Tour participants, Toronto's First Chinatown, Queen's Park, May 14, 2016. Image by Alex Willms.
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Resource ID
9007
Access
Open
Credit Line
Image by Alex Willms.
Date of Creation
14 May 2016
Keywords
Events, Chinese Exclusion Act, immigrant history, political history, social justice
People Depicted
Arlene Chan, tour leader (yellow rain jacket and paper in her hand)
Program Category
Tours
Rights
Alex Willms
Caption
Tour participants, Toronto's First Chinatown, Queen's Park, May 14, 2016. Image by Alex Willms.
Description
Tour participants learn about Toronto's First Chinatown, lost to bulldozers, who razed the area in The Ward to make way for the development of New City Hall in the 1960s.
The community had a long history in the area dating back to the turn of the 20th century, throughout which they faced repressive and racist policies and laws.
Here, at Queen's Park, the seat of provincial government, participants learn more about the systematic racism faced by the Chinese community and impacts of government laws and restrictions like the Chinese Exclusion Act and Chinese Head Tax.