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LILY SIEW SAN CHOW
Education
Employment History
Professional Involvements
Publications
Awards and Grants
Community Involvements
Memberships
Service Available
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Conducting Choir
Prince George 2004
Former Hudson Bay Post,
Manson Creek 1995
Former Chinese Freemason Building,
Quensel Forks 1995
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Education:
1985 Master of Education: Curriculum Development, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
1975 Bachelor of Education, University of British Columbia, B. C.
1963 Specialist Teachers Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1960 Zhong Hua Zhong Xue, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Professional Employment:
Current Freelance researcher and writer.
2003 Fraser Fort George Museum researcher
1999-2000 Canada Immigration and Citizenship Interpreter and Translator
1996-1998 Chinese Language Instructor in the University of Northern British Columbia
1986-1993 Chinese Language teacher in School District 57, BC
1967-1993 Senior biology teacher in School District 57, BC
1964-1968 Part-time lecturer in St. John Teachers Training Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1964-1968 Biology teacher in Vivkanada Secondary School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Professional Involvement:
(I) as a speaker
To share various aspects of Chinese Canadians history and their cultures with:
(a) Members of Chambers of Commerce, Prince George, (March 3, 2004).
(b) The students and faculty members in the Foreign Language School, Zhong Shan University, Guangdong, China (November 2002).
(c) The students and faculty members in the History Department, Beijing University and the Liaoning University in China, Shenyang Guanya Language School. (November, 2001).
(d) Visitors of the Vancouver Science World and members of Manitoba Chinese Historical Society, Winnipeg, Manitoba (June 2001).
(e) Members of the Terrace Multicultural Society, BC. (April, 2001).
(f)The students and faculty members in International Studies, UNBC (October 2000)
(g) Members of China-Canada Friendship Association, Victoria, (July 1999).
(h) Book Clubs in Langley, Pitt Meadow and Lower Fraser (1998) Panellist in the Annual Conference of the National Association for Asian & Pacific American Education (April, 1998)
(ii) as Language Instructor
1996 Developed and implemented the Chinese Mandarin Courses for the University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC.
1991-1993 Evaluator of Chinese Resource Books for the Ministry of Education, Victoria, BC
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Publications:
(I) Books
Chasing Their Dreams,
Caitlin Press, Prince George, December 2000.
Sojourners in the North,
Caitlin Press, Prince George, 1996.
(ii) Articles
Lantern Festival now Chinese Valentine's Day,
The Prince George Citizen, January 17, 2004, p. 13
Who Was First?
The Prince George Citizen, February 20, 2001
Essington: The Chinese Employees in Fish Canneries,
- BC History News, spring, 2001
Where is Fusang?
Rice Paper: A National Asian Magazine, Vol 5. No 6, Fall 2000
First Person Singular,
CBC Radio Toronto, read and broadcast in February and May, 2000
The Chinese Veterans,
The Prince George Citizen, November 1997
Completed manuscripts for publisher(s):
A collection of short stories focussing on the lives of Chinese Canadians.
Manuscripts in preparation:
The Chinese Coolies detained in William Head Quarantine Station 1917 -1918
The Chinese Canadian history in the Okanagan and Kootenay
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Awards & Grants.
Canadian Heritage Research Grant, 2003, for collecting and reporting the Canadian Chinese history in Prince George.
Gold Medal from Queen Elizabeth II for documenting the Chinese Canadian history in the interior of British Columbia, 2002 November
Canadian Heritage Writing & Research Grant, 1997, for writing
Chasing Their Dreams.
Canadian Heritage Writing & Research Grant, 1994, for writing
Sojourners in the North.
The Jeanne Clarke Memorial Local History Award, Prince George Public Library, 1997.
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Community involvement:
Current Board member of the Barkerville Heritage Trust, BC
Current ambassador of the Initiatives of Prince George, BC
2002-2005 Committee member of the Mayor and City Council Intercultural Committee; Winter Cities, 2010, Prince George.
Current Honorary President of the Chinese Benevolent Association, Prince George, BC
2000-2001 Chairperson of the Prince George Chinese Heritage Preservation Committee
October, 2000 Interpreter and volunteer for the Northern Circumpole Mayors Conference in Prince George, BC
1999-2000 Interpreter of CIC Refugee Board
May-July 1999 Cultural Liaison of the Kelowna Dragon Boat Festival.
1998 Translator and volunteer for the Winter Cities Conference in Prince George, BC.
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Membership:
Member of Barkerville Heritage Trust.
Member of the Initiatives of Prince George
British Columbia Teacher Federation.
Prince George District Retired Teacher Association
British Columbia College of Teachers
UVic Alumni Association, Victoria
UBC Alumni Association, Vancouver.
Chinese Benevolent Association, Prince George
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Services Available:
1. Translation and Interpretation from English to Chinese and vice versa.
2. Story Telling about Chinese Legends, festivals and ettquites.
3. presentations of Chinese Canadians History in the interior of British Columbia
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E-mail: siewsanlily@gmail.com
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