One of the wonderful things about giving tours of the Chung Collection exhibition space is what I learn from the visitors, many of whom have backgrounds in history and knowledge to share. We recently welcomed students from Corpus Christi College, and their instructor, Dr. Jacqueline Gresko told me about the Chinese nursing sister in this photograph:
Dr. Gresko explained that the nursing sister was Teresa Fung, who was brought from China to Vancouver to serve in one of the clinics run by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, a Montreal-based mission which had previously focused on missions and medical services in Canton, but eventually spread to include Chinese immigrants in Canada. There is an excellent history of their medical services for the Chinese populations in Montreal and Vancouver written by Hugette Torcotte, which is freely available online through the Canadian Catholic Historical Association Historical Studies website.