Walter shares the history of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the racism and injustice Chinese people have lived through to survive. He shares how there are laws that work against Asians at that time and for many years.
Lawyer Walter Chi Yan Tom is the principal partner of a law firm specializing in immigration and business law but his real passion is community activism. Among his numerous volunteer activities, Lawyer Tom has been an executive board member and advisor of more than a dozen community and professional organizations, such as: the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals-Quebec, the Chinese Canadian National Council, the Federation of Filipino-Canadian Association of Quebec, Pinay, the Nigerian Association of Canada, the Centre for Research Action and Race Relations, the Canadian Bar Association- Quebec Immigration section, the American Association of Jurists- continental section, the Montreal Mayor’s Foundation for Youth, a City of Montreal advisor on municipal policies on economic development, immigration, and integration of ethnocultural communities.
