A hundred years ago, Chinese students in Victoria began a boycott of classes for a year to protest efforts to expand segregation of Chinese students to the end of Grade 7
A walk to mark the 100th anniversary of Victoria’s Chinese students’ school strike of 1922-23 — a protest against separate schools for Chinese-Canadian students — is being held Monday, starting from George Jay Elementary.
The strike was supported by the Chinese Canadian Club, the Chinese Commerce Association and the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association “The racist discrimination that led to this act is unacceptable and viewed with regret,” Painter said in a statement. “The Greater Victoria School Board apologizes for the actions of its previous trustees and former board chair, George Jay.”
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said she plans to take part in the walk at the invitation of council colleague Charlayne Thornton-Joe.
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