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Past Wrongs, Future Choices Background Resources
PWFC background resources Oct. 24, 2022
BC History Magazine Family Case Files
BC History 55.1 Spring - Michael Abe BC History 55.2 Summer - Michael Abe
Landscapes of Injustice Spring 2021 Newsletter
Message from the Project Director Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross The Landscapes of Injustice project was made possible by the generosity of the Japanese Canadian community. A big, ambitious initiative, dependent upon new relationships, it needed trust and patience to...
Landscapes of Injustice Digital Archive Database Launch events
Landscapes of Injustice is pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Archives database this March. Join us for one or both of the launch events each as we explore the materials contained within, demonstrate how to retrieve them and chat with members of the...
Public Talk Re Persons of Japanese Race Exile: The Expulsion of Japanese Canadians, 1946 -with recording link
The Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers of BC (FACL BC) in association with Landscapes of Injustice present Landscapes of Injustice: Re Persons of Japanese Race View Meeting Recording:...
Landscapes of Injustice Claim Series #13 Teaching History through History- An Interview with Greg Miyanaga
My name is Matt Billson, a first-year student intending to study both History and English at the University of Victoria. As a part of my HUMA 295 course, a first-year seminar course that looks at research in the Faculty of Humanities and explores what it really means...
Landscapes of Injustice Claim Series #12 The Case of Akira Namba
This article in our series on the four claims highlights Claim #2: Dispossession is hard work. It comes from Isabelle D. Tupas, an undergrad at KPU and practicum student volunteering at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Claim #2 states that the...
Wilson Institute Landscapes of Injustice Book Event: Author (virtually) Meets Critics- Recording link
Wilson Institute Lecture Series Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians Author (virtually) Meets Critics Join Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross and a panel of distinguished readers for a discussion of his latest book,...
Landscapes of Injustice Claim Series #11 The Journey of a Piece of Furniture, a Piece of Family History
Listen to this story on CBC Radio North By Northwest with Sheryl MacKay December 12, 2020 The Journey of a Piece of Furniture, a Piece of Family History Michael Abe Prologue In 1991, my Auntie Katy (Kaoru nee Toyota) and Uncle Kumy (Kumeo) Yoshida came from London...
“A Yonsei Experience” Nicole Yakashiro
A Yonsei experience Nicole Yakashiro A Yonsei Experience Nicole Yakashiro Presenting at the Memories of Internment and Dispossession Panel, January 2017. Photo credit: Tosh Kitagawa My experience with Landscapes of Injustice has been (and continues to be) an...
“Canada’s internment era-University of Victoria Field School”
field school ad Canada’s Internment Era – A Field School An opportunity for in-service teachers Learn the history of the internment in the places where it happened Receive resources made by teachers for teachers A fully funded learning opportunity The National...
“Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation Research Fellowship Recipient” Jennifer Landrey
Jennifer Landrey article Oct. 2019 Frank H. Hori Research Fellowship Recipient Jennifer Landrey As an undergraduate student, a constant battle exists between imposter-syndrome and believing in myself. Pursuing a double major in honours history and writing, with a...
“An Investment in Research That Matters” Tess Elsworthy
NikkeiVoice Tess Elsworthy An Investment in Research That Matters Tess Elsworthy My name is Tess Elsworthy and I am currently researching my MA thesis in History at McGill University under the supervision of Laura Madokoro. My topic is McGill’s own exclusion of...
“Putting Theory into Practice with the Archival Website Cluster” Kara Isozaki
KaraIsozakiLOIArticle_UpdatedSept26 Putting Theory into Practice with the Archival Website Cluster By Kara Isozaki I learned about the NAJC/Landscapes of Injustice Hide Hyodo-Shimizu Research Scholarship this past winter. The timing was perfect. Landscapes of...
“Connecting a family’s lost fleet to historical documents” Michael Abe
Lost Fleet- a case study The Lost Fleet Exhibit Launch Report: A Case Study Mike Abe It was an honour to speak at the event launch of the Lost Fleet Exhibit at the Maritime Museum of British Columbia in January. The exhibit was on loan from the Vancouver Maritime...
“Learn Canada’s internment history in the places where it happened”
December issue Bulletin 2020 Field School article Learn Canada’s Internment History in the Places Where It Happened Victoria-Vancouver-Hope-Greenwood-Kaslo-New Denver-Slocan Valley Landscapes of Injustice in partnership with the University of Victoria, Nikkei...
“Japanese-style building honours first Japanese Garden” Michael Abe
Update on Gorge Park Multi Update on the Esquimalt Tea House Building in Gorge Park Esquimalt Archives The Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society has been working with the community and Municipality of Esquimalt to create a legacy structure in Gorge Park, the site of...
Journey into the Interior Natsuki Abe
Natsuki Abe Journey into the Interior Nov. 2019 Journey into the Interior Natsuki Abe In July 2019, I attended the University of Victoria’s first iteration of Canada’s Internment Era: A Field School. I am appreciative of a grant from the Victoria Nikkei Cultural...
Lessons in racism at a Country Grocer
Lessons in racism at a Country Grocer Jordan Stanger-Ross Lessons in racism at a Country Grocer I think I may have learned something new about the history of racism the other day in a neighbourhood store. Sometime near the beginning of everything now happening, I...
Freedom or safety: Lessons from internment to COVID-19 Zoe-Blue Coates
Freedom or safety Lessons from internment to COVID-19 Freedom or Safety: Lessons from Japanese Canadian Internment to COVID-19 Zoë-Blue Coates We are in a global pandemic. With social distancing in place, COVID-19 has changed the day to day of all Canadians in a way...