Kingston researchers aim to document anti-Asian racism during pandemic

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July 22, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan, Local Journalism Initiative 0 Comments Alyssa Martschenko, anti-Asian, Asian-Canadians, China, Chinese-Canadian, coronavirus, COVID-19, immigrants, Karl Flecker, KEYS Job Centre, Kingston, Kingston Coffee House, MP Derek Sloan, newcomers, pandemic, racism, research, research project, survey, World Health Organization (WHO)

The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed Canadian society over the past five months. Now, a research project from KEYS Job Centre aims to understand its connection to perceived anti-Asian racism in Kingston. “This particular virus and the way it has been politicized by some — down south, but also here by