Vancouver Chinatown hosts over 50 community organizers from 18 Chinatowns across North America
They are attending the inaugural U.S.-Canada Chinatown Cultural Preservation and Revitalization conference.
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They are attending the inaugural U.S.-Canada Chinatown Cultural Preservation and Revitalization conference.
The funding was announced on the sidelines of the U.S.-Canada Chinatown Cultural Preservation and Revitalization Conference, taking place Tuesday and Wednesday in Vancouver.
The museum will open its doors on the 100th anniversary of the passing of the Chinese Immigration Act, which effectively eliminated Chinese immigration before it was repealed.
Yip Sang's old home on East Pender is being turned into a museum.
The Vancouver Chinese Canadian Museum has received a $5.18 million influx of cash from the Canadian federal government.The money, from the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan), will be used to establish the museum in its permanent location of the Wing Sang Building in Vancouver’s Chinatown.The museum, located at 27