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- Mixed Match: a matter of race
02 April 2012 2:16 PM | No Comments - Susan Aihoshi: on family, history + finding a new voice
02 April 2012 12:31 PM | No Comments - Addressing Injustice: UBC’s Response to the Internment
02 April 2012 12:21 PM | No Comments - Mary Kitagawa: Speech to UBC symposium, march 21
31 March 2012 1:53 PM | No Comments - A Degree of Justice (video)
27 March 2012 12:00 PM | No Comments - Fumiko Greenaway: a son remembers
29 February 2012 6:09 PM | No Comments - Vancouver International Dance Festival
29 February 2012 5:52 PM | No Comments - Return to Matsuyama
29 February 2012 5:49 PM | No Comments - One Year Later: Shaken But Not Broken
29 February 2012 5:45 PM | No Comments - Profile: Nathan Hirayama
10 February 2012 11:12 AM | No Comments
- Mixed Match: a matter of race
02 April 2012 2:16 PM | No Comments - The Difference Between Travelling Solo and Travelling Alone
02 April 2012 2:10 PM | No Comments - a matter of identity
02 April 2012 2:10 PM | No Comments - President’s Message
02 April 2012 2:08 PM | No Comments - Community Kitchen
02 April 2012 2:07 PM | No Comments - Susan Aihoshi: on family, history + finding a new voice
02 April 2012 12:31 PM | No Comments - Addressing Injustice: UBC’s Response to the Internment
02 April 2012 12:21 PM | No Comments - Mary Kitagawa: Speech to UBC symposium, march 21
31 March 2012 1:53 PM | No Comments - A Degree of Justice (video)
27 March 2012 12:00 PM | No Comments - Guest Post – WATCH: Japan, One Year Later
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Archive for December, 2009
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Editorial: Last rant of the year
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsAs 2009 winds down, it’s time to take a collective deep breath. Just try not to take in any water while you’re doing it—the seas have been rather rough of... -
CANDY CANE BISCOTTI
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsBRRRR! It's getting chilly outside. Hope it continues for the 2010 Olympics. Judy Nishi sent me her favourite recipe for Christmas and here it is. Thanks Judy. -
Letter to the Editor
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsTo the editor I just wanted to thank you for publishing Dr. Henry Shimizu’s account of his visit to New Denver and the site of some of the other internment... -
President’s Message
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsOn behalf of the Board of Directors of the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizen’s Association and our families, I would like to extend a special Merry Christmas and Holiday Season to each and every one of our members, your families, and the Nikkei community at large. Although this time of year is mainly considered a Christian holiday season, I have always liked to think that in celebrating the holiday season we can support all denominations, whether it’s through special words or gifts of kindness. -
That “Mattari” Feeling…
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsWhy don’t young Japanese these days want to venture out? Some say it’s because of the economic downturn but then, the Japanese were generally poorer in the old days. The columnist concludes that people would rather go to a hot-spring resort inside Japan where they can relax feeling “mattari.” Having apparently entered general usage about five years ago, the word “mattari” is nowadays even used by elementary school kids. -
A Dialogue on “Blessing in Disguise”
Posted on December 15, 2009 | No CommentsOne lesson that I have learned is that racial bigotry and discrimination is still prevalent in our society. We Japanese Canadian have been accepted as equals as we have integrated with other ethnic groups, but I fear for the backlash against the Chinese and Indo Canadians who live in close-knit communities as in Richmond and Surrey. In Japan I saw discrimination against the Koreans and the “eta” people and I was able to empathize with them because of my own wartime experience. -
Limelight – Richard Murakami
Posted on December 15, 2009 | 2 CommentsBy Sean McIntyre – Gulf Islands Driftwood reprinted by permission Richard Murakami has a poem by Mother Theresa hanging on the wall of his Rainbow Road garage. It speaks of... -
Henry Wakabayashi C.M. O.B.C.
Posted on December 15, 2009 | 1 CommentAs a seven-year-old boy in the Rosebery internment camp, Henry Wakabayashi used to play by the shores of Slocan Lake, which lay just outside the small home that he shared...




