Events
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Maison Yep-Riopel Exhibition Launch
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaThe JIA Foundation is inviting you to its first exhibition at the new Chinatown House space starting this Sunday, March 30, 2025. “Yep-Riopel House: A Layered History of Resistance and Belonging”, curated by Karen Cho, tells an incredible story of the building that the JIA Foundation now calls home. JIA moved into the ground floor […]
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2026 Action Plan Open House
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaIn 2021, the City of Montreal adopted the Chinatown Action Plan, structured around 4 main pillars: quality of life, commercial vitality, cultural identity, and community platforms. As this plan draws to a close, it's an opportunity to take stock and, above all, to put forward the community's proposals for the next iteration of this Action […]
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Art, Identity, and the Creative Journey with Carmen Mok
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaIn this artist talk, Carmen Mok, a Hong Kong native who moved to Canada to study fine art, will share her journey of self-discovery as a Chinese Canadian and how her multicultural upbringing has shaped and enriched her illustration career. From pursuing her passion to building a career in children's book illustration, she will take […]
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Maison Yep-Riopel: Fireside Chats
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaBy the Fireplace with Sandy Yep & JP Riopel Join Sandy Yep and/or JP Riopel—whose stories and namesakes are intertwined with the 116 de la Gauchetière O. building itself—as they discuss their own families’ heritage, personal stories, and presence within Chinatown through the new Maison Yep-Riopel exhibition. Taking place in the Yep family’s ancestral home, […]
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Untold Stories: Chinese-Canadian Veterans (Double Film Screening)
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaJoin us at Chinatown House for a special double bill highlighting the untold histories of Chinese-Canadians' participation in the war effort. Through a deeply personal approach, these two films uphold the courage of these men in a period entrenched in anti-Chinese racism, and bring to light details that few have acknowledged in the annals of […]
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Chinatown Day 2025
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaTake a look at the full schedule for Chinatown Day 2025!
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Chinatown Day Fireside Chat
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaJoin Sandy Yep From 1-3 PM, Chinatown House, 116 rue de la Gauchetière O. on July 12th, 2025.
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Wing Lung & The Lees: A Historical and Genealogical Account by Carol F. Lee
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaJoin us 💥this Saturday💥 for a fascinating historical and genealogical account of Montreal’s Chinatown from the 1890s through the 1920s, told by Carol F. Lee through the lens of the Lee families' history. This event is free! From 11 AM to 2 PM at Chinatown House - 116 de la Gauchetière W. Carol F. Lee's […]
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Book Launch & Author Talk – Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act
MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises 1210 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Québec, CanadaAward-winning community historian, curator and author Catherine Clement will share the findings of her landmark project which excavated stories of what really happened during one of the darkest chapters in Canadian history.Her book, The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act, is the first to explore the broad range of “human experiences” of exclusion […]
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Exhibition Catalogue Launch – Maison Yep-Riopel
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWhat do patriot Augustin-Norbert Morin, the Chinese freemasons, and the Yep family have in common? They all lived at 116-118 de la Gauchetière West, a building that has witnessed many acts of resistance over the centuries, the most recent one having led to the building’s designation as a protected heritage site. This fascinating history has […]
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Celebrating Wing Noodles’ Legacy: A Community Fundraising Banquet
Ruby Rouge Restaurant 1008 Clark Street, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaWing Noodles, a cherished Chinatown landmark and important social-economic motor for Montreal’s Chinatown, will be closing its doors shortly. The Chinatown community has rallied together to not only celebrate the Lee Family’s contribution but launch a campaign to conserve the legacy of this iconic enterprise and its historical building. Originally founded in 1897 under the […]
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Morris Lum “Tong Yan Gaai” Book Signing
CHINATOWN HOUSE - 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, 1st floor 116 de la Gauchetière Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaJoin Morris Lum on December 14th at the Chinatown House for an intimate discussion and book signing of his new photography book, Tong Yan Gaai. Lum's new book documents different parts of our Chinatowns over the years and through its changing landscapes. How much has Chinatown changed? Lum will be around all day to discuss […]