A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia

September 28, 2024

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March 29, 2025
Nanaimo Museum, Nanaimo, B.C.

Welcome to A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia, the inaugural project of the Chinese Canadian Museum. This award-winning exhibition explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in B.C. and their struggles for belonging. It looks to food and restaurant culture as an entry point and features stories that reveal the great diversity of immigrant experience and of the communities that immigrants develop.

A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia, co-curated by Denise Fong, Viviane Gosselin, Henry Yu, is produced in collaboration with the Museum of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia by the Province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver.

On display in Nanaimo Museum from September 28, 2024 to March 29, 2025.



A Seat at the Table (Vancouver’s Chinatown) Virtual Tour: https://youtu.be/J5rWCdNTnx0

Awards:

Canadian Historical Association Public History Prize – Products and Projects Category, 2021

Canadian Museums Association Outstanding Achievement – Exhibitions Category, 2022

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