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Eating Bitterness – The Canadian Journey from Exclusion to Inclusion

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Eating Bitterness: The Canadian Journey from Exclusion to Inclusion is a traveling exhibition that reveals the hidden truths and omissions in Canadian history and experience over a span of one and a half centuries. The unveiling of the past and untold stories opens our eyes to the manifestation of racism in Canada through ideologies and words of fear and blame, acts of hate and sanctions through discriminatory, hurtful laws. We believe the unfolding of the stories of survival and hope, rejections and despair, separations and yearning for reunion, resistance and resilience will not only engender greater understanding on the lasting human costs from acts of injustices and oppressive laws, but also serves to instill human connections and insights through our sense of compassion. Stories will let us form appreciation for the power of human spirit and collective determinations. This project is part of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act. The National Reme

The title, Eating Bitterness , (吃苦 – chi ku) refers to a Chinese proverb on how the endurance of hardship can bring great strength. Many Chinese Canadians had to endure bitter circumstances posed by racial discrimination and public policy that denied them many civil liberties and equal rights. The exhibition highlights the resilience of Chinese Canadian individuals and communities under difficult circumstances, whose stories are often omitted from the major canon of Canadian history. And we extend an invitation for all Canadians to ask ourselves, what would Canada be without me and my fa

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