K. Dock Yip

Kew Dock Yip (葉求鐸; pinyin: Yè Qiúduó; 1906–2001) was community leader in Toronto's First Chinatown, the first Canadian lawyer of Chinese descent, and played a critical role in helping repeal the Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947. He is the third youngest son of Yip Sang, a prominent Chinese merchant and paymaster of CP Railway, in Vancouver in the 1900s.

In 1931, Yip graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan.

Yip, along with some of his brothers, were members of the Chinese Students Soccer Team in 1933, when they became the B.C. Mainland Cup Soccer Champions. The team is believed to be the only soccer team composed of Chinese players outside of China in that era, a time when Chinese people in B.C. faced heavy racism. In 2011, they were inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame.

In 1941 Yip earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia. In 1991, he appeared in a Cyndi Lauper rock video.

In 1994, at the age of 87, Yip received special recognition from Ryerson University as the oldest student in their continuing education program, studying Shakespearean English by correspondence.

Personal life In 1942, Yip married Victoria Chow, his childhood sweetheart. They had three children and five grandchildren.

Awards Law Society of Upper Canada Medal 1998