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Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH)

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How to use the Collections

The Collections represent a database of discrete entries in the Virtual Museum. An entry is a web page on this site whose content may relate to any particular point of interest: a person, place, or thing. These entries are sometimes assembled into an exhibit based on their relevance to a chosen theme.

Field
Arts & Expression, Education, Science, History, People
(*also Index indicates sub-directory for a Field)

Region
All Asian, Central Asian, East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Western Asian

Keywords
Music, Dance, Theatre, Film, Media, Literature, Visual Art, Photography, Education, Politics and Law, Science, Technology, Business, Entrepreneurship, Storytelling, Editorials & Essays, Profiles, Advocacy, Asian Heritage, Museums, Events

Collection ArticleFieldRegionKeywords
Abdul Qaiyum LodhiEducationSouth AsianEducation
Adreinne ClarksonPeopleEast AsianPolitics & Law
Aga Khan MuseumPeopleAll AsianMuseums
Alfred NgArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Alice Ping Yee HoArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Alvin TolentinoArts & ExpressionSoutheast AsianDance
Ambedkar Statue Unveiling Ceremony at York UniversityPeopleSouth AsianPolitics & Law
Amy WongArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Ann ShinArts & ExpressionEast AsianFilm
Anthony B. ChanEducationEast AsianFilm
Ariel BaleviArts & ExpressionSouth AsianStorytelling
Asha-Aditii RupareliaPeopleSouth AsianBusiness
Asian Heritage Month PhotosPeopleAll AsianAsian Heritage
Avianna Chao SportsEast AsianSports
Bata Shoe CollectionHistoryAll AsianAsian Heritage
Bata Shoe MuseumPeopleAll AsianMuseum
Bernice Gei-Ying HuneEducationEast AsianStorytelling
Betty LeePeopleEast AsianBusiness
Canadian Children’s Opera CompanyArts & ExpressionFusionMusic
Canadian Foundation for Chinese HeritagePeopleEast AsianAdvocacy
CanAsian DanceArts & ExpressionAll AsianDance
Carol HuynhSportsEast AsianSports
Chan Hon GohArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Chan Ka NinArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Cheuk KwanArts & ExpressionEast AsianFilm
Chi Ping DanceArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Chinatown Victoria BCHistoryEast AsianEditorials & Essays
Chinese Arts and CraftsArts & ExpressionEast AsianLiterature
Chinese Canadian Legends AwardPeopleEast AsianAsian Heritage
Chinese History in CanadaHistoryEast AsianEducation
Chinese Monument ProjectHistoryEast AsianEducation
Chinese Pen SocietyArts & ExpressionEast AsianLiterature
Christine Mari YoshikawaArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Cultural History EducationHistoryAll AsianIndex
David HuynhArts & ExpressionEast AsianFilm
David KeaneEducationAll AsianMusic
David SuzukiScienceEast AsianScience
Deepa MehtaArts & ExpressionEast AsianFilm
Denise FujiwaraArts & ExpressionSouth AsianFilm
Devin SetoguchiSportsEast AsianHockey
Devraj PatnaikArts & ExpressionSouth AsianDance
Dilip SennScienceSouth AsianScience
Doris HaLin SungArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Dunhuang Chamber EnsembleArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Eliora PatnaikArts & ExpressionSouth AsianDance
EmigrationEducationAll AsianEditorials & Essays
Eugene WangSportsEast AsianOlympic Games | Table Tennis
Fables & Storytelling IndexPeopleAll AsianStorytelling
Festival Accès AsiePeopleAll AsianEvents
Festival Chinese New YearPeopleEast AsianEvents
Fish Skin Clothing CollectionPeopleEast AsianMuseum
fu-GENArts & ExpressionAll AsianDance
Gail KimSportsEast AsianWresting
Gamelan InstrumentArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Ganesh AnandanArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Gardiner Ceramic MuseumPeopleAll AsianMuseum
Gauri GuhaArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
General HistoryHistoryAll AsianAsian Heritage
Gerard ChoyArts & ExpressionSoutheast AsianVisual Art
Giri Kedaton EnsembleArts & ExpressionSoutheast AsianMusic
Gulshan Rai SainiScienceSouth AsianScience
Haroon SiddiquiPeopleAll AsianEditorials & Essays
Harvey ChanArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Hasheel LodhiaArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Henry HoArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
History of Asian Heritage MonthPeopleAll AsianAsian Heritage
Hong Luck Kung FuArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Indu VarmaEducationSouth AsianEducation
Irene HungArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
James ChongHistoryAll AsianEditorials & Essays
James EndicottHistoryEast AsianProfiles
Japanese Canadian Redress SettlementHistoryEast AsianPolitics & Law
Jay GouldingPeopleAll AsianEducation
Jay Jitrendra MathurPeopleSouth AsianBusiness
Jaya KitchluArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMedia
Jean B LumbPeopleEast AsianEntrepreneurship
Jeng YiArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Jeyaratnam WilsonEducationSouth AsianEducation
JoSHArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Julian SamuelArts & ExpressionSouth AsianFilm
