Legacy of sacrifice and success at core of Vancouver’s Chinatown Storytelling Centre
Growing up in B.C., she was never taught about the experiences of the Chinese Canadians that came before her – not that they were forced to pay a head tax to come to Canada, not that they were banned from entering at all for 24 years, not that their hard work was what connected the country by rail and not that hundreds fought in the world wars despite being denied citizenship.
As part of the content and programming team at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre, Mar speaks with the families of those who founded the neighbourhood, those who broke down barriers, those who ran grocery stores or worked in laundromats or started tofu businesses there. Around 15,000 people have been through so far, and Mar says when she runs tours she always starts them the same way: by asking visitors what their immigration story is.It’s an important reminder to offer to people, Mar says. Everyone, at some point, was a new immigrant to what is now Canada. Chinese Canadians were settlers, too.
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