Chinese Canadian

peoples, and yet Canada has a history of racism. The Chinese entered Canada during different times and were greeted with different extremes depending on the social context at that point of time. The Chinese were welcomed during the gold rush in British Columbia as well as when needing labour to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Then restrictive policies started to be placed such as the increasing tax and finally in 1923 the ban of any Chinese person from entering into Canada with few…

There were many concerns including Chinese immigrants in the beginning of the twentieth century. Chinese immigrants have a different way of life, culturally, morally and based on their values and it would be difficult for them to assimilate within Canadian society. One of the many reasons that the Chinese would come to Canada would be for a better lifestyle because they believe our country will provide them with many opportunities with which they could advance themselves and their families.…

Canada had a main focus to exclude Chinese, Japanese and Indian immigrants. In 1904, Canada raised the head tax which is a tax on incoming Chinese laborers, to $500 which is equal to two years ' gross earnings of a Chinese laborer here (Hannant). This had made it harder for Chinese, Japanese and Indian immigrants to come as if they moved here they would be put in poverty. Having a head tax stopped many Chinese immigrant but not enough Indian immigrants as Canadian government hoped which had led…

minority groups from gaining a proper education and equal opportunity based on racial identity. For example, the Chinese in Canada struggled for over 100 years before the country granted them equal rights such as voting. The early Chinese settlers could have benefitted the Canadian economy and society through higher education and learning the language Chinese Americans, and Chinese Canadians were treated very similar in their host country. For example, both…

Battle of Vimy Ridge. Not only was it representing the ending stage of the First World War, but will forever hold a significant place in Canadian history and its citizens. As once said by the Honorable Julian Fantino, "The Battle of Vimy Ridge remains…

estimation of the relationship between Lower Canada 's French Canadian and British Canadian communities in the 1830s. This is because of both the languages were not well respected to one another. There relations were not working well together. As in employment, French-Canadian Quebecers were earning the lowest wage in all of the ethnic groups in Canada. Other complaints were that the top jobs in Quebec were given most to English speaking Canadians. That’s when the Francophone-Anglophone alliance…

In exploring such a poignant topic as exile, one must first examine the group of people most likely to be subjected to exile. Often, this group tends to be the socially observed “other.” What an other is can change drastically depending on who is defining it, and to whom they’re assigning the term. As we’ve seen in both Book of Salt by Monique Truong, and Exile According to Julia by Gisele Pineau, the characters Bihn and Man Ya represent comparable, but fundamentally different ideas of the other…

The ‘Obama effect’, a decrease of implicit anti-black evaluative bias after exposure to Barak Obama, first became apparent during the 2008 presidential primaries. Initially it was not clear that this reduction was in reaction to Obama specifically however, follow-up research later confirmed this. In 2011, a study was conducted which provided evidence of this effect at the beginning of his presidency. As the study was conducted some years later, researchers were faced with the challenge to revert…

Although these athletics seem to be the same as one another with similar names, football and futbol have multiple key differences and similarities. Football, a sport resembling rugby, uses an egg-shaped, inflated leather ball to score points in multiple ways including a touchdown, safety, field goal, and extra point that originated in America. Futbol, originating in Europe, and known as soccer, uses an oval-shaped leather ball and has players pass the ball with their feet to attempt to shoot…

All football teams consist of offense, defense and special teams, and all three positions have specific duties they have to do within a game. The top three positions on defense, also the most important, are cornerback, linebacker, and defensive line. On the defensive side, cornerback tends to be the most popular and important player, both in college and NFL levels. The cornerback has many responsibilities, one of which is guarding the player who is sent out to catch the ball that is thrown to…