1924 - 2016
Bessie Lee Canadian Activist
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Details
| Birthday |
26th August, 1924
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| Birthplace |
(1924-08-26)August 26, 1924
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| Died |
22nd December, 2016
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| Place of Death |
Vancouver, British Columbia
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| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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| Nationality |
Canadian
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Bessie Lee (née Lum; August 26, 1924 – December 22, 2016) was a Chinese Canadian community organizer and civic activist in Vancouver's Strathcona and Chinatown neighbourhoods. She was a co-founder and long-time President of the Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association (SPOTA), which was instrumental in mobilizing several neighborhoods to work together to stop a freeway in the late 1960s that would have run through the heart of many of Vancouver's inner-city neighborhoods. Lee was also a founding member of the Britannia Community Centre and a board member of the Strathcona Community Centre. She won the BC Community Achievement Award in 2014.
