CHINESE CANADIANS: BC HISTORY IN THE NEWS
Harrison Mooney,
"Vancouver's
Chinatown Gets A Fresh Burst Of Colour,"
The Tyee, May 16, 2025.
Nono Shen, "B.C.
Museum To Honour Chinese Canadian Troops Who Fought In War And For Citizenship
Rights," CBC News,
November 10, 2024.
Michelle Gomez, "UBC
Gallery Offers Glimpse Of Life For Early Chinese Immigrants,"
CBC News, May 1, 2024.
Vivian Luk, "100
Years After Exclusion Act, Anti-Chinese Racism In Canada Remains,"
CBC Radio, July 1, 2023.
Isabelle Docto, "100 Years After The 'Chinese Exclusion Act,' Chinese Canadians Look Towards The Future," Daily Hive, June 30, 2023.
Michelle Gomez, "The
Oldest Chinese Temple In Canada Is At Risk Of Closing -- Unless It Raises Enough
Money For Major Repairs,"
CBC News, May 3, 2023.
Winston Szeto, "Chinese
Freemasons Celebrate 160 Years Of Community And Cultural Support In Canada,"
CBC News, March 25, 2023.
"Chinese
Canadian Museum To Open In Historic Building In Vancouver's Chinatown,"
CBC News, February 11, 2022.
Li Zhao, "Barkerville:
The Chinese Gold Rush,"
Radio Canada, December 14, 2021.
Cory Correia, "Chinese
History Museum Featuring 1,600 Artifacts Destroyed In Lytton Wildfire,"
CBC News, July 5, 2021.
Jade Nayler, "In
Search Of Gold Mountain: My Father's Chinese Head Tax Story,"
First Person, CBC, May 24, 2021.
Winston Szeto, "Fraser
Canyon Museum Awarded For Preserving Early History Of Chinese Canadians In B.C.,"
CBC News, May 8, 2021.
"How
A Small B.C. Island Can Help Us Understand The Role Of Racism In Disease
Treatment," CBC News,
August 3, 2020.
Betsy Trumpener,
"Gold
Rush Garbage Mined To Unearth History Of Chinese Miners In B.C.,"
CBC News, June 7, 2020.
Craig Takeuchi, "Museum
Of Vancouver And UBC Launch Display About Chinese Canadian Museum Project,"
Georgia Straight, December 17, 2019.
Steve Arstad, "Last
Member Of Chinese-Canadian WW II Covert Unit Trained In The Okanagan Has Died,"
Info News, November 11, 2019.
"B.C.
Gives $1 M Toward Proposed Chinese-Canadian Museum,"
CBC News, November 8, 2019.
"Celebrating
Barkerville's Chinese Heritage,"
Quesnel Cariboo Observer, August 21, 2019.
Kevin Griffin, "'Silent'
Yucho Chow Photography Has A Story Again After Being Identified By Family,"
Vancouver Sun, May 3, 2019.
Christopher Cheung, "Chinatown
In Colour, Before Condos And Coffee Bars,"
Tyee, March 27, 2019.
Craig Takeuchi, "B.C.
Government Seeks Public Input About Potential Chinese Canadian Museum,"
Georgia Straight, December 17, 2018.
"Meet
Chow Dong Hoy -- A Photographer Who Humanized Everyone,"
CBC, October 16, 2018.
"New
Plaque In Lytton, B.C., To Honour Early Chinese-Canadian Settlers,"
CBC News, July 29, 2018.
Anna Dimoff, "Anthology
Celebrating Prominent Chinese-Canadians In B.C. Acknowledges Historic Wrongs,"
CBC News, May 21, 2018.
Chad Pawson, "City
Of Vancouver Formally Apologizes To Chinese Community For Past Discrimination,"
CBC News, April 22, 2018.
Clare Hennig, "Vancouver
Artist Creates 'Occupying Chinatown' Project As City Apologizes For Historic
Racism," CBC News,
April 22, 2018.
"'The Chinese Question': Race, Real Estate Cited 132 Years Ago According To Vancouver's First Newspaper," CBC News, January 11, 2018.
Camille Bains, "Force
136: Chinese-Canadian Veteran Reflects On Service In Special Forces Unit,"
CBC News, November 11, 2017.
Bernice Chan, "With
More Speakers Of Mandarin Than Cantonese In Canada Now, What Future For The
Southern Chinese Dialect There,"
South China Morning Post, September 10, 2017.
Christopher
Cheung, "A
New Generation Embraces Its Chinatown Roots,"
The Tyee, July 7, 2017.
Christopher Cheung, "Fighting
To Belong: Chinese Pioneers Of Vancouver's White Neighbourhoods,"
The Tyee, July 6, 2017.
Christopher Cheung, "In
Post-War Chinatown, The Siren Call Of Sinatra,"
The Tyee, July 5, 2017.
Christopher Cheung, "Canada's
'Sea Turtles': The Powerful Pull Of 'Home' On Two Teens, 78 Years Apart,"
The Tyee, July 4, 2017.
Christopher Cheung, "Growing
Up Chinese Canadian: A Century Of Stories,"
The Tyee, July 3, 2017.
