Bringing the Past to the Present

Bringing the Past to the Bringing the Past to the Present:Present: Chinese Canadian Family History and Chinese Canadian Family History and Migration Collections and Programs Migration Collections and Programs at the at the Irving K. Barber Learning CentreIrving K. Barber Learning Centre

Allan ChoAllan Cho

Program Services LibrarianProgram Services Librarian

Irving K. Barber Learning CentreIrving K. Barber Learning Centre

Irving K. Barber Learning Irving K. Barber Learning CentreCentre

(1) Outreach (1) Outreach ProgramsPrograms

(2) Learning (2) Learning Support Support ServicesServices

(3) Collections(3) Collections(4) Exhibition (4) Exhibition

SpacesSpaces(5) Technology (5) Technology

Why IKBLC?Why IKBLC? Reflects a multicultural Reflects a multicultural

UBCUBC campus campus

60% of UBC students 60% of UBC students identify as a visible identify as a visible minority, 37% as ethnic minority, 37% as ethnic ChineseChinese

40% of Vancouver is 40% of Vancouver is ethnic Chinese, with ethnic Chinese, with heterogenuous heterogenuous backgrounds ranging from backgrounds ranging from 4th and 54th and 5thth generation generation Chinese- Canadians to Chinese- Canadians to migrants recently arriving migrants recently arriving in the last 5 years from in the last 5 years from all over the worldall over the world

1. The Chung 1. The Chung CollectionCollection

Housed in UBC's Irving Housed in UBC's Irving K. Barber Learning K. Barber Learning Centre, where selected Centre, where selected pieces are on exhibit in pieces are on exhibit in the Chung Roomthe Chung Room

Includes more than Includes more than 25,000 rare and unique 25,000 rare and unique items (documents, items (documents, books, maps, posters, books, maps, posters, paintings, paintings, photographs, silver, photographs, silver, glass, and ceramic glass, and ceramic ware)ware)

2. Community Historical 2. Community Historical Recognition Program Recognition Program (CHRP)(CHRP)

• On January 22, 2009, the On January 22, 2009, the Community Historical Community Historical Recognition Program Recognition Program (CHRP) announced $50,000 (CHRP) announced $50,000 grantgrant

• Supports a three-year Supports a three-year Irving K. Barber Learning Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC) Initiative for Centre (IKBLC) Initiative for Student Teaching and Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Research in Chinese Canadian Studies Canadian Studies (INSTRCC) research project(INSTRCC) research project

Head Tax DatabaseHead Tax Database

• Provides access to Provides access to 98,361 references to 98,361 references to Chinese immigrants Chinese immigrants who arrived in Canada who arrived in Canada between 1885 and 1949between 1885 and 1949

• Indexed by the Indexed by the Department of History at Department of History at the University of British the University of British ColumbiaColumbia

• Workshops to take Workshops to take place at IKBLCplace at IKBLC

Family, Local, & Family, Local, & CommunityCommunity

• To create awareness in To create awareness in the community of the the community of the wide range of resources wide range of resources in the writing and in the writing and research research

• Starts off with Chinese Starts off with Chinese Canadian, but all Canadian, but all community family community family histories in British histories in British ColumbiaColumbia are are interconnected due to interconnected due to geographical proximity geographical proximity

• Use of oral historiesUse of oral histories

3. Exhibition Space3. Exhibition Space

• Collaboration with Collaboration with UBC Asian LibraryUBC Asian Library

• A collection of A collection of Cantonese Opera Cantonese Opera materials at the materials at the Exhibition SpaceExhibition Space

• Master Wong TaoMaster Wong Tao

4. Reading and Lecture 4. Reading and Lecture SeriesSeries

Wayson ChoyMadeleine ThienDr. Timothy

Brook

5. Technology & Digital 5. Technology & Digital OutreachOutreachSun Yat-sen

Classical Chinese Garden’s SK Lee Enchanted Evening Concert Series

Distance learning & outreach

IKBLC webcasts

IKBLC Vision and GoalsIKBLC Vision and Goals

• IKBLC’s mandate to IKBLC’s mandate to “work effectively together “work effectively together in continuing to build a in continuing to build a better British Columbia better British Columbia through the sharing of through the sharing of knowledge and knowledge and experience”experience”

Irving K. Barber Learning Irving K. Barber Learning CentreCentre

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