Welcome to Edmonton’s Asian Heritage Month 2021 featuring "I didn't know that!" - Chinatown Stories.
This is the theme for our selection of virtual offerings of interesting events and people that we want to spotlight during Asian Heritage Month. They are told by Chinese Edmontonians from their experience or research. The objective is to build knowledge of our local Chinese community’s history and heritage on events that most people really don’t know about.
Edmonton was once touted with the moniker “City of Champions”, but that was about the city’s hockey and football teams that won Stanley Cups and Grey Cups. In Chinatown, and little known beyond the Chinese community, the Edmonton martial arts organizations have champions who competed worldwide and brought back numerous high honours. Want to hear their stories?
Back in the 1960s the Edmonton China Dolls could be spotted at Chinese community events. These young women were there as goodwill ambassadors for Chinatown. Curious to find out more?
During World War II, the Chinese Women’s Club of the United Church of Canada in Edmonton knitted many clothing articles for the “Bundles for Britain” campaign, which was founded in 1940 by an American living in New York City, Natalie Latham, in the aid of British servicemen and citizens. Who were these Chinese women?
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If you have any questions, please email 2021@asianheritagemonth.ca