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Asian Heritage Month: Home

May is Asian Heritage Month. This guide promotes resources for Asian and South Asian heritage.

VLC Databases

Canadian Encyclopedia
Search for Asian Heritage

Celebrating Asian Heritage in Canada
Canadian Encyclopedia

BookFLIX
Family and Community - "Sam and the Lucky Money" / "Chinese New Year"
Curio.ca - Sharpen Your Mind
Search "Chinese Canadians", "Japanese Canadians"
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
NFB Educational Playlists
Search "Asian Heritage"

Asian Heritage Month

Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Culture and Heritage
Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society
Includes calendar of events.
Asian Canada Month - Radio Canada International
Vancouver Public Library - Asian Canadian History
Research guides for Chinese-Canadian, Indo-Canadian, and Japanese-Canadian resources

VLC Subject Guides

Building of a Railroad
by Sheila Cornelisse Last Updated Dec 7, 2017 113 views this year
Grade 6: Social Studies
by Amanda Hickman Last Updated May 10, 2019 890 views this year
Grade 12 Canada: History, Identity,and Culture
by Mary Styles Last Updated Dec 7, 2017 682 views this year

Book Suggestions

13 Books for Kids that Celebrate All Things Asian - Brightly
Blog by Laura Lambert
The Children's Book Centre
Booklist: Asian Heritage Month
Toronto Publlic Library

Last Updated: May 7, 2019 10:45 AM
URL: https://vlc.ucdsb.ca/c.php?g=702582
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Subjects: Gr. 1-8 Social Studies, History, & Geography, Gr. 9-12 History

Tags: Asian, Chinese, heritage, Japanese