


How did Taiwan become their second home?
In the late 19th century, missionaries from Scotland and Canada travelled across the oceans to Taiwan, bringing evidence-based medicine inspired by the Scottish Enlightenment.
Together, they built the foundation of modern healthcare here. From Canada, George Leslie Mackay pioneered public health in the north, Dr. G. Gushue-Taylor established the Happy. of the Landsborough family served in Changhua for decades, alongside female pioneers like Marjorie Landsborough, Dr. Jean Landsborough, and Dr. Elizabeth Mumford.
They learned Taiwanese, trained local medical workers, and devoted their lives to this island—treating the people not as strangers, but as family. This exhibition traces these deep connections between Scotland, s exhibition traces these deep connections between Scotland, , bside. crossed oceans to take root.
Curator: Jay Hsu


The Changhua Christian Hospital Historical Museum is part of Changhua Christian Hospital. Originally established in 1998 as the Hospital History and Heritage Gallery, it was officially registered as a museum in 2020.
The museum's collection centres on the history of Changhua Christian Hospital and preserves significant artifacts, archival documents, and historical records related to the medical missionary work of the British Presbyterian Church in Taiwan related to the medical missionary work of the British Presbyterian Church in Taiwan sinceum the since, letrole the 更多history of faith, medicine, and local communities, while tracing the development of Western medicine, public health, nursing education, and social welfare in Taiwan.
The museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation, research, interpretation, and exhibition of medical heritage. It actively advances the preservation and study of Taiwan's medical and cultural history through educational programs. collections and research, the museum seeks to deepen public understanding of the history of Changhua Christian Hospital and the lasting contributions of British Presbyterian medical missions to Taiwan's healthcare, education, and social development.
台灣,是如何成為他們的第二片故土?
19 世紀末,一群來自蘇格蘭與加拿大的宣教士遠渡重洋,踏上這座名為「福爾摩沙」的島嶼。他們帶來的,是源自蘇格蘭啟蒙運動的實證醫療。
這套重視臨床與公衛的醫學體系,經由加拿大與蘇格蘭兩地的宣教士接力帶入台灣,這裡有來自蘇格蘭的蘭氏父子在彰化兩代深耕,與連瑪玉、高仁愛及伊利沙伯醫師等女性先驅,以切膚之愛、婦幼醫療與專科技術開創守護者土地使用;
他們學講台語、培育本土醫護,將青春完整交給台灣。他們不只是單方面的輸出,更將這片土地與人民視為家人,互相扶持。本次展覽希望帶您整理這段隱藏在歷史中的三地連接,回顧這段跨越海洋、在台灣生根發芽的精神歷程。邀請您一同探尋過去的脈動,重溫這段動人的生命交會。
策展夥伴:許詠傑


彰基文史博物館隸屬於彰化基督教醫院,前身為1998年成立的院史文物館,並於2020年正式登記為博物館。
本館館藏以彰化基督教醫院的發展歷程為核心,典藏19世紀以來英國長老教會在臺灣推動醫療宣教所遺留的重要文物、文獻與歷史檔案,呈現信仰、醫療與地方社會交織發展的歷史脈絡,以及西式醫療、公共衛生、護理教育與社會關懷在臺灣的發展歷程。
本館致力於文物蒐集、典藏保存、研究詮釋與展示推廣,積極深化醫療文化資產的保存與研究,並透過教育推廣及國內外合作交流,建構醫療史研究與文化保存的重要平台。期盼藉由館藏與研究成果,讓更多人認識彰化基督教醫院的歷史,以及英國長老會醫療宣教對臺灣醫療、教育與社會發展所帶來的深遠影響。
TAIWANfest Toronto is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered here, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples of this land while we engage in meaningful conversations of culture and reconciliation.