The late poet Jim Wong-Chu of Vancouver, who would have turned 72 on Thursday, was honoured with a Google Doodle. He worked as a poet, radio show host, photographer, activist and mentor to many Canadian writers and artists such as Madeline Thien and Wayson Choy. He helped found the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop in 1996 to create space for Asian-Canadian writers to flourish and challenge the dominant voices in the Canadian literary scene. Jim Wong-Chu worked as a poet, radio show host, photographer, activist and mentor to many Canadian writers and artists such as Madeline Thien and Wayson Choy. Wong-Chu's Google Doodle image, which was illustrated by San Francisco-based artist David Lu, puts the artist squarely in Vancouver's Chinatown.

Source: CBC News January 29, 2021 03:58 UTC