We had to start the story at the beginning, and we mean the very beginning. Our research team dove deep into Chinese-Canadian historical documents to trace Bob’s lineage back to China. The final capstone was detailing Bob’s transformative work at the University of British Columbia, where his values helped him conceive of a revolutionary property trust that has endowed the university with over $1 billion.

Our Art Director took inspiration from Chinese textiles at UBC’s Museum of Anthropology, incorporating them as textures in the book’s sidebars and opening spreads. Archive photos capturing the Chinese immigrant experience in Canada accompanied images from the Lee family collection.