Early
Chinese
immigration
Image: City of Vancouver Archives/AM54-S4:BuP3.2.
Timeline of Chinese Immigration
Brief Timeline from Simon Fraser University
(in English, Chinese & French)
Where They Came From
Image: Chinese Canadian History in
Burnaby Resource Guide, p.7
Image: Chinese Canadian History in Burnaby Resource Guide, p.7
Excerpt from “Chinese Canadians Legacies in BC” - Bamboo Shoots, P5
Why They Came
Read the passage about the “Gold Mountain” below.
Click on the video
from STORYHIVE to watch it. Start from the beginning and go up to 2:29 minutes.
Jobs They Did
Watch the clip from STORYHIVE. Start at 5:51 minutes.
Read page 5 of the “Historical Backgrounder”
Visit this site from TC2 has primary sources
about jobs Chinese immigrants did
Struggles
Watch this clip from STORYHIVE
from 7:55 - 10:07 minutes
Succeses
Go to the Victoria’s Chinatown site. Click on the names under “Local Leaders”
Take a look at the Yip Sang Collection site to learn more about him.
References
