Thank you, Victor, for your comment and kind support, It is only with the support from the Chinese Canadian communities that this important archive project will come achieve its potential. We very much appreciate all those who have generously donated their family materials to the archive so we can preserve the material and make it available to future generations.

Hi Stanley, thank you for writing and for your kind words. We are committed to have the donated archival materials preserved, described and made available. Will keep you posted through our blog.

Hi Guikang, thank you for your kind words. I agree, it's impossible to tell the history of Toronto, and to the larger extent, Canada, without telling the history of the Chinese Canadians. We are very fortunate to have the support from you and the community to help move this project

Hi Marie, thank you for reading the blog post and your comments. It is important to document the history of the Chinese Canadians to make complete the history of Toronto. I'm very fortunate to have the opportunity to be part of this important project.

Thank you, Shel, for your comments. We are committed to make our Chinese Canadian Archive material available to the public. We will continue to keep everyone posted through our future blog posts.

Thank you, Lorraine, for the comments. Agreed. What better way to honour the contributions made by past generations than to preserve their memories and make them available to future generations.

Thanks, Guikang, for reading and commenting. We hope to build a holistic picture representing the long and rich history of the Chinese community. We appreciate your support.

Thank you, Arnold, for your comments and for your support of TPL’s Chinese Canadian archive project. We depend on community support and donation of materials so, if possible, please let people know about the project through your social media or other connections.

Thanks, Casey, for reading the post and your positive feedback.

Hi Jennifer, thank you for your message. I feel for your son as I have profound hearing loss since I was one year old but was not aware of my hearing problems until late 20s. In retrospect, what helped me the most was to discover that I had hearing loss and proceeded to seeking professional help from there on. I've benefited from attending communication strategies classes(offered by Canadian Hearing Society) and speech therapy lessons. Through my classes, I regained my confidence and stopped feeling guilty when I couldn't hear when people talked to me. I also learned to be assertive but not aggressive. I'm still coping with my hearing loss but I am more confident as I practising my communication strategies each day. All the best with your son.

Thanks very much for writing. Trying to carry on a decent conversation for someone with hearing loss can be quite a challenge. We often pretend to hear and there can be a lot of emotion including frustration, resignation, anger and, not least of all, low self-esteem. I recently attended an eight-week course at Canadian Hearing Society on communication strategies for people with hearing loss and I found it helped me a great deal. I’ve learned to be more assertive to tell people that I have a hearing loss and ask that they speak clearly to me. When I can't hear, instead of asking people to repeat the whole sentence, I learned to be more specific about what I have heard and what missed. For example, instead of telling the person “I couldn’t hear you”. I now will say “you said that we would meet after work, would you repeat where?” In addition to the communication strategies, I also learned about types of hearing loss and some basics of speech reading. A family member can also sit in on the classes. If you are interested, check out the CHS website http://www.chs.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=205&Itemid=216&lang=en