Juri HiraokaArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Kai ChanArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Kalasri PatnaikArts & ExpressionSouth AsianDance
Kampong Ku RadioPeopleSoutheast AsianMedia
Karilagan Dance SocietyArts & ExpressionSoutheast AsianDance
Kate StevensArts & ExpressionEast AsianLiterature
Keiichi HiranoArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Kelly MacDonaldSportsEast Asian
Kenneth ChengArts & ExpressionEast AsianPhotography
Kevin Samuel YeeArts & ExpressionEast AsianTheatre
Khosro BerahmandiArts & ExpressionSouth AsianVisual Art
Kim ThuyArts & ExpressionEast AsianStorytelling
Kiran AhluwaliaArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Kiran AmbwaniArts & ExpressionSouth AsianPhotography
Kiran MorarjiArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Kwon SoojungArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Lap-Chee TsuiEducationEast AsianEducation
LaquiansHistorySoutheast AsianEditorials & Essays
Larry N. ShyuEducationEast AsianEducation
Lata PadaArts & ExpressionSouth AsianDance
Lee Pui MingArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Leo ChanPeopleEast AsianPeople
Lien ChaoArts & ExpressionEast AsianLiterature
Lily ChowEducationEast AsianEducation
Linda SaphanArts & ExpressionSoutheast AsianVisual Art
Links and Resources IndexEducationAll AsianIndex
Little Empire StoryArts & ExpressionSouth AsianStorytelling
Little EmpireArts & ExpressionAll AsianMusic
Louise NoguchiArts & ExpressionEast AsianTheatre
Lucille ChungArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Lynne KutsukakeArts & ExpressionEast AsianLiterature
Manuel LauArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Marjorie ChanArts & ExpressionEast AsianTheatre
Meeta SharmaPeopleSouth AsianEvents
Menaka ThakkarArts & ExpressionSouth AsianDance
Michelle LiSportsEast AsianSports
Minna Re ShinArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Moises D. CabatuScienceSoutheast AsianScience
Mongolian Footwear CollectionPeopleEast AsianMuseum
Nanda KandasamyArts & ExpressionSouth AsianVisual Art
Narendra DatarArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Natasha BakhtArts & ExpressionSouth AsianDance
Neville PoyPeopleEast AsianProfiles
Noriko YamamotoArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Norman KwongPeopleEast AsianPolitics & Law
Oliver Au-YeungArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Osric ChauArts & ExpressionEast AsianFilm
Patrick ChanSportsEast AsianOlympic Games | Figure Skating
Paul NguyenSportsEast AsianFilm
Pelin Yazar CanezArts & ExpressionWestern AsianVisual Art
Peter ChinArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Phillipine AdvocacyPeopleSoutheast AsianAsian Heritage
Prakash JoshiEducationSouth AsianEducation
Rabis KhedrPeopleSouth AsianEditorials & Essays
Raging Asian WomenArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Rita JethiPeopleSouth AsianProfile
Rod DiosoArts & ExpressionSoutheast AsianVisual Art
Ruth OhiArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Sandra OhArts & ExpressionEast AsianFilm
Sathya Sai SchoolEducationAll AsianAsian Heritage
Vivienne PoyPeopleEast AsianPolitics & Law
Shahin ParhamiArts & ExpressionSouth AsianFilm
Shamsi ShahrokhiArts & ExpressionSouth AsianVisual Art
Shelly BahlArts & ExpressionSouth AsianVisual Art
Shizuye TakashimaArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Steph SongArts & ExpressionEast AsianMedia
Stephen SiauwScienceEast AsianScience
Stephen SiuArts & ExpressionEast AsianPhotography
Suraj SadanArts & ExpressionSouth AsianPhotography
Tam Kam ChiuArts & ExpressionEast AsianPhotography
Tanya KimArts & ExpressionEast AsianMedia
Tejal ShahEducationSouth AsianEducation
Tetsuro ShigematsuArts & ExpressionEast AsianMedia
Textile MuseumPeopleAll AsianMuseums
The Bilz & KashifArts & ExpressionAll AsianMusic
The Chung CollectionPeopleEast AsianMuseum
United Indonesian Canadian SocietyPeopleSoutheast AsianAdvocacy
Verinder N. KhannaScienceSouth AsianScience
Vivienne PoyPeopleAll AsianEditorials & Essays
Wei ChenArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Welcome Message from V. PoyPeopleAll AsianEditorials & Essays
Wendy JangEducationEast AsianEducation
What is Asia according to the United NationsPeopleAll AsianAsian Heritage
Xiao Nan YuArts & ExpressionEast AsianDance
Yadong GuanArts & ExpressionEast AsianMusic
Yiannis KapoulasArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Ying Yueh ChuangArts & ExpressionEast AsianVisual Art
Yueheng DuanArts & ExpressionEast AsianPhotography
Yung ChangArts & ExpressionEast AsianFilm
Yvonne NgArts & ExpressionSoutheast AsianDance
ZameerArts & ExpressionSouth AsianMusic
Zulfikarali KassamaliHistorySouth AsianEditorials & Essays

Regional Boundaries

East Asia | China, Hong Kong, Macao, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea 

Central Asia | Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 

South Asia | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 

Southeast Asia | Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam 

Western Asia | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

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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.