Documents Concerning Japanese Immigration and Naturalization

Documents Concerning Japanese Immigration and Naturalization

Description

Title Proper F0 GR0429 BOX 07 FILE 2
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1901
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
Included in this record group is a letter from the federal Minister of Justice to the Attorney-General with instructions on naturalization. The Minister expresses concern that “sufficient care is not [being] exercised” in British Columbia when naturalizing Japanese immigrants. Also in this file are two documents concerning Ota v. McAllister. The first document is a letter from Solicitor Charles Wilson to the Attorney-General with his opinions on the verdict and Judge’s opinion. The second document is the “Judge’s Charge,” 17 June 1901, in which Judge A.J. McColl states that the “question in issue in this case […] as part of a larger question, that is Japanese immigration into this Province, is of course one of very much greater importance.”
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Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized selectively.

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Documents Concerning Japanese Immigration and Naturalization
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.