Contributor Dr. Tzu-I Chung

Community Heritage and Museum Practices

May 5, 2019
The Punjabi Canadian Legacy Project (PCLP), developed in partnership with the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, is built upon the idea that communities’ own self-expressions must determine how a collective heritage is presented. That …
Published April 23rd, 2019 | Zero comments

Objects and Beyond: Chinese Legacy Initiatives at the Royal BC Museum

March 3, 2016
As steward of a vast collection that represents British Columbia’s heritage, the Royal British Columbia Museum and Archives shares the stories of BC’s cultural and environmental history with residents of the province and the world. While only about 2% of …
Published January 4th, 2016 | Zero comments

Early Transpacific Chinese Travelers and Today’s British Columbia

September 9, 2015
The Royal BC Museum will open an exhibition, Gold Rush! El Dorado in British Columbia, in May 2015. The nineteenth century Gold Rushes played a key role in shaping British Columbia and today’s Pacific World. Part of the exhibition will touch upon the personal stories of the individuals who joined the gold rushes around the Pacific. Gold rushes brought the first major Chinese settlers to Canada.
Published December 14th, 2014 | Zero comments