BCHF News Winter issue of British Columbia History looks at Chinese Exclusion Act centennial

Winter issue of British Columbia History looks at Chinese Exclusion Act centennial

The Winter 2022-23 issue of British Columbia History is guest edited by Catherine Clement, community curator of the forthcoming exhibition entitled The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act. The line-up includes:

• My Mentor in the Filipino Community, by Matthew Zablan

• A Dizzying Array of Paper, by Catherine Clement and June Chow

• Discovering the Paper Trail to 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act, by Catherine Clement

• Escape to Gold Mountain: A graphic history of the Chinese in North America, by David H.T. Wong

• The Tragic Lives of Nip Lung Poi, by Andrew R. Sandfort-Marchese

• Talking with Marion Wal’ceckwu Dixon, Nlaka’pamux Elder and Master Basket-Maker, by Jennifer Iredale in conversation with Marion Wal’ceckwu Dixon

• Launch of Rails, Trails, and Trollys: A film by Henna Mann

Plus we check in with explorer-in-residence Bert ter hart at the completion of his cross-Canada canoe journey, along with regular columnists Mark Forsythe, Aimee Greenaway, and Jenn Ashton.