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I think mythologies are fundamental and vital to the story of a people. They’re like a river with countervailing currents of cohesion, division, hope, despair … on which we all travel together. And they’re hard to come by. – Bryce…

One day a number of years ago, while Grace Eiko Thomson was visiting her 84-year-old mother in the care home where she was living, her mother handed her a small booklet with the title Journal. The book, written in Japanese,…

The cancellation of the 2021JCCA Keirokai, normally held at the beginning of the year, means we are unable to honour our seniors in person this year. With that in mind, we have created a virtual Keirokai as a way of…

Keirokai 2021: Honouring Our Elders The cancellation of the 2021 JCCA Keirokai, normally held at the beginning of the year, means we are unable to honour our seniors in person this year. With that in mind, we are creating a…

The Paueru Gai Dialogues – take one On Saturday, January 30, 2021 the year-long Paueru Gai Dialogues kicked off with Catalyzing Social Equity through Culture & Connection to Place. Guest host for the session was Izumi Sakamoto, Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash…

On 22 April 1942, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) ship the SS Princess Mary was docked at the wharf in Ganges on Saltspring Island. It was not a regular ferry run. The ship was chartered by the Canadian government to…

The Paueru Gai Dialogues Catalyzing Social Equity through Culture & Connection to Place To kick off the new year, the Powell Street Festival Society is launching an online series, The Paueru Gai Dialogues. On the last Saturday of each month, BIPOC artists and…

Mysterious Dreams of the Dead Terry Watada Anvil Press Excerpt 1987 One of those rootless, forgotten nights. I leaned against the giving rail of a “large table,” surveying the debris field of reds and prized colour’d balls with their multiple…

Mysterious Dreams of the Dead, Terry Watada’s latest novel, features Mike Shintani, a sansei (third-generation Japanese Canadian) who sets off to uncover the mystery of his father’s death in a plane crash north of Lake Superior when Mike was only…