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The Quong Wing legal challenge, 1912–1914

The Chinese United Church in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, photographed in 2012.
The Chinese United Church in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, photographed in 2012. ChineseUnitedChurchMooseJaw · Photojw · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Quong Wing challenged his conviction under Saskatchewan’s 1912 Act to Prevent the Employment of Female Labour in Certain Capacities, which barred him from employing women identified as “white” at his Moose Jaw restaurant. The courts upheld the Act, revealing the judicial system’s limits in the face of institutional racism, but the case exemplified Chinese Canadians’ efforts to fight discrimination in court.

Scope & context

The legal challenge and its outcome, not later repeal of such laws.

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