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Simu Liu and Jeremy Lin Are Bringing Hoops and Hope to Markham
The one-day festival returns with food, music and a celebrity basketball game to support community programs and spotlight Asian Canadian role models.
- Actor Simu Liu and former NBA star Jeremy Lin are bringing the ARC World festival back to Markham on September 12, returning the celebration of Asian culture to its founding suburb after recent editions in downtown Toronto.
- Originally named the Chinese Canadian Youth Athletic Association, the Asian Roots Collective was founded in 1995 to provide basketball programming for Chinese Canadians before evolving into a one-day festival celebrating Asian excellence across industries.
- Liu says the event is necessary because children "grow up a little bit unsure of how to feel about their identity." Lin, who runs a basketball school in Toronto with ARC, emphasized returning to show support for the city's Asian community.
- Moving to Markham reconnects the festival with the community where it began while avoiding downtown traffic. Liu noted, "It's such a big part of the Asian Canadian community," citing the city's renowned Chinese food.
- Chu says celebrities attending this year's ARC World will soon be announced, continuing the organization's goal of exposing young Asian Canadians to role models they might not otherwise encounter.
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Simu Liu and Jeremy Lin are bringing hoops and hope to Markham – 105.9 The Region
Even during his bachelor party in Ontario’s Muskoka region, Simu Liu had Markham on his mind. Ahead of his wedding to fiancée Allison Hsu, the Marvel star stepped away from jet skiing and lake swims with friends this week to talk about bringing ARC World — the annual Asian Roots Collective festival — back to the Toronto suburb where it began. The celebration of Asian culture — featuring food, music, speakers and a celebrity basketball game with …
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