Presented by City Opera Vancouver and Chinese Cultural Centre William Liu, baritone David Boothroyd, keyboard Sunday March 2nd, 2014 2 – 4pm, Free admission Seating is limited, please RSVP by March 1st 3pm Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia Street, Vancouver, BC 604.658.8880, museum2@cccvan.com www.cccvan.com Continue reading →

UBC ASIA Club’s Academic Department is proud to present a once-in-a-lifetime evening lecture on Shunga with our Associate Head, Dr. Joshua Mostow! The topic of discussion, Shunga, is an erotic art form which had its origins in the Heian period and flourished in the Edo period. Thursday, February 27th, 2014 Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Asian … Continue reading →

Interested in what happened to Japanese Canadians when the Canadian government invoked the War Measures Act in 1942 and stripped their citizenship rights, categorizing them as enemy aliens and sending them to internment camps throughout the B.C. interior? SFU Library Special Collections recently obtained a large collection of materials from one of these camps, the … Continue reading →

UBC Dialogues: North Shore The North Shore, like other Lower Mainland communities, attracts people from all over the world. In recent decades, significant Chinese, South Asian, Persian and Filipino populations have settled in the area, with many forming cultural communities alongside what previously existed. Although challenges occasionally arise, the resulting cultural mosaic has led to … Continue reading →