Steam Ship: University Of Victoria

Chinese Community Dept: After three weeks on the vessel, he arrived in British Columbia, eager to create a better life for his family in the land his Chinese community believed would offer a "world of opportunities," Wong said, according to Montreal Gazette. Wong, born and raised in Vancouver, moved to Shanghai to study Mandarin with a University of Victoria scholarship in 2005. She has not returned to Canada. "There are so many others like me," she said and in 1911, Joanna Wong's grandfather left behind his home and family in South China to board a steam ship for Canada. His small village had selected him as the best candidate to send to the thriving North American country, where he'd work to send money back to his relatives. So it's ironic, a century later, that 30-year-old Wong, a third-generation Canadian, has moved to China, where she says young Asian-Canadians and Americans are now seeking better jobs and higher salaries. As reported in the news.
@t joanna wong, montreal gazette