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Host: Kyle Leung (@kyle.lhkhk) https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod

Guest: Denise Fong - Hong Kong-Chinese Canadian (PhD Candidate, UBC Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program)

Chinese-Canadian migration history and stories about Chinese Canadians in the early days of Canada are often overlooked and ignored in Canadian history lessons and mainstream media. In today’s episode, I have Denise Fong, a Hong Kong-Chinese Canadian living in Canada involved in bringing Chinese-Canadian diaspora migration stories and history to a wider audience in her work in academia and being a co-curator of two Chinese Canadian museum exhibitions in Vancouver.

In our conversation we covered topics like:

• Her cultural roots and how she got interested in the Chinese-Canadian identity and experiences of Chinese-Canadian diaspora
  
• Her thoughts on Chinese-Canadian diaspora
  
• The work that she does and the exhibitions that she helped curate
  
• Chinese-Canadian migration history
  
• What Chinese-Canadians are doing in Canada for their communities and heritage preservation
  
• Our favourite Hong Kong foods

Instagram: Denise Fong (@cantoneseheritage) https://www.instagram.com/cantoneseheritage/?hl=en

Website: https://ccie.educ.ubc.ca/denise-fong/

Visit the Exhibitions:

A Seat at the Table @MOV https://museumofvancouver.ca/a-seat-at-the-table

A Seat at the Table @Chinatown https://www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/

Across the Pacific @Burnaby Village Museum https://www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca/

Read more about Chinese Canadian experiences:

Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC http://www.cchsbc.ca/

Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/

Learn Cantonese in Vancouver:

UBC Cantonese https://cantonese.arts.ubc.ca/

Youth Collaborative for Chinatown Cantonese School http://ycc-yvr.com/saturday-school

Experience and Learn about Cantonese Intangible Heritage:

INSTRCC (Chinese Canadian Studies) https://instrcc.ubc.ca/

ACAM (Asian Canadian Studies) https://acam.arts.ubc.ca/

Get involved in Vancouver Chinatown Heritage:

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