According to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CCRF), some of the many incidents, legislations, movements, genocide, etc. that inform how systemic racism currently operates in Canada, include:
Residential Schools (1886 - 1996)
Chinese Head Tax (1885 - 1949)
Refusing entry to South Asians (1914)
Exclusion of Jewish Refugees (1939)
Japanese Internment Camps (1941 - 1949)
Source: Systemic Racism in Canada online course (Canadian Race Relations Foundation). Course developed by Carl E. James & Julia Samaroo (York University). Learn more about this course.
Picture: Slavey girls, Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories (NWT). (Wikipedia)
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