Contesting Racism: Exploring Chinese Canadian History 1923-1947 | Vancouver

Although Chinese Canadians quickly mobilized to fight the Chinese Immigration [Exclusion] Act (1923), they were unable to stop its provisions blocking Chinese immigration and subjecting all Chinese people in Canada to government surveillance and control. The discourses surrounding the act show that Chinese exclusion was integral to the settler colonial project that created Canada. Today the social structure of racist exclusion continues to frequently position Chinese Canadians as outsiders to the imagined community of Canada.

Event Details:

• Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2024

• Location: Chinese Canadian Museum (51 E Pender St)

• Time: 6:30-7:30 P.M.

• Cost: $5/annual pass holder; $8/general admission visitor; free for youth, student, and senior annual pass holders
  *GST not included

• Register: Registration link here