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Charlayne\u00a0is the Visitor Experience and Facilities Coordinator for the Chinese Canadian Museum's Victoria Exhibit<\/strong>. At the Fan Tan Alley site,\u00a0she\u00a0is supported by a dedicated team of volunteers to ensure smooth operation of the space.<\/p>\n

A third generation Victorian,\u00a0Charlayne\u00a0attended the University of Victoria where she earned a degree in Asian Studies. She previously served on the board of the Victoria Women\u2019s Transition House Society, was President of the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria for thee years, and a director of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. In addition,\u00a0Charlayne\u00a0was a long-time member of the Victoria Chinatown Lioness Lions, for which she served four terms as President. She is also a Chinese Freemason member and a member of the Jade Phoenix Club. She and her husband, Phil, for many years tended to the Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point in Victoria.<\/p>\n

Charlayne\u00a0has received many honours, including: Honorary Citizen of Victoria; a YM-YWCA Women of Distinction Award; a Woman of the Year award from Zonta; and a Distinguished Alumni award from the University of Victoria.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She served on Victoria City Council for 20 years, retiring in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In her spare time,\u00a0Charlayne\u00a0enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing tennis, gardening, traveling, and eating good food!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2842,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-3862","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCharlayne Thornton-Joe - Chinese Canadian Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca\/zh-hans\/person\/charlayne-thornton-joe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charlayne Thornton-Joe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Charlayne\u00a0is the Visitor Experience and Facilities Coor […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca\/zh-hans\/person\/charlayne-thornton-joe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Chinese Canadian Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChineseCanadianMuseum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Charlayne_CCM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u9884\u8ba1\u9605\u8bfb\u65f6\u95f4\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 \u5206\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca\\\/zh-hans\\\/person\\\/charlayne-thornton-joe\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca\\\/zh-hans\\\/person\\\/charlayne-thornton-joe\\\/\",\"name\":\"Charlayne Thornton-Joe - 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