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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Chinese Canadian Artifacts Project finds permanent home at McPherson Library, University of Victoria, B.C.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The University of Victoria is pleased
</span>to provide an update on the artifacts inventory project first announced on April 30, 2015.
<span style="color:black">In July 2016, the University Library will become the permanent site for an exciting new digital collection of Chinese Canadian Artifacts. In the first stage of this project, over 6500 digital items ranging from photographs to theatre
props from more than a dozen local and regional museums have been brought together in a publicly accessible database (https://ccap.uvic.ca/) for the first time. This database constitutes the second largest such collection in the province, making available
items that previously had only been accessible through visits to local museums. A
</span><span style="color:black">valuable and accessible resource for research on Chinese Canadian history, the database was funded
</span>by the Ministry of International Trade and Responsible for Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism, as part of the Chinese Historical Legacy Initiatives announced in 2014.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Led by Dr. John Price of the University of Victoria’s Department of History, the research team included Dr. Tusa Shea (Cultural Resource Management Program), Dr. Zhongping Chen (History), Martin Holmes and Stewart Arneil (Humanities Computing
and Media Centre) and graduate assistants Brian Smallshaw and Wenjuan Lu. The project was undertaken in partnership with the B.C. Museums Association (Theresa Mackay, E.D.) and was brought to fruition through the efforts of local staff at Nanaimo Museum<span style="color:black">,
Cumberland Museum and Archives, </span>Salt Spring Island Museum<span style="color:black">,
</span>The Sidney Museum and Archives<span style="color:black">, </span>New Westminster Museum and Archives<span style="color:black">,
</span>Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History<span style="color:black">, </span>
The Kelowna Museums Society<span style="color:black">, </span>Barkerville Historic Town<span style="color:black">,
</span>Chilliwack Museum and Archives<span style="color:black">, </span>Yale Historic Site<span style="color:black">,
</span>Esquimalt Archives<span style="color:black">, </span>Lytton Museum and Archives<span style="color:black">,
</span>Revelstoke Museum and Archives<span style="color:black">, </span>Cowichan Valley Museum and Archives<span style="color:black">,</span> and Kaatza Station Museum and Archives<span style="color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The second stage of the project (January-June, 2016) will see accruals from a number of additional museums and the migration of the site to its permanent home at the McPherson Library. There it will take its place among the Library’s growing
selection of multicultural holdings, including First Nations and Asian Canadian collections. The formal launch of the database as a permanent exhibit will take place at the 9<sup>th</sup> International Conference of the Society for the Study of Overseas Chinese
to take place from July 6-8, 2016 in Richmond, B.C.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For further details contact Dr. Tusa Shea, Cultural Resource Management Program, University of Victoria, Tel. 250 721-6119 or E-mail, crmcoord@uvic.ca.<o:p></o:p></p>
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