Museum Exhibit Cluster

Trevor Wideman has been working with the Museum Exhibit cluster since 2018 after working in the Land Title and Government Records cluster in 2015 and in the Community Records & Directories Research cluster at the Nikkei National Museum in 2016 and 2017. Trevor is currently a PhD scholar at Simon Fraser University…Read More >>

Digital Archive Cluster

Gordon Lyall is a PhD candidate and research assistant at UVic under the supervision of Dr. Jason Colby, currently in the middle of coursework and comprehensive exams. His research interests include Settler-First Nations relations, regional identity, and environmental activism in British Columbia, primarily around the…Read More >>

Digital Archive Cluster

Erin Chan is a research assistant in the Digital Archive Cluster working on writing and encoding metadata for archival material in XML documents. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in English and Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Victoria ….Read More >>

Digital Archive Cluster

Lindy Marks is completing the final year of a History Honours BA with a minor in Gender Studies at the University of Victoria. Lindy is working in the Digital Archive Cluster processing case files and encoding metadata and oral histories in Extensible Markup Language (XML)…Read More >>

Digital Archive cluster

Natsuki Abe is a history and Japanese studies student at University of Victoria. She is in the Digital Archive Cluster working closely with the oral history interviews. Natsuki is very happy to continue as a research assistant for Landscapes of Injustice. As a fourth generation Japanese Canadian, she greatly values….Read More >>

Digital Archive cluster

Jayson Jap is a Pacific and Asian Studies Student at University of Victoria. He is currently the president of the Pacific Asian Student Society. Jayson is working in the Digital Archive Cluster processing case files and encoding metadata. As a first generation Indonesian Canadian, Jayson is thankful for the opportunity…Read More >>

Narrative Website cluster

Morgan Watson is returning to the University of Victoria to pursue a Master of Arts in History. Having previously completed a Bachelor of Arts in History and Women’s Studies she is joining the project to conduct research and writing around themes of gender and race for the Landscapes of Injustice public website….Read More >>

Historical GIS cluster

Rylee Harlos works with the Historical GIS Cluster creating maps for different parts of the project and working with spatial data. She has just completed her BSc with the Geography Department at the University of Victoria…Read More >>

Research Coordinator

Amber Ali’s student-designed BA honours major in International Migration at the University of Winnipeg has blended Sociology, Political Science, History, and East Asian Languages and Cultures. The conundrum of international and local actors in the role of migration has fuelled a passion for research and theory on the social and historical effects of movement…Read More >>

Research Coordinator

Kaitlin Findlay completed her BA History (Honors) at McGill and successfully defended her MA Thesis at the University of Victoria in December 2017. Her thesis examines the Royal Commission on Japanese Claims, 1947-50. In her time with Landscapes of Injustice, Kaitlin has worked with the Government Records and Knowledge…Read More >>

Museum Exhibit Cluster

Dr. Yasmin Railton is the postdoctoral curatorial fellow in the LOI museum exhibit cluster. She is a curator and art historian. She completed her PhD in Contemporary Art/ Conservation from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK, and has over ten years’ experience in major art institutions and auction houses in London, UK… Read More >>

Teacher Resources Cluster

Dr. Aynur Kadir is an interdisciplinary scholar of Indigenous digital media, her focus is the theories and practices of digital cultural heritage. Her research is grounded in the intersection of participatory digital media, applied anthropology, and technology for museum studies. She is particularly interested in…Read More >>

Guest scholar

Alisa Koebel graduated from the Peter A. Allard School of Law with a J.D. and a specialization in Environmental and Natural Resource Law.  She began her work on Indigenous geographies with organizations such as West Coast Environmental Law and Sierra Club BC, taking an intersectional, justice-based approach to…Read More >>

Museum Exhibit Cluster

Dr. Eiji Okawa is a historian whose fields of research include the religious and political history of medieval and early modern Japan and the social and cultural history of Japanese immigrants in Canada during the first half of the twentieth century. He completed his PhD in Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia in 2016. Currently, he…Read More >>

Rachel worked as a student researcher in the Legal History
research cluster from 2016-18...Read More >>

Sonja worked as a student researcher in the Historical GIS
research cluster from 2014-2017…Read More >>

Jackson worked as a student researcher in the Historical GIS
research cluster in 2017…Read More >>

Tess was the 2017 recipient of the Hide Hyodo-Shimizu Research Scholarship in association with the National Association of Japanese Canadians and Landscapes of Injustice and worked as a student researcher in the Provincial Records research cluster in 2017…Read More >>

