About

In 1997 Dr. Imogene Lim received funding from BC Heritage Trust to research the history of Chinese Canadians in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The research began with the assistance of Colleen Stuart, who was then Dr. Lim’s student; she was hired as a researcher for the project. In addition, Qun Chen was employed as a translator for a number of the historic Chinese documents. Since then, others have been involved in making this project a success. They include Nancy Jones, Kelly Muir, Nathanael de Jager, and Brent Lee. Brent, in particular, is to be thanked for making the “bells and whistles” of this website actually work. Malaspina University-College continues to support this project as it evolves and develops.

Credits

We would like to thank the following organizations for supporting this project:

• BC Heritage Trust - for funding.
  
  
• Malaspina University-College - for administrative and logistical support.
  
  
• Nanaimo Community Archives (NCA) - for all the assistance provided by the staff and volunteers who made the research possible.
  
  
• Nanaimo District Museum (NDM) - for access to their Chinese artifact collection and the Chinatown Revisited Display.
  

Special Thanks

We would like to thank the following individuals for all their assistance in the early stages of developing this project.

Christine Meutzner - Archives Manager, NCA, whose knowledge of Nanaimo's history amazes us and for her continued willingness to assist with a smile.

Daphne Paterson - Whose personal research on the history of Nanaimo's Chinatown, her work on the Museum's Chinatown Revisited Display, and her willingness to share this knowledge and her resources have been invaluable to this project.

Stephen Topfer - Collections Registrar, NDM, for access to the accession records of the artifact collection and for sharing his office space, his computers and his chairs in order to benefit this project.

Chuck Wong - Who graciously shared his personal recollections of Nanaimo's Chinese community. Sadly, Chuck died before the publication of his personal history of Nanaimo's Chinatown (November 25, 2003). He is sorely missed for his wisdom and humour.

Dick Mah - For sharing his memories and personal recollections of Nanaimo's Chinese community, especially information on the second location of Chinatown and his grandfather, Bing Kee Mah. Dick is another of our local historians who left us suddenly (December 19, 2001).