Chinatown: Where is the Future? 唐人街：何去何從

Short Film Screening + Panel Discussion + Big Group Open Discussion (+ FREE warm food!)
短片放映 + 製片人討論 + 大組討論（+免費熱食！）
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你去过溫哥華的唐人街嗎？你對它有什麼印象： 老一代移民的居住地？傳統文化的傳承地？到此一遊的文化符號？甚至是毒品氾濫、入夜不安全的無家可歸者的聚集地？
Have you been to the Chinatown in Vancouver? What are your impressions of it: residence of senior Chinese immigrants? A place of cultural heritage? A tourist site infused with cultural icons? Or even a haven for homelessness and drug abuses?

你知道最近市政府準備通過一項頗具爭議性的唐人街改造計劃，允許高層商品房和高端商業進駐該街區，而可能因此使原本居住在此的老年人無力支付更高的生活成本、并可能破壞唐人街的文化內涵嗎？
Do you know the City of Vancouver is advancing a controversial proposal to allow for high-rise condos and high-end retail businesses to enter Chinatown, potentially making life expenses unaffordable for the seniors living here, and potentially damage the cultural heritage of this place?
(A relevant read 參見報道: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-chinatown-revitalization-open-house-housing-heritage-concerns-1.3967774)

無論你是來自世界上哪一個華人地區，在過去二十年裡，你一定也見證過文化保護與城市發展間的劇烈衝突，也見證過城市急速發展中生活成本的飛漲。對於這些衝突和爭議，你有什麼看法？你認為站在十字路口的溫哥華唐人街，應當何去何從？
Regardless of where you are from, in the past 20 years, you must have also witnessed the clash between heritage preservation and urban development, and the hiking of life expenses alongside rapid urbanization. What’s your view on these clashes and controversies? What do you think the future of Vancouver Chinatown shall be?

Date and Time 日期與時間: Wednesday, March 8th, 6:00-8:30 pm
Location 地點: C. K. Choi Building Room 120 (1855 West Mall)
The event is FREE and open to all. 活動免費，歡迎所有人來參加。

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This event will start with a short movie screening:
熱土 No Stone Unturned
Directed by Eliot Galán
Produced by Chanel Ly
Music by JOOJ
http://savechinatownheritage.org/熱土-no-stone-unturned/

Guest Speaker:
Chanely Ly is a Chinese Seniors Outreach Worker in the Downtown Eastside and connect seniors to support services. She is an educator, facilitator, community organizer for housing justice. She helped organize UNTOLD STORIES: voices of Chinatown seniors, which was a public conversation covering how seniors in Chinatown are affected by the changing neighbourhood. Chanel moderated the conversation and illuminated how Chinese seniors are impacted socially, culturally, and economically.
(source: Amber Ho)

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This event is in collaboration with Youth for Chinese Seniors 青年長者合作組 (https://dtescollaborative.org/programs/youth-for-chinese-seniors-project) and Project You, a translation service/aid service for seniors in the Downtown Eastside.
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【關於對話】
UBC對話成立於2014年，是一個完全由學生主導的社團。無論你是來自陸、港、澳、台、加、東南亞或是其他國家或地區，也無論你的身份認同為何，只要你對分享或傾聽有關「華人」話題的討論有興趣，我們都歡迎你來參與我們的活動，並在活動中和來自不同背景的朋友建立友誼，擦出思想的火花。
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