Many academics cite Sui Sin Far/Edith Eaton as one of the first North American writers of Chinese ancestry.[4][5] For this reason, there has been recent interest in Sui Sin Far's works and their revival.
Mary Chapman, a professor in the Department of English at the University of British Columbia, has published Becoming Sui Sin Far: Early Fiction, Journalism, and Travel Writing by Edith Maude Eaton, a collection of 70 of Eaton's early writings. Most of these pieces had not been republished since their first appearance in newspapers. She is also the director of the Winnifred Eaton Archive
Ying Xu, an adjunct faculty member in the Department of English and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of New Mexico, has also been conducting scholarly work on Sui Sin Far. She contributed to the article "Edith Maude Eaton (Sui Sin Far)".[6] In 2017, she published "Sui Sin Far’s “The Land of the Free” in the era of Trump",[7] which makes connections between Far's writings and the current socio-political climate of the Trump era.
Eaton's funeral monument in Mount Royal Cemetery.
