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]n those days parents, because we were such a small community, parents always tried to match you up with someone else' son or whatever. I was deadly against that.’
In this clip, Emma Quon describes matchmaking as common during the 1930s in the Chinese community in Montreal, Quebec. She also explains that inter-racial marriage was taboo at that time.
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