never be daunted in public

This past fall I took the class History of Human Rights here at UBC.  As we studied the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the legacy of residential schools within Canada, the goverment rejected a UN human rights call for a review of violence against Aboriginal women (CTV News article).  I found this reaction […]

In class we discussed how Fred Wah’s bio-text Diamond Grill can be read as creating a counter historical narrative.  We examined how he used the historical documents from the Chinese Head Tax and infused it with references to significant historical dates, the work and lives of Chinese immigrants in Canada, and racial slurs in order […]