Academic Events

The Fall and Rise Again of Pacific Canada: A Community and Scholarly Forum

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 11:00am-1:30pm

Join scholars and community leaders in a forum discussing the impact of the Continuous Journey Act, the Komagata Maru Incident, and the lessons we can learn today.

Location: Fairmont Social Lounge, St. John's College, University of British Columbia, 2111 Lower Mall.

Everyone welcome


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"The Fall and Rise Again of Pacific Canada" Conference

Saturday, July 19, 2008

The conference will be held at UBC's St. John's College. Professor Henry Yu of UBC along with other community members and academic presenters will discuss topics such as “1908 and the End of Pacific Canada" discussing the Continuous Journey Act and the Hayashi-Lemieux Agreement, which curtailed South Asian and Japanese migration to Canada a century ago; “150 Years of BC/150 Years of Chinese” detailing the long history of Chinese settlement in B.C. and their interactions with First Nations peoples; and “The Return of Pacific Canada?” which celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Japanese Canadian Redress by exploring how inter-community coalitions have been instrumental in rebuilding a Pacific Canada ended a century ago by Asian exclusion.

More information regarding the time of the conference still to come