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Katrina Chen

@katrinachen.bsky.social
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Author—#AStrongerHome | 安信 @ComSavings President | Life & Empowerment Coach | Former MLA/Minister - forever advocate ✨ Please connect through Instagram @KatrinaCHome for more updates! ;)

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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
安信 Community Savings is proud to co-host one of @PIRSVancouver‘s 50th anniversary celebrations! Join us for an inspiring afternoon of tea, storytelling, and networking: Saturday, September 27 | 1:30–3:30 pm 175 – 6386 No. 3 Road, Richmond RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/pirs-prese...
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Thank you @efryvancouver for having me at your AGM. Recognizing systemic inequities and generational trauma - and supporting healing and recovery for women & families - is vital. Excited for EFry’s BBQ on Sept 28 at Queen’s Park, where I’ll share my book and donate the proceeds 💙 #AStrongerHome
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Busy, but meaningful weekend joining many community events on behalf of #安信 Community Savings. Always great catching up with friends - old & new - and happy to end the weekend with many passionate #BurnabyEast friends and activists! ✨💛
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
So furious to see this. It happens all the time: gov underfunds services, then points fingers at immigrants through flawed policies gov created. This fuels bias & discrimination. What we need is reform — immigrants like me aren’t your scapegoats. #bcpoli #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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B.C. premier wants temporary foreign worker program cancelled or reformed | CBC News
In a rare show of unity, Premier David Eby and federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre have both called for Canada's temporary foreign worker program to be cancelled, saying it's to blame for hig...
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
#AStrongerHome won the 2025 Sunshine Coast Writers & Editors Society Book Award! 💜 Honoured to share my story alongside some amazing BC authors - and reminded of the privilege of being able to tell my story when so many can’t. Hope that one day, every voice will be heard. @orcabook.bsky.social
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
#AStrongerHome won the 2025 Sunshine Coast Writers & Editors Society Book Award! 💜 Honoured to share my story alongside some amazing BC authors - and reminded of the privilege of being able to tell my story when so many can’t. Hope that one day, every voice will be heard. @orcabook.bsky.social
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Join our book signing tomorrow (Saturday) at Coles at Lougheed Mall in #Burnaby from 1-3pm! You can now find #AStrongerHome in many libraries and bookstores! 📚 #LocalAuthor #BCBooks #BCAuthor #NewBook
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Thank you, Keri Adams & CTV Morning Live, for having me on to talk about #AStrongerHome and the urgent need to end #GenderBasedViolence. 1 in 3 women in Canada face it — and it deeply impacts our communities. It starts with all of us. 💪 ▶️ www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...
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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
@katrinachen.bsky.social was on CTV Morning Live today talking about her new picture book A Stronger Home. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...
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New Children's Book On Gender-Based Violence
CTV Morning Live learns more about "A Stronger Home", a new children's book on gender-based violence with Co-authour, Katrina Chen.
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Thank you for sharing #AStrongerHome and raising awareness about the urgent need to end #GenderBasedViolence. 1 in 3 women experience it in Canada and around the world. It’s not isolated - it’s systemic. Journalism matters. Awareness matters. Action matters. #EndGBV ✊
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
5 women killed in 3 weeks in B.C. These are preventable tragedies. YWCA Metro Van CEO Erin Seeley and I wrote this op-ed to say: enough is enough. We need urgent action to end femicide and gender-based violence. 📰 vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... #bcpoli #EndGBV
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Opinion: Government must respond to increase in femicides
Gender-based violence should be declared an epidemic. More action is needed to prevent violence and support survivors when they seek help.
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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"It's a more thoughtful way for children to understand the challenges and the trauma and the violence that's happening at home." —@katrinachen.bsky.social on her book co-written with Elaine Su. Read the full article on CBC's website! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former B.C. MLA pens children's book about gender-based violence | CBC News
In 2022, Katrina Chen revealed she’d suffered from gender-based violence multiple times through the course of her life, and has since spoken publicly about the need to destigmatize this type of abuse.
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
"It's critical that we start from a young age to break the cycle of violence, to have a better understanding for our children to understand what's happening at home for prevention, and also for better understanding as a community as a whole.” @orcabook.bsky.social
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Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“The story, co-written by Katrina Chen and Elaine Su, is affecting and realistic, with the focus placed on the strong bond between mother and son rather than on the abuser,” writes Rachel Rosenberg of A Stronger Home. buff.ly/LIX0MuF #kidlit #review
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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
“The more I worked on this story, the more I realized how important it is to unpack my trauma and face all of my emotions in order to truly heal and recover.” Author Katrina Chen on writing A Stronger Home. Read the full Q&A on the Orca Blog! blog.orcabook.com/katrina-chen...
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Katrina Chen on writing A Stronger Home
A Stronger Home depicts a mother and son experiencing family violence who have to flee their home. They move from place...
