Reflections from Stories of Exclusion

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How did the Chinese Exclusion Act separate Calgary families?

A project in Calgary is trying to collect the stories of Chinese Canadian families who were separated by the Chinese Immigration Act.

July 1 is the 100-year commemoration of the racist legislation which effectively stopped immigration from China for 24 years in Canada.

Fred Wong’s dad Dan came to Canada in June 1922 at the age of 18 paying the $500 head tax that was required of Chinese immigrants.

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