“Wah” is relatable to “wow” but so much more.
WAH is short for "We Are Here". Wah is an interjection to express amazement, admiration. It is an exclamation used in many Asian languages, not limited to Toisan, Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, as well as in Korea and India. 華 wah in the Chinese language is an adjective with several meanings, including:
Chinese
magnificent, splendid
WAHVoice, a place to:
Share our ReCollections
Listen, Hear Our Voices of the Past and Present
Keep and Preserve our Stories for the Future
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WHAT WE ARE DOINGPreserve heritage. For the future. For the people who come after us.
So that we are part of something continuous.
So the pasts don't really die.
So the community lives on.
Pass on knowledge from Elders to the youth so that new generations can inherit both intangible and tangible assets, the memories and preserve them. The project will support local and community needs to address erasure, displacement, and racism. Reclaiming, restoring and archiving the history is a start. The collection will be available to researchers and general public alike.
We need to act now before the assets are lost forever.
“I want to reclaim the narrative for the “man in the fedora,” for all the “bachelors” and the families that never were. The stories belong to us.”
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Contact us
The project acknowledges the support of the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program, The City of Calgary Archives, and Calgary Chinatown Development Foundation. Thank you for contributing to the preservation of the heritage of the Chinese community, for Calgary, Alberta, and Canada; for all of us.
Sincere gratitude to all the friends of heritage for making history together.
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