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 Recognition Program.
In April, Prof. Yu, joined a number of community partners in Toronto to help launch the Chinese Canadian Heritage Fund’s timeline of Chinese Canadian history. Written in English, French and Chinese, this up-to-date poster provides an accessible chronology of important moments in Chinese Canadian history.
Produced by Dr. David Lai, the pre-eminent expert on Chinese Canadian Chinatowns, and by the David Lam Centre at SFU, this chart maps out the long history of discrimination and racism against which Chinese Canadians struggled, as well as the triumphs and contributions of many Chinese Canadians to the building of Canadian society.
You can view the Metro Toronto article here. For more information on the Chinese Canadian Stories initiative, please visit here.