Asian Heritage Month-CFACI | Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH)


Collection Galleries Indexes

Fields of Research and Contribution

Arts & Expression—includes contributions in visual arts, performance arts, literature

Education—includes educators, researchers, organizations, administrators

Science—includes researchers and innovators in technology and business

History—includes storytellers and nation builders, historical references

People—includes individuals recognized for their contributions to Asian Canadian society

Sports—includes athletes, Olympians, hockey players and wrestlers

Arts & Expression

Collection ArticleRegionKeyword(s)
Alfred NgEast AsianVisual Art
Alice HoEast AsianMusic
Alvin TolentinoSoutheast AsianDance
Amy WongEast AsianVisual Art
Ann ShinEast AsianFilm
Ariel BaleviSouth AsianStorytelling
CanAsian DanceAll AsianDance
Chan Hon GohEast AsianDance
Chan Ka NinEast AsianMusic
Cheuk KwanEast AsianFilm
Chi-Ping DanceEast AsianDance
Chinese Book ReviewsEast AsianLiterature
Chinese Pen SocietyEast AsianLiterature
Christine Mari YoshikawaEast AsianMusic
David HuynhEast AsianFilm
Denise FujiwaraEast AsianDance
Devraj PatnaikSouth AsianDance
Doris Ha-Lin SungEast AsianVisual Art
Dunhuang Chamber EnsembleEast AsianMusic
Eliora PatnaikSouth AsianDance
fu-GENAll AsianDance
Sights and Sounds of GamelanSouth AsianMusic
Ganesh AnandanSouth AsianMusic
Gauri GuhaSouth AsianMusic
Gerard ChoySoutheast AsianVisual Art
Giri Kedaton EnsembleSoutheast AsianMusic
Harvey ChanEast AsianVisual Art
Hasheel LodhiaSouth AsianMusic
Henry HoEast AsianVisual Art
Hong Luck Kung FuEast AsianDance
Jaya KitchluSouth AsianMedia
Jeng YiEast AsianMusic
JoSHSouth AsianMusic
Julian SamuelSouth AsianFilm
Juri HiraokaEast AsianDance
Kai ChanEast AsianVisual Art
Chitralekha PatnaikSouth AsianDance
Karilagan Dance SocietySoutheast AsianDance
Kate StevensEast AsianLiterature
Keiichi HiranoEast AsianDance
Kenneth ChengEast AsianPhotography
Kevin Samuel YeeEast AsianTheatre
Khosro BerahmandiSouth AsianVisual Art
Kiran AhluwaliaSouth AsianMusic
Kiran AmbwaniSouth AsianPhotography
Kiran MorarjiSouth AsianMusic
Kwon SoojungEast AsianDance
Lata PadaSouth AsianDance
Lee Pui MingEast AsianMusic
Lien ChaoEast AsianLiterature
LinDa SaphanSoutheast AsianVisual Art
Little EmpireAll AsianMusic
Little Empire StorySouth AsianStorytelling
Louise NoguchiEast AsianTheatre
Lucille ChungEast AsianMusic
Lynne KutsukakeEast AsianLiterature
Manuel LauEast AsianVisual Art
Marjorie ChanEast AsianTheatre
Menaka ThakkarSouth AsianDance
Minna Re ShinEast AsianMusic
Nanda Kandasamy (Geevan)South AsianVisual Art
Narendra DatarSouth AsianMusic
Natasha BakhtSouth AsianDance
Noriko YamamotoEast AsianDance
Oliver Au-YeungEast AsianPhotography
Osric ChauEast AsianFilm
Pelin Yazar CañezWestern AsianVisual Art
Peter ChinEast AsianDance
Raging Asian WomxnEast AsianDance
Rod DiosoSoutheast AsianVisual Art
Ron KorbEast AsianMusic
Ruth OhiEast AsianVisual Art
Sandra OhEast AsianFilm
Shahin ParhamiSouth AsianFilm
Shamsi ShahrokhiSouth AsianVisual Art
Shelly BahlSouth AsianVisual Art
Shizuye TakashimaEast AsianVisual Art
Steph SongEast AsianMedia
Stephen SiuEast AsianPhotography
Suraj SadanSouth AsianPhotography
Tam Kam ChiuEast AsianPhotography
Tanya KimEast AsianMedia
Tetsuro ShigematsuEast AsianMedia
The Bilz & KashifAll AsianMusic
Tushar UnadkatSouth AsianEditorials & Essays
Wei ChenEast AsianDance
Xiao Nan YuEast AsianDance
Yadong GuanEast AsianMusic
Yiannis KapoulasSouth AsianMusic
Ying-Yueh ChuangEast AsianVisual Art
Yueheng DuanEast AsianPhotography
Yung ChangEast AsianFilm
Yvonne NgSoutheast AsianDance
ZameerSouth AsianMusic

