Skip to the content
British Columbia - An Untold History Logo

Filter Content By:

Decade

Heritage

Geographical Area

Media Type

Back to Decades

1980

1980

Canadian Farmworkers Union

South Asian immigrants establish Canada’s first farmworkers union

Read Story
1983

AIDS Vancouver

Canada’s first AIDS organization forms to help fight an epidemic

Read Story
1983

B.C.'s Last Residential School

One of country’s darkest chapters comes to a close, but trauma remains

Read Story
1984

The Arrest of Ronald Sparrow

Musqueam member’s hard-fought victory to protect his Indigenous rights

Read Story
1984

The New Wave

The looming handover of Hong Kong sparks a new stream of Chinese immigration

Read Story
1984

First Logging Blockade

A fight to save old-growth forests and assert Aboriginal title on Meares Island

Read Story
1984

Nikkei Fight for Redress

Japanese Canadians hold the government to account for WWII internment camps

Read Story
1985

Women Reclaim Indian Status

Indian status restored for many Indigenous women in Bill C-31

Read Story
1985

Lyell Island Blockade

Haida Nation protects hundreds of thousands of acres from industrial logging

Read Story
1986

Expo 86

A world fair transforms Vancouver into a popular hub for tourism and real estate

Read Story
Back to Decade
Watch Series at KNOWLEDGE.CA
Screen Siren Pictures Inc.
Knowledge Network Corporation
Canada Media Fund
Rogers Documentary Fund
Rogers Telefund
About
Credits