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Last updated on September 17, 2018

2017

September 17, 2018 | Province, city seek to honour Vancouver’s Chinatown as UNESCO World Heritage site
August 18, 2018 | Chinese settlers honoured in Yale
July 28, 2018 | Early Chinese settlers honoured in Lytton
May 11, 2018 | New book celebrates contributions of Chinese community in British Columbia
September 10, 2017 | Victoria monument honours Chinese Canadian legacy
March 19, 2017 | Barkerville monument honours Chinese Canadian legacy
March 18, 2017 | Kamloops monument honours Chinese Canadian legacy
March 17, 2017 | Ashcroft monument honours Chinese Canadian legacy
March 7, 2017 | Discriminatory content removed from historical B.C. legislation
January 13, 2017 | Commemorative monument honours Cumberland Chinese Canadians

2016

December 3, 2016 | Commemorative monument honours Chinese-Canadian pioneers
July 6, 2016 | Chinese Canadian artifact inventory makes history with online database
June 3, 2016 | Chinese Legacy BC curriculum resource wins prestigious national award
April 13, 2016 | Royal BC Museum investigates Chinese Canadian history through a Curious lens
March 12, 2016 | Gold Mountain Dream! exhibition opens at Chinese Cultural Centre Museum
January 29, 2016 | Chinese Canadian historic places receive provincial recognition

2015

November 25, 2015 | Province of B.C. recognizes Royal BC Museum for its work highlighting multiculturalism
November 5, 2015 | Royal British Columbia Museum opens major new exhibition in China
October 29, 2015 | The Royal BC Museum publishes two web articles about the history of the Chinese in B.C.
October 28, 2015 | For the first time, the Royal BC Museum opens an exhibition in a Chinese metro station
October 9, 2015 | New report guides heritage assessment of remote B.C. mining sites
September 22, 2015 | B.C. helps to right historical wrongs with new curriculum addition
September 11, 2015 | New lesson plans shed light on B.C.’s dark past
August 20, 2015 | Funding will support Vancouver Chinatown seniors housing feasibility study
August 12, 2015 | Film funding adds new lens to First Nations and Chinese Canadian history
June 12, 2015 | Exploring Cumberland's vibrant Chinese historical legacy
May 15, 2015 | Chinese Canadian history takes its place on British Columbia's map
May 12, 2015 | Gold Rush! El Dorado in BC opens at Royal BC Museum
April 30, 2015 | Inventory pilot demonstrates scope of Chinese Canadian history
January 22, 2015 | Province seeks nominations for Chinese historical sites

2014

October 24, 2014 | Another step taken to right historical wrongs
September 29, 2014 | Province maps draft plans for legacy projects
September 10, 2014 | Historical wrongs legacy process moves forward
May 15, 2014 | British Columbia legislature officially apologizes to Chinese Canadians for historical wrongs

2013

October 29, 2013 | Consultation begins to right historical wrongs

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