A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia — Sidney

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Sidney Museum, Sidney, 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 Sidney Museum from April 24, 2026 to November 15, 2026.

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