A Free Taste of Chinese Canadian History

The Inaugural Chinese Canadian History Fair

When: Saturday, January 22, 2005 from 10:30am to 4:00pm
Where: Joyce Walley Room, Vancouver Museum, 1100 Chestnut Street
Cost: Free of charge

The Chinese Canadian Historical Society is hosting the Inaugural
Chinese Canadian History Fair at the Vancouver Museum on Saturday,
January 22, 2005 from 10:30 AM to 4:00 PM. CCHS is a newly formed
society whose major objective is to bring out the unknown history of
the Chinese in British Columbia. For more information about the
organization, see the website: http://www.cchsbc.ca

The History Fair will offer a sampling of the various kinds of
research on Chinese Canadian History currently being done in this
province, especially by members of CCHS Subjects will include
genealogies and family histories, artefacts from Chinese sites, plans
by the Kamloops Chinese Cultural Association to honour Chinese
railroad workers, SFU Library's project to facilitate online access to
research material about the Chinese, presentations on Alexander Won
Cumyow, Chinese opera costumes, Chinese laundries, Chinese women
aviators in BC, Chinese Canadian WWII veterans, Chinese cemeteries and more.

The Fair will take place in the Joyce Walley room of the Vancouver
Museum, which is located at 1100 Chestnut Street in Vanier Park near
the Burrard Bridge. The public is welcome and admission is free to
both participants and viewers. The displays will be available from
10:30 AM and will continue until 4 PM. There will be short formal
programs during the period from 10:30 to 2 PM. Otherwise, the
emphasis will be upon meeting and talking to researchers.
Refreshments will be available

For more information:
Chinese Canadian Historical Society
Jennifer Lau
(778) 892-5585
info@cchsbc.ca
http://www.cchsbc.ca