Donate to Canadian History Ehx at Called the “Mayor of Chinatown” by the people of Vancouver, Wong Foon Sien spent his life advocating for Chinese Canadians and worked to end discrimination against his community. Today, I am looking at his life and...
In June 1886, Vancouver was only two months old and quickly growing to become one of the most important cities in Canada, and eventually, the world. Then, all that progress was suddenly ripped away as the dreaded foe of every early community in...