July 1 is the 100-year commemoration of a racist legislation that effectively stopped immigration from China for 24 years in Canada. A project in Calgary is trying to illustrate how the Chinese Immigration Act separated Chinese Canadian families in Calgary. But as Carolyn Kury de Castillo reports, shame and trauma are preventing some people from coming forward to speak about the past.
How did the Chinese Exclusion Act impact families in Calgary?
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