Patrick Tso on the competition that brought him to the Edmonton Chinese Computer Society

Patrick Tso on the competition that brought him to the Edmonton Chinese Computer Society

President of the Edmonton Chinese Computer Society Patrick Tso discusses his first experience with the society: a Chinese character typing competition. Patrick was intrigued by a tablet, which allowed contestants to handwrite Chinese characters and transmit them to a computer.

Interview and editing by Brandi Kueber. This documentary was produced as part of a Community Service Learning project at the University of Alberta. It is part of a multimedia project capturing the history of Edmonton's Chinatown, called Figure 一,二,三,六,八.

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Cheatsheets - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera as Cultural Entertainment

Cheatsheets - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera as Cultural Entertainment

Helen Kwan Yee Cheung, a 2013 M.A. University of Alberta graduate, pursued studying the Chinese community history in Edmonton through the lens of Cantonese Opera. She found that Cantonese Opera had el...

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Propaganda - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera and Homeland Politics

Propaganda - Helen Kwan Yee Cheung on Cantonese Opera and Homeland Politics

Helen Kwan Yee Cheung, a 2013 M.A. University of Alberta graduate, pursued studying the Chinese community history in Edmonton through the lens of Cantonese Opera. She found that Cantonese Opera had el...

12 Sep 20193min

Stan Mah on the Blue Willow Restaurant's fish pond

Stan Mah on the Blue Willow Restaurant's fish pond

Stan Mah reflects on his late father, Victor (Vic) Mah opening and running the original Blue Willow restaurant. He takes listeners back to the past with a vivid description of the restaurant including...

12 Sep 20193min

Raymond Ng on the Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre

Raymond Ng on the Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre

In this piece, Raymond Ng talks about the Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Centre. The centre offers weekly table-tennis and language lessons that provide another fun and welcoming place in Edmonton f...

12 Sep 20192min

Tin Yip on The Two-Way Street

Tin Yip on The Two-Way Street

Tin Yip speaks about his integration into Canadian society. Tin explains how both learning and playing Canadian sports when he first arrived were essential in his smooth integration into society. He a...

12 Sep 20192min

Maria Wong on burger places with friendly faces

Maria Wong on burger places with friendly faces

Maria Wong has lived in Edmonton since 1977. She remembers visiting a burger restaurant owned by a Korean couple. Maria was drawn to the friendliness of the owners, their son, and the delicious season...

12 Sep 20192min

Ching Tse on incorporating Chinese roof tiles in Chinatown

Ching Tse on incorporating Chinese roof tiles in Chinatown

Retired architect Ching Tse is responsible for designing many buildings in Edmonton's Chinatown. He discusses his intention to inject traditional Chinese architecture into his designs. One of the ways...

12 Sep 20193min

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