{"id":6642,"date":"2025-11-24T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:08:16","slug":"mpm-alumna-doris-mah-accepts-burnabys-apology-for-historic-discrimination-against-chinese-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/2025\/mpm-alumna-doris-mah-accepts-burnabys-apology-for-historic-discrimination-against-chinese-canadians\/","title":{"rendered":"MPM Alumna, Doris Mah, Accepts Burnaby\u2019s Apology for Historic Discrimination Against Chinese Canadians\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        MPM Alumna, Doris Mah, Accepts Burnaby\u2019s Apology for Historic Discrimination Against Chinese Canadians\u00a0\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h3 id=\"stand-with-asians-coalition-swac-announces-co-founder-doris-mah-accepts-burnabys-apology-for-historic-discrimination-against-chinese-canadians\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #050505;\">Stand With Asians Coalition (SWAC) Announces Co-Founder Doris Mah Accepts Burnaby\u2019s Apology for Historic Discrimination Against Chinese Canadians<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft wp-image-6644 size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Doris-Mah-SWAC-240x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Doris-Mah-SWAC-240x329.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Doris-Mah-SWAC-160x219.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Doris-Mah-SWAC-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Doris-Mah-SWAC-400x548.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Doris-Mah-SWAC-360x493.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/233\/Doris-Mah-SWAC.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Doris Mah with Mayor Mike Hurley, City of Burnaby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stand With Asians Coalition (SWAC) co-founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/people\/doris-mah\/\">Doris Mah<\/a>, accepts the City of Burnaby\u2019s Official Apology for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent. Mah and Stand With Asians Coalition contributed to the City\u2019s reconciliation projects, such as the <em>Rooted<\/em> book. In February 2023, Burnaby City Council approved a process to review, acknowledge and apologize for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent, to advance reconciliation with the Chinese Canadian community.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I am deeply grateful to stand with Chinese Canadians in Burnaby as we receive the City\u2019s official apology for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent. I am honoured to be included because of my work addressing anti-Asian racism, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic in Burnaby and across Canada. This apology marks an important milestone in recognition and reconciliation, strengthening our shared commitment to equity, equality, inclusion and justice. I look forward to continued efforts to honour Chinese Canadian history and reduce barriers for future generations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Get your copy of&nbsp;<em>Rooted<\/em> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burnabyvillagemuseum.ca\/EN\/main\/about\/news\/news-archives\/2023\/rooted-chinese-canadian-stories-in-burnaby.html\">Burnaby Village Museum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><span style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #050505;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stand With Asians Coalition (SWAC) Announces Co-Founder Doris Mah Accepts Burnaby\u2019s Apology for Historic Discrimination Against Chinese Canadians &nbsp; Stand With Asians Coalition (SWAC) co-founder, Doris Mah, accepts the City of Burnaby\u2019s Official Apology for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent. Mah and Stand With Asians Coalition contributed to the City\u2019s reconciliation projects, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6642"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6658,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6642\/revisions\/6658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}