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This is a list of Chinese Canadians including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian-born descendants who are notable, have made significant contributions to the Canadian or international culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have prominently appeared in the news.
First Colombian Canadian elected to Alberta Legislature First LGBT Visible Minority elected in Canada Thomas Dang (born 1995) Edmonton-South West: May 5, 2015: May 28, 2023: NDP [186] Vietnamese Canadian Youngest Visible Minority elected to Alberta Legislature Anam Kazim انام کاظم (born 1986) Calgary-Glenmore: May 5, 2015: April 15 ...
The first record of Chinese in what is known as Canada today can be dated back to 1788. The British fur trader John Meares hired a group of roughly 70 Chinese carpenters from Macau and employed them to build a ship, the North West America, at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This was then an increasingly important but disputed ...
This is a list of notable people who are from Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that city. People from Lethbridge have historically been called Lethbridgeites or Lethbridgians and are colloquially known by some as Lethbians .
The song was written by Tang, who drew on her experience overcoming the cancer prognosis. [5] It would become one of the most popular songs in China in the remaining months of 2021 through to 2022, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] when it was being nominated as one of the songs to be played during the semi-finals of 2022 FIFA World Cup in December 2022.
Residents of the Midwest, Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast may have heard of the term "Alberta clipper" when a winter storm is rolling through the region, but what is the meteorology behind the ...
The facility will be turned over to Alberta Infrastructure to determine its future once it is vacated and decommissioned by corrections. [6] As part of Chinatown's revitalization, Edmonton artist Brenda Cha is painting a series murals throughout Chinatown. In September 2024, Cha completed Azure Dragon on the East.
Endiang (/ ˈ ɛ n d iː æ ŋ /) is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada, within the County of Stettler No. 6. [2] It is approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) southeast of Stettler.. Although Endiang enjoyed fair prosperity in the early years of the 20th century, the Great Depression, World War II, and better transportation have led to the depopulation of the local farming community, and with it, of the ...