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Being Chinese in Canada : the struggle for identity, redress and belonging /

After the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed in 1885, construction of the western stretch was largely built by Chinese workers, the Canadian government imposed a punitive head tax to deter Chinese citizens from coming to Canada. The exorbitant tax strongly discouraged those who had already emigr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dere, William Ging Wee, 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas & McIntyre, [2019]
Subjects:
Dere, William Ging Wee, > 1948-
Dere, William Ging Wee, > 1948- > Family.
Chinese > Canada > History.
Chinese > Canada > Social conditions.
Chinese > Canada > Social life and customs.
Chinese > Race identity > Canada.
Canada > Race relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Coming to Gold Mountain
  • My father, Hing Dere
  • The turbulent exclusion years (1923-47)
  • Family reunification (1950s)
  • My mother, Yee Dong Sing Dere
  • Getting organized
  • Life of the party
  • Life after the party
  • The questions of China
  • Being Chinese in Canada
  • Moving the community
  • Moving the mountain
  • Crying in the wilderness (1984-93)
  • Shutting the floodgates (1994-2000)
  • Coming in from the wilderness (2001-6)
  • Half victorious
  • Being Chinese in Quebec
  • "Listen to your Mother"
  • Identity and belonging.