Polly Leger, "Chinatown
Storefront Photos Offer Glimpse Into The Past,"
CBC News, July 2, 2017.
Jennifer Kay Lee, "'Humiliation
Day': July 1 Has Added Meaning For Some Chinese-Canadians,"
CBC News, June 29, 2017.
Lillian Eva Dyck et al., "Canada's
Sordid History Of Treating Chinese-Canadians As 'Undesirables,'"
National Post, May 11, 2017.
Belle Puri, "New
Museum Built On Historic Lytton Cultural Site,"
CBC News, May 8, 2017.
"New
Barkerville Monument Honours Chinese-Canadian Legacy,"
British Columbia Historical Federation News, March 29, 2017.
June Chua, "Chinese
Railway Worker History Comes To Life In New Canadian Children's Book,"
Rabble.ca, March 20, 2017.
"Mistreatment
Of Chinese Pioneers During B.C.'s Gold Rush Commemorated In Historic Ghost Town,"
CBC News, March 20, 2017.
Laurence Wat, "Kamloops Monument Recognizes Contributions Of Chinese Canadians In B.C.," Kelowna Now, March 18, 2017.
"Ashcroft
Monument Honours Chinese Canadian Legacy,"
B.C. Gov News, March 17, 2017.
Sarah Berman, "Searching Western Canadian Ghost Towns For Traces Of Chinese Miners," Vice, December 18, 2016.
Blaine Gaffney, "Kelowna Cemetery First Provincial Site Of Chinese-Canadian Monuments," Global News, December 4, 2016.
"New
Online Inventory For Chinese Canadian Artifacts In B.C.,"
UVIC News, July 6, 2016.
Tammy Kwan, "Over 6,000 Chinese Canadian Artifacts Now Accessible In Completed Online Database," Georgia Straight, July 6, 2016.
"Chinese
Head Tax Reparations Called For By Surviving Families,"
CBC News, February 3, 2016.
Shawn O'Hara, "130
Years In The Making: A Brief History Of Vancouver's Chinatown,"
VanCityBuzz, February 2, 2016.
John Mackie, "This Week In History: 1900 -- Police Chief's Murdered Hanged," Vancouver Sun, November 14, 2015.
Joan Delaney, "Fighting
For A Country That Doesn't Want You,"
Epoch Times, November 4, 2015.
Jeff Bell, "Chinese Travel Back In Time At Royal B.C. Museum Display," Times Colonist, October 31, 2015.
"Royal
B.C. Museum Opens New Exhibit . . . In A Chinese Metro Station,"
CBC News, October 29, 2015.
"Historic
Chinatowns Across B.C. Brought To Life By New Digital Database,"
CBC News, May 11, 2015.
"Chinese Canadian Soldiers Honoured For WW II Efforts At New Museum Exhibit," CBC News, May 9, 2015.
Sarah Petrescu, "B.C.'s
Chinese-Canadian History Going Digital,"
Victoria Times-Colonist, May 2, 2015.
"Chinese
Historical Sites In B.C. Call For Nominations,"
CBC News, January 22, 2015.
Meg Mittelstedt, "Touring
B.C.'s 'Hidden' History Shared By Chinese And Indigenous People,"
Tyee, October 13, 2014.
"Chinese Community Gets Apology From B.C. For Historical Wrongs," CBC News, May 15, 2014.
Stephen Hull, "B.C.
Apology For Anti-Chinese Discrimination Rejected By Community Groups,"
Georgia Straight, May 15, 2014.
"Photos: Vancouver's Chinese Community In The Old Days," Ottawa Citizen, April 4, 2014.
Vivian Luk, "B.C. History Of Chinese Canadian Discrimination Listed In Records," Huffington Post, March 10, 2014.
Christy Clark, "Christy
Clark: Confronting Our Past Head-On,"
Georgia Straight, February 14, 2014.
Adrian Dix, "Adrian
Dix: B.C. Must Reconcile With Its Past Official Racism Against Chinese Canadians,"
Georgia Straight, January 5, 2014.
Dave Obee, "New
Book Chronicles Life And Death At William Head,"
Victoria Times Colonist, November 24, 2013.
"'Formal
Apology' To B.C.'s Chinese Community Questioned,"
CBC News, November 17, 2013.
Steffani Cameron, "B.C. Leper Colony's Little Known History," HuffPost, March 8, 2013.
Meagan Fitzpatrick, "Canada's
Golden Immigrants From China Remembered,"
CBC News, March 2, 2013.
Carlito Pablo, "Vancouver Residents Sense Rise In Anti-Chinese Sentiment In Canada," Georgia Straight, February 7, 2013.
"Historic
Gold Rush Exhibit Aims To Identify Chinese Workers,"
CBC News, December 9, 2012.
Stephen Ruttan, "The Lepers Of D'Arcy Island," Times Colonist, November 4, 2012.
Daniel Wood, "Who
Were B.C.'s First Seafarers?,"
Georgia Straight, July 9, 2008.
Campbell Clark, "PM Offers Apology, 'Symbolic Payments' For Chinese Head Tax," Globe And Mail, June 23, 2006.
"PM
Unveils Redress For Head Tax On Chinese,"
CBC News, June 22, 2006.