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Dark Side of Paradise
Tosh and Keiko Mary Kitagawa recently attended a UBC film making course by Alejandro Yoshizawa and produced this interesting short film that documents the gravesites of Japanese Canadians on Salt Spring Island including the fate of Kazue Okano, the baby daughter of...
Japan and the Other: Societal Change from 1945 to the Present
The Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives (CAPI) at the University of Victoria is pleased to present a new seminar series. The inaugural seminar, Japan Breaks the Peace Clause: Article 9 and Japan’s Evolving Relationship with the Asian Other takes place on Wednesday,...
Densho- 2014 Vox Populi Award Recipient
Densho: The Japanese American Legacy Project From the Director: Tom Ikeda We are honored to announce that Densho is the 2014 recipient of the Stetson Kennedy Vox Populi Award of the Oral History Association. We are especially pleased that this national recognition is...
Symposium: What are we? Honouring Nikkei Identity Sat. Sept. 27, 2014
From Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, Burnaby, BC Be a part of this dynamic meeting of creative minds to discuss how our past informs our present. World renowned artist Kip Fulbeck will get us started with a morning keynote. Respected elders will share a...
Lecture – The Nikkei and the LARA Postwar Relief Efforts to Japan
What: Japan Foundation of Toronto and Japan Studies Association of Canada Joint Lecture Series 1 "The Nikkei and the LARA Postwar Relief Efforts to Japan" ”日系と戦後のララ物資” Date & Time: Monday, September 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm Location: University of Alberta, Humanities...
A Call for Justice: Fighting for Japanese Canadian Redress (1977-1988) exhibit
Submitted by the Regina Japanese Canadian Club The Regina Japanese Canadian Club Inc. in Regina, Saskatchewan has been working to bring the “A Call for Justice: Fighting for Japanese Canadian Redress (1977-1988)”exhibit to Saskatchewan. The exhibit was developed by...
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
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 into an...
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...
Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre 20th Anniversary
The Bulletin— Editor — June 14, 2014 The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre invites you to our 20th anniversary! Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre 20th Anniversary Community Celebration Saturday, August 9, 2014 10:00am – 5:00pm New Denver, BC www.nikkeinewdenver.ca...
Hastings Park Update
The Bulletin— Judy Hanazawa — May 1, 2014 On April 12, 2014 mock-ups of the four Hastings Park interpretive signs were featured in the Nikkei National Museum Resources Centre during the Nikkei Centre Celebrate Spring event so that community members could review and...