Sometimes I sound like an old-timer from the old country. “Which village are you from?” I find myself asking Karen Tam, guest curator of Whose …
The Hidden Beauty of Chinatowns
"Like my great-grandparents and grandparents, China ceased for me to be a homeland. Chinatown, a place where Chinese people were often confined but also found refuge—be it in San Francisco, Paris, Montreal or Vancouver—became and remains it."
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At the western border of Vancouver’s historic Chinatown is arguably one of the most dramatic entrances to any Chinatown in North America. The …
“Do you notice anything interesting about this building?” asks Haley Roeser, a tour guide for the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. We’re …
Social anachronism or historic treasure? Once the nexus for Vancouver’s Chinese immigrant population, Canada’s largest Chinatown fell into a gradual …
If you’ve come across Matthew Murtagh-Wu’s handle on Instagram, you’ve encountered one of Vancouver’s rising food personalities. His feed is a …
When I was five, my family left Vancouver, and an imbalanced narrative of food and culture began. My mother’s family was now more than an hour away, …