Rev. Sang-Chul Lee (이상철) was the first person of Asian descent to be elected as Moderator of the United Church of Canada. He served as the 32nd Moderator from 1988-1990.
Asian Heritage Month at The Archives- Celebrating Rev. Sang-Chul Lee Read More »
Digital Collections of Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian Communities The United Church Archives invites you to explore our holdings relating to Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian communities in British Columbia.
Digital Collections of Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian Communities Read More »
Profile of Rev. Kyuichi Nomoto In the midst of the Great Depression, at a time when very few Asian Canadians were admitted to study at the country’s universities, a brilliant
Asian Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month Read More »
Ah May Chung, later known as Dr. Victoria Chung (or Cheung) was the first Asian Canadian to earn a medical degree in Canada. She also spent most of her life
International Women’s Day at the Archives Read More »
From January 16 – 18, 2023, the third National Gathering on Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites took place in Vancouver. Delegates called for agencies linked with Residential Schools
Reflections on the National Gathering on Missing Children and Unmarked Graves Read More »
November 8th was a very special day at the Regional Archives. Musqueam Elder Shane Pointe led a smudging ceremony to help our Archives begin a significant project. The project is
Smudging ceremony to begin the Archives’ multi-phase digitization project Read More »
The Fong family is well-known in the early history of Chinese-Canadian communities in B.C. Rev. Fong Dickman arrived in Vancouver from Nanaimo, to minister to the Chinese Methodist congregation in
Asian Heritage Month – Celebrating Firsts Read More »
To mark International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2022, The Archives is honouring those women who had the fortitude and courage to pave the way for gender justice and equality in
Celebrating International Women’s Day Read More »
Enjoy this seasonal concert from Linnea Good, 1994, found on our Archives YouTube channel! Blair Galston PMRC Archivist
Sometimes Christmas Read More »
In honour of Asian Heritage Month, Regional Archives Committee member Renée Sarojini Saklikar sends us this excerpt about her father, the late Rev. Dr. Vasant Saklikar: “In 1977, Vasant accepted
Asian Heritage Month ~ the late Rev. Dr. Vasant Saklikar Read More »
