Dora Nipp

Dora Nipp, lawyer and ethnologist, with the Toronto skyline behind her. Nipp's project encourages tolerance and diversity by creating a museum featuring oral testimonies of immigrants in Canada. Toronto, Canada, 2004

More than half of the 3 million inhabitants of Toronto are foreign-born. Canada's Chinese immigrants are of special interest for Dora Nipp, a Canadian of Chinese descent. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Nipp (centre) joins the Multicultural History Society of Ontario team in front of the museum building. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Nipp assesses some of the 8,000 hours of recordings of interviews with Canadian immigrants that have been collected over 30 years. Thanks to Nipp's project, these oral testimonies are being digitised and used in an interactive setting. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Willy Nipp (fourth from left), Dora Nipp’s grand-father, who emigrated to Canada in 1881, worked like thousands of other Chinese labourers, on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Children visit "imagination stations" in the Oral History Museum created by Nipp, where they can listen to and relive the history of Canada's immigrants. The oral testimonies of over 60 ethnic groups represent a unique treasure. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Marg Ko (left) contributed to a photo exhibition in tribute to immigrants organized by Nipp (centre) and Valerie Mah. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Sunwah fruit market in Toronto’s Chinatown is a living reminder of Canada's ethnic origins. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Toronto's little India. Vibrant ethnic neighbourhoods are a hallmark of Toronto, where over 38% of residents identify themselves as immigrants. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Central Toronto has become a patchwork of ethnic neighbourhoods. Toronto, Canada, 2004

Chinese immigrants helped build the Pacific Railway, which unified the country’s vast spaces. Toronto, Canada, 2004