Terry Watada

A Bonanza of Representation

Last year I caught, quite by accident, a truly unique episode of Bonanza. The second longest-running television western (Gunsmoke being the longest) was on-air from 1959 to 1973.

Spam Musubi!

Editor’s note: B While Terry is on his summer hiatus, we decided to look back on his nearly thirty years of writing about and for...

You are a Japanese Canadian If . .

Editor’s note: Terry Watada is on summer break and will return in October. In the interim, we thought we’d publish some “classic” columns by...

For the Love of Attawapiskat

Intergenerational trauma is real and alive in communities deeply affected by residential schools. You can’t attempt cultural genocide for 140 years, for seven generations...

Asians and Asian Americans and the Oscars

“I’m here at the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the White People’s Choice Awards!” – Chris Rock, February 2016 Chris Rock’s witty and quotable...

Did You Know? Part Two

Now where was I? Oh yes, I was about to reveal some surprising facts: surprising to me that is. First off, let me apologize...

Anjin-san is still the Star

It was 1980-something when Lane Nishikawa, playwright and actor, came to Toronto to stage his one-man play, Life in the Fast Lane. I can’t...

Did You Know?

I thought I’d start 2016 with some surprising facts, at least surprising to me. Did you know Nobu McCarthy was Canadian? I know, who’s...