PCHC-MoM is looking for a student to join us this summer as our Event Planning and Program Assistant. If you’re someone who is interested in stories of place and migration, wants to get involved with local communities, and would like to build career-related experience within a non-profit organization, then this could be the job for … Continue reading
Ticket price of $150 includes a fabulous dinner and dessert, inspiring stories, entertainment, a lucky draw for a major prize, dancing, and featuring our headline show with CBC Host and Comedian Ali Hassan! Tentative program*: 5:30pm Registration and networking 6:30pm … Continue reading
PCHC-MoM is delighted to host the Block Party at the Strathcona Community Centre in Vancouver in conjunction with partners across the country to mark the successful conclusion of Block by Block — a national oral history project spearheaded by our partner the Toronto Ward Museum. This party will be held concurrently with two participating historically … Continue reading
Cantonese Opera and the Immigrant Experience 粵劇與移民體驗經歷 PCHC – Museum of Migration and Museum Bento are creating a mobile museum box with artifacts and photos that tell the story of Cantonese opera in the lives of early immigrants in BC. This box will travel to schools and other organizations throughout BC and open up a … Continue reading
PCHC is recruiting volunteers for our 2017 trans-Pacific Cantonese opera project — Multic Voices One Heart. If you want to hone your intercultural skills, learn more about Cantonese and its opera, or enable seniors to have an enjoyable evening at our July 7 show, or want to be part of the core volunteer corps at … Continue reading
PCHC co-presents Cantonese Opera Show (July 7)「粵韻聲傳加西東」 PCHC-MoM Society will co-present a benefit recital and theatrical performance as part of the trans-Pacific project called “Multi Voices One Heart: Celebrating Canada 150 in Cantonese Opera” at the Michael J. Fox Theatre on Friday night, July 7. (A repeat performance will be presented in the Ryerson Theatre in Toronto … Continue reading
Mrs Angela Keung, Chair of MVOH Steering Committee, was assisted by Harb Gill and Winnie Cheung of PCHC in officially launching the trans-Pacific Cantonese Opera Project “MVOH” by hitting the ceremonial gong in Metro Vancouver on May1. Also featured in this photo are community leaders and scholars, including Drs. Elizabeth and Graham Johnson who were … Continue reading
Can you imagine that as early as in the 1860s, Victoria could boast about having 5 theatres staging Cantonese opera? Imagine the community and its economy in BC that could maintain five live theatres to entertain fans of that traditional performance art. Opera troupes from South China had been crossing the Pacific to perform in … Continue reading
Congrats to Richard, Dominique & Angela for joining the national oral history team of Block by Block! PCHC-MoM Society, in partnership with the Toronto Ward Museum, is pleased to announce that Richard Liu, Dominique Bautista and Angela Ho have been selected to work on the national oral history project called Block by Block, which is … Continue reading
