MEET AT: Blenz Coffee, 603 Abbott Street at Keefer.

PLEASE ARRIVE 30 MINUTES EARLY SO TOUR CAN BEGIN ON TIME.

Parking is available at the Chinatown Plaza Parkade. The Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain Station is at Keefer and Abbott.

Please bring exact change ($40) for workshop fee.Receipts will e e-mailed within 2 weeks.

FACILITATOR INFO:Judy Lam Maxwell is a Vancouver-born Canadian of Chinese and European heritage, specializing in Chinatowns and Chinese Transnational Migration. Judy completed an M.A. from UBC, a History Project Certificate through the Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness at UBC’s Faculty of Education, and teaches history at Simon Fraser University. She is on the board of many Chinatown and historical organizations, such as the Vancouver Chinatown National Historic Site Committee, the British Columbia Historical Federation, and the Greater Seattle chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans-Asian Pacific American Advocacy.

M: 604-418-8560 E: judy@chinatowngirl.ca

Historical Chinatown Tours is an informative and fun walking tour that explores the history and culture of Vancouver’s Chinatown, guided by historian Judy Lam Maxwell.

A National Historic Site and one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Vancouver, Chinatown offers culture, history, architecture, gastronomy, and among many other things.

Learn about Chinese contributions to the foundations of Canada, the history and evolution of Vancouver’s Chinese community, and much more history.

Explore the streetscape, visit century-old heritage buildings, meet Chinese elders who lived through the Head Tax and Exclusion Act, sample Chinese pastries, and discover much more.

50% of the money collected is donated to the Chinatown Society Heritage Buildings Association for restoration, renovations and upkeep of heritage buildings.

HISTORICal CHINATOWN TOURS