Calgarians gathered for a special ceremony Saturday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Immigration Act which restricted nearly all Chinese immigration to Canada for decades.
In Calgary, city council passed a cultural and development plan dubbed 'Tomorrow's Chinatown'' in December, while Winnipeg announced a revitalization plan in 2019.
The New Gallery (TNG) presents REFLECTIVE URBANISMS: MAPPING CALGARY CHINATOWN, an interactive, web-based project that maps Calgary Chinatown’s architectural changes, by Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong. The map visualizes the changes that the buildings in Chinatown have experienced, alongside community stories and oral histories that have occurred around them. The project was created as part of the […]