The Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC’s 2020 Annual Celebratory Dinner will honour the award-winning author, historian, and archivist Paul Yee. This evening will showcase Paul’s remarkable list of contributions to Chinese Canadian history, includes great food, raffle prizes and more. Date: Saturday, March 28, 2020Time: 6:00PM – 9:00PMLocation: Floata Seafood Restaurant, 180 Keefer St. For more information, … Continue reading
The Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society is thrilled to announce the return of its annual explorASIAN festival in May 2020 for its 24th consecutive year celebrating National Asian Heritage Month. This year’s theme “Pan-Asian Cultural Connections” will celebrate our diverse multicultural Canadian Identity and showcase the best arts and culture emerging out of our Canadian Pan-Asian communities. Submissions for explorASIAN … Continue reading
In commemoration of the third anniversary of Joe’s passing, we are pleased to invite you to an evening “Remembering Joe Wai,” on Thursday, January 16, 2020 from 7:00-9:00 PM at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Garden (Carrall Street entrance) one of Joe’s many architecture contributions to our city. Please join us as we celebrate Joe’s many “architectural … Continue reading
Glitter Technics is a sparkling night showcasing the work of emerging multidisciplinary LGBTQ2SI+ artists from a 13-week experiential creative empowerment workshop led by Mutya Macatumpag at the Pride in Arts Society’s SUM Gallery. Mediums that glitter at our December 4th gallery show include visual art, installation, movement performance, music, poetry, light/shadow art, video , silkscreen … Continue reading
World Traditional Performing Arts Festival, which celebrates its 3rd time this year, is performing various ethnic performing arts including Korean traditional arts, the First Nations performing group, Taiwanese Dance and Indonesian Dance. Communicating and understanding other cultures through sharing and experiencing each other’s unique culture is the purpose of this event. This year’s event will be … Continue reading
Celebrate Strathcona’s multicultural past and present through storytelling and food. Pacific Canada Heritage Centre Museum of Migration Society hosts an afternoon of diverse communities sharing family dishes and the migration stories they hold. Yes, there will be food sampling! In this “round-robin” style storytelling event, you will hear diverse migration stories inspired by family recipes, … Continue reading
Jim Wong-Chu is considered one of the first Asian-Canadian authors to give voice to Asian communities in times when support for Asian arts was difficult to obtain. He dedicated much of his time to compiling a literary anthology called Many-Mouthed Birds that showcased the richness of Asian-Canadian literature. The public is invited to a special listening event … Continue reading
Here is a heartfelt letter written by Allan Cho, the executive director of the ACWW, to Jim Wong-Chu, at the opening of the Jim Wong-Chu exhibit at UBC on October 10, 2019. “Dear Jim, from Allan” October 10, 2019 Dear Jim, It’s been almost two years now since I’ve last written to you. I think … Continue reading
BC Library’s Chung Collection has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value. Please click here to read the news on UBC Library website. The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection was donated to UBC Library by the Chung Family in 1999. … Continue reading
Jim Wong -Chu (1945- July-11-2017) was a well-known Asian-Canadian historian, editor, author, and poet. Born in Hong Kong, Jim Wong-Chu came to Canada in 1953. He attended the Vancouver School of Art (Emily Carr University of Art + Design) from 1975-1981, majoring in photography and design. From 1976-1981, Jim Wong-Chu was involved with the Vancouver … Continue reading
