Department:
Our Chosen Land
Replica or Original:
Replica
On Display, In Storage, or in a Private Offsite Collection:
On Display
Primary Material:
Paper
Medium:
Letters
Dimensions:
Classification/Category:
Personal Objects
Specific Classification:
Documents
Notable Signatures,
Inscriptions, and/or Markings:
Donated by:
Unknown
Accession Number
1993.005.001
Artifact Date:
A.D. 1900 - Present
1912-Present
Artifact Era/Dynasty:
Unknown
Creator:
Unknown
Creator Ancestry:
Approximatley 4,000 Chinese had made their home in Alberta when the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed in 1923. For the first half of the twentieth century, only a dozen Chinese families existed in Calgary amid several hundred married bachelors.
The first generation of Chinese Canadians who grew up in Calgary faced racial discrimination, making it almost impossible to find work in mainstream businesses outside Chinatown. In Calgary, residents occasionally attempted to pursuade the city to introduce and enforce restrictive measures against the Chinese community.
Our Chosen Land includes historical evidence, letters, and articles, highlighting racism and discrimination against Chinese Canadian citizens.
Artifact Date:
A.D. 1900 - Present
Artifact Era/Dynasty:
1912-Present
Creator:
Unknown
Creator Ancestory:
Unknown
Catalogue Entry
Online References:
Department:
Our Chosen Land
On Display, In Storage, or in a Private Offsite Collection:
On Display
Replica or Original:
Replica
Various letters and articles depicting Racism and Discrimination against Chinese Canadian citizens.
描述加拿大華裔公民受種族主義和種族歧視的信件和文章。
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Classification/Category:
Personal Objects
Specific Classification:
Documents
Notable Signatures,
Inscriptions, and/or Markings: