Day's Lee

Day’s Lee is an author and documentary filmmaker. She produced, directed and wrote the documentary about her family’s Chinese-Canadian restaurant entitled MEET AND EAT AT LEE'S GARDEN which was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in 2022. As an author, Lee writes stories about the Chinese-Canadian community. She has published the children’s picture book THE FRAGRANT GARDEN, a short story collection, THE RED PAGODA AND OTHER STORIES and a young adult novel GUITAR PICKS AND CHOPSTICKS.

Growing up in Montreal, she realized that her parents’ generation didn’t have a voice. Language and cultural barriers prevented them from telling their stories of life, loss and disappointment. Lee’s passion is to share their stories and a history that is slowly fading from the public’s memory.