Please enjoy this update of the MHSO’s recent events, activities, and projects. World; and Dr. Lisa Rose Mar, assistant professor at the University of Mary- land, currently work- ing on the book Brokering Belonging: Chinese Vancouver, 1920-1960. Oral History Julia Lum (left) and Britt Braaten (not pictured) leading a workshop for Toronto elementary school teachers, January 2010. Workshops The MHSO has Chinese Canadian Women, developed a new instructive, hands-on workshop. Participants learn how to 1923-1967 conduct oral history interviews by Work on the project Chinese Canadian listening to examples from our NEWSLETTER Women, 1923-1967: Inspiration - collection and practising for Innovation - Ingenuity continues. We themselves. We have received excellent feedback from recent have completed thirty-three oral history interviews with Chinese participants, including students from Canadian women and their York University and teachers from the descendants in Ontario, British Elementary Teachers of Toronto. Columbia, Alberta, Quebec and Nova Anyone whose organization would like Scotia. We are delighted to announce to take part can contact us at 416-979- that two highly-esteemed scholars 2973. Please note that the workshop can be tailored to suit your project have agreed to serve as academic reviewers: Dr. Anthony Chan, needs. professor at University of Ontario Institute of Technology, and author of Gold Mountain: Chinese in the New Simon Fraser University: Along the right-hand side of the Multicultural Canada 2010 page is a small selection of the On March 23, 2010, Simon Fraser hundreds of images that we have University hosted the launch of the collected for the project Chinese new Multicultural Canada website Canadian Women, 1923-1967: (www.multiculturalcanada.ca). The Inspiration-Innovation-Ingenuity. MHSO was pleased to contribute approximately 100 hours of oral history The images are available courtesy of (from interviews and 121 photographs for the top): Dow Fong, Shirley Chan, Susan Italian Canadian Women Collection. Chew, Alice Yeh, Ruth Lor Malloy and Anita Wong. Spring 2010 Athabasca University: 2009 Archival Acquisitions “Connecting Canadians” The MHSO Archives added to its The MHSO was pleased to partner archival collection in 2009 with with Athabasca University for the donations relating to Caribana (donor: project Connecting Canadians: Carl Thorpe), Finnish culture (donor: Canada’s Multicultural Newspapers Finnish Canadian Grand Festival), (www.connectingcanadians.org). This Jean Lumb (donors: Dora Nipp and searchable website features early Arlene Chan), and folklore (donor: newspapers and learning activities. Storytellers School of Toronto). The collection includes newspapers from a range of ethno-cultural groups including Croatian, Estonian, Finnish, MHSO and Friends Hungarian, Polish, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yugoslavian, Latvian and Lithuanian. News and Announcements Welcome! Ontario Curriculum Update The MHSO would like to welcome The MHSO has been invited to provide Jonathan Bengtson as the newest input into the upcoming Ontario history member of the Board of Directors. curriculum redesign. This is a valuable Jonathan is the Director of Library and opportunity to ensure that students in Archives at the University of St. Ontario are exposed to the historical Michael’s College at the University of importance of ethno-cultural Toronto. His experience with libraries diversity in Ontario. We look forward and archives makes him an to seeing the results of this provincial exceptionally valuable addition to the initiative. Board. Jonathan Bengtson Congratulations! NEWSLETTER Encyclopedia CD-ROM The Encyclopedia of Canada’s We would like to offer our Peoples is now available on CD-ROM. congratulations to Lynn Copeland on It can be easily searched by keyword, her retirement from the position of or browsed by topic. It is available for University Librarian and Dean of $20.00, plus postage and handling. Library Services at Simon Fraser Please contact Pasang at University. Lynn has been an [email protected] for outstanding “friend” of the MHSO over more information. the past six years. We wish Lynn well Lynn Copeland in all her future endeavours. Archival Research Good luck! After three years of location troubles, the MHSO Archives is adjusting to its Congratulations to the MHSO’s home on the 5th floor of the Kelly Manager / Curator Jennifer Library, thanks in large part to the Harrington, who is expecting her friendship of the University of St. second child this summer. She will be Michael’s College. Though this on maternity leave starting in May, location has some challenges, the 2010. Best wishes for mother and MHSO archives are now open to child! researchers. So far in 2010, thirty-one Jennifer Harrington researchers have accessed the MHSO collections for projects on African Canadians, Armenian Canadians, Thank you! East Europeans, Greek Canadians, Iranian refugees, Jewish Canadians, We would like to express our sincere Ukrainian Canadians, immigration gratitude to Diana Harney, who has history and MHSO history. recently provided us with a Spring 2010 photocopier. .