京士顿区华人协会(CCAKD)成立于一九七九年,是这座城市最早的华人社区组织之一。
四十多年来,我们办春节晚会,办中文学校,接收越南难民, 为本地医院和社区捐款捐物。但我们一直没有时间,认真坐下来听老一辈把他们的故事完整讲一遍。
二〇二六年,我们开始做这件事——从两位 1952 年抵达金斯顿的台山籍长者,李锡光先生与李钦贤先生,开始记录。
We use a light-touch oral history method. Each interview is one to two
hours, in the language the speaker is most comfortable with — usually
Cantonese, Toishanese, Mandarin, or English. We record video when the
speaker agrees, audio when they don't, and transcribe in full.
We don't edit for "good television." If a speaker pauses for two minutes
to think, the pause stays in. The point is to listen the way a grandchild
would — slowly, and with no agenda.