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- 1990 - 2005 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
46.7 cm of textual records (55 folders)
162 photographs
42 strips of negatives
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Name of creator
Administrative history
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library (利銘澤典宬), officially launched on March 6, 2008, is the successor of the Canada-Hong Kong Resource Centre (加港文獻館). CHKRC was established in November 8, 1994 to house the data and reference materials collected by the Canada-Hong Kong Resource Project (加港研究計劃). Initially operating under the Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies (JCAPS), the Resource Centre became a part of the University of Toronto Libraries as JCAPS dissolved and transitioned to the York Centre for Asian Research. The Resource Centre first relocated to Room 8001 in the John F. Robarts Library [in 2003]. Following a generous endowment by hon. Vivienne Poy, it became the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, opening in its current location on March 6, 2008. It was supervised by founding Director Jack Leong (梁恒達) between 2007 to 2020 and second director Maria Lau (劉麗芝) from 2022.
The Library inherited the Canada-Hong Kong Project database and had collected extensively on materials related to the history and culture of Hong Kong. It provides resources and space to accommodate the continuous growth of research interest in Hong Kong and its relation to Canada. Its holding includes over 40,000 books, 5000 periodicles, and archival materials, making it the largest research library of its kind outside of Hong Kong.
Archival history
Records in the sous-fonds Canada-Hong Kong Resource Centre (CHKL01-01) were created and kept by staff working in the institution, primarily its first coordinator Peter Yeung. As the Centre became a member of University of Toronto Libraries and moved into 8th floor of the Robarts Library, its records were also brought together to the new location, in which they were kept until now. The records that were arranged and described were all found at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library's storage.
For records of Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Kong Library, they are all created and maintained by our staff during the functions of the library. The records come into the archives as part of internal transfer.
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Scope and content
This archives contains the textual and photographic memories of the institutional history of the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library. Records available now are those related to the Canada-Hong Kong Resource Centre. In four series, the the records document the administration, operation, collection developmentl, and location move of The centre.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Further accurals are expected from internal transfer.
System of arrangement
The top-level of this archives are arranged according to provenance, and subsequent series according to the key functions of the institution.
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Open for use by appointment.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
CHKL01-01 AtoM records created March 07, 2026 — Jason Kahei Wong (Archivist).