Canadian Museum For Human Rights: Angela Cassie

Jan Walls Dept: With both fundraising and construction moving toward completion, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights is turning its attention toward the exhibits it will put on display, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Joseph Du, president of the Winnipeg Chinese Cultural and Community Centre, where the talks were held, said he'd like to see a pair of human rights issues that are close to his heart addressed at the museum -- the head tax, a fixed fee charged to each Chinese person entering Canada starting in 1885, and the Chinese Exclusion Act, a U.S. law that banned immigration from China and tREVOR HAGAN / Joseph Du from left , Victor Wong, Jan Walls, Angela Cassie, David Lai and Albert Lee, at the Chinese Cultural and Community Centre Saturday, holding the Chronology of Chinese Canadian History document. Museum officials met Sunday with representatives from across the country from the Chinese Canadian community to begin discussions how to tell their story. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.