2014 Japanese Canadian Young Leaders Conference

2014 Japanese Canadian Young Leaders Conference

The Bulletin— Editor — Aug. 25, 2014 Between September 19 and 21st, Japanese Canadian young leaders from across the country will gather in Vancouver for the 2014 Japanese Canadian Young Leaders Conference (JCYLC). Organized in partnership with the National Association...
Nikkei Matsuri at Nikkei Place

Nikkei Matsuri at Nikkei Place

On August 30 and 31, Nikkei Place hosts the second annual Nikkei Matsuri, Burnaby’s family-friendly Japanese festival in the heart of Metro Vancouver. The grounds at Nikkei Place, on the corner of Kingsway & Sperling, will be transformed, transporting you...

‘Gently to Nagasaki’ -Joy Kogawa

Excerpt from Chapter 1 in Joy Kogawa’s new work-in-progress, ‘Gently to Nagasaki’ Like twenty-two thousand other ‘enemy aliens’ during World War II, our family lost our home back in the 1940’s. I was in grade one. Suddenly we Canadians of Japanese...
Mizuno Family Camera

Mizuno Family Camera

ca.1921 JCNM 2011.17.1 Mizuno Collection “Folding Pocket Camera.” Nikkei Images 16, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 24. This small and fairly ordinary No 3-A Autographic Kodak Folding Pocket Camera encompasses many stories. The Mizuno family ran a rooming house at 578 Alexander...
Celtic Cannery: A Japanese Canadian Fishing Village in Vancouver

Celtic Cannery: A Japanese Canadian Fishing Village in Vancouver

The Bulletin— Roger Sasaki — June 14, 2014 A year ago, on June 8, 2013, approximately 100 persons attended a Vancouver Heritage Foundation sponsored “Places That Matter” event recognizing Celtic Cannery, a former community of Japanese Canadians who once resided in the...