This image shows the first page of the Report of the Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration. Report and Evidence, 1885. The recommendations of this report ultimately led to the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885, which imposed a head tax upon Chinese…
This photograph depicts Chinese labourers working on the Canadian Pacific Railway mile sections of the Canadian Pacific Railway from the Pacific to Craigellachie in the Eagle Pass in British Columbia.
This screenshot captures the search results from the Chinese Migrant Database operated by Library and Archives Canada for Chong Do Dang, a ten year old boy. The records show that Chong Do Dang was registered on Feb. 11, 1922.
This document is a head tax certificate issued to Chong Do Dang, age 10. Once a Chinese migrant paid the required head tax, the individual would be issued a certificate like this one.
The is a cartoon that was published in the Canadian Illustrated News in 1870. This cartoon depicts a Chinese man stealing the boot of a white man. The Chinese man is being beaten by Uncle Sam and two other white men. This provides a concrete…
This photograph shows women protesting the Canadian Criminal Code provisions concerning abortion outside of the House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada. These women were part of the Abortion Caravan, a feminist protest group founded in 1970 to protest the…
This item is a decision of the Women's Court of Canada, which re-writes Supreme Court of Canada decisions concerning equality rights under s. 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
This report summarizes the operational elements of a major RCMP-led investigation into murdered and missing Aboriginal women and girls and outlines the results of this investigation. It also specifies the "Next Steps" for the investigation.
This website contains CBC's data base on missing or murdered Aboriginal women and girls. It contains photos, stories, data, case updates, and other news stories and materials.
This is a news story, including a video, that reports about PM Justin Trudeau's release of the details of the first phase of the government's national inquiry into missing or murdered Aboriginal women and girls.
This document is a fact sheet that summarizes and outlines the research complied by the Native Women's Association of Canada about murdered or missing Aboriginal women and girls.
This news story reports on legislation introduced by PM Justin Trudeau's government to extend legal and human rights protections to transgender people across Canada.
