Presented by
Won Alexander Cumyow
1861-1955
WAITING 88 YEARS FOR UNFETTERED RIGHTS TO VOTE, HE REPRESENTS THE STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN CANADA.
Joseph Hope
(Low Kwong Joe 刘光租)
1896 – 1960
A LEADER OF THE CHINESE CANADIAN CLUB, ADVOCATING FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, INCLUDING THE FIGHT AGAINST RACIAL SEGREGATION IN VICTORIA SCHOOLS.
1906 – 2001
FIRST CHINESE CANADIAN LAWYER, WHO WORKED WITH A JEWISH CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE TO FIGHT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS.
1927 – 1995
THE FIRST FEMALE CHINESE CANADIAN LAWYER TO OPEN HER OWN PRACTICE AND FIRST CHINESE CANADIAN FEMALE TO SERVE AS A PILOT OFFICER.
1924 – 2002
JUNG WAS A SOLDIER, POLITICIAN, LAWYER, SUPREME COURT JUDGE AND THE FIRST CHINESE CANADIAN TO BE AN ELECTED MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.
1899 – 1971
A TIRELESS ACTIVIST AND JOURNALIST WHO HELPED TO REUNITE CHINESE CANADIAN FAMILIES, OVERCOME GENDER DISPARITY AND LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE 1967 IMMIGRATION ACT.
1939 –
AWARD-WINNING, POET LAUREATE FRED WAH WROTE POETRY ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES WORKING IN HIS FATHER’S CHINESE-CANADIAN CAFE IN RURAL BC, AND HELPED TO FOSTER OTHER VOICES IN THE LITERARY CIRCLE ABOUT PLACE AND RACE.
1924 – 2014
WITH THE HELP OF ALLIES, VIVIAN JUNG OVERCAME SEGREGATION AT A SWIMMING POOL IN BC IN ORDER TO BECOME THE FIRST CHINESE CANADIAN SCHOOL TEACHER IN VANCOUVER.
1947 –
LINDA LOO BECAME THE FIRST CHINESE CANADIAN FEMALE JUDGE AT THE SUPREME COURT IN BC IN 1996.
1929 – 2016
CANADA’S FIRST CHINESE CANADIAN FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE CFL AND ALBERTA’S FIRST ASIAN CANADIAN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
The Honourable Dr. Vivienne Poy
1941-
FORMER SENATOR, LIFELONG LEARNER AND CHAMPION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION