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The Lee Family: Enduring Struggles and Separation

By Lauren W on July 9, 2024

In one of our blog posts in May, we briefly touched on the Chinese Head Tax, a burdensome imposition on many Chinese Canadians from the 1885 to 1923. This week, we will take a closer look at the life of Chuck Lee, one of the very few Chinese Canadians in Halifax in the early 1900s, […]

Posted in Carousel, Chinese Canadian, Chinese Canadian Stories, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chuck Lee, Digitizers' Blog, Halifax, Head Tax, open collections | Read More | No Comments

Revisiting the Y2K bug through open collections

By Lauren W on June 25, 2024

Remember the year 2000? As the clock ticked closer to midnight on December 31st, 1999, the world was preparing for the potential chaos of the infamous Y2K bug. In this week’s blog post, we’ll take a trip down memory lane and revisit some materials in our open collections that are related to the Y2K crisis! […]

Posted in Carousel, Digitizers' Blog, Millennium bug, Y2K, Y2K bug | Read More | No Comments

Meet Norman L. Kwong (林佐民): A Remarkable Chinese Canadian Icon

By Lauren W on June 11, 2024

Norman L. Kwong’s path to becoming a significant figure in Canadian sports and society as a Chinese Canadian speaks volumes about resilience and breaking barriers. In this week’s blog post, we will explore his remarkable life, including the challenges he faced and the success he achieved. Early Life and Challenges Norman Kwong (far right, front […]

Posted in Carousel, Chinese Canadian Stories, Digitizers' Blog, Football, open collections, Sports | Read More | No Comments

Mining in British Columbia

By Lauren W on May 28, 2024

In this week’s blog post, we’ll take a brief look at the history of coal mining in British Columbia and its impact on the region’s industrial landscape. All the materials featured in this post can be found in our open collections. Please feel free to click the captions underneath the photos attached to this blog […]

Posted in BC historical newspapers, British Columbia History, Carousel, Digitizers' Blog, Labour union, mining | Read More | No Comments

Exploring Japanese Travel Narratives in Tokugawa Era

By Lauren W on May 14, 2024

This week’s blog post explores the fascinating world of Japanese travel during the Tokugawa period (1603 – 1868), both within Japan and beyond its borders. All materials shown in this blog post are from our Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era Collection which is available through Open Collection. 1. Seiyū ryotan (西遊旅譚) [A Diary of […]

Posted in Carousel, Digitizers' Blog, First Opium War, Japan, Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era, open collections, travel | Read More | No Comments