During the height of the pandemic, Lingyin Shen felt concerned for her safety when she stepped outside her home.
With a master’s degree in East Asian studies from the University of Toronto, Shen says the alarming spike in anti-Asian racism incidents during the pandemic had her worried.
![A large colourful poster on a city wall that says, "Coronavirus IL ARENDU PLUS DE GENS RACISTES QUE MALADES."](https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/styles/ne_3btn_widget/public/GettyImages-1198676666-370.jpg?itok=JPfMubZ- "A large colourful poster on a city wall that says, "Coronavirus IL ARENDU PLUS DE GENS RACISTES QUE MALADES."")