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May 2023
Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada Exhibition
Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada Curated by U of A alumna Helen Kwan Yee Cheung, this exhibition takes us on a journey through time, from the mid-nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century, to explore what happened to Chinese immigrant workers after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which they helped to build. The curator presents a new perspective on the history and contributions of Chinese immigrants in Canada by profiling those workers who started…
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