Canada-Hong Kong Resource Centre

• 加港文獻館

• CHKRC

The Canada-Hong Kong Resource Centre (加港文獻館) (CHKRC) began as a joint facility of University of Toronto and York University, operating under the Canada and Hong Kong Project (加港研究計劃) of the Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies (JCAPS). The project was initiated in 1990 by Diana Lary and co-directed by Bernard Luk. By a grant from the Donner Canadian Foundation to York University, the project is able to conduct a longitudinal study of the impact of the Hong Kong migration to Canada and the process of acculuration of Hong Kong immigrants. In light of Hong Kong reunification to China after 150 years of free enterprise, it also collected and provided information to the public on the unfolding situation.

Establishment of the CHKRC in 1994 marked the completion of phase 1 of the project, when over 40,000 volumes of monographs, periodicalsand 780 reels of microfilm had been collected. Thanks to a set-up grant from the Hong Kong Bank of Canada (HSBC), a physical location in 1 Spadina Crescent officialy launched on 1994-11-08. It incorporated the database created in Phase 1 and provided a venue for research into Hong Kong, its citizens and immigrants in Canada. With Peter Yeung appointed Coordinator of the CHKRC, collecting efforts developed exponentially. Holdings at the CHKRC soon outgrew the space in 1 Spadina Crescent. In 2001-02-01, CHKRC moved into the new location in Munk Centre for International Studies. The space was named Ming Chak Hin" (銘澤軒) to honour the father of Hon. Vivienne Poy, who pledged a generous donation.

In 2002, the University of Toronto and York University ended 29 years of collaboration at the Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies. JCAPS transitioned to the York Centre for Asian Research and the Canada-Hong Kong Resource Centre was incorporated into the University of Toronto Libraries. It temporarily moved to Room 8001 in the John F. Robarts Library around 2003. With an additional endowment from Hon. Vivienne Poy, CHKRC offically became the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library (利銘澤典宬) on March 6, 2008 and relocated to its current location opposite Room 8001 on 8th floor of the John F. Robarts Library.

Room 111, 1 Spadina Crescent, Toronto (1994-11-08 - 2001-02-01)

Ming Chak Hin, Room 006N, Munk Centre for International Studies, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto (2001-02-01 - [2003])

Room 8001, John F. Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Toronto ([2003 - 2008-03-06])

Created February 28, 2026 — Jason Kahei Wong (Archivist).