Asian Canadians on Vancouver Island: Race, Indigeneity and the Transpacific
The Cowichan Valley was the site of many Asian Canadian communities including the unique town of Paldi near Duncan. We are very pleased to be working with the Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives and the Kaatza Station Museum (Lake Cowichan) to bring alive the stories from these communities located on the territories of the Cowichan Tribes including the historic villages of Kw’amutsun, Qwum’yiqun’, Hwulqwselu, S’amuna’, L’uml’umuluts, Hinupsum, Tl’ulpalus.
Media Release: July 6, 2015
Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives and Prof. John Price, University of Victoria
Launch a new collaborative project, Asian Canadians on Vancouver Island: Race, Indigeneity and the Transpacific Objectives
The Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives and the University of Victoria to launch a partnership project highlighting the stories of Asian Canadian communities in the Cowichan Valley on July 29, 2015. This project, also involving Lake Cowichan’s Kaatza Station Museum, is a new community-based initiative in archival research which aims to document the history of Asian Canadians here and create access to their stories. The launch takes place at 2:00 p.m. at the Cowichan Valley Museum in Duncan, BC. Please join us to learn more about this project and to meet Prof. Price and the graduate students, interns, local museum/archives staff, and members of the communities involved in the research.