06/17/2026
Hello, I’m Yukko.
I’m the person behind West Coast Cultural Lab and Vancouver On Ink . If you’re reading this, maybe we’ve met before. Perhaps I invited you to submit your work, attend an event, or maybe you simply picked up a copy of Vancouver On Ink somewhere in the city.
Recently, I cut my hair short for the first time in decades.
Not because of summer, but because I wanted to donate it.
It wasn’t a huge contribution. In fact, it takes around 15–20 bundles of donated hair to make a wig for a child. My hair alone won’t change much. But sometimes, doing something small is still worth doing.
The haircut led to many unexpected conversations. Some people shared stories about friends or family members who had cancer. Some told me they had always wanted to donate their hair but worried about how they would look afterward.
In the past few years, I’ve seen people around me go through illness, treatment, recovery, and loss. There is often very little we can do, but kindness and care are still choices we can make.
Maybe that’s also why I keep organizing community projects.
Sometimes all we need is to take an action, share a story, write a poem, give a helping hand, or make a small gesture that says, “I’m here. I care.”
Every moment is precious. Take good care of yourself, and if you can, pass a little kindness on to someone else.
With love,
Yukko Chan
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