On May 31, the Chinese Canadian Archive will host an event featuring Jan Wong, author of Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now, and Madeleine Thien, winner of the Governor General’s Award and Giller Prize and author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing. Thien and Wong will be in conversation on writing the Cultural […]
On April 30, we celebrate Journey to Freedom Day. This day remembers the massive number of boat people who fled from Vietnam to Canada in the late 1970s. Many of these refugees were ethnic Chinese, some of whom had lived in Vietnam for generations. The Chinese Canadian Archive at Toronto Public Library preserves documents of […]
A beautiful red-colour-based Chinese-style showcase was recently established on the 5th floor of the Toronto Reference Library. With 12 treasures from the Chinese Canadian Archive standing on black shelves and four floor-to-ceiling vinyl prints on the side, this striking exhibit attracts much attention from visitors and passers-by. The displayed items, selected from multiple families’ archives, […]
The Year of Dog is coming! The Dog is the symbol of honesty and loyalty. People whose Chinese zodiac sign is Dog possess a good sense of humour, they are smooth-talking and have a resourceful personality. If you are a dog, remember to wear red underclothes and red socks for the first month, because they […]