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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Marty Chan on Dim Sum, Haw-Flakes, and Old Master Q (00:03:37)
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 frequently made for groceri...
Convenient News - Raymond Ng on the Edmonton Chinese News 爱华报 (00:02:59)
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 community in Edmonton to f...
Fundraisers - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera and Philanthropy (00:03:10)
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 Cantonese Opera had el...
Ken Gee on picking goji berries in the Edmonton river valley (00:03:22)
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 meaningful memory about him p...
Emmy Mah on the Klondike Days Parade float, 1953 (00:03:09)
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 Klondike Days Parade Fl...
Grace Law, photo in front of the Harbin Gate, 1988 (00:03:26)
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 car and drive to Chin...
Tin Yip on Chinatown Vibes and the Gate (00:03:22)
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 editing by Rachel Meld...
Marty Chan on his hybrid wedding (00:03:22)
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 Chinese wedding banqu...
Patrick Tso on the competition that brought him to the Edmonton Chinese Computer Society (00:03:22)
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 tablet, which allowed...
Cheatsheets - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera as Cultural Entertainment (00:03:12)
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 Cantonese Opera had el...
Propaganda - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera and Homeland Politics (00:03:09)
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 Cantonese Opera had el...
Stan Mah on the Blue Willow Restaurant's fish pond (00:03:20)
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 restaurant including...
Raymond Ng on the Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre (00:02:00)
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 place in Edmonton f...
Tin Yip on The Two-Way Street (00:02:37)
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 integration into society. He a...
Maria Wong on burger places with friendly faces (00:02:37)
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 the delicious season...
Ching Tse on incorporating Chinese roof tiles in Chinatown (00:03:54)
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 designs. One of the ways...
Jessica Mah on the Mah Society's early days as a boarding house (00:03:30)
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 documentary was pro...
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