Short stories and remembrances of Edmonton's Chinatown. This series was produced as part of a Community Service Learning project at the University of Alberta. It is part of a multimedia project capturing the history of Edmonton's Chinatown, called Figure 一，二，三，六，八.
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Convenient News - Raymond Ng on the Edmonton Chinese News 爱华报
Rachel Meldrum speaks here with Raymond Ng. Raymond talks about the free, weekly Chinese newspaper named the Edmonton Chinese News (or 爱华报) that he published for the Chinese commun…
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Jessica Mah on the Mah Society's early days as a boarding house
The Mah Society's Jessica Mah talks about the surprising early days of the organization, and how it's changed over the years.Interview and editing by Chris Chang-Yen Phillips. This…
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Patrick Tso on the competition that brought him to the Edmonton Chinese Computer Society
President of the Edmonton Chinese Computer Society Patrick Tso discusses his first experience with the society: a Chinese character typing competition. Patrick was intrigued by a t…
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Marty Chan on his hybrid wedding
When local playwright Marty Chan married his wife Michelle, they decided to pay tribute to their heritage. Marty’s parents choose their favourite Chinatown restaurant to host the C…
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Maria Wong on burger places with friendly faces
Maria Wong has lived in Edmonton since 1977. She remembers visiting a burger restaurant owned by a Korean couple. Maria was drawn to the friendliness of the owners, their son, and…
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Tin Yip on The Two-Way Street
Tin Yip speaks about his integration into Canadian society. Tin explains how both learning and playing Canadian sports when he first arrived were essential in his smooth integratio…
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Tin Yip on Chinatown Vibes and the Gate
Tin Yip talks about the history and importance of the Harbin Gate in Edmonton's Chinatown, and about how it has been temporarily removed for construction of an LRT.Interview and ed…
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Marty Chan on Dim Sum, Haw-Flakes, and Old Master Q
In this piece, playwright Marty Chan shares a couple of childhood memories of Edmonton's Chinatown along Jasper avenue. He talks about the trip to Chinatown that his family frequen…
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Raymond Ng on the Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre
In this piece, Raymond Ng talks about the Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre. The centre offers weekly table-tennis and language lessons that provide another fun and welcoming…
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Ching Tse on incorporating Chinese roof tiles in Chinatown
Retired architect Ching Tse is responsible for designing many buildings in Edmonton's Chinatown. He discusses his intention to inject traditional Chinese architecture into his desi…
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Fundraisers - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera and Philanthropy
Helen Kwan Yee Cheung, a 2013 M.A. University of Alberta graduate, pursued studying the Chinese community history in Edmonton through the lens of Cantonese Opera. She found that Ca…
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Stan Mah on the Blue Willow Restaurant's fish pond
Stan Mah reflects on his late father, Victor (Vic) Mah opening and running the original Blue Willow restaurant. He takes listeners back to the past with a vivid description of the…
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Ken Gee on picking goji berries in the Edmonton river valley
In this piece, we are just outside of the Shaw Conference Centre with Ken Gee, learning about the hill of Goji berries that once grew there on Grierson Hill. Ken shares a meaningfu…
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Propaganda - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera and Homeland Politics
Helen Kwan Yee Cheung, a 2013 M.A. University of Alberta graduate, pursued studying the Chinese community history in Edmonton through the lens of Cantonese Opera. She found that Ca…
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Cheatsheets - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera as Cultural Entertainment
Helen Kwan Yee Cheung, a 2013 M.A. University of Alberta graduate, pursued studying the Chinese community history in Edmonton through the lens of Cantonese Opera. She found that Ca…
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Grace Law, photo in front of the Harbin Gate, 1988
Local artist Grace Law remembers visiting the Harbin Gate as a child in the late 1980s. Whenever her family would visit, from either Hong Kong or Calgary, they would get into the c…
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Emmy Mah on the Klondike Days Parade float, 1953
Emmy Mah was a young teenager when she came to Canada, and she was one of the very few Chinese females in Edmonton at the time. Due to this, she was asked to participate in the Klo…