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Hard is the journey : stories of Chinese settlement in British Columbia's Kootenay
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue26249
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2022
- Author
- Chow, Lily
- Publisher
- Qualicum Beach, BC : Caitlin Press
- Call Number
- 08.3 C46h
- Author
- Chow, Lily
- Publisher
- Qualicum Beach, BC : Caitlin Press
- Published Date
- 2022
- Physical Description
- 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Chinese
- Women
- Immigration
- Canada
- History
- British Columbia
- Abstract
- In Hard is the Journey, award-winning historian and researcher Lily Chow shares the difficult history of Chinese Canadians in the Kootenay. She unearths the racism of early newspapers that portrayed Chinese immigrants as dirty, sinister, and lethargic people not fit to live in BC and uncovers the history of the Chinese labourers who completed the deadly work of blazing the Dewdney Trail from Hope to Kootenay only to be dismissed, without any compensation, as soon as the project was completed. She also offers an intimate and inspiring look into the many ways Chinese immigrants survived, finding community, building resilience, and preserving their culture. Piecing together interviews with Kootenay residents and descendents of Chinese immigrants, government records and documents, and early newspaper articles, Chow bravely exposes dark parts of BC's history while shedding light on the struggles but also resilience and untold accomplishments of the Chinese immigrants who risked everything and often lost their lives in building the Canada we know today. Hard is the Journey is Chow's fourth book on the history of Chinese Canadians. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Wild Horse Creek gold rush: Fisherville -- The key city: Cranbrook -- Once the Farwell town: Revelstoke -- The queen city: Nelson -- The golden city: Rossland -- Afterword.
- ISBN
- 9781773860749
- Accession Number
- P2024.02
- Call Number
- 08.3 C46h
- Collection
- Archives Library
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Journey north : the Inuit Art Centre Project = Aullaaniq Ukiuqtaqtuq : Inuit Sabanguaganut Iglurjuaq Piliaksaq
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25677
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2021
- Author
- Borys, Stephen D.
- Publisher
- Winnipeg, Manitoba : Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Call Number
- 06 B65j
- Author
- Borys, Stephen D.
- Publisher
- Winnipeg, Manitoba : Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Published Date
- 2021
- Physical Description
- 285 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm
- Subjects
- Art galleries
- culture
- Museum
- Inuit
- History-Canada
- Abstract
- To commemorate the official opening of the Inuit Art Centre, now named Qaumajuq, Winnipeg Art Gallery Director and CEO, Dr. Stephen Borys, set out to share the story of this extraordinary museum and building project. His book, Journey North: The Inuit Art Centre Project, traces the history of the centre beginning with the establishment of the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1912, when the foundation was laid to support a diverse and far-reaching mission that could embrace both historical and contemporary artmaking on national and international levels. By the time director Dr. Ferdinand Eckhardt arrived at the gallery in 1953, and discovered Inuit stone carving at the Hudson's Bay Company department store located across the street from the WAG, the idea of assembling a collection to celebrate this Indigenous art form moved closer to reality. This account of the development of the Inuit Art Centre includes different historical and contemporary perspectives and voices through a compilation of texts and images. In addition to the key essay by the book's author Stephen Borys, several writers from across the country have shared their stories about the gallery, the Inuit art collection, and the building project. In addition to the essays and the architectural renderings of the Inuit Art Centre by Michael Maltzan, the book also includes: a selection of Arctic photographs taken by Hazel Mouzon Borys and Iwan Baan, a series of construction images by Winnipeg Free Press photographers Mike Sudoma and Mike Deal, and finished building photographs by Jacqueline Young. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents
- Message from the title sponsor / Ernest Cholakis -- Foreword / Natan Obed -- Message from the Chair / Ernest Cholakis -- Acknowledgements / Stephen Borys -- Qaumajuq: a name for the Inuit Art Centre / Julia LaFreniere -- Introduction / Stephen Borys -- A journey north / Stephen Borys -- Midnight sunlight / Iwan Baan -- Reflections on a curatorial journey / Darlene Coward Wight -- Origins / Abraham Anghik Ruben -- Multiple visions, magnificent reality / Patricia Bovey -- A vault into visibility : personal reflections / Richard Yaffe -- Museum encounters of another kind : indigenous methodologies of collaboration lead the charge / Julie Nagam -- Selecting an architect for the Inuit Art Centre / George Baird -- Characteristics and context / Michael Malitzan -- Biindigin Biwaasaeyaah and Qaumajuq : conversations and collaborations towards a new Winnipeg Art Gallery / Heather Igloliorte and Julie Nagam -- Winnipeg : a new cultural capital for Inuit art / Pat Feheley -- Moments of kindness and reconciliation : a new understanding for Inuit culture / Barry Appleton -- Building photography -- Contributors.
- ISBN
- 9781773070032
- Accession Number
- 2022.27
- Call Number
- 06 B65j
- Collection
- Archives Library
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