Yoriko worked as a student researcher in the Community Records research cluster from 2016-2017…Read More >>

Alissa worked as a student researcher in the Land Title research cluster from 2016-2017 and in the Community Records research cluster in 2015...Read More >>

Kip worked as a student researcher in the Community Records research cluster in 2017 and in the Knowledge Mobilization cluster in 2016 after starting as a work study student...Read More >>

Will worked as a student researcher in the Land Title & Government Record research cluster in 2014 and 2015...Read More >>

Robyn worked as a student researcher in the Oral History research cluster in 2017…Read More >>

Peter worked as a student researcher in the Oral History research cluster from 2016-17…Read More >>

Sarah worked as a student researcher in the Land Title & Government Records research cluster in 2014 and 2015...Read More >>

Anna worked as a student researcher in the Land Title research cluster from 2016-17…Read More >>

Kyla worked as a student researcher in the Oral History research cluster from 2014-17…Read More >>. .

Josh worked in the Oral History Research Cluster as a student researcher and research coordinator from 2014-17…Read More >>

Ariel worked in the Community Records & Directories research cluster and Land Title research cluster from 2015-17…Read More >>

Monique worked as a student researcher for the Legal History research cluster in 2014-15 and 2015-16...Read More >>

Josie worked in the Community Records & Directories Research Cluster in 2016…Read More >>

Lane worked in the Community Records & Directories research cluster in 2016…Read More >>

Eglantina worked as a student researcher in the Oral History research cluster in 2015…Read More >>

Lauren worked as a student researcher in the Legal History research cluster in 2015-16…Read More >>

Hikari worked as a student researcher in the Community Records & Directories research cluster in 2015…Read More >>

Christopher worked as a student researcher in the Community Records & Directories research cluster in 2015…Read More >>

Jacqueline worked as a student researcher in the Historical GIS research cluster in 2014-15…Read More >>

Esther worked as a student researcher in the Knowledge Mobilization research cluster in 2014-15. Read More >>

Manjot worked as a student researcher in the Legal History research cluster in 2014…Read More >>

Momoye worked as a student researcher for the Oral History research cluster in 2014-15…Read More >>

Alicia worked as a student researcher in the Oral History research cluster in 2014-15…Read More >>

Kirsten worked as a student researcher in the Legal History research cluster in 2014…Read More >>

Government Records
Research Cluster

Nicole Yakashiro is incredibly grateful to be a part of Landscapes of Injustice. She completed her BA at the University of Toronto, majoring in the Book and Media Studies Program (with minors in History and Music History & Culture), and began her MA in History at the University of British Columbia in the fall of 2017. Her research is ..Read More >>

Galen worked as a student researcher in the Community Records and Directories research cluster in 2014…Read More >>

Digital Archives Cluster

Kara Isozaki is the 2018 recipient of the NAJC-Landscapes of Injustice Hide Hyodo-Shimizu Research Fellowship and will work this summer at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby, BC in the Digital Archives cluster. Kara completed her Master’s Degree in Museum Studies and Archives and Records Management…Read More >>

Oral History Research Cluster

Alexander Pekic is an MA candidate in the Immigration and Settlement Studies program at Ryerson University. His current research focuses on the theoretical evolution of Toronto’s Sanctuary City policy. He is a researcher with the Landscapes of Injustice project’s Oral History Cluster as well as the Ryerson Centre for…Read More >>

Provincial Records
Research Cluster

Sydney Fuhrman is a recent graduate of Queen’s University with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in history. She began an M.A program at University of Victoria in September 2017 in Public History. Her research interests include the use of propaganda during World War II. She has interned in Bedford, U.K. at the Bedford…Read More >>

Narrative Website Cluster

Josh van Es is completing his final year of a dual BA/BSc program in Psychology and History at the University of Victoria. He is honoured to be co-author/co-editor of the Landscapes of Injustice public website and excited to use his extensive background in writing and online content management to help communicate this important history…Read More >>

Teacher Resources Cluster

Jonathan Ballin is a teacher and History Master’s student at UVic. He is working with the Teacher’s Resource Cluster of Landcapes of Injustice…Read More >>

Digital Archive Cluster

Lindsey Jacobson is a history and anthropology student at the University of Victoria and an aspiring archivist.  She is working with the digital archives cluster to create an online archival database. She is excited to be a part of Landscapes of Injustice to further develop her archival skills and learn more about the experience of Japanese Canadians…Read More >>