We are very excited to be displaying posters created by students in the Coordinated Arts Program, just outside the Chung Collection exhibition room. These students were part of the Law and Society stream of CAP and came to the Chung Collection in January for a tour and an introduction to archival research. The students were all assigned to choose an item from the Chung Collection and use it to inspire a poster presentation, an essay or a video. They presented their posters at the CAP conference in April, where several of the students met Dr. Chung who came to see their posters. We have selected a number of the posters for this display and the variety of topics is very interesting:
- Chinese-Aboriginal relations in B.C.
- The history of drug law enforcement in Vancouver
- Civil rights history in Canada
- Funeral and death rites in different cultures
- Traditional Chinese medicine
- Chinese in B.C. during the gold rush
- Relationship between the Japanese and Chinese communities
- The history of interracial marriage
Congratulations to the CAP students for their very interesting research! We hope that you found your experience using the Chung Collection to be a rewarding one.
We will keep the posters on display in the reading room until May 20th. They can be viewed during our regular summer opening hours (Monday to Friday, 9-5).