Discrimination Against Minorities in the 1920s and 1930s

First Nations Government saw the First Nations people as a backwards step in society Melting Pot Displaying their ways for entertainment WW1 enlistment of Aboriginals (Above) Over 100 First Nations people march on Parliament Hill to protest the elimination of Aboriginal Rights in the proposed Constitution (Right) First Nations posing for a group photo on a Reservation

First Nations Residential Schools (Right) First Nations students studying in a Residential School Residential Schools First Nations children were taught at schools on the Reservation that were funded by the government and run by the churches Were made to eradicate the First Nations people’s culture Students were abused Staff of school was almost always white (Below) The Kamloops Indian Residential School, built in 1893, and closed in 1977

Black Canadians (right) Vancouver 1925, Canadian KKK members gather in Vancouver -The canadian KKK began organizing in Montréal, Ontario, BC and Manitoba in the early 1920s. -Most of the segregated schools were located in Nova Scotia and Ontario -In 1939 the canadian military they didn’t accept black volunteers but as the war got longer they accepted blacks and put them in the regular force (right) Lester Brown, a Black Canadian soldier who fought in during WW2 and partook in D-Day

Asian Canadians - The 1923 Chinese Immigration Act stopped a large number of chinese from entering Canada. - Asian Canadians were not allowed to fight in WW2 but this choice was later changed (Right) The first ever all Asian Canadian force named force 136 (Left)A political cartoon regarding the Immigration Act

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Bibliography Asian Canadians Black Canadians -https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/11/09/chinese-canadian-veterans-force-136_a_23272071/ -https://www.sfu.ca/chinese-canadian-history/chart_en.html -https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/chinese-immigration-act -https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/search?search=asian+canadians&type=&type= -http://www.ccmms.ca/chinese-canadian-history/ Black Canadians -https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ku-klux-klan https://www.adl.org/education-and-resources/resource-knowledge-base/hate-symbols -https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/09/24/black_canadian_soldiers_life_and_dday_exploits_remembered.html First Nations -https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en -https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-schools -https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/prejudice-and-discrimination -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamloops_Indian_Residential_School

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