The Pass System Film

THE PASS SYSTEM illuminates a little-known time in Canada’s history when it enforced racial segregation. Produced and Directed by Alex Williams.

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@RobbieJohannson @PaulChato @ConceptualBIG @matthewkassel This may be quite surprising, but pass laws in SA pre-date Canadian ones. Slaves there needed passes as early as 1709. A formal pass law was invoked in 1866. Canada’s illegal practice of passes is put in place just after the Northwest Resistance in 1885. https://t.co/TX1FRK47Jg

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@Marie73170838 @Richard4Alberta Umm, no. You are disrespectfully using an historical injustice to make a comparison of two very different things. One is a public health measure to protect people, and the other is to illegally racially segregate people. Not. the. same. No matter how long one lasts or the other.

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@Marie73170838 @Richard4Alberta While it’s very important to understand the history of the pass system, comparing a temporary public health measure in a pandemic to a multi decade system of racial segregation is incorrect and disrespectful.

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@iangarrickmason @kpvsmom It's unlikely there's anyone who doesn't want it to be temporary.

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@iangarrickmason @kpvsmom Hi Ian, if you're talking about the pass system as the Indian Affairs policy beginning in 1886, it differs a lot. That pass system was a multi-decade system of racial segregation. This is a temporary public health measure.

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@DonBlack49 @Terrilltf @CalamityJayne4 It wasn’t an Order in Council. It was simply an illegal practice, sanctioned by John A. Macdonald, unquestioned by subsequent PMs and the INAC leadership. Mountie leadership questioned its legitimacy and protested in the early 1890s, but then used sec’s 190 & 207 to enforce it.

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Some people have questioned whether the pass system was enforced. This document is one piece of evidence amongst many that it was: it shows the NWMP Commissioner in 1896 directing Members to employ sections of the Criminal Code, despite there being zero legal basis to do so.

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Colten Boushie documentary makes history as Hot Docs opener | CBC News https://t.co/kq9NEu1R2W

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THE PASS SYSTEM screens TOMORROW, Nov 29 at 1:30 PM in London, ON at Western University! Details here: https://t.co/Jhdfpaf2sw https://t.co/Jhdfpaf2sw

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THE PASS SYSTEM screens in Ottawa at The Wabano Centre on Tuesday, September 25 at 6 PM! https://t.co/dWbai8VYpu

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The Pass System is available on CBC's website for a short time! Watch it here: https://t.co/7U9Tw9uNTC https://t.co/CPB1lRGza5

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TONIGHT - The Pass System screens in Thunder Bay https://t.co/pZQabhV0VK

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More evidence of document destruction, consistent with 1st & 2nd hand stories from the Battlefords and Southern Alberta - read the entire thread. @PaulSeesequasis a huge and important thing your nimosôm did. Possible when the Agency system closed down, this happened cross country https://t.co/101uG50HJo

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THE PASS SYSTEM screens tomorrow - 25 Oct/17 at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University,12:30 PM, Moot Court... https://t.co/vlt6BDTlkf

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Arriving in beautiful Lheidli T'enneh territory to show The Pass System at UNBC tomorrow - Nov 20, 1:30 PM in the... https://t.co/s8xeQPHLJE

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Honouring the life of Elder Kenneth Seesequasis, much treasured by his wife Therese, his family and the community... https://t.co/HRnh6LdJHs

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@AylanX @Ian_Mosby Totally looks that way. This is something I would never fictionalize. The passes r maps of trauma & injustice. They demand honest portrayals

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Apologies for the confusion about this fictionalized pass–the Nadjiwon family and members of The Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation.

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Unclear why this fictional pass is part of the exhibition, & have asked the gallery if they know passes were issued in the area.

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(Fictional pass recipient) "George Nadjiwon is a composite figure based on Ray Nadjiwon and Frederick Loft."