Shows an old Chinese laundry in Black and White
Lethbridge

Speaker Series: On Being "A Nuisance": Mapping Chinese Laundries in Historic Downtown Lethbridge

     
7:00 PM
1st Choice Sports & Wellness Building, U of L Campus, PE264 and Zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/99212329851

Speakers: Suzanne Lenon, Autumn Barthel, & Andrew Gryba

Between 1909 and 1911, Lethbridge, Alberta passed two municipal by-laws that sought to exclude, restrict, and ultimately segregate where Chinese-owned laundries could operate. Drawing on archival materials and GIS story-mapping, we provide an account
of why and how the by-laws came to be, and the way they worked to protect white settler property. We also discuss
actions taken by Chinese business owners to protest, refuse, and resist the racist targeting of their laundries.

In-person: PE264, 1st Choice Sports & Wellness Building, U of L campus
(across from the Tim Hortons)

Zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/99212329851

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