{"id":26981,"date":"2020-11-01T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T22:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/?post_type=impact&#038;p=26981"},"modified":"2023-04-13T08:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:03:33","slug":"chinese-canadian-museum-results","status":"publish","type":"engagement","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/chinese-canadian-museum-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Canadian Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Chinese Canadian Museum<\/h1>\n\n<h2><strong>Engagement Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver are working together to have Vancouver\u2019s Chinatown designated a United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage site. As part of this, the Province and the City committed to establishing a Chinese Canadian Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of State for Trade George Chow led the public consultation process with support from a <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2020\/07\/Working_Group_Members.pdf\">Working Group<\/a> with vast experience in Chinese Canadian heritage, museum development, city planning and provincial history. The project was also supported by the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Lisa Beare.<\/p>\n<p>The Province asked for people&#8217;s input in the early stages of planning the museum. People&#8217;s ideas helped inform the vision for a Chinese Canadian museum, its characteristics, and the ways it might help bridge past and present and transform British Columbia&#8217;s culture. There were two phases of the Chinese Canadian Museum public consultation.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase included an online discussion opportunity with general questions about the process. People were able to provide feedback from December 7, 2018 to January 4, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. government and the working group used this feedback to help plan the community meetings in January and February 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The second phase included eight meetings in five communities as well as 1-on-1 meetings with interested stakeholders, and more specific questions posted on the website.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Engagement Timeframe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Date: December 7, 2018 to February 8, 2019<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Input Received<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Online feedback forms completed: 420<\/li>\n<li>Participants at community events: 485<\/li>\n<li>Emails received: 23<\/li>\n<li>In-person community meetings: 485 people attended eight in-person community meetings in five locations across British Columbia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read the Engagement Report summarizing people&#8217;s ideas:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2020\/07\/CCM-Final-English.pdf\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2020\/07\/CCM-Final_CN.pdf\">Simplified Chinese <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2020\/07\/CCM-Final_HK.pdf\">Traditional Chinese<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Input leads to action:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>To ensure people can learn more about Chinese Canadians&#8217; contribution to British Columbia, the B.C. government invested $10 million to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/22646\">establish the Chinese Canadian Museum<\/a>&#8211; the first in Canada. The museum includes a provincial hub in Vancouver Chinatown, multiple regional hubs and spokes throughout B.C., and an online portal and digital experiences for historical locations throughout the province.<\/p>\n<p>The government also created an independent non-profit society to develop and operate the museum. To kick off the museum experience, the newly formed Chinese Canadian Museum Society of BC has an exhibit in Vancouver Chinatown. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca\/\">&#8216;A Seat at the Table&#8217;<\/a> explores the history of Chinese immigration through food and restaurant culture. The exhibit is a partnership with the City of Vancouver, University of British Columbia and Museum of Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>To support continued planning the B.C. government provided a $1-million grant to the City of Vancouver including establishing a project office and a pocket gallery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong> February 2022: The historic Wing Sang Building, the oldest building in Vancouver Chinatown, will be the permanent site of the Chinese Canadian Museum.<br>\nNews Release: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/26242\">https:\/\/news.gov.bc.ca\/26242<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesecanadianmuseum.ca\/\">Chinese Canadian Museum<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":64812,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","engagement_category":[262,447],"engagement_region":[192],"engagement_status":[207],"engagement_pin_group":[],"class_list":["post-26981","engagement","type-engagement","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","engagement_category-arts-and-culture","engagement_category-multi-language","engagement_region-province-wide","engagement_status-closed-with-results"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"pinned_engagement_toggle":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/26981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/engagement"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/26981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60142,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/26981\/revisions\/60142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"engagement_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_category?post=26981"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_region?post=26981"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_status?post=26981"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_pin_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_pin_group?post=26981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}