VANCOUVER — The Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver has received about $5 million in new federal funding ahead of its opening on July 1.
Federal International Trade and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng said the new funding will go toward renewal of the museum's permanent space at the Wing Sang Building in Vancouver's Chinatown, as well as supporting the facility's first exhibit.
The Wing Sang building is the oldest remaining building in Vancouver's Chinatown, with parts of the structure dating back in 1889. "It's a thread that ties and binds Chinese Canadians from coast to coast to coast," she said."The Chinese Canadian Museum creates a permanent home for these legacies, and we will share this history, culture and living heritage of these generations of Chinese in Canada, past, present and future."
"You have to understand where you have been to be able to chart the kind of future you want for your country," Ng said.The Chinatown conference Tuesday and Wednesday in Vancouver is gathering representatives from other Canadian cities including Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto, as well as U.S. cities including San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York.
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