A Steveston Beginning: remembering my mother – new works by Judy Nakagawa
Visitors to the second floor of the Nikkei Centre in Burnaby will be familiar with a sculpture hanging over an opening in the floor....
Author: John Endo Greenaway
Seeking Nominations: Japanese Canadian Historical Sites
In 2015, the BC Government launched a pilot program to identify places of historic significance to Chinese Canadians, resultng in the addition of 21...
A New Moon Over Tohoku
When Linda Ohama arrived in Onomichi on Children’s Day in May, 1999, camera crew in tow, she was looking for footage for her film,...
Fubuki Daiko: going for broke under the northern lights
When Winnipeg’s Fubuki Daiko celebrated its twentieth anniversary last year, it marked a major milestone as one of North America’s few professional taiko groups....
The Taste of Home
It was once known as the Powell Street Grounds, later changed to Oppenheimer Park, after Vancouver’s second mayor, David Oppenheimer. Depending on what website...
Digging Deep
When I was young I had little or no interest in Japanese (or Japanese Canadian) history or culture. I knew my mum was Japanese,...
WePress: Community Makerspace gets hands-on in the Downtown Eastside
Having toiled in the printed trade for many years when I was younger it was fascinating to see these two technologies employed side-by-side – one a throwback to an earlier time and the other only a few years old and still-evolving. To my eyes, WePress reflects a new way of looking at the creative process, where new technologies and old are embraced and digital and analog coexist happily.
Rebel With a Cause: The Doc Nikaido Story
When Dr. Harry Nikaido passed away on November 11, 1975, the town of Bow Island, Alberta lost not only its doctor, but a cherished...
Interview with Bishop Melissa Skelton
Over the past several years, the Japanese Canadian community has had to come to terms with the open acknowledgment of sexual abuse perpetrated by...
Against the Current: a collaborative cross-cultural performance
On Friday, November 6, a unique, collaborative performance, Against the Current, takes the theme of salmon and uses it as a jumping-off point to explore ideas of migration, perseverance, community and identity.
Tetsuro Shigematsu: Empire of the Son
Like many, I first became aware of Tetsuro Shigematsu when he took over from Bill Richardson as host of CBC’s popular afternoon show, The...
5th Annual Hapa-Palooza Festival
Founded in 2011 by Anna Ling Kaye, Jeff Chiba Stearns and Zarah Martz, the Hapa-palooza Festival seeks to raise awareness, explore and celebrate mixed...
