FONDATION JIA FOUNDATION MONTREAL

JIA Foundation is a registered non-profit organization in Québec offering pathways for people to connect with Montréal’s Chinatown in meaningful ways and explore their sense of belonging in this space. Its mission is to protect and promote the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of Montréal’s Chinatown by creating projects that activate public spaces and significant historic buildings through storytelling and intergenerational exchange, as well as to develop expertise and tools that the community can use to map out and advocate for its future. JIA Foundation aims to work with the existing community to ensure Chinatown’s history and stories are celebrated and not forgotten, and to facilitate equitable development in the ever-evolving Montréal Chinatown in ways that are inclusive, culturally competent and for the community’s needs and benefit.