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Join us at CCHSBC's Annual Celebratory Dinner honouring founding CCHSBC board member and retired Colonel Howe Lee! The evening will showcase Howe's contribution to the Chinese Canadian community and include great food, raffle prizes and more!
Additionally, we will be recognising our winners of the BC Regional Heritage Fairs, the Edgar Wickberg Book Prize, the Edgar Wickberg Undergraduate & Graduate Studies Prizes, the Larry Wong Prize for Chinese Canadian Community and Public History Prize, as well as the Drs. Wallace B. & Madeline H. Chung Prize for Chinese Canadian Community Archiving. This is an evening full of excellent stories and talent that you won't want to miss! Date: Saturday, March 23, 2019 Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM Location: Floata Seafood Restaurant, 180 Keefer St. Student* Special - $40 per person - includes a CCHSBC Membership. (A student is defined as a person currently studying at an educational institution full-time.) Early Bird Ticket Prices:
Early Bird Sale ends February 28, 2019! |
Biography: Retired Colonel Howe Lee is a third-generation Chinese Canadian born in Armstrong, BC. Howe is well known for his very distinguished military career of 35 years, which included command positions as the CO of 156 Company, RCASC, the 2I/C of The Royal Westminster Regiment, the CO of the 12th Service Battalion, and numerous staff positions with Brigade. He concluded his military service with an appointment as Honourary Colonel of the 39 Service Battalion. At a community level, Howe has excelled in his leadership with numerous national, provincial, and municipal organisations, both military and civilian. Howe is the founder and first President of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum, which tells the history of Chinese Canadian Veterans in both the First and Second World Wars. In addition, Howe helps with the coordination of cadet programs, promotes Veterans' Week and Remembrance Day in public schools, and plans and participates in local Remembrance Day ceremonies. In May of 2016, Howe was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) in recognition of his "outstanding accomplishments that set an example for others to follow and bring benefit to our country". In addition to his work with the CCMM, Howe is also a founding board member for CCHSBC, and while he stepped down from the board, Howe continues to conduct our election of board members annually.
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Brandy Lien-Worrall is a writer, editor, book designer, and community arts event organiser. In 2008, she was enrolled in the MFA Creative Writing programme at the University of British Columbia, and was the associate editor of the Amerasia Journal - the premier journal for Asian American Studies published by UCLA.
Brandy was instrumental in the highly successful launches of three books of family stories resulting from the CCHSBC Writing Workshops in which she facilitated. She was also the editor of all three books - Finding Memories, Tracing Routes: Chinese Canadian Family Stories (2006), English & Bilingual Editions; and Eating Stories: a Chinese Canadian and Aboriginal Potluck (2007). |
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Dr. Wallace Chung was born in Victoria, BC, attended both UBC & McGill University, and was amongst the early Chinese Canadians to embark on a professional medical career. Wally specialised in vascular surgery throughout his forty year career, retiring from UBC as Professor of Surgery and UBC Hospital's Head of the Department of Surgery in 1991.
Dr. Madeline Chung was born in Shanghai, China, and grew up in Hong Kong. She came to North American in 1949, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. Like Wally, she had a forty plus year career in Vancouver where she delivered over 6500 babies. In 1999, she was made an honourary Life Member of the British Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. |
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Joe chose to dedicate his professional life to socially responsible community initiatives and was particularly passionate about the preservation and revitalisation of Vancouver's Chinatown and the adjacent Strathcona neighbourhood. He was a leader in the fight to stop the freeway through Gastown, Chinatown and Strathcona, and upon winning that fight, was instrumental in securing the former freeway interchange site for the Chinese Cultural Centre and the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden.
As an architect for significant Chinatown projects, Joe consistently demonstrated cultural sensitivity and respect for history as evidenced in his various projects. |
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Jean Barman is a CCHSBC Founding Director, Professor Emeritus, Author and Historian of British Columbia. She received the 2014 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award recognising her long career in bringing the province's history to life. This annual award honours a BC author whose outstanding literary career and contributions to society span several decades and Jean's name is added to the Writers Walk of Fame on the north plaza of Library Square in Vancouver.
Jean has written and edited more than 20 books and 50 articles and chapters, many are acclaimed works on the history of |
The Wong Family with Minister Teresa Wat at the 2016 AGM Gala Dinner.
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Modernize Tailors has been outfitting Vancouverites for over 100 years. It is now the oldest existing family-owned business in Chinatown.
Wong Kung Lai arrived in Vancouver in 1911 and started work as a house boy on the west side of the city. He soon was able to step into an apprenticeship with a tailor from England. Two years later, after learning the trade, he set up his own shop. With his future prospects secure, Wong Kung Lai headed to China in 1920 to marry Chun Man Ming. The couple returned to Vancouver in 1921 and settled into life in the city with their nine children. |
