“Create the spaces you want to be a part of!”

— Carmel Tanaka

Carmel’s intersecting identities as a queer, neurodivergent, Jewpanese woman of colour and her family history with the Holocaust and the Japanese Canadian Internment informs much of her work. Her superpower is identifying gaps within and across her communities and creating safer community spaces to support and celebrate people who have been “othered” like herself. Many of Carmel’s community engagement projects have gained traction and transformed into the vibrant movements they are today. They include, but are not limited to, the following: JQT Vancouver, Jewpanese Project, Cross Cultural Walking Tours, and Genocide Prevention BC. Learn more about her work by clicking on each initiative below!