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Arlene Chan (Chinese: 陳林瑞玲; born in Toronto, Ontario; third generation Chinese Canadian) is a writer and retired librarian. Chan has published non-fiction works for children, young adults, and adults on Chinese festivals, dragon boat racing, and the Chinese in Canada. She is currently working on | Arlene Chan (Chinese: 陳林瑞玲; born in Toronto, Ontario; third generation Chinese Canadian) is a writer and retired librarian. Chan has published non-fiction works for children, young adults, and adults on Chinese festivals, dragon boat racing, and the Chinese in Canada. She is currently working on a book about the head tax and Chinese Exclusion Act that will be published in 2013 by James Lorimer Publishing. | ||
An avid dragon boater and gold-medal member of the Canadian National Women’s Dragon Boat Team, she lives, writes, and paddles in Toronto. She is the daughter of Jean Lumb, the first Chinese Canadian woman to receive the Order of Canada. | An avid dragon boater and gold-medal member of the Canadian National Women’s Dragon Boat Team, she lives, writes, and paddles in Toronto. She is the daughter of Jean Lumb, the first Chinese Canadian woman to receive the Order of Canada. | ||
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Bibliography | Bibliography | ||
Awakening the Dragon: The Dragon Boat Festival. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2004. | Awakening the Dragon: The Dragon Boat Festival. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2004. | ||
The Chinese Community in Toronto: Then and Now. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2013. | |||
The Chinese in Toronto from 1878: From Outside to Inside the Circle. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2011. | The Chinese in Toronto from 1878: From Outside to Inside the Circle. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2011. | ||