Library Guides: Asian &amp; South Asian Heritage Month: Asian Heritage in Canada

eBooks

Cartographies of Violence: Japanese Canadian Women, Memory, and the Subjects of the Internment by Mona Oikawa
Publication Date: 2012
Changing on the Fly: Hockey Through the Voices of South Asian Canadians by Courtney Szto
Publication Date: 2020
Filipinos in Canada: Disturbing Invisibility by Roland Sintos Coloma; Bonnie McElhinny
Publication Date: 2012
Gifts from Amin: Ugandan Asian Refugees in Canada by Shezan Muhammedi
Publication Date: 2022
Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians by Jordan Stanger-Ross
Publication Date: 2020
Mass Capture: Chinese Head Tax and the Making of Non-citizens by Lily Cho
Publication Date: 2021
O-bon in Chimunesu: A Community Remembered by Catherine Lang
Publication Date: 1996
Pain, Pride, and Politics: Social Movement Activism and the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora in Canada by Amarnath Amarasingam
Publication Date: 2015
Passage to Promise Land: Voices of Chinese Immigrant Women to Canada by Vivienne Poy
Publication Date: 2013
Running on Empty: Canada and the Indochinese Refugees, 1975-1980 by Michael J. Molloy
Publication Date: 2017
The Social Organization of South Asian Immigrant Women's Mothering Work by Ferzana Chaze
Publication Date: 2017
The Voyage of the Komagata Maru by Hugh J. M. Johnston
Publication Date: 2014

Books

Chop Suey Nation: the Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants by Ann Hui
Call Number: Fennell STACKS TX945.4 .H85 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Outward and Upward Mobilities by Min-Jung Kwak
Call Number: Fennell STACKS LB2376.6.C3 .O98 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Protecting Multiculturalism: Muslims, Security, and Integration in Canada by John S. McCoy
Call Number: Fennell STACKS F1035.A1 .M42 2018

Publication Date: 2018

Videos

Meet and Eat at Lee's Garden (Video Duration 44 minutes)
Day’s Lee looks at the history of the Chinese-Canadian restaurant and its impact on local Montreal culture
We Were Born in Canada, But the Racism We Lived Through is Generational (Video Duration 11 minutes)
Watch a Japanese-Canadian mom and son open up about language, culture and their painful history.
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain (Video Duration 43 minutes)
Karen Cho travels from Montreal to Vancouver to uncover stories from the last survivors of the Chinese Head Tax and Exclusion Act, laws imposed to single out the Chinese as unwanted immigrants.
Minoru: Memory of Exile (Video Duration 18 minutes)
Minoru and his family were branded as an enemy of Canada, dispatched to internment camps in British Columbia and finally deported to Japan.
Obachan's Garden (Video Duration 1 hour 34 minutes)
Culminating in an emotional reunion with a long-lost daughter, this film is a personal reflection of Japanese-Canadian history and a testament to one woman's endurance and spirit.
Return Home (Video Duration 29 minutes)
Return Home touchingly explores intergenerational relations while capturing the spirit and experiences of early Chinese-Canadian immigrants and their role in Canadian history.
Under the Willow Tree: Pioneer Chinese Women in Canada (Video Duration 51 minutes)
A rich and little-known part of Canadian history unfolds through the stories of the first Chinese women to come to Canada.
Unwanted Soldiers (Video Duration 48 minutes)
This documentary tells the personal story of filmmaker Jari Osborne's father, a Chinese-Canadian veteran.
Japanese Canadian Internment (Video Duration 11 minutes)
Legion Magazine and David Suzuki tell the story of the injustices and atrocities done towards Japanese-Canadians across the country, and in particular, British Columbia.
The Sikh Migrants Who Challenged Canadian Immigration Law (Video Duration 7 minutes)
A dramatic challenge to Canada’s former practice of excluding immigrants from India.
Solidarity Lives (Video Duration 14 minutes)
A short film as part of the South Asian Canadian Legacy Project's South Asian Historic Sites of Significance in BC, Canada.

Websites

10 Incredible Asian-Canadians You Didn’t Learn About in History Class
Learn about the remarkable Asian-Canadians who helped shape our country.
360 Riot Walk
An interactive walking tour of the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver.
1923 Chinese Exclusion Act: Exhibition and Archive
A project to commemorate 100 years since the passing of the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada.
Asia-Canada - Canadian Encyclopedia
Chronological record of over 200 years of history since the first Chinese settlers helped build a trading post in Nootka Sound.
Chinese Canadian Women, 1923-1967
Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, this online exhibit explores a compelling chapter of Canadian history through the experiences of Canadian women of Chinese heritage.
The Chinese Head Tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act
Source: Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Heroes Remember: Chinese-Canadian Veterans
Veteran Affairs Canada’s Heroes Remember presents 21 veterans who speak candidly about their wartime efforts.
History of South Asians in Canada: Timeline
Source: South Asian Studies Institute
Japanese Canadian Internment and the Struggle for Redress
Source: Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Komagatu Maru Incident
Source: South Asian Canadian Digital Archive
The Rise and Fall of Chinatown
The hidden history of displacement you were never told.
The Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage
In showcasing Asian Canadian heritage, VMACCH enables Asian Canadians to share their heritage among themselves and with the rest of Canada.