Yee also attend Mon Keang Chinese School, where he studied Cantonese. In 1951, four years after the Government of Canada repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act, Yee’s mother, Gum May Yee (1914-1958), immigrated to Canada to join Gordon Yee in Naicam, Saskatchewan, where he ran a café.įollowing the deaths of Paul Yee’s parents, Yee’s mother’s brother Foon Wong (1894-1969) and Wong’s wife Lillian Ho Wong (1895-1985) adopted Yee and his elder brother Vernon and brought them up in Vancouver, British Columbia.Īs a child and young adult, Yee attended Lord Strathcona Elementary School and Britannia Secondary School, from which he graduated in 1974. His father, Gordon Yee (1905-1957), emigrated from China to Canada in 1922. Paul Yee, a Canadian writer and historian, was born in Spalding, Saskatchewan, in 1956. Anti-Chinese racist graffiti at University of British Columbia Main Library washroom.

Anthony Chung, Evelyn Wong with Louie Phillips.Andrea Eng being interviewed at Vancouver Co-op Radio.An unidentified young woman walking with the aid of crutches.Adult students going over English-language exercises.A Pender Guy volunteer at the Vancouver Co-op radio station.A Pender Guy volunteer at an on-air broadcast from Strathcona Community Centre.A female colleague of Paul Yee's standing by a sign at the Saltwater City exhibit.A colleague of Paul Yee's standing by a sign at the Saltwater City exhibit.A Chinese Freemason waiting for the Habitat Chinatown parade to begin.200 block East Pender Street, looking west.100 block East Pender Street, north side.

The Curses of Third Uncle by Paul Yee