Chinatown Storytelling Centre launches Digital Archives to preserve Chinese Canadian history

2026-03-10 - 15:13

The Digital Archives feature a Special Collection of Chinatown News, which makes hundreds of issues of the influential English-language magazine available to the public, preserving a vital piece of Vancouver’s cultural heritage. The collection is the first major project to be unveiled from the Chinatown Storytelling Centre’s burgeoning Digital Archives. It will feature around 800 of close to 1,000 issues published, with an initial ~300 issues fully digitized and searchable for public access. The team continues to scan the remaining issues and invites the public to help locate the remaining 180+ missing magazines. Read More