INSTRCC (Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian studies) was created to engage and empower students to conduct crucial and groundbreaking community-based research in Chinese Canadian history relevant to Chinese Canadian communities. In addition, INSTRCC seeks to give a voice to the stories and histories of Chinese Canadians, their families, and their communities so future generations of Canadians will be aware of the rich and complex stories that make up diverse and integral aspects of Canadian history and identity. To achieve these aims, students are encouraged to use the latest digital technologies to distribute and create informative and engaging films, oral histories, family stories, websites, and databases that anyone can easily access to learn about the importance of Chinese Canadians in Canada. As one of the community engagement initiatives within the Asian Canadian and Asian Canadian Studies (ACAM) program at UBC, INSTRCC allows students to work on community-engaged projects that provide experiential learning. By preparing and empowering students to work on issues that challenge Asian diasporic communities both locally and globally, initiatives within the ACAM program such as INSTRCC provide transformative learning experiences that help shape students understanding of themselves and the world in which they live.