Quon, Emma
Emma Quon (née Lee) was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. Her father immigrated to Canada in 1898 and her mother in 1913. Emma had a busy social life in Montreal, taking part in many church and extra-curricular activities. She married Harry Quon in the late 1930s, and the young couple ran an inn in Port McNicoll, Ontario. After returning to Montreal, Emma became very active in community work as a founding member of the Canadian Chinese Cultural Society of Montreal, a member of the Credit Women’s Breakfast Club, and as part of a group committed to the re-location of the Chinese Hospital. In 1996, Emma moved to Alberta to be close to her daughter.
‘I think that was wrong to tell a child that because I think that is the beginning of discrimination.’
In this clip, Emma Quon recalls finding out that a white friend was initially afraid of Emma because she was Chinese. The friend’s mother had treated the Chinese as bogeymen to scare her children into good behaviour.
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