In the years of 1980’s-1990’s, making the move to immigrate from Hong Kong to Canada was a journey that many experienced, including my parents, who immigrated in 1992. With my brother and I born and raised in Canada, there are sure to be differences, not only the inevitable generational differences, but in the forms of social, cultural, and economical differences as well. This exploration examines these differences between my life as a first-generation child, alongside my brother’s, to my parents’ lives as first-generation immigrants through personal interviews that investigate an in-depth understanding of their immigration journey. With the common-ground of the term “first-generation”, this analysis will look at how culture and tradition is carried on through a generation past an immigrated experience.

In the years of 1980’s-1990’s, making the move to immigrate from Hong Kong to Canada was a journey that many experienced, including my parents, who immigrated in 1992. With my brother and I born and raised in Canada, there are sure to be differences, not only the inevitable generational differences, but in the forms of social, cultural, and economical differences as well. This exploration examines these differences between my life as a first-generation child, alongside my brother’s, to my parents’ lives as first-generation immigrants through personal interviews that investigate an in-depth understanding of their immigration journey. With the common-ground of the term “first-generation”, this analysis will look at how culture and tradition is carried on through a generation past an immigrated experience.

The conversations I had with my family in my interviews helped lead me to the creation of these cards that is all about being transparent and honest with your family members. It is an opportunity for these families like mine, to understand one another better, and to learn and accept each others' generational differences along their separate journeys

The conversations I had with my family in my interviews helped lead me to the creation of these cards that is all about being transparent and honest with your family members. It is an opportunity for these families like mine, to understand one another better, and to learn and accept each others' generational differences along their separate journeys

With the entirety of the project being surrounded about honesty and transparency with family, I wanted to incorporate that into the mediums I used. Throughout the publication, I printed certain pages (the large-scaled quote pages) on vellum sheets, to keep display vulnerability and transparency in these quotations and interview excerpts. To carry on the concept of transparency into the cards, I chose to print them onto a thicker medium that is completely transparent, unlike the vellum from the book, which would have been flimsy and weak.

With the entirety of the project being surrounded about honesty and transparency with family, I wanted to incorporate that into the mediums I used. Throughout the publication, I printed certain pages (the large-scaled quote pages) on vellum sheets, to keep display vulnerability and transparency in these quotations and interview excerpts. To carry on the concept of transparency into the cards, I chose to print them onto a thicker medium that is completely transparent, unlike the vellum from the book, which would have been flimsy and weak.