Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home DramaAlert

New Chinese Canadian Museum opens in Vancouver

rmtsa by rmtsa
July 1, 2023
in DramaAlert
0
New Chinese Canadian Museum opens in Vancouver
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

Warren G Receives Culture Award At HU Awards • Hollywood Unlocked

Bill Maher Says Men Should Be Given Respect, Not Ridicule

Warner Bros. Pictures Sets ‘Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass’ Release Date

When the Chinese Exclusion Act came into effect in 1923, it didn’t just effectively halt Chinese immigration to Canada — it extinguished the family lines of thousands of labourers already here.

Many were condemned to bachelorhood or cut off from loved ones in China, said Catherine Clement, curator of the inaugural exhibition for the Chinese Canadian Museum that opens to the public on Saturday in Vancouver’s Chinatown, on the 100th anniversary of the controversial law’s enactment.

“They just withered here,” Clement said. “They had no descendants left to tell their stories. Nobody even remember they existed … they broke while they were here.”


Click to play video: 'Chinatown Storytelling Centre set to open in Vancouver'

4:18
Chinatown Storytelling Centre set to open in Vancouver


Some ended up in mental health institutions, including Coquitlam’s Essondale Hospital, said Clement, calling them “the face of exclusion.”

Story continues below advertisement

Now their stories are being told at the exhibition, “The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act.”

Executives at the Chinese Canadian Museum said they chose its opening date as a poignant reminder of a part of Canada’s history that has often been overlooked.

“I think many people felt that through their history lessons or through schooling, people never understood the full history,” said Grace Wong, the museum’s board chair.

“We take that as our mandate, that public education is so primary to what we should do. And part of that is to help tell that full history.”

There was a time in this country when people like me weren’t allowed to vote, much less hold office.

Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the implementation of the Chinese Exclusion Act — a racist piece of legislation that prevented those of Chinese descent from fully… pic.twitter.com/apQlejbaFR

— Mayor Ken Sim (@KenSimCity) June 30, 2023

The museum opens its permanent location in Chinatown’s historic Wing Sang Building after more than six years of planning, starting with then-premier John Horgan mandating the province’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry to establish the institution.

Story continues below advertisement

The society behind the museum was launched in 2020 after community consultations, and the physical location was found in 2022 after the province provided $27.5 million in funding.

An opening ceremony on Friday was attended by B.C. Premier David Eby and other officials. Eby praised Horgan for championing the museum as anti-Asian racism spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eby, who also highlighted the recent election of Olivia Chow as mayor of Toronto, called the Chinese Exclusion Act “the most racist piece of legislation ever passed in our parliament.”


Click to play video: 'Chinese Canadians reveal their experiences with racism'

3:37
Chinese Canadians reveal their experiences with racism


Museum CEO Melissa Karmen Lee described the institution as a startup, saying that the facility’s ultimate success will depend on how many visitors it can draw.

Lee said she hopes the museum can contribute to the revitalization of Chinatown and draw more foot traffic to the community.

Trending Now

Tourist dies after trying to drink 21 cocktails on bar menu in Jamaica

‘Scared for my life’: Inside the terror of the University of Waterloo stabbings

Story continues below advertisement

“We hope to have partners and shops and cultural institutions also supporting us in moving and coming to Chinatown,” she said. “We hope all that becomes a part of what it is to visit the Chinese Canadian Museum.”

Clement said the subject of the exclusion act, also known as the 1923 Canadian Immigration Act, first caught her interest when she spoke to Chinese Canadian war veterans for another exhibit.

“I would say, where were you born?” Clement said. “They would say Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary. And yet, they would pull out an immigration card, and almost all of them were dated 1924.


Click to play video: 'Vancouver building named after main figure in Komogata Maru incident'

1:37
Vancouver building named after main figure in Komogata Maru incident


“Many years later, I realized they were evidence of the exclusion act,” she said. “These are the guys who served in the war for Canada, and they were Canadian-born, and yet they have an immigration card. They were the only community in Canada where children were given an immigration card, who were Canadian born.”

Story continues below advertisement

Clement compiled the documents in the Paper Trail exhibit mainly through private collections and official records from institutions such as psychiatric hospitals.

Lee said the museum is also featuring a second exhibit for its opening, focused on Chinese migration to Canada from as early as 1788.

The key, she said, is to present a diversity of voices within Chinese Canadian history.

“We have Chinese people immigrating to Canada not only from China, but also from Vietnam, from Cambodia, from South Africa, from Mauritius,” Lee said. “So, we want to tell all of these stories when we talk about our exhibitions at the Chinese Canadian Museum.”

Ultimately, Wong said the museum belongs to all Canadians regardless of ethnic or cultural background. She said she hopes people from all parts of the community will take advantage of the new facility to learn more about the challenges people faced in striving for a multicultural Canada.

“It is for all of us because the Chinese Canadian history is fundamentally part of the full B.C. history,” she said. “It’s fundamentally part of the full Canadian history, and it’s a very key moment for all of us.”

&copy 2023 The Canadian Press





Source link

Tags: CanadianChinesemuseumOpensVancouver
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

Warren G Receives Culture Award At HU Awards • Hollywood Unlocked

by rmtsa
June 21, 2025
0
Warren G Receives Culture Award At HU Awards • Hollywood Unlocked

Last night was a real celebration of hip-hop at the Hollywood Unlocked Annual Award Show, and it was all eyes on the one and only Warren G as...

Read more

Bill Maher Says Men Should Be Given Respect, Not Ridicule

by rmtsa
June 21, 2025
0
Bill Maher Says Men Should Be Given Respect, Not Ridicule

Bill Maher A Penis Doesn't Make You a Pinhead!!! Show Some Respect to Men Published June 21, 2025 5:59 AM PDT | Updated June 21, 2025 6:54 AM...

Read more

Warner Bros. Pictures Sets ‘Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass’ Release Date

by rmtsa
June 21, 2025
0
Warner Bros. Pictures Sets ‘Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass’ Release Date

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Pictures will release Chinese co-produced animated feature Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass on August 9 in China. The film is set to make its world...

Read more

Rapper Fat Joe accused of sex with minors in $20M lawsuit by ex-employee – National

by rmtsa
June 21, 2025
0
Rapper Fat Joe accused of sex with minors in M lawsuit by ex-employee – National

NOTE: The following article contains disturbing details. Please read at your own discretion. Rapper Fat Joe’s former hypeman, Terrance “T.A.” Dixon, has filed a lawsuit against him in...

Read more

Chef Jernard Goes To Savannah For Savor The City Finale

by rmtsa
June 20, 2025
0
Chef Jernard Goes To Savannah For Savor The City Finale

TV One’s Savor The City closes out its season with a powerful finale that blends history, heritage, and heaping plates of flavor, and we’ve got an exclusive clip....

Read more
Next Post
Liv Tyler’s Son Milo Is Super Tall, Grown Up At High School Graduation – Hollywood Life

Liv Tyler’s Son Milo Is Super Tall, Grown Up At High School Graduation – Hollywood Life

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Who Is Yvie Oddly’s Husband? Doug Illsley’s Relationship History
  • Warren G Receives Culture Award At HU Awards • Hollywood Unlocked
  • The Valley’s Tom Schwartz Discusses Jo Wenberg’s Latest Email to Him

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In