Project Activity
Landscapes of Injustice research explores a complicated family legacy of remembrance
Masumi Mitsui wearing a Canadian Legion-branded Blazer with his four military medals including his Canadian Military Medal for bravery. Photo credit: Nikkei National Museum 2014.10.1.7 As Remembrance Day approaches each year, Canadians are called to consider our...
Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives Faculty Research Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross of the department of history and the Landscapes of Injustice project. Dr. Stanger-Ross won the 2015 CAPI Faculty Research Grant for his research proposal "Deportees and Dispossession: Laying the foundation for a transnational...
Uvic History Featured Research – Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross
Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross I am currently the Director of Landscapes of Injustice a research partnership project that is devoted to telling the history of the dispossession of the property (homes, businesses, farms, fishing vessels, automobiles, and any and all personal...
CFAX 1070 Radio interview
Project Director Jordan Stanger-Ross discussed the project, and an upcoming talk in Victoria on CFAX 1070. Thanks to Terry Moore for his interest in the topic. Listen to the interview https://soundcloud.com/terry-moore-cfax/october-5-4pm
Cafe Historique – Who Forced the Sale of Japanese-Canadian-owned Property during the Second World War?
In the spring of 1942, when Japanese Canadians in coastal British Columbia were uprooted from their homes and interned, the Canadian government assured them that their property would be protected for the duration of the war and then released back to them. A year...
The relation between Redress and Landscapes of Injustice: Project leaders reflect on the upcoming anniversary
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) President Art Miki at the signing of the Redress, September 22, 1988. Photo credit: Nikkei National Museum 2010.32.28 September 22nd marks the 27th anniversary of the Redress...
National Association of Japanese Canadians AGM – Landscapes of Injustice presentation
Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross, Project Director, will present the Landscapes of Injustice research project together with Sherri Kajiwara, Director|Curator of the Nikkei National Museum at the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) AGM at 12.00 on Saturday,...
Landscapes of Injustice Summer 2015 newsletter
This summer was an exciting one for the research in the Landscapes of Injustice project. Read the latest update on project research and events. Summer_2015_LoI_newsletter_FINAL Subscribe and stay up to date with project progress.
Global Connections Conference Sept. 1-3, 2015 University of Victoria
The Global Connections Conference- Critical Holocaust Education in a Time of Transition Two members of the Landscapes of Injustice team will present at this conference. Tuesday, September 1, 2015 9:30-11:30 am Human Rights in the Canadian Context (20 minute panel...
FACE TO FACE Internment: Yes or No
Should the Canadian Government have authorized the forcible evacuation inland of Japanese citizens during the Second World War? Hear from Authors J.L. Granatastein and Pamela Sugiman. Click here for the full article,...
Landscapes of Injustice Panel presentation at the BC Studies Conference
A number of participants in the Landscapes of Injustice project presented preliminary findings to an interested group of historians at the BC Studies conference at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in May 2015. Laura Ishiguro (UBC) was the moderator. Nick Blomley (SFU)...
Busy June for the Oral History Research Cluster
A busy June for the Oral History Cluster The Oral History Research Cluster of Landscapes of Injustice had a busy week in early June 2015. First, on June 1st, Alexander Pekic competed on behalf of the cluster at the SSHRC Storytellers competition in Ottawa, Ontario. ...
Jordan Stanger-Ross wins 2015 Canadian History Association Canadian Committee on Migration, Ethnicity and Transnationalism Article Prize
The 2015 winner is: Jordan Stanger-Ross, “Telling a Difficult Past” Kishizo Kimura’s Memoir of Entanglement in Racist Policy” BC Studies, no 181, Spring 2014. In this well-written and tightly argued article, Jordan Stanger-Ross tells the story of Kishizo Kimura, a...
Faces of Japanese Diversity Seminar and Panel
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - ALL ARE WELCOME! 7:00-9:00 pm Legacy Art Gallery 630 Yates St. corner of Broad St. Second seminar in Professor Brannen's 'Japan and the Other: Societal Change from 1945 – Present' series. Presented in cooperation with the Landscapes of...
Hide Hyodo-Shimizu Research Scholarship
The National Association of Japanese Canadians and the Landscapes of Injustice Partnership Project are proud to jointly announce the: “HIDE HYODO-SHIMIZU RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP” Valued at $10,000, this research scholarship will be awarded to a student who was enrolled...
Peopling the Liquidation Policy – University of Alberta
Peopling the Liquidation Policy- University of Alberta On Monday, February 9, Professor Jordan Stanger-Ross (Victoria, Dept. of History) will be visiting the Faculty of Law art the University of Alberta and giving a seminar at noon in CN Alumni Hall (enter via the...
KIRI’S PIANO-B.C. premiere at University of Victoria with director France Benoit
Landscapes of Injustice and the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives are pleased to present Lunch and Learn- Kiri’s Piano A Japanese Canadian film presentation with filmmaker France Benoit Monday, February 2, 2015 12:30 – 1:30 pm Harry Hickman Bldg. Rm. 116...
BC Studies Conference Panel – Landscapes of Injustice: Initial research findings
Landscapes of Injustice: Preliminary Returns of Partnered Research When the government uprooted 22,000 Japanese Canadians from coastal British Columbia, it also began the forced sale of their property, a major policy in its own right. Because of the dispossession,...
Link to UBC Law Southin Lecture – Peopling the Liquidation Policy Jordan Stanger-Ross
If you were unable to attend the Southin Lecture with Jordan Stanger-Ross, here is a link to the presentation courtesy of UBC Law. http://mediasitemob1.mediagroup.ubc.ca/Mediasite/Play/180b319815e94db59ce3cdc9d7c56c8c1d Who forced the sale of Japanese-Canadian-owned...
BC Museums Association Conference
Submitted by Esther Rzeplinski From October 22-25 I attended the annual conference of the BC Museums Association in Penticton, BC. The theme of this year's conference was "The Third Space -- Re-imagining our Cultural Landscape." According to Michael Hickey, "‘Third...