Chinese Canadian Museum Announced as Canadian Venue Awards Winner for Best Museum or Gallery Space
As part of a national recognition celebrating excellence in venue design, creativity, and guest experience, the Chinese Canadian Museum has been named the 2025 winner of the Canadian Venue Awards for Best Museum or Gallery Space. The Canadian Venue Awards…
A Year in Review: Take a look back at 2025
In 2025, the Chinese Canadian Museum came alive with new stories, new spaces, and new connections — celebrating a year of ambitious exhibitions, community collaborations, and meaningful milestones.
From Chinatown Roots to Lasting Legacy: Teresa Mew’s story
For Teresa Mew, the story of her family in Canada begins in 1899, when her grandfather arrived and settled in Vancouver’s Chinatown.
Burnaby Issues Formal Apology for Historic Discrimination Against People of Chinese Descent
On November 15, 2025, the City of Burnaby issued a formal apology for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent, acknowledging harmful policies enforced between 1892 and 1947.
Honouring the Past, Inspiring the Future: A Donor Story — Gordon R. Lee
For Gordon R. Lee, supporting the Chinese Canadian Museum (CCM) is far more than philanthropy — it’s an act of remembrance, a tribute to the courage of those who came before him, and a way of ensuring that their stories…
Chinese Canadian Museum Receives the City of Vancouver’s Heritage Award
What began as a dream to preserve Chinese Canadian stories inside Vancouver’s oldest brick building has grown into a living museum. On October 15, 2025, that dream was recognized as the Chinese Canadian Museum was given the City of Vancouver…
Sally Yeh Officially Inducted Into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame
Standing ovation for Sally Yeh! Proudly nominated by the Chinese Canadian Museum, Sally Yeh is officially inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame — becoming one of the first Chinese Canadian artists to receive this honour. From Victoria, B.C.…
Chinese Canadian Museum to Launch Two New Exhibitions: Montréal Chinois and Collector’s Corner
Vancouver, BC, September 17, 2025 — The Chinese Canadian Museum is excited to launch two new exhibitions this fall: Montréal Chinois: The Lost Decades / Les décennies perdues Photography 1945–1960s, which unveils a rarely seen photography archive of Chinese Canadian…
Honouring One of our First Donors: Edward Pon
The Chinese Canadian Museum’s story is inseparable from the people who believed in it from the very beginning — those who knew the stories of Chinese Canadians must be told, preserved, and celebrated. One of those remarkable champions is Edward…
Fête Chinoise Launches ‘Love at Mid-Autumn’ 2025: A cultural project in support of the Chinese Canadian Museum
With support for the Chinese Canadian Museum, the Toronto-based Fête Chinoise proudly launches the 5th annual ‘Love at Mid-Autumn’ campaign, a cultural project that honours Chinese heritage and tradition through meaningful storytelling, artistic design, and philanthropy in Canada. It will…
Chinese Canadian Museum Partners with BMO to Offer New Post-Secondary Annual Pass
Vancouver, BC (June 12, 2025) – The Chinese Canadian Museum is proud to announce a special partnership with BMO to offer North American post-secondary students a discounted annual pass through a gift of $170,000 over two years. The new BMO…
Chinese Canadian Museum Celebrates Canada’s Role in Three Golden Decades of Cantopop and Mandopop’s Global Musical Revolution
Vancouver, BC (May 28, 2025) — Approaching the second anniversary of its official opening, the Chinese Canadian Museum is proud to present Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s-2000, an electrifying new exhibition that pays tribute to the golden age of Cantopop…