The Chinese Exclusion Act and other discriminatory measures had profound and lasting impacts on Chinese women and families in Canada.
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A virtual walking tour traces the route of a white mob that attacked Asian communities of Vancouver in 1907. Learning about past contexts may shed light on the recent surge in anti-Asian violence.
The invisibility of anti-Asian racism is inextricably connected to the model minority myth, which serves to disguise the violence experienced by Asian American and Asian Canadian women.
Canada is legalizing marijuana on July 1. But how the drug became criminalized in the first place is an interesting saga that involves anti-Chinese racism and international influence.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to make a formal apology to LGBTQ2 communities for past state-sanctioned discrimination against them in Canada. But the apology must be more than just words.
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Instructor, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (Tenure-Track) The Social Justice Institute (GRSJ) ; Faculty Associate Geography and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies, University of British Columbia
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