Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
Images
Digital Books
![Young woman with diploma, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0167_001.jpg?width=280)
Young woman with diploma
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription425
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.53 x 13.97 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young woman standing with a rolled up diploma in her hands, taken in a photographic studio. She has a large ribbon in her hair in the back, and is wearing a long light coloured dress with high neck, with a brooch or a medal pinned to her chest on the left. She has a pendant or a loc…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.53 x 13.97 cm
- Material Details
- printed on the postcard paper, verso, l.l. "R. W. Huested, Mannsville, N. Y." inscribed in pencil on the postcard paper, verso, c.r. "An excellent picture/ of Ruth, taken in/ her graduation/ dress, carrying/ her diploma./ Mary"
- The photograph is mounted on a postcard paper.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young woman standing with a rolled up diploma in her hands, taken in a photographic studio. She has a large ribbon in her hair in the back, and is wearing a long light coloured dress with high neck, with a brooch or a medal pinned to her chest on the left. She has a pendant or a locket around her neck as well. The inscription on the photograph mount written by "Mary" identifies the woman as Ruth in her graduation gown, holding her diploma. Mary and Ruth's relationship to the donor or to Burnaby is not known.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Graduations
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.167
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Photographer
- Huested, R.W.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Young woman with diploma, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0167_001.jpg)