Looking for Japanese-Canadian Cooks
We are looking for knowledgeable and flavour-focused home cooks to teach people their Japanese-Canadian foodie heritage and kitchen magic! Classes will be maximum...
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Japanese Canadian Heritage Cooking Classes
The Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA), Tonari Gumi (TG), and the Vancouver Japanese Language School-Japanese Hall (VJLS-JH) would like to warmly welcome...
Susanne Tabata: The Road to BC Redress
by John Endo Greenaway The seeds for BC Redress were planted 2012 with the Provincial apology led by former MLA Naomi Yamamoto. Beginning in...
Isshoni: Henry Shimizu’s Paintings
of New Denver Internment
A Curatorial Journey with
Samantha Kuniko Marsh
by John Endo Greenaway Henry Shimizu was fourteen when he and the rest of the Shimizu family were uprooted. Unable to return to BC,...
Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2021
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s 10th annual Toronto Japanese Film Festival (TJFF) will be presented in a hybrid format from June 5 to 27,...
My Sister Know Why Podcast
I’m listening to the My Sisters Knows Why podcast, where Ang and Claud are talking about mochi and its relationship to Japanese Canadian traditions and culture, before moving on to obon, and then the Japanese Canadian picnic at the Toronto Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.
Chiru Sakura, a Mother and Daughter’s Journey by Grace Eiko Thomson
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,...
Keirokai 2021 Part II
The cancellation of the 2021JCCA Keirokai, normally held at the beginning of the year, means we are unable to honour our seniors in person...
Keirokai 2021
Keirokai 2021: Honouring Our Elders The cancellation of the 2021 JCCA Keirokai, normally held at the beginning of the year, means we are unable...
Terry Watada: On Dreams, Mystery, and Writing What You Know
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...
Kyowakai: Memory and Healing in New Denver, BC
Japanese Canadians began to arrive in New Denver on May 21, 1942, part of a wave of 22,000 internees forced out of a 100-mile...
Focus on JC Books + JC Writers
With the holiday season and gift giving just around the corner in this most unusual of times, we present a selection of new and...
