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Lily Chow
| She was born in Malaysia but immigrated to Canada in 1967. She
is married to a supportive husband with three grown children and
a beautiful grandson. She has taught in Prince George Secondary
School and in the University of Northern British Columbia. 15
years ago she began research and writing about the Chinese Canadian
history in the interior of British Columbia. Her publications
include Sojourners in the North, Chasing Their Dreams and Legends
of Four Chinese Sages, and numerous articles related to Chinese
culture for magazines and local newspapers. Sojourners in the
North has won the Jeanne Clarke Memorial Local History Award,
Prince George. In 2002 she received the Golden Jubilee Medal from
her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to the Chinese
Canadian history.
Her latest works include two
short stories A Princess in a White Jade Jar and The Land of Offices,
and two essays Barkerville and Its Chinese Canadian History (in
Chinese) and Intermarriage between The First Nations and Early
Chinese Immigrants.
In recent years she had travelled
to other provinces and China to present papers on topics related
to Chinese Canadian history to First Nations University (Saskatchewan),
Peking University, Liaoning University, Hebei University, Shijiazhaung
Normal University, Zhong Shan University. She also had participated
symposia on Aboriginal Education in Vancouver and Canadian Studies
in Shandong University.
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