Recorded inside the historic school room in the Wing Sang Building, The School Room shares stories connected to the Chinese Canadian Museum’s exhibitions and programming. Join host Dr. Melissa Karmen Lee, CEO of the Chinese Canadian Museum, and a special guest each month as they go in-depth on Chinese Canadian experiences.

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Episode List

• Episode 19: A Lookback on The School Room: Stories That Shaped Us

• Episode 18: Ann Hui | Timeless Cinema: Capturing a New Age of Hong Kong

• Episode 17: Rainbow Chan | Ancestral Songs: Revitalizing Weitou Culture

• Episode 16: Ming Wong | Speculative Futures: Cantopop and Transnational Chinese Identity

• Episode 15: Marjorie Young | Chinatown Connections: Strathcona and Beyond

• Episode 14: Dianne Leong Man | Connected Across Oceans: The South African Chinese Diaspora

• Episode 13: Janet Bradley-Worthington | Family Separation: The Story of Mah Tin Yick and the Oriental Home and School

• Episode 12: Lillian Dyck | Stubborn Advocacy: Growing up Chinese-Indigenous

• Episode 11: Lori Fung | Olympic History: The First Chinese Canadian Gold Medalist

• Episode 10: Chun Hon Chan: The First Chinese Canadian Olympian

• Episode 9: Shelley Niro | Cafe Daughter: A Story of Chinese-Cree Identity

• Episode 8: Charlayne Thornton-Joe | Victoria Chinatown: Creating Community with Community

• Episode 7: Gordon Jin | Another Chinese Head Tax? The 1906 Newfoundland Chinese Immigration Act

• Episode 6: Arlene Chan | Generational Activism: Documenting Chinese Canadian Belonging

• Episode 5: William Ping | The Newfoundland Paper Trail: Tracing Heritage Through Food and Writing

• Episode 4: Julie Eng | Magical Legacies: The Life of Tony Eng

• Episode 3: Mel Yip | Before it was a Museum: Stories from the Wing Sang Building

• Episode 2: Rick Wong: | War Tales: Force 136 and a Clandestine Love Story

• Episode 1: Catherine Clement | The Paper Trail: A Story of Chinese Exclusion

Reshaping Collections Artist Series

• Episode 1: Karen Tam | “Made in China”: The Chinatown Curio Shop

• Episode 2: Morris Lum | Behind the Scenes: The Photography of C.B. Wand

• Episode 3: Janet Wang | Making Art in Chinatown About Chinatown

• Episode 4: Stella Zheng | Illustrating Dr. Wally’s World

• Episode 5: Howie Tsui | Stones, Bones, and Diasporic Longing

• Episode 6: Chih-Chien Wang | Archival Letters for Hope