PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1410 followers · 15219 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#May is #Asian #HeritageMonth and to celebrate, #CBC #Calgary is highlighting the rich #heritage and #contributions of #Asian #Calgarians through a series of five profiles and you get to #nominate them!
#Nominations will be open until April 24th, 11:59 p.m. MT.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/community/nominate-asian-changemakers-2023-1.6808642
#AsianMastodon #PleaseBoost #Alberta #AsiansInCanada #AsianCanadian
#may #asian #heritagemonth #cbc #calgary #heritage #contributions #calgarians #nominate #nominations #asianmastodon #pleaseboost #alberta #asiansincanada #asiancanadian
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1410 followers · 15191 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.orgBetty never married, yet she was the #matriarch of the Lynn family. Each year on Canada Day, Betty organized a family reunion at her parent’s gravesite in Toronto. She wanted the family to pay respects to her father, who first arrived in 1911, and her mother, who arrived in 1920.
#AsianMastodon #ChineseExclusionAct #ChineseCanadians #ChineseInCanada #ChineseExperience #Canada #Toronto #Ontario #AsiansInCanada #Chinese
#matriarch #asianmastodon #chineseexclusionact #chinesecanadians #chineseincanada #chineseexperience #canada #toronto #ontario #asiansincanada #chinese
PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1410 followers · 15185 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org#Canada ’s #first #museum #dedicated to #Chinese #Canadian #history will open in #Vancouver on the 100th #anniversary of #legislation that curtailed #immigration from #China .
#ChineseCanadianMuseum will open July 1, 2023 — one century after #GovernmentOfCanada #enacted the #ChineseImmigrationAct aka #ChineseExclusionAct
#AsianMastodon #Racism #BritishColumbia #ChinesePeoples #CanadianHistory #HistoryOfCanada #ChineseCanadians #Asians #AsiansInCanada
#canada #first #museum #dedicated #chinese #canadian #history #vancouver #anniversary #legislation #immigration #china #chinesecanadianmuseum #governmentofcanada #enacted #chineseimmigrationact #chineseexclusionact #asianmastodon #racism #britishcolumbia #chinesepeoples #canadianhistory #historyofcanada #chinesecanadians #asians #asiansincanada