Victoria News, December 07, 2012

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UVic historian reconstructs a life covered up Trailblazing missionary doctor being honoured in China, Victoria Roszan Holmen News staff

As a medical missionary in China, she touched the lives of thousands. Victoria Chung – named for her hometown – was honoured in that country as a national hero of culture. And yet her accomplishments overseas may not have been recounted on this side of the Pacific, had a single news clipping from 1929 not caught the attention of historian John Price. “It announced the upcoming visit of Victoria Chung to Peterborough, where she was going to be talking about China,” said Price, an associate professor of history at the University of Victoria. In the Toronto Star article, Chung dismissed questions from the reporter about her experiences. But it was enough to spark Price’s interest. For the past four years, he and fellow researcher Ningping Yu have scoured records and recollections of Chung, both in Canada and China, trying to reconstruct her life. “I began from scratch – where she had gone, where she had worked. We made contact with the hospital in Jiangmen in the process of recovering her memory,” Price said. To date, he’s established a solid account of her education and career. His bigger challenge is painting a picture of her personality and personal life. “Were trying to piece it together,” Price said. “We don’t have access to her personal papers, so we really don’t know.” Q Q Q Born Toy Mea Cheung in 1897, Victoria was the daughter of one of few Chinese women from that era who ventured to the B.C. capital. PLEASE SEE: Vic High grad, Page A4

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Esquimalt High grad Julian Lecky-Harris, back to hone his cooking skills, offers up cookies in the school kitchen. Culinary arts students run the cafeteria and feed classmates four days a week.

COOKING UP A CAREER Esquimalt High’s culinary arts class gets a boost from red seal chef Daniel Palmer News staff

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ulian Lecky-Harris is doing something his fellow graduates might call crazy. He went back to high school. By choice. But the former Esquimalt High student, now 19, isn’t trying to raise his marks or make up any classes. Instead, he’s helping to revitalize the school’s culinary arts career program after it gave him the

motivation and necessary skills to pursue his passion. “I figured what better way to help the program than to help the students who haven’t done it before,” said Lecky-Harris, who also works part time at Moon over Water brewpub. “I also wanted the reference for college,” he added, laughing. That reference, from Esquimalt instructor and red seal chef Brandon Aris, got Lecky-Harris into the culinary arts program Camosun

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College. He starts in January. It’s just one success story of a program Lecky-Harris said has sometimes been labeled as a “dumping ground for students who aren’t doing well.” The stereotype is brushed aside by Aris, who took over the culinary arts program last January, and brings with him nearly 20 years experience in the field. PLEASE SEE: Cooking trade promoted, Page A10

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