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...
Author: John Endo Greenaway
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...
Shogi – The Vancouver Shogi Club Rides Again
Like most board games, playing shogi is a blast, and every single match is different. There will be always be something new to learn, no matter how many games you play. And if you join a club, you can meet interesting people.
Magic Hour at the Nikkei National Museum
Not everything is based on negotiation. Sometimes we do what we want to do, and unless there’s a problem it works really well, and it’s kind of like a festive way of working together. I used to be in a collective where we discussed everything, and came up with ideas, which were good, but it ends up taking so much time that sometimes you have a hard time actually getting things done.
Bulletin Interview: Judge Maryka Omatsu
I loved my father and I regret that he died (1980) before our redress settlement, before my appointment to the bench, before I moved back to the west coast. In Vancouver, he had a popular restaurant on the corner of Broadway and Granville.
Frank Moritsugu: from Port Alice to Calcutta
Frank Moritsugu is an oldtimer in the grandest sense of the word. Born in Port Alice, British Columbia, he was still in his teens...
