Not Just Numbers

Case 3: Conclusion: Henry Chu

Fifteen Minutes

Review the details of your Case Study’s life together. Did the class find anything surprising? Did they make any assumptions that were later challenged? Is there anything specific about their Case Study that they want to know?

Details

Henry Chu emigrated to Canada from China in 1918

He had to pay a $500 fee known as the Chinese Head Tax to enter Canada

He found work as a door-to-door salesman for a shop on Yonge Street

He met his future wife Ethel while working as a door-to-door salesman in 1923

His parents forced him to return to China after they learned about his relationship with Ethel

In China, he was forced to marry someone else

He returned to Toronto in 1933 and resumed his relationship with Ethel

At the time, Ethel and Henry married, Ethel would have lost her British citizenship

The couple had three children

He died of cancer in 1943