alumNIGHTS at the Chinese Canadian Museum

Fred Lee (BA’88) is the senior director of Alumni Engagement at alumni UBC. His team leads efforts to increase engagement and build influence among UBC’s community of more than 60,000 students on two campuses, and 380,000 global alumni in more than 140 countries. The Development and Alumni Engagement portfolio launched FORWARD, the campaign for UBC, which aspires to raise over $3 billion in philanthropic support and has engaged more than 150,000 alumni. He also serves on many committees, including UBC’s CampOUT program for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth. In 2020, he received the UBC President’s Staff Award for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Catherine Clement is a community historian. She developed, curated, and designed The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act. Previously, she was best known for her 10-year search uncovering the hidden works of Yucho Chow, Vancouver’s first and most prolific Chinese photographer. In addition to a 2019 exhibition and archive, her book, Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow, received the 2020 BC Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing and the 2020 Vancouver Book Award. The UBC Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC) supported her on both projects.

Naomi Louie (BA’19, MA’23) is a recent Master of Arts graduate from UBC’s Department of History. Her research focuses on North American immigration history. Over the last two years, she worked as a curatorial assistant on the Paper Trail Project, helping to collect and process Chinese Exclusion Act certificates. She also wrote stories to be featured in the exhibition. Currently, she is continuing her work on the Paper Trail project at the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver’s Chinatown. She also works as a researcher for the City of Burnaby to facilitate reconciliation with Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community.

Victoria So is a second-generation settler on the unceded territories of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. She is majoring in History and minoring in Asian Area Studies at UBC. With familial roots in the Poon Yue (番禺) district in Guangdong, China, she learned about the importance of culturally-relevant storytelling and accessible learning from her cultural heritage. While her studies allow her to consider how history can be represented in different spheres, her passion in history and storytelling is rooted in family discussions and stories from elders.