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From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration

File consists of the born-digital movie "From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration" and accompanying .pdf learning package produced by SFU's Teaching and Learning Centre. Produced by Jordan Paterson; writers Jordan Patterson, Paul Yeung, and Denise Fong.

The following text is from a December 2, 2010 press release:

SFU premieres Chinese Canadian immigration film

Simon Fraser University’s Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) and the multicultural non-profit S.U.C.C.E.S.S. premiered a new one-hour documentary on the plight of early Chinese immigrants to Canada to a packed audience last month.

"From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration" is a richly layered exploration of the fate of pioneer Chinese-Canadians through the eyes of their young descendants.

CBC, Fairchild TV and China’s Guangdong TV, which has 50 million viewers, are slated to broadcast the documentary in the New Year.

With interviews in four languages—Cantonese, Mandarin, Taishanese and English—the film captures on a personal level the impact of the infamous Head Tax and Exclusion Act imposed on Chinese immigrants to Canada from 1923 to 1947.

TLC video producer Jordan Paterson and his crew follow current-day young Chinese Canadians from their homes in British Columbia to their ancestral roots in China’s Guangdong province where most of Canada’s head-tax payers originated.

Through 20 interviews of young and old immigrant family members sharing stories, Paterson records current-day Chinese-Canadians reflecting on how injustice has shaped their family histories and fate.

“Throughout the film we explore the empty homes built by Chinese-Canadians in their ancestral villages in China as they were not permitted to own property in Canada due to government restrictions,” says Paterson.

“In these ancestral villages are the lost stories of the women left behind during exclusion who have been silent for generations. This film asks us all to come to terms with the historical injustices that still affect us today and to determine how we can prevent their recurrence.”

Among those interviewed are 102-year-old Charlie Quan, the oldest known head-tax payer in Canada, local Vancouver activist Sid Chow Tan and Vancouver police chief Jim Chu.

The film and a companion website were financed through a $200,000 grant from the Canadian government’s Community Historical Recognition Program and took a year to complete.

The Jones Farm

"The Jones Farm is a commune on Quadra Island, B.C. Goudie and cameramn Ron Orieux filmed the commune and the medieval fair in Mission for a CBC Weekend presentation." [1970/71 film workshop description]; Early listing in arrangement & description section of F-232 collection file, notes CBC, 12 Dec. 1971. Also held by SFU library's Media Resource Centre in 16mm format [http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b2983369~S5a].

SFU-UBC Football

The second annual Shrum Bowl football game between SFU and UBC, played in Vancouver's Empire Stadium on October 21, 1968. Item was originally created by CBC as a kinescope film recording of a live television program. The game announcers were Jim Cox and Bob Smith.

Time Out For Football

Episdoe of the CBC program Time Out for Football, a show that featured professional football with an emphasis on the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. The episode of October 17, 1967 included a film feature that covered the first annual Shrum Bowl, a meeting between the football teams of SFU and UBC. The game took place on October 16, 1967 with SFU winning 32-13.

The film includes the following shots (descriptions taken from the CBC catalogue entry): UBC campus B-Roll shots; interview with Gordon Shrum; shots in UBC Thunderbird locker room, players suiting up and voiceover comments from players about SFU; UBC players at practice with assistant coach voiceover comments and head coach Frank Gnup shots and voiceover comments; SFU players suiting up in their locker room and with player voiceover comments on UBC and the game; SFU team practice at Burnaby campus with voiceover comment from coaches, including head coach Lorne Davies. The game highlight package includes the opening kickoff by SFU player Dave Cutler; UBC opening drive; an SFU interception; UBC running gains and a second SFU interception; SFU quaterback Holmes scores a touchdown; UBC's Vic Iwata fumbles and SFU recovers; Iwata takes the opening kickoff of the second half; UBC's Bellamy runs back an interception; Hardy completes a UBC pass to Bellamy; SFU penalized for pass interference; UBC run for their first touchdown; Ron Ritchie makes a long punt return for a UBC touchdown. The game ends, Gordon Shrum presents the trophy to SFU. Ted Reynolds thanks cameramen Roy Luckow and Bob Reid as well as film editor Frank Irvine and Bob Smith ('Hot Air' host) script and narration. Reynolds responds to a viewer's question re: NFL vs. CFL football, and draws a name for a draw. The kinescope includes an animated Fred Asher "biography" of Stephen Leacock, and a public service announcement on allergies. Show concludes with Ted Reynolds on phone with BC Lions coach Jim Champion in Ottawa re: the injury situation with various Lions players and preps for the upcoming game against the Ottawa Rough Riders.

A Sense of Place

Item is a short segment from the CBC television production, A Sense of Place: "This series of four half-hour broadcasts, which ran during the month of October in 1966, examined three main examples of new architecture in Canada. They are Vancouver's Simon Fraser University, Scarborough College in Toronto, and Habitat in Montreal." Also held by SFU Library's Media Resource Centre: "Discusses the work of Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey, as exemplified by Simon Fraser University." [https://sfu-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01SFUL_ALMA21182961880003611&context=L&vid=SFUL&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US]

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