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

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! ✨💛

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/...

#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

#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

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

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...

@katrinachen.bsky.social was on CTV Morning Live today talking about her new picture book A Stronger Home. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

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 ✊

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

"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/...

"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

“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

“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...

“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...

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

“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...

@katrinachen.bsky.social signing books at Massy, in support of @endingviolence.bsky.social ❤️

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.

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

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

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

A new children’s book, authored by former NDP MLA Katrina Chen and teacher-librarian Elaine Su, aims to open conversations about abuse.

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...

Hey @cwillbc.bsky.social ! @katrinachen.bsky.social made @thetyee.ca with her (fantastic) new book!! 🎉📚🇨🇦🎉

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...

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

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

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. 💔

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:

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...

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”!🏡

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...

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

Shame on the MLA from the BC Conservatives for feeling uneasy about the terms settler, colonialism and colonizer!

💯! #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

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

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

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...

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

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. 💜

Also those so-called leaders who remain silent and complacent about this ongoing genocide. #bcpoli #cdnpoli

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

To all the Canadian politicians who also remain silent and complacent. #CeasefireNow #bcpoli #cdnpoli