CONGRATULATIONS — Cross Cultural Strathcona Walking Tour Working Group with an Award of Merits for Excellence in Community Engagement from the BC Museums Association. PCHC-MoM is pleased to be one of the founding partners of this new joint venture first launched in 2019 with daily walking tours every Sunday during Asian Heritage Month. The honour is shared by all … Continue reading
This year’s AGM will take place on Nov. 16 (Sat.) at 11am at the BC Artscape. We’ll be using the Flex Space on the 4th floor at the Sun Wah Centre at 268 Keefer St., Vancouver, BC. A simple lunch (free to members and at $10 for guests) will start at noon, and may be followed by a surprise treat, if we can get it organized … Continue reading
Exploring the Past of Indigenous and Pan-Asian Communities in BC Join PCHC-MoM Honorary Advisor Elder Larry Grant and Director Howard E. Grant in understanding the landscape, through colonial history retold. Speakers will also include Historian Lily Chow and Law Professor Nancy Sandy. RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2M0FU7V Continue reading
The November 2019 Newsletter is out! Click through the image above for many exciting developments, including upcoming events, community news and past events. Be sure to purchase your ticket for the Banquet of Stories here! If you missed this newsletter in your inbox, click here to subscribe. You can also find an archive of past newsletters here. Continue reading
The Fall 2019 Newsletter is out! Click through the image above for many exciting developments, including upcoming events, community news and past events. Be sure to purchase your ticket for the Banquet of Stories here! If you missed this newsletter in your inbox, click here to subscribe. You can also find an archive of past newsletters here. Continue reading
The Philippines is a country with a deep and rich cultural history, and has been the top country of birth of immigrants in Canada, according to the 2016 Statistic Canada Census. Yet, how much do we know about the Philippines and its people, especially those who have emigrated to Canada and made their home here? … Continue reading
The Spring 2019 Newsletter is out! Click through the image above for many exciting developments, including upcoming events, community news and past events. If you missed this newsletter in your inbox, click here to subscribe. You can also find an archive of past newsletters here. Continue reading
The Cross Cultural Strathcona Walking Tour: Find out more about how early immigrants helped build Vancouver while exploring Vancouver’s east side neighbourhoods The Cross Cultural Strathcona Walking Tour celebrates the rich layered history of Vancouver’s downtown east side neighbourhoods: Hogan’s Alley, Jewish Strathcona, Japantown (Powell Street) and Chinatown. The guided walking tour builds awareness of … Continue reading
The Joy Luck Club A Retrospective Screening with Tamlyn Tomita Beloved by audiences around the world, The Joy Luck Club (dir. Wayne Wang) has provoked heated debates about race, gender, and representation. Twenty-five years after its release, and on the heels of the recent success of Crazy Rich Asians, please join us for an anniversary … Continue reading
We are pleased to announce our second set of “The Things We Carry’’ storytelling circles that will take place on the November 24th (1 pm – 5 pm). This event is free to those who sign up in advance and light refreshments will be provided. Thanks for the enthusiastic response from the community for our first set … Continue reading
The Flowery Scroll is the English name given to a Ming Dynasty love story, sung as an epic muyu (wooden fish) song, and the oldest published of its kind documenting muyu lyrics. Sung as early as the 1710s in South China and renowned throughout Europe when translations reached that continent, The Flowery Scroll is the … Continue reading
