episode of Talking Burma, Napas Thein interviews Saw Mie Tha Lah. Saw Mie Tha Lah is a Karen-Canadian who came to Canada as a refugee in 2007. As a child growing up in Burma during military rule, he saw firsthand how the country's government enforced secrecy and control over its population. The kidnapping of his father sparked a sequence of events that changed Mie Tha Lah's life. Talking Burma was initiated by the Burmese-Canadian community to explore the amazing lives, stories, and work of people who are from Burma. Stories from Burma as a whole are generally untold. So we are looking to change the narrative and bring these stories to the forefront. Subscribe to our podcasts on your favourite streaming app and check out our social medias. Music Credits: Kinetics by | e s c p | https://www.escp.spacehttps://escp-music.bandcamp.com