Native Canadians
First Nation Members of Parliament
- Residential Schools were eliminated in 1960s – 1970s.
- In 2007, Canadian Government agreed on offering recompense for Native Canadians that suffered from the residential system.
- Still have reserves for them to preserve their traditional ways
Black Canadians
No. 2 Construction Battalion Memorial.
- To honour the No.2 Construction Battalion, their HQ became municipal historical land in 1991. (Their HQ was in Market Wharf, Nova Scotia)
- Less discrimination from back then and is accepted into Mainstream Canadian Culture
German & Ukrainian Canadians
Picture of Alidë Kohlhaas.
- German and Ukrainian Canadians live in Mainstream society now,
- Virtually no
discrimination towards them today.
Taken on German Pioneers day to recgonize German Heritage.
Asian Canadians
Picture of Chinatown, Toronto today with TTC street car.
- Today, Asian Canadians live apart of Mainstream society as well
- June 22, 2006, PM Stephen Harper apologized to Chinese Canadians for the Head Tax as well as the exclusion of Chinese immigrants from 1923-1947