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Mon Keang School
Mon Keang School ( zh, t=文彊學校) is a Chinese school located inside the Wongs' Benevolent Association Building at 123A East Pender Street, in the Chinatown, Vancouver, Chinatown of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Classes have historically been taught in Cantonese, the Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige variety of Yue Chinese. History Mon Keang School was established on the third floor of the Wongs' Benevolent Association Building in 1925. Its objective was to teach Chinese cultural customs and the Cantonese, Cantonese language to Canadian-born children of Chinese descent. By 1937, Mon Keang was one of ten Chinese schools in Vancouver, with classes at these schools funded primarily by Chinese clan associations, the Tiandihui, Chinese Freemasons, and churches. Like other Chinese schools of the time, Mon Keang only offered elementary-level language classes until after World War II, when it became the first Chinese school to provide language classes at the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver, Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada#List, third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley Regional District, Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 people per square kilometre, and fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most Ethnic origins of people in Canada, ethnically and Languages of Canada, linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