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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
“A heart-wrenching and a hopeful picture book that addresses domestic abuse and leaving home to find safe shelter…the story never feels scary or overwhelming because of the mother’s strength and love.” Read Quill & Quire's review of A Stronger Home here: quillandquire.com/review/a-str...
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Just did several interviews this week about gender-based violence — heartbreaking to hear that a third woman in B.C. has died from intimate partner violence in just one week. We need more awareness — and more actions! #GBV #EndViolence #BCPoli
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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
“With heart and tenderness, ‘A Stronger Home’ is an affirming portrait of finding the strength to start again.” —The Tyee on @katrinachen.bsky.social, Elaine Su and Delphie Côté-Lacroix's moving picture book. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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A Powerful Response to Family Violence | The Tyee
With heart and tenderness, ‘A Stronger Home’ is an affirming portrait of finding the strength to start again.
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Massy Books @massybooks.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
@katrinachen.bsky.social signing books at Massy, in support of @endingviolence.bsky.social ❤️
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Let’s help build safer futures. 🏡 When you purchase #AStrongerHome from @massybooks.bsky.social (online or join us July 6!) in July/Aug, Massy Books, @orcabook.bsky.social and I will donate some/all proceeds to @endingviolence.bsky.social’s Synchronicity 2nd Stage Transition House.
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Thank you @nikisharma.bsky.social for advocating for survivors and recognizing how our systems must do better to support those impacted by #GBV and intimate partner violence. As a survivor, I join many others in looking forward to meaningful actions to address systemic challenges. #bcpoli
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I’m proud to have played a role in launching the 10-year #ChildCareBC & #10aDayPlan — knowing that a new child care system is possible. But most provinces have now passed BC on fees & ECE wages. It’s time to re-prioritize child care—for families & our economy. Let’s get back on track. #bcpoli #bced
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Lesli Boldt @lesliboldt.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Erin Seeley of YWCA Metro Van and Sharon Gregson kickoff the Coalition for Child Care Advocates campaign relaunch and news conference at YWCA Downtown Vancouver. #childcare #10aDay
Erin Seeley of YWCASharon Gregson of the Coalition of Child Care advocates of BC
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 14/06/2025
A new children’s book, authored by former NDP MLA Katrina Chen and teacher-librarian Elaine Su, aims to open conversations about abuse.
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A Powerful Response to Family Violence | The Tyee
With heart and tenderness, ‘A Stronger Home’ is an affirming portrait of finding the strength to start again.
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Secular_Girl @wifejackson.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
A Powerful Response to Family Violence via @thetyee.ca With heart and tenderness, ‘A Stronger Home’ is an affirming portrait of finding the strength to start again. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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A Powerful Response to Family Violence | The Tyee
With heart and tenderness, ‘A Stronger Home’ is an affirming portrait of finding the strength to start again.
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K.A. Wiggins (Kaie) @kaiewrites.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Hey @cwillbc.bsky.social ! @katrinachen.bsky.social made @thetyee.ca with her (fantastic) new book!! 🎉📚🇨🇦🎉
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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Also in this issue, the wonderful Jeevan Sangha interviews @katrinachen.bsky.social & Elaine Su on their powerful new children's book, A Stronger Home. What beautiful artwork too. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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A Powerful Response to Family Violence | The Tyee
With heart and tenderness, ‘A Stronger Home’ is an affirming portrait of finding the strength to start again.
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Imagine 67 children killed every day… 2 mothers every hour… These are not just imagined numbers — this is the reality in Gaza. Children and powerless civilians are dying while the whole world watches… and barely anyone acts. Where are our politicians and so-called leaders? #CeasefireNow
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Honoured to see our townhall with Deputy Premier @nikisharma.bsky.social featured in @richmondnews.bsky.social! 🏡 At 安信 @ComSavings, we discussed affordability, racism & belonging—and how community-owned, culturally grounded banking can build equity and respect. 📰 lnkd.in/gYxPCtw7
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
My god… The Palestinian envoy to the UN describes Israel’s murder of children in Gaza and the Israeli envoy appears to stifle a yawn??? The Palestine envoy, shortly after, breaks down in tears at Israel’s abject cruelty and the horrors inflicted on children. 💔
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Yesterday, we heard from healthcare workers who have been in Gaza — people who can go where Canadian journalists aren’t able to access. Today, humanitarian aid workers took their turn. They warned that Israel is using aid as a military and political tool. Here's what else they told us:
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Ceasefire now—no one should ever have to endure such unimaginable pain and loss. Silence is not an option—especially for those in power. Speak up. Act now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivors
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Great article & well said! “We need to recognize that Asian languages—like Cantonese, Mandarin, and Punjabi—are Canadian languages. Cantonese and Punjabi have been spoken here since the 19th century” - @charliesmithvcr.bsky.social @pancouver.bsky.social We’ve always been part of “the mainstream”!🏡
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Ceasefire now—no one should ever have to endure such unimaginable pain and loss. Silence is not an option—especially for those in power. Speak up. Act now. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivors
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
This is a powerful, fact-based statement. It’s unacceptable for elected officials to deny colonialism, the reality of unceded Indigenous lands — and the lasting trauma it causes. Learn the history. @rohiniarora.bsky.social spoke the truth — and many of us stand with her. #bced #cdnpoli
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BC Reality @bcreality.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Shame on the MLA from the BC Conservatives for feeling uneasy about the terms settler, colonialism and colonizer!
