Bill Chu was invited to the official opening of the newly built New Westminster Secondary School October 14. That might seem unusual, because the Christian activist is a retired engineer who lives in Richmond. But Chu was a key player…
More than 500 people gathered Sunday afternoon (June 16) to take part in a prayer rally for Hong Kong outside the Chinese Consulate on Granville Street. Organizers describe themselves as “a group of Christians in Vancouver who are concerned about…
Friends and supporters joined Bill Chu recently at the Gingeri Restaurant in Richmond’s Lansdowne Centre to celebrate 30 years of activism with Canadians for Reconciliation Society (CFRS) – and his 70th birthday. Enjoying the multi-course meal with him were co-labourers…
Joannie Fu and Vinson Shih are in the midst of final exams at the University of Toronto, but their minds are still on Richmond, where they grew up. In particular, they are with the homeless people who will benefit from…
Renowned glass artist Sarah Hall has been chosen to create a 30-metre tower of steel, the top 18 metres of which will be clad with stained glass, on the property of Christ Church Cathedral at the corner of Burrard and…
Reprinted with permission from TheTyee.ca. Forty-eight of us are standing on the banks of the Fraser River at the Lytton ferry under a hot September sun. We’ve just been told that the bus we were supposed to take to the…
We live in the shadow of a colonial era, a time when according to the European Doctrine of Discovery, any lands not occupied by white Christians were free for the taking. The complicity of the church began with the epic…
Bill Chu has been active for many years on a number of social justice issues – including opposition to gambling, support for aboriginal rights and stressing the importance of recognizing historic injustices to the Chinese community. Following are two current…