On Sept. 5, 2022, Chinese-Canadian students were removed from public school classes by a school board intent on embracing racial segregation.
In 1954, Derek Chow’s Quadra Elementary School teacher pulled him aside and asked him to stop speaking Cantonese — the only language he knew.
“We’re recognizing the students of 1922 that did the march and made sacrifices to make sure that there was no future discrimination,” Chow said, adding that despite the strides made since, today’s racism is simply less conspicuous. On Sept. 5 of that year, students were removed from public school classes and marched to a Chinese-only school on Kings Road. However, shortly after arriving, the students left in an act of protest. They would have mostly been between the ages of nine and 12 years old.
“It took courage. They were very bold because at that time, the Chinese had no status here in Canada, in Victoria,” said Lowe. Following the march, the Greater Victoria School District issued an apology to the Chinese community.
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