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Join us for an evening with Jacqueline Louie as she presents her latest work Honouring the Gold Mountain Dreamers. https://bit.ly/4gshD7yWhen: Thursday, October 9 | 6:30pm
Where: Friends Program Room
Honouring the Gold Mountain Dreamers examines the last 100+ years since the passing of Canada's 1923 Chinese Immigration Act, also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, which effectively banned immigration from China to Canada from 1923 to 1947. The book illustrates some of the challenges and contributions of early Chinese immigrants in Alberta, including the Bow Valley, and throughout Canada.
Jacqueline’s book was sponsored by the Chinook Country Historical Society and has received endorsements from Don Smith, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Calgary; Harry Sanders, Historical Consultant and Editor of Alberta History, the quarterly journal of the Historical Society of Alberta; and Naomi Louie, Curatorial Assistant at the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver.
Jacqueline Louie is a Calgary-based freelance writer. Her ancestors immigrated from southern China in the late 1800s. She is a member of the Alpine Club of Canada’s Calgary and Rocky Mountain regional sections. For more information about Jacqueline and her work, please visit: https://jacquelinelouie.ca/.
Café Books will be joining us for Jacqueline’s visit and will have copies of Honouring the Gold Mountain Dreamers available for purchase.
All author book sale proceeds will go to the Chinook Country Historical Society, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving history in southern Alberta and which holds their Historic Calgary Week each year.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Canmore Public Library, 700 Railway Ave, Canmore, AB T1W 1P4, Canada
