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Prof. Henry Yu featured in Metro Toronto coverage
Henry Yu, a Professor of History at UBC, is quoted in a story that appears in Metro Toronto about a chronological chart of Chinese Canadian History. Prof. Yu is also the Project Lead of Chinese Canadian Stories, an initiative of UBC Library and SFU Library that has received funding from the federal government’s Canadian Historical [...]
Chung Collection covered in Montecristo
The Chung Collection, a designated national treasure, is covered in the Spring 2011 issue of Montecristo magazine. The story profiles Dr. Wallace Chung and his passion for collecting, and highlights his donations to UBC and the Vancouver Maritime Museum. You can view the article here: Chung Collection The Chung Collection was donated to UBC Library [...]
Spring book sale at Asian Library
Spring is back, and so is the Asian Library’s annual book sale! This sale, which is part of the Asian Library Open House, features new, used and hard-to-find books and magazines in different Asian languages (mainly Chinese and Korean), with some in English. Prices range from 10 cents to $10, but most titles are only 50 [...]
Asian Library Open House 2011: Exhibits
The Asian Library and its partners are pleased to present two displays – Identiverse and Dimensions of the Asian World at UBC – as part of the Asian Library Open House 2011. The Asian Library worked with UBC’s Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory on the project. Viewers are invited to conceptualize “Asianness” [...]
Asian Library research workshop on immigration
An upcoming workshop that’s part of the Asian Library’s 50th anniversary celebrations will focus on Chinese immigration patterns, aided by a head tax database that was launched in 2008. The “Workshop on the Taishan and Zhongshan Immigrants in North America” will enable community members, UBC students and scholars from around the world to conduct research [...]