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Periodic Pareidolia @april-cotcobbler.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
💯! #rohiniarora statement shows strong understanding & appreciation for our responsibility to historical awareness and to concrete good faith “truth & reconciliation” w/ Indigenous peoples, in so called Canada. The deplorable white supremacist reaction(s) to these words say it all. #settlerfragility
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
This is a powerful, fact-based statement. It’s unacceptable for elected officials to deny colonialism, the reality of unceded Indigenous lands — and the lasting trauma it causes. Learn the history. @rohiniarora.bsky.social spoke the truth — and many of us stand with her. #bced #cdnpoli
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Happy to continue my annual Community Scholarship @caribooSD41 — this year awarded to Olivia Nwabueze, a remarkable student recognized for her resilience and work for justice and #equity. As we celebrate the grads of 2025, let’s not forget children without access to education.💛 #bced #Burnaby
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Too often, organizations approach “inclusion” by inviting people into systems never designed with diversity in mind. It’s time to move beyond inclusion as the end goal. 🏡 Thank you @pancouver.bsky.social for sharing my bi-lingual op-ed! 📰 pancouver.ca/stronger-tog...
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Stronger together: Celebrating Asian heritage and the wealth of community - Pancouver
AnXin Community Savings head Katrina Chen says “inclusion” must go beyond inviting people into systems not designed for diversity.
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
How can anyone stay silent while innocent children are being killed, murdered, and starved? Thousands of Palestinian children have lost their lives. This isn’t just about one nation or one people—it’s about our shared humanity. Where are our so-called leaders and politicians? #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
It warms my heart to see #AStrongerHome on display @bclegislature.bsky.social Library! 🏡 To my #bcpoli friends: I hope the stories can inspire your efforts to end all forms of violence through fundamental investments in #BCed, #ChildCareBC and meaningful systemic reforms. 💜
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Also those so-called leaders who remain silent and complacent about this ongoing genocide. #bcpoli #cdnpoli
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Honoured to join the @violencenevr conference, surrounded by so many dedicated professionals and advocates working to end violence in all its forms. Grateful for the important conversations, the shared commitment — and the collective effort to build #AStrongerHome for all! 🏡 #Equity #EndGBV
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
很感恩代表安信信用合作社參加三聯市華人協會在高貴林中心的活動,有許多精彩的節目跟三級政府代表,很開心看到好幾位前同事、好親切的鄉親和社區好朋友們!😊💛🙏 Proud to represent Anxin @comsavings at this vibrant community event in Coquitlam. Great to reconnect with friends and former colleagues! Learn more: www.anxinsavings.com
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Honoured to join Angela Marie MacDougall to talk about #GBV, #AStrongerHome, #ChildCareBC, equity, the heartbreaking loss of children and lives in Gaza — and healing. 🏡 Thank you @endingviolence.bsky.social for always working to create safe spaces for everyone. 🎧 shorturl.at/jVZzx
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What Makes a Stronger Home: Gender, Power, and the Politics of Care - with Katrina Chen
And Still We Rise · Episode
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Grateful to interview Minister @RickGlumacBC about the impacts of tariffs and trade. During this time of instability, it’s so important that we work together as a nation and as communities to support local businesses and interprovincial trade. #bcpoli 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPik...
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MF EP545 - 卑詩貿易省務廳長專訪
YouTube video by LS TIMES TV
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Orca Book Publishers @orcabook.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Help your students through tough topics like fitting in, cultural differences, grief, life changes and gratitude with these new middle-grade novels! conta.cc/42UPxva
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Comfort & Hope: Fiction for tough topics
Email from Orca Book Publishers Books for gr. 4–7 Can't view images? Open this email in your web browser. Help your students through tough topics like fitting in, cultural differences, grief, life cha
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Katrina Chen @katrinachen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Home is where our heart is—and where I’m grateful to be my true self, surrounded by incredible people. 🏡 Thank you for making the #AStrongerHome launch so memorable as we work to end the cycle of violence. Couldn’t have done it without you all! ✨ More photos: instagram.com/p/DJhtdYOzTD...
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