Canada's first Chinese Canadian museum to open in historic building in Vancouver's Chinatown
The province said it will provide $27.5 million for the museum and real estate marketer Bob Rennie will contribute another $7.5 million.
Source: cbc.ca
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BC government turning Rennie HQ into new Vancouver Chinese Canadian Museum
The former Rennie Museum and offices at 51 East Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown will be turned into the Chinese Canadian Museum.
Source: dailyhive.com
When Chinese in Canada Were Numbered, Interrogated, Excluded
SHARES Quan Jew Louie was Vancouver-born, a member of the influential HY Louie family and a UBC soccer champion, but the government still didn’t consider him Canadian. A flying officer during the Second World War, he was hit by enemy shells in Germany and crashed into a field. He died for a country that rejected him. Microfilm reproduction of Quan Jew Louie’s CI9 travel authorization via Library and Archives Canada. Every Remembrance Day, Cecil Yip would shine his shoes and polish his medals. Then, putting them on with his purple beret and navy suit jacket, he...
Source: thetyee.ca