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1960

1967

Hogan's Alley

Vancouver’s only Black neighbourhood displaced after years on the margins

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1964

First Gay Rights Group

Association for Social Knowledge starts in Vancouver

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1965

War Resisters in B.C.

American men seek refuge from the Vietnam War

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1967

Commercial Whaling Ends

Years of unsustainable whaling had pushed some whale species to the brink

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1967

Immigration Act Overhauled

British Columbia becomes less British after a change in federal policy opens the door to more immigrants of colour

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1967

Indiantown

Wet'suwet'en deemed “squatters” on their own territory

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1967

The Fight to Save Chinatown

A grassroots campaign stops a freeway from slicing through the historic neighbourhood

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1968

Dam Displaces Tsek'ehne

Seventh-largest reservoir in the world upends traditional life for local Indigenous

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1969

Rose Charlie and the IHA

Indigenous women take the helm in a trailblazing group

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1969

The White Paper

Federal government attempts to fully assimilate Indigenous people, inviting a sharp rebuke from activists

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1969

Robert Davidson Raises a Pole

Twenty-two-year-old Haida artist carves first totem pole in Masset in nearly a century

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1969

Homosexuality Decriminalized

Parliament passes Bill C-150, yet homophobia persists

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1969

B.C. Chiefs Team Up

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs forms in response to the controversial “White Paper”

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