THE ASIAN INDEX
KRISTIN CHEUNG
mary lee chan
Year Mary Lee Chan was born: 1915
Year the Chinese Canadian Club was established in Vancouver: 1915
Year the Vancouver government unveiled plans to demolish Strathcona homes for urban renewal: 1958
The percentage of Strathcona’s population at that time who were of Chinese heritage: 50%
Year Phase I of the Strathcona redevelopment plan began: 1960
Estimated number of people displaced: 860
Year Mary Lee Chan started protesting against Strathcona demolition: 1968
Number of Chinese-speaking population in Strathcona in the 1960s: 4,768
The number of jobs Mary Lee Chan was working while protesting: 3
The number of acres bulldozed: 30
The age Mary Lee Chan started participating in activism in Chinatown: 43
The percentage of today’s population in Strathcona that is Chinese Canadian: 43%
The year Mary Lee Chan passed away: 2002
The year the City of Vancouver developed the Chinatown Revitalization Plan: 2002
image: graffiti mural of mary lee chan on beatty street
by local vancouver artist vince dumoulin.
photo: kristin cheung
ricepapermagazine.ca
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