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Education

Collection ArticleRegionKeyword(s)
Abdul Qaiyum LodhiSouth AsianEducation
Anthony B. ChanEast AsianFilm
Bernice Gei-Ying HuneEast AsianStorytelling
David KeaneAll AsianMusic
Emigration is RecreationAll AsianEditorials & Essays
Indu VarmaSouth AsianEducation
Jeyaratnam WilsonSouth AsianEducation
Lap-Chee TsuiEast AsianEducation
Larry N. ShyuEast AsianEducation
Lily ChowEast AsianEducation
Asian Canadian ResearchAll AsianIndex
Prakash JoshiSouth AsianEducation
Sathya Sai SchoolAll AsianAsian Heritage
Tejal ShahSouth AsianEducation
Wendy JangEast AsianEducation

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Science

Collection ArticleRegionKeyword(s)
David SuzukiEast AsianScience
Dilip SennSouth AsianScience
Gulshan Rai SainiSouth AsianScience
Moises D. CabatuSoutheast AsianScience
Stephen SiauwEast AsianScience
Verinder N. KhannaSouth AsianScience

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History

Collection ArticleRegionKeyword(s)
Bata Shoe CollectionAll AsianAsian Heritage
Chinatown Victoria, BCEast AsianEditorials & Essays
Chinese History in CanadaEast AsianEducation
Chinese Monument ProjectEast AsianEducation
Cultural History and Education IndexAll AsianIndex
General HistoryAll AsianAsian Heritage
James ChongAll AsianEditorials & Essays
The Endicott Story in ChinaEast AsianProfiles
Japanese Canadian Redress SettlementEast AsianPolitics & Law
The LaquiansSoutheast AsianEditorials & Essays
Ambedkar Statue Unveiling Ceremony at York UniversitySouth AsianPolitics & Law
Zulfikarali KassamaliSouth AsianEditorials & Essays

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People

Collection ArticleRegionKeyword(s)
Adrienne ClarksonEast AsianPolitics & Law
Ambedkar Statue Unveiling Ceremony at York UniversitySouth AsianPolitics & Law
Aga Khan MuseumAll AsianMuseums
Asha-Aditii RupareliaSouth AsianBusiness
Bata Shoe MuseumAll AsianMuseum
Betty LeeEast AsianBusiness
Canadian Foundation for Chinese Heritage PreservationEast AsianAdvocacy
Canadians of Pakistani OriginSouth AsianAdvocacy
Chinese Canadian Legends AwardEast AsianAsian Heritage
Asian Heritage Month Events ArchiveAll AsianIndex
Fables and Storytelling IndexAll AsianStorytelling
Festival Accès AsieAll AsianEvents
Chinese New YearEast AsianEvents
Peace Tree FestivalAll AsianEvents
Fish Skin Clothing CollectionEast AsianMuseum
Gardiner MuseumAll AsianMuseum
Haroon SiddiquiAll AsianEditorials & Essays
History of Asian Heritage MonthAll AsianAsian Heritage
Jay GouldingAll AsianEducation
Jitendra (Jay) MathurSouth AsianBusiness
Jean B. LumbEast AsianEntrepreneurship
Kampong Ku RadioSoutheast AsianMedia
Mongolian Footwear CollectionEast AsianMuseum
MuseumsAll AsianIndex
Neville PoyEast AsianProfiles
Norman L. KwongEast AsianPolitics & Law
Philippine Advocacy Through
Arts & Culture
Southeast AsianAsian Heritage
Rabia KhedrSouth AsianEditorials & Essays
Rita JethiSouth AsianProfile
Vivienne PoyEast AsianPolitics & Law
Sathya Sai SchoolAll AsianAsian Heritage
Soo Han YoonEast AsianEditorials & Essays
SHINE Exhibition at the Textile MuseumAll AsianMuseums
The Chung CollectionEast AsianMuseum
United Indonesian Canadian SocietySoutheast AsianAdvocacy
VMAACH Welcome MessageAll AsianEditorials & Essays
Who is Asian?All AsianAsian Heritage

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Sports

Collection ArticleRegionKeyword(s)
Patrick ChanEast AsianOlympic Games | Figure Skating
Avianna ChaoEast AsianOlympic Games | Shooting
Carol HuynhSoutheast AsianOlympic Games | Wrestling
Alexa LooEast AsianOlympic Games | Snowboarding
Gail KimEast AsianProfessional Wrestling
Devin SetoguchiEast AsianNational Hockey League player
Eugene WangEast AsianOlympic Games | Table Tennis
Brandon YipEast AsianKontinental Hockey League Player
Zhu Judy LongEast AsianOlympics | Table Tennis

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Other Indexes

Asian Canadians

Asian Film Database

The Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMAACH) was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.