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Opening Symposium: Red Tails and Dragon Tales
The Chapman Learning Commons presents an event featuring the stories of the Tuskegee Airmen and Chinese-Canadian war vets.
Outreach in action: Chinese Canadian Stories
Chinese Canadian Stories: Uncommon Histories from a Common Past is a collaborative initiative focusing on the legacies of Chinese Canadians.
Chinese Canadian Stories kiosks unveiled
UBC’s Chinese Canadian Stories project unveiled interactive kiosks this past weekend at Vancouver Public Library.
Immigration exhibit at Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
UBC’s Asian Library, in collaboration with the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum and Archives, presents Where Did the Immigrants Actually Come From? This exhibit, first shown in the Asian Library in 2010, was followed by a two-year project that involved mapping the villages and towns recorded in the Head Tax database. The exhibit runs Tuesday to […]
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 […]
Vancouver Sun editorial by UBC’s Ingrid Parent, Henry Yu
An editorial by Ingrid Parent, University Librarian and Henry Yu, UBC History Professor and Project Lead for the Chinese Canadian Stories initiative (http://chinesecanadian.ubc.ca), appears in the February 26, 2011 issue of the Vancouver Sun. You can view the editorial, which is about the need for a Pacific Canada Heritage Centre, here.