Here’s a link to a collection of digital resources relating to the Chinese experience in British Columbia, 1850 to 1950.

From the University of British Columbia http://www.library.ubc.ca/chineseinbc/about.html :

Digitized holdings from the Chung Collection include photographs, documents and ephemera from Chinese-Canadian communities in British Columbia , including educational materials such as phrase books, anti-Asian ephemera generated by white communities, and items from Chinese businesses and organizations such as restaurant menus and store catalogues.

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“I want to join the Canadian military,” Kiam said. We all turned to see what Father would say.

“You’re not a citizen of Canada ,” Father said, calmly, “You were registered in Victoria as a resident alien. We’ve had this talk before. When the Dominion says we are Canadian, then we will all join up!”

from The Jade Peony, p. 226, by Wayson Choy