Justine Abigail Yu is the founder of Living Hyphen, a community and multimedia platform that explores what it means to live in between cultures as a hyphenated Canadian–that is, an individual who calls Canada home but who has roots elsewhere.

She is an award-winning facilitator whose work has been featured in the Globe & Mail, CBC, and others.

She was also named a “Changemaker” by the Toronto Star in October 2021.

Justine is a fierce advocate for equity and anti-oppression. Her mission is to stir the conscience and spur social change.

Listen to the Episode

What you’ll hear:

  • Growing up in between a Canadian and a Filipino culture
  • Why travel is an inherently political act
  • How Vent Diagrams can help us with the complexity of the world
  • The origin of Turtle Island and the power of words
  • The practice of pleasure activism
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“Many of us long for our motherlands and at the same time are incredibly grateful to live here in Canada, in North America, to have privileges that we may not have had back home, wherever that might be. How do we hold these two seemingly contradictory truths?” – Justine Abigail Yu
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Living Hyphen

Living in between cultures.

The work of Living Hyphen touches on different aspects of a multi-hyphenated diaspora through events, workshops, a podcast called Living Hyphen, and a print magazine. 

The magazine features artists and writers from all across Canada hailing from over 30 ethnicities, religions, and Indigenous nations who explore various themes of this multi-hyphenated identity in a collection of poetry, prose, photography, and visual art.

Get 20% off of any issue of the Living Hyphen magazine with code GOINGPLACES at the Living Hyphen online store.

“Over the last year, we've seen this unprecedented solidarity movement for Palestinian liberation. And I've been connecting the dots, because what's happening there is not far removed from [what's happening] in North America.” – Justine Abigail Yu