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Kew Dock Yip (葉求鐸; pinyin: Yè Qiúduó; 1906–2001) was community leader in Toronto's First Chinatown, the first Canadian lawyer of Chinese descent, and played a critical role in helping repeal the Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947.
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Kew Dock Yip, known in the community as Dock Yip, was born in Vancouver in 1906. His father, Yip Sang, was a paymaster of the Canadian Pacific Railway and a prominent merchant. He was also the patriarch in Vancouver’s Chinatown, renowned for his community leadership and philanthropic work in health and education. He had four wives and 23 children. ...
During the Second World War, Canada initially restricted Chinese people from joining the military. (See also History of the Armed Forces in Canada.) However, in 1942, Dock Yip managed to enlist as an army reservist with The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada. (See Canadian Army.) During training, he shared a tent with Irving Himel, with whom he became cl...
Dock Yip was fluent in Chinese (Taishanese, Cantonese and Mandarin). He served his clients at his Chinatown office for 47 years. Early on, many came to him because he was initially the only Chinese-speaking lawyer in Toronto. In the 1970s, Yip served two terms as a school trustee on Toronto’s Board of Education. In 1985, at age 79, he turned to act...
Dock Yip, along with some of his brothers, were members of the Chinese Students Soccer Team that made history in 1933 by winning the Mainland Cup — the championship for soccer clubs in British Columbia. The team is believed to have been the only soccer team composed of Chinese players outside of China. The players competed at a time when Chinese pe...
Apr 18, 2017 · This is the story of Kew (K.) Dock Yip and Irving Himel, and their work to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act, which is more formally known as the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923.
K. Dock Yip. Actor: Year of the Dragon. K. Dock Yip is known for Year of the Dragon (1985), Diamonds (1987) and Fearless Tiger (1991).
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K. Dock Yip. Actor: Year of the Dragon. K. Dock Yip is known for Year of the Dragon (1985), Diamonds (1987) and Fearless Tiger (1991).
Kew Dock Yip (葉求鐸; pinyin: Yè Qiúduó; 1906–2001) was community leader in Toronto's First Chinatown, the first Canadian lawyer of Chinese descent, and played a critical role in helping repeal the Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947.
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Kew Dock Yip LLB was the first Chinese-Canadian lawyer and the second youngest son of Yip Sang, a prominent Chinese merchant in Vancouver in the 1900s. K. Dock Yip graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1945 and help to bring about the repeal of the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923.
