"White Canada Policy": The Exclusion of the Komagata Maru

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This factsheet gives an overview of the Exclusion of the Komagata Maru and what legal measures were taken to exclude Asian immigrants, particularly individuals from India, from entering Canada.

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References

Continuous Journey. Dir. Ali Kazimi. 2004. https://webapp.library.uvic.ca/videos/view.php?vfn=kazimi_Continuous-Journey.mp4
Johnston, Hugh. “The Komagata Maru and the Ghadr Party: Past and Present Aspects of a Historic Challenge to Canada's Exclusion of Immigrants from India,” BC Studies 178 (Summer 2013): 9-31, 165. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/scholarly-journals/komagata-maru-ghadr-party-pastpresent-aspects/docview/1445479123/se-2?accountid=14846

Source Authors

Ali Kazimi, Hugh Johnston

Events

Komagata Maru

Keywords

'Race' as a Political Tool, Anti-Asian Racism, Canada's Colonial History, European Settlers, Immigration, imperialism, Inclusions & Exclusions, Law Enforcement, Legal History, Media and Power, Nation Building Narrative, Nativism, Ongoing Colonialism, Othering, Police, Police Violence, Politics of Citizenship, racism, Racist Legislation, Racist Violence, RCMP, State Sanctioned Violence, White Supremacy

Key Figures

Hugh Johnson, Komagata Maru, Munshi Singh, Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Wilfred Laurier

Locations

Canada, Hong Kong, India, South Asia, Vancouver

Themes

History