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After his legal fight for Chinese Canadian rights, Yip returned to his legal career serving Chinese in Toronto. Yip maintained a private legal practice out of Chinatown and was a [[Toronto Board of Education]] trustee for Ward 6 in the 1970s.<ref>http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=3696</ref> |
After his legal fight for Chinese Canadian rights, Yip returned to his legal career serving Chinese in Toronto. Yip maintained a private legal practice out of Chinatown and was a [[Toronto Board of Education]] trustee for Ward 6 in the 1970s.<ref>http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=3696</ref> |
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In 1985, he played the role of a [[tong leader]] in the movie [[Year of the Dragon (film)|Year of the Dragon]] starring [[Mickey Rourke]]. Yip continued to practice law until |
In 1985, he played the role of a [[tong leader]] in the movie [[Year of the Dragon (film)|Year of the Dragon]] starring [[Mickey Rourke]]. Yip continued to practice law until retiring in 1992.<ref>http://www.roadtojustice.ca/video/interview-with-dock-yip</ref> |
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==Personal== |
==Personal== |
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Kew Dock Yip LLB (葉求鐸; pinyin: Yè Qiúduó) 1906-2001) was the first Chinese-Canadian lawyer and the second youngest son of Yip Sang, a prominent Chinese merchant in Vancouver in the 1900s.[1]
Early Years
Yip was born in Vancouver in 1906 and one of 23 children born to Yip Wang Sang's four wives.[2] Yip graduated from pharmacology from the University of Michigan, but became a staffer at the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver.[3]
Move to Toronto
Yip moved to Toronto in 1940 with his future wife Victoria Chow (m. 1942) and graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1945 and help to bring about the repeal of the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923.[4] After his moved to Toronto, Yip was an important community leader in Toronto's Chinatown.
In 1942 Yip became a reservist with te The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada.[5]
After his legal fight for Chinese Canadian rights, Yip returned to his legal career serving Chinese in Toronto. Yip maintained a private legal practice out of Chinatown and was a Toronto Board of Education trustee for Ward 6 in the 1970s.[6]
In 1985, he played the role of a tong leader in the movie Year of the Dragon starring Mickey Rourke. Yip continued to practice law until retiring in 1992.[7]
Personal
Yip is survived by second wife Evelyn and children Alfred, Duncan James and Malcolm John.
Yip's sister, Susanne Yip Gimling, was Principal of Kwangtung Provincial Girls’ Middle School in Guangzhou in the 1930s.
Awards
- Law Society of Upper Canada Medal 1998
References
- ^ http://www.roadtojustice.ca/first-lawyers/kew-dock-yip
- ^ http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=3696
- ^ http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=3696
- ^ http://www.roadtojustice.ca/first-lawyers/kew-dock-yip
- ^ http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=3696
- ^ http://www.billgladstone.ca/?p=3696
- ^ http://www.roadtojustice.ca/video/interview-with-dock-yip