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Tags: canada, chinese Canadians, Chinese Head Tax, Chinese migrants, immigration, Royal Commission, xenophobia
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…
Tags: Bi and Bi Commission, Bicultralism and Bilingualism, canada, multiculturalism, Royal Commission
This report is Book Four of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. It focuses on the contributions of other ethnic groups to the Canadian confederation. The terms of reference of this Commission included the direction to consider…
Tags: Bi and Bi Commission, Bicultralism and Bilingualism, canada, multiculturalism, Official Languages, Royal Commission
This hyperlink leads to an archived speech given by then-Commissioner of Official Languages, Graham Fraser. Commissioner Fraser was addressing the historical legacy of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. His speech also…
Tags: Bi and Bi Commission, Bicultralism and Bilingualism, canada, cultural identity, history, Indigenous Peoples, multiculturalism, Royal Commission
From the CBC Digital Archives, online: http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/canada-is-actually-tricultural:The Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism has forgotten one of the country's founding nations -- Native Canadians. Mrs. Monteur of the…