British Columbia History

British Columbia History chronicles British Columbia’s unique story through the words and images of community writers, archivists, museum professionals, academic historians and more. Fresh, engaging, personal and relevant, every issue is packed with articles, photographs, maps, illustrations, book reviews and insights into local archives and historic sites.

British Columbia History

Our Past Still Shapes Us Today

BC History’s Values • British Columbia History magazine is a publication of the British Columbia Historical Federation. The BCHF board recently adopted this values statement to guide its work.

First Peoples Cultural Council (FPCC) Resource Library

My Mentor in the Filipino Community • Vancouver is home to the second largest Filipino community in Canada, made up of nearly 134,000 Filipinos. Most of BC’s 159,000 Filipinos reside in the Greater Vancouver area. About one in five Filipinos in Canada call Metro Vancouver home.

FRONT WORDS

Film Library Shares its Historic BC Clips • With files from Sherman Grinberg Film Library

The Wake of History On foot and by canoe

A Dizzying Array of Paper

DISCOVERING THE PAPER TRAIL TO THE 1923 CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT

Us-ness

Contextualizing the Past

Escape to Gold Mountain • A graphic history of the Chinese in North America

Interview with David H.T. Wong • Below is an excerpt from David H. T. Wong’s illustrated Q&A. To see the rest, visit https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/E/Escape-to-Gold-Mountain.

THE TRAGIC LIVES OF NIP LUNG POI

Editorial Calendar

Talking with Marion Wal’ceckwu1 Dixon, Nlaka’pamux Elder and Master Basket-Maker2

Family photographs from Marion Dixon’s photo album

The Chinese Canadian Historic Places Map

CHINESE CITIZENSHIP

RAILS, JAILS, & TROLLEYS A documentary on the Indian farmers’ protest movement • A film by Henna Mann, produced by the South Asian Studies Institute (SASI) at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)

Refracting History | Writing in the Dark