Minority rights

Topics

Stories

The Wilcox County integrated prom

By Matthew McRae

A smiling woman stands in front of a red prom dress and a black tuxedo mounted on mannequins. Both the dress and suit are on display behind a glass case.

Claiming our rights as a transgender family

By Amanda Jetté Knox

A smiling family of six in a living room.

Language rights are human rights

By Rémi Courcelles

A stop sign and street sign in both English and French are seen in front of trees.

The Sharpeville Massacre

By Matthew McRae

People stand in front of a row of coffins.

The Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act

By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor

Four men sitting on a couch looking at the Camera.

Japanese Canadian internment and the struggle for redress

By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor

A black and white image of a woman and two children standing behind a pile of luggage and blankets and looking at the camera.

The story of the Komagata Maru

By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor

A young woman sits on a ledge in a large circular hall. She is smiling at the camera and wearing jeans, a dark blouse and a red jacket

Sleeping car porters

By Travis Tomchuk, Curator

A black and white photo of four men in train porter uniforms. All of the men are smiling, and the two men in the middle appear to be shaking hands.

Stories

The Wilcox County integrated prom

By Matthew McRae

Collective rights

A smiling woman stands in front of a red prom dress and a black tuxedo mounted on mannequins. Both the dress and suit are on display behind a glass case.

Claiming our rights as a transgender family

By Amanda Jetté Knox

Sexual diversity rights

A smiling family of six in a living room.

Language rights are human rights

By Rémi Courcelles

Cultural rights

A stop sign and street sign in both English and French are seen in front of trees.

The Sharpeville Massacre

By Matthew McRae

Civil and political rights

People stand in front of a row of coffins.

The Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act

By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor

When he was a little boy growing up in Vancouver, Dr. Henry Yu didn’t understand why his grandfather frequently took him on long walks to visit Chinatown.

Collective rights

Four men sitting on a couch looking at the Camera.

Japanese Canadian internment and the struggle for redress

By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor

Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Lena Hayakawa lived what she describes as a very idyllic life.

Collective rights

A black and white image of a woman and two children standing behind a pile of luggage and blankets and looking at the camera.

The story of the Komagata Maru

By Matthew McRae, Communications Advisor

When Nimrat Randhawa and her family immigrated to Canada in the summer of 2003, they arrived completely in the dark – literally.

Collective rights

A young woman sits on a ledge in a large circular hall. She is smiling at the camera and wearing jeans, a dark blouse and a red jacket

Sleeping car porters

By Travis Tomchuk, Curator

Collective rights

A black and white photo of four men in train porter uniforms. All of the men are smiling, and the two men in the middle appear to be shaking hands.