Letian Wang

樂天Letian（Let-yan), history student, settler on Coast Salish territory

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

Really enjoyed presenting my research on race, migration, and the making of a white settler society in BC at the World History Workshop today! Grateful to the organizers for the opportunity and to everyone who joined for the thoughtful questions and lively discussion!

[Cambridge World History Workshop @CambridgeWHW]

Join us today at 3pm for the first World History Workshop of Michaelmas 2026! We will kick off with dinosaurs, diplomacy and migration history, with more to come every Thursday through the term.

If you missed subscribing to our mailing list, DM us for the Zoom link!

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

Well, here he is—young Henry Mackin in 1909! For anyone familiar with the older Mackin who has watched over generations of visitors to Mackin House, this might be a bit of a surprise.

Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, vol. 29, no. 7 (April 1, 1909), 20.

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

When I was an undergradworking at Coquitlam Heritage/Mackin House, I often found myself staring at the portrait of Henry Mackin in his later years, hanging by the entrance to the washroom, and wondering what he might have looked when he just starting out at Fraser Mills.

[UTP Journals @utpjournals]

@DavidWa38713638 explores the imagined connections to China that Chinese Canadians actively engaged with as a source of hope to create a resource to help secure & strengthen their place in Canada while fighting for equal rights.

Read more: https://t.co/6F5bKSCwKq
@UBC_History

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

Much of what we take for granted today is the result of deliberate constructions made in the past

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

嗟往事，空萧索

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

往下扎根，向上结果

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

https://t.co/9D4Oi1zMIG

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

Same scene, different visual representations

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

A consistent pattern is that during economic downturns and periods of social strain, appeals to race and radicalization become the easiest and most accessible ways to explain complex problems. Anti-racism still has a long way to go

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

“你们要谨慎，免得被贪食、醉酒和今生的忧虑压住你们的心，那日子就忽然临到你们，
(路加福音 21:34 和合本2010)

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

It’s always interesting to see how historical and geographical approaches differ on the same topic.

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

@HRaleighspeaks @danzwku “Chinese” if necessary, but not necessarily “Chinese”

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

Transpacific Imaginary

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

Nearly 2 million Canadians are of Chinese descent, many with family and friends across the Pacific.

As we renew this relationship, China has committed to soon allowing Canadians to visit without a visa.

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

悠悠生死別經年，魂魄不曾來入夢

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

顺德醉鹅好

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

崩沙腩是极好吃的，须配些胡椒洋葱胡萝卜原汤煮，有奶香味

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

I am so excited to see Lok Tin Lee fond at UBC. I have had a strong interest on this figure since my MA research that come across Canadian KMT members, and even more so because we actually shared the same first name 樂天！

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

我也曾是个少年人

[Letian Wang @DavidWa38713638]

東安雞也是十分美味的，只是會吃的人少，會煮的人更少，可惜！