Topics: Minority rights
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The Wilcox County integrated prom
By Matthew McRae
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Claiming our rights as a transgender family
By Amanda Jetté Knox
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Language rights are human rights
By Rémi Courcelles
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The Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act
By Matthew McRae
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Japanese Canadian internment and the struggle for redress
By Matthew McRae
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The story of the Komagata Maru
By Matthew McRae
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Stories




The Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act
By Matthew McRae
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.

Japanese Canadian internment and the struggle for redress
By Matthew McRae
Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Lena Hayakawa lived what she describes as a very idyllic life.

The story of the Komagata Maru
By Matthew McRae
When Nimrat Randhawa and her family immigrated to Canada in the summer of 2003, they arrived completely in the dark – literally.

