Petition Against Orientals Owning Crown Land
Description
Title Proper | F0 GR1665 BOX 21 FILE 01 |
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized | 1930 |
General material designation |
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
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Scope and content |
A petition in the form of a scroll, directed to the BC Premier W.A.C. Bennett. Led by the Vancouver Horticultural Society and the White Canada Association. 1487 names signed the petition asking to prohibit individuals of Asian descent from
owning, buying, or leasing Crown Land or acquiring any other natural resources.
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Name of creator |
The Provincial Government of British Columbia created this archive.
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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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Structure
Repository | British Columbia Archives |
Fonds | Government Records Collection |
Series | Department of Provincial Secretary |
Sub-series | F0 GR1665 BOX 21 |
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Title
Petition Against Orientals Owning Crown Land
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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.