[BCMA] Royal BC Museum Curator Appointed to Board to Protect Canada's Cultural Heritage

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

*May 11, 2021*

*Royal BC Museum Curator of History Appointed to *

*the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board*





*VICTORIA, BC*—Today, Dr. Tzu-I Chung, Royal BC Museum Curator of History,
was appointed to the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board
(CCPERB) on the recommendation of the Honourable Steven Guilbeault,
Minister of Canadian Heritage.



An independent, quasi-judicial, expert-led administrative tribunal, CCPERB
helps to ensure Canada's cultural property is protected, preserved, and
accessible. CCPERB provides accountability and support to the institutions
and individuals who create, acquire, and engage in the exchange of cultural
property.

CCPERB’s oversight helps build and maintain Canada’s artistic, historic and
scientific heritage.

Dr. Chung is a cultural and social historian, specializing in the study of
transnational migration within the context of historical, cultural and
economic interactions between North America and Asia-Pacific.

Since joining the Royal BC Museum in 2011, Dr. Chung’s curatorial research
has focused on working closely with BC’s diverse communities on their
history, cultural heritage and global connections. She has led, facilitated
and participated in significant community heritage projects with diverse
community leaders, activists, historians, artists, educators and others.

The result of this collaboration is a host of award-winning community
partnership initiatives, like the Chinese Canadian Legacy Project
<https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/about/explore/centre-arrivals/chinese-canadian-history-british-columbia>
, Punjabi Canadian Legacy Project
<https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/about/explore/centre-arrivals/punjabi-intercultural-history-project>
and the Centre of Arrivals Project
<https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/collections/research/research-project-profiles/centre-arrivals-creating-culturally-democratic-museum>
.

“This moment in time, more than any other in memory, is critical in
determining how we will move forward as a country,” says Dr. Brandt Louie,
the President and CEO of H.Y. Louie Co. Limited, and a Chinese Canadian
community leader. “It is important that BC’s diverse community experiences
are represented on the national stage.”

“Dr. Chung’s appointment to this federal board is a worthy recognition of
her expertise of BC’s minority community heritage, which is key to our
understanding of Canadian national history and culture,” says Dr. Satwinder
Bains, the Director of the South Asian Canadian Studies Institute at the
University of the Fraser Valley, a prominent community leader and a
long-term institutional partner.

Dr. Chung received her PhD from the University of Arizona, where she
studied political economy, critical race theories, representation in the
arts, media and culture, and comparative cultural and social history.

For more information about Dr. Chung, visit
staff.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/author/rbcm_tchung/. For more information about
CCPERB, visit ccperb-cceebc.gc.ca/en/index-en.html.

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*About the Royal BC Museum:  *The Royal BC Museum explores the province’s
human history and natural history, advances new knowledge and understanding
of BC, and provides a dynamic forum for discussion and a place for
reflection. The museum and archives celebrate culture and history, telling
the stories of BC in ways that enlighten, stimulate and inspire. Located in
Victoria on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen (Songhees and
Xwsepsum Nations), we are a hub of community connections in BC–onsite,
offsite and online–taking pride in our collective histories.



*Media contact:*

news at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca



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