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This timeline provides an overview of the history of Biochemical Warfare and focuses on Events, People, Places in Asia during the Second World War. It also includes key developments in International Law. The interactive timeline consists of curated…

This short video outlines Japanese internment during World War II in Canada. Over 77% of those who were interred were Canadian citizens.

This set of posters provides an introduction to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), the tribunal which presided over the prosecution of Japanese war crimes after World War II, during what is more popularly known as the Tokyo…

This project details the experiences of multiple women who suffered the trauma of being comfort women in Japanese military brothels. Placemarks are positioned on each woman's hometown and speak to the personal experience of each woman.

This guide provides a starting point for those students interested in pursuing research on the Nanjing Massacre, including valuable considerations and sources on the topic.

This is a discussion guide that accompanies the ALPHA Education Webinar featuring University of Toronto Professor of History, Takashi Fujitani.

In 1912, Quong Wing, a Canadian citizen of Chinese descent, hired two white women as servers at his restaurant in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Female Labour Act (the Act) barred all “Chinamen” from hiring white females, and as such, he was…

On May 23, 1914, the Komagata Maru sailed into Vancouver Harbour from Hong Kong via Mainland China and Japan. On board were 376 South Asian immigrants, all British citizens, wishing to settle in Canada. This short video explains the Supreme Court of…

This resource summarizes four unequal treaties of import from 1842-1901. The Treaty of Nanking (1842) and the Treaty of Kanagawa (1854) saw the advent of Western Imperialism in China and Japan respectively. Subsequently, the Shimonoseki Treaty (1895)…