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  • The history of kendo in the lower mainland goes back to the early 1900s when Kentaro Tsuzuki established the Yoki Kan dojo in Steveston. By the time the internment forced...

    Kendo: connecting body, mind & spirit

    Posted on September 17, 2008 | No Comments
    The history of kendo in the lower mainland goes back to the early 1900s when Kentaro Tsuzuki established the Yoki Kan dojo in Steveston. By the time the internment forced...

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  • I finally received a call from Minister Weiner’s office at noon on September 21st that the redress announcement would be made the following day. I contacted the members of the Strategy Committee to book their flight to Ottawa and informed community leaders of the great news. It was difficult for all of us to remain silent when we were receiving calls from the community and media about the negotiation meetings.

    In Conversation with Art Miki

    Posted on August 3, 2008 | No Comments
    I finally received a call from Minister Weiner’s office at noon on September 21st that the redress announcement would be made the following day. I contacted the members of the Strategy Committee to book their flight to Ottawa and informed community leaders of the great news. It was difficult for all of us to remain silent when we were receiving calls from the community and media about the negotiation meetings.

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  • Harry Aoki is light-years ahead of his time. At the age of eighty-six he can look back on roughly a dozen careers. As he admits, he may have forgotten a few. He has been a composer, recording artist, conductor, impresario, efficiency expert, orchestral arranger, logger, teacher, ski instructor, musicologist, traveler and band leader, among others. And he’s not done yet.

    Harry Aoki – a life of music

    Posted on July 5, 2008 | No Comments
    Harry Aoki is light-years ahead of his time. At the age of eighty-six he can look back on roughly a dozen careers. As he admits, he may have forgotten a few. He has been a composer, recording artist, conductor, impresario, efficiency expert, orchestral arranger, logger, teacher, ski instructor, musicologist, traveler and band leader, among others. And he’s not done yet.

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  • Joseph Wu has a passion for paper, or, more precisely, for folding paper. Big sheet or small, if it can be folded he will fold it, from the dramatic (dragons,...

    Joseph Wu: a Life of Paper

    Posted on June 12, 2008 | No Comments
    Joseph Wu has a passion for paper, or, more precisely, for folding paper. Big sheet or small, if it can be folded he will fold it, from the dramatic (dragons,...

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