By John Mackie, on November 2nd, 2017
Chinatown is a designated heritage district at all three levels of government — municipal, provincial and federal.
Now the city wants to make it a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
“There are literally hundreds and hundreds of these designated sites all over the world,” said UBC history professor Henry Yu. “In essence the designation recognizes that this spot is important and significant, basically in human history.”
Yu is part of an advisory committee that has worked on the city’s “Historical Discrimination Against Chinese People in Vancouver” initiative.
It recommended that Vancouver issue a formal apology for discrimination among Chinese-Canadians. Council agreed this week, and will acknowledge “past legislation, regulations and policies” of old Vancouver councils towards Chinese residents.
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