Tecumseh Elementary’s Anti-Racism Committee decided to embark on a project to celebrate the life and legacy of Vivian Jung, the first teacher of Chinese descent to be hired by the Vancouver School Board in 1950. […]
The Vivian Jung Mural Celebration
At long last, the Vivian Jung Mural is complete, ready for installation in the main-floor hallway of our school, and awaiting our celebration of this legacy project! There will be a special Presentation Assembly for[…]
Meet Our Mural Artists!
All the way back in the fall of 2023, the Vivian Jung Project committee started their search for an artist that could help Tecumseh bring Vivian’s story to life through a mural. We found Janet[…]
Mural Project Phase 1: Tecumseh Gets Involved!
The Vivian Jung Project Committee (Tilia Prior, Marion Collins, Yvonne Hunt, and Tom Larson) has been working on the Vivian Jung project since the spring of 2023 when they started to lay the foundation for[…]
Thank you, supporters!
A new school year started with brilliant news from Artstarts that our grant application for the Vivian Jung mural was approved! We are just thrilled about this as it gives us the green light to[…]
Ode to Vivian Jung: A Collaborative Poetry Video
In June, at Tecumseh’s year-end recognition assembly where the first ever Vivian Jung Award was given to grade 6 student, Nikita Lau, “Ode to Vivian Jung,” a short poetry video, was shown to an audience[…]
Splash! Poetry Book Fundraiser
In the year that Vivian Jung would have turned 100, three classes at Tecumseh Elementary have worked together, with the help of Vancouver’s Poet Laureate, Fiona Tinwei Lam, and Tecumseh AIRS artist-in-residence, Julie McIntyre, to[…]
In the Media: Project Articles & Interviews
Rice Paper Magazine article: “Poems Inspired by Vivian Jung” The Tyee article: “Meet Vivian Jung” by Fiona Tinwei Lam CBC Radio: North by Northwest interview with Margaret Gallagher CBC article: “Vancouver students honour barrier-breaking teacher[…]