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Okanagan Chinese Canadian History Project Launch Brings Community Together to Celebrate Shared Heritage

Kelowna, BC – October 26, 2025

History came alive at the Laurel Packinghouse on Sunday, as over 100 guests joined the OCCA Communities Association and Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC (CCHSBC) to celebrate the official launch of the Okanagan Chinese Canadian History Project, a defining moment for the region and its shared heritage…

THE CHINESE: Early 1900s - 1930s

The presence of Chinese migrants was felt strongly in the interior of British Columbia at the turn of the century…

Kelowna’s Chinatown
Vernon’s Chinatown
The dragon will awaken again to celebrate the history of Vernon’s Chinese community…
Chinese cemetery in Kamloops
When Chinese Consul-General Liu Fei encouraged Kamloops’s Chinese community to explore and preserve their heritage in the city in 2013…
a poem on Chinese railway workers

 

Equal Opportunity

Written by Jim Wong-Chu

Official Apology to Chinese Canadians

On May 15, 2014, the B.C. Legislature, the House unanimously passed the apology motion for historical wrongs against British Columbia’s Chinese Canadian community. The delegation of Okanagan Chinese Community attended this Event held in VICTORIA.

Operation Oblivion and Commando Bay
Recent immigration