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1900

1900

Steveston's Japanese Flourish

Town on the Fraser River was once home to Canada’s second-largest Japanese settlement

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1900

B.C. Fishermen Strike

Fraser River fishers overcome racial division to fight canneries for higher wages

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1906

The 'Bows and Arrows'

Barred from white unions, Indigenous longshoremen start their own

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1906

The 1906 London Delegation

Salish chiefs travel to Ottawa and London to petition for their rights

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1907

Anti-Asian Riots of 1907

A racist mob storms through Chinatown and Little Tokyo, protesting Asian immigration

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1908

The 'Continuous Journey' Law

Canada attempts to curtail South Asian immigration in roundabout way

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1908

Japanese Immigration Limited

The so-called "Gentlemen's Agreement" puts a quota on Japanese immigrants — but the community continues to grow

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1908

Canada’s First Sikh Temple

The Second Avenue Gurdwara is built in Vancouver

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1909

Interior, Coastal Chiefs Unite

B.C. chiefs form the Indian Rights Association and the Interior Tribes of British Columbia

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1909

Musqueam-Chinese Farms

Two marginalized communities find solidarity in one another

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