Cangdong Cultural Heritage Month Academic Lecture Series

Hosted by Wuyi University and Cangdong Heritage Education Center in collaboration with UBC INSTRCC, this conference will run from January 22nd to 23rd, 2022. We invite you to view the full conference schedule here, and would like to highlight the two sessions that INSTRCC’s directors are participating in:

The Construction of the Chinese community museum in Vancouver Chinatown: in the perspective of heritage preservation and community development

Join INSTRCC Director, Dr. Henry Yu, and Research Director, Denise Fong, at this online conference hosted by Cangdong Village (in Kaiping, China) on January 22nd at 5:30PM PST, as they discuss the construction of the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver Chinatown.

 

The Australian roots searching program and its social impact

At 6:15PM PST, Dr. Henry Yu will act as the chair to this conversation on the Australian roots-searching program and its impact, with Dr. Kate Bagnall, Univ. of Tasmania, Australia and Dr. Sophie Couchman, Curator and Historian.

 

The lecture series will continue on Sunday, January 23rd from 5:00 to 9:30 PM PST.

Click here to view the full conference schedule and Zoom link.