Archive for February, 2009

  • Hi everyone and Happy Year of the Ox! Well, it seems like it’s only been a few weeks since I wrote my last message and so it has been. We’ve...

    President’s Message

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
    Hi everyone and Happy Year of the Ox! Well, it seems like it’s only been a few weeks since I wrote my last message and so it has been. We’ve...

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  • So glad the snow storm we had in later December and early January is in the past. At our January Ikebana meeting one of the members, Yvonne Yole, brought a...

    MARASCHINO SQUARES

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    So glad the snow storm we had in later December and early January is in the past. At our January Ikebana meeting one of the members, Yvonne Yole, brought a...

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  • Rear-Admiral Tyrone Pile, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific, recently presented Mr. Dick Nakamura with a framed letter of thanks on behalf of the Canadian Navy for more than 30 years of...

    Dick Nakamura Recognized

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | 2 Comments
    Rear-Admiral Tyrone Pile, Commander Maritime Forces Pacific, recently presented Mr. Dick Nakamura with a framed letter of thanks on behalf of the Canadian Navy for more than 30 years of...

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  • When he turned to research and writing, our family was loaded into the car on a long road trip across the country. We stopped in small towns with names like Slocan and New Denver, which were steeped in memory for him. But for us kids -- we just shrugged our shoulders with impatience . . . not able to see the import or history.

    Memories of my father

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    When he turned to research and writing, our family was loaded into the car on a long road trip across the country. We stopped in small towns with names like Slocan and New Denver, which were steeped in memory for him. But for us kids -- we just shrugged our shoulders with impatience . . . not able to see the import or history.

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  • By Alex Ross My grandpa, Roy Ito, passed away in 1999 when I was just ten. So I knew him as a kid knew a grandpa. Some of my memories...

    Remembering My Grandpa

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    By Alex Ross My grandpa, Roy Ito, passed away in 1999 when I was just ten. So I knew him as a kid knew a grandpa. Some of my memories...

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  • The Ito family donated their father's archive with an award for someone to do research and to create a public presentation of Roy Ito's work. I was the recipient of this award proposing an online interactive project that would house three new works in response to an item within his archive.

    March to December

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    The Ito family donated their father's archive with an award for someone to do research and to create a public presentation of Roy Ito's work. I was the recipient of this award proposing an online interactive project that would house three new works in response to an item within his archive.

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  • First of all let me say that what surprised me most about Roy Ito’s diary was its candor and contemporariness. It is full of emotion and humor. At the same...

    Kyo Maclear : on Roy Ito

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    First of all let me say that what surprised me most about Roy Ito’s diary was its candor and contemporariness. It is full of emotion and humor. At the same...

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  • knowing, not knowing 1. I arrive at the archives wondering but not knowing what I would discover or create in response to Roy’s diary only knowing I wanted to be...

    Baco Ohama : on Roy Ito

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    knowing, not knowing 1. I arrive at the archives wondering but not knowing what I would discover or create in response to Roy’s diary only knowing I wanted to be...

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  • War clouds loomed ominously over the Pacific in November 1941 as the Japanese Canadian Citizens League held its fifth annual conference in Victoria. Obata wrote to the editor of The...

    We Went to War [Excerpt]

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    War clouds loomed ominously over the Pacific in November 1941 as the Japanese Canadian Citizens League held its fifth annual conference in Victoria. Obata wrote to the editor of The...

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  • part of a crowd (two of three poems written on January 20, 2009) 1. as we wait in the cold air with excitement evident on our faces the woman behind...

    Two Poems

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    part of a crowd (two of three poems written on January 20, 2009) 1. as we wait in the cold air with excitement evident on our faces the woman behind...

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  • It was a revelation to discover that this new community I was suddenly part of was in fact made up of three distinct generations: the issei, my grandparent’s generation, whom I couldn’t understand; the sansei, as described above; and the nisei, who fit neither description.

    Generation “N”

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    It was a revelation to discover that this new community I was suddenly part of was in fact made up of three distinct generations: the issei, my grandparent’s generation, whom I couldn’t understand; the sansei, as described above; and the nisei, who fit neither description.

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  • Illustration by Cindy Mochizuki “It was a problem of communication. My father read Japanese language newspapers, he could not read English. I read English language newspapers, Japanese newspapers were too...

    March to December : Remembering Roy Ito

    Posted on February 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Illustration by Cindy Mochizuki “It was a problem of communication. My father read Japanese language newspapers, he could not read English. I read English language newspapers, Japanese newspapers were too...

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