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May 2023

Mercantile Mobility: Chinese Merchants in Western Canada Exhibition

May 24, 2023 - March 29, 2024
Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, Lower Level, Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Edmonton,
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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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