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  • One woman told of being an expatriate to Japan and all the hardship she faced when she lived there just after the war. Others told of moving from place to place like vagabonds. Many discovered connections with others in the group.

    Letter to the Editor

    Posted on November 4, 2009 | No Comments
    One woman told of being an expatriate to Japan and all the hardship she faced when she lived there just after the war. Others told of moving from place to place like vagabonds. Many discovered connections with others in the group.

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  • As an independent production, we are in serious need of financial support to educate people and to preserve this part of Canada's history and the producers are now looking to the community for assistance in bringing this project to life.

    Japanese Canadian Internment Film Looking For Assistance

    Posted on September 10, 2009 | No Comments
    As an independent production, we are in serious need of financial support to educate people and to preserve this part of Canada's history and the producers are now looking to the community for assistance in bringing this project to life.

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  • Your 1993 visit to the Okinawa sites where tens of thousands of civilians died in the war was also appreciated by many people throughout Japan and beyond. We would like to appeal for your continued efforts to help bring healing and justice to the victims of atrocities committed by Japan before and during the Asia-Pacific War, and for your for support of the endeavours to keep Article 9 intact in the spirit of peace.

    Letters to the Editor

    Posted on August 23, 2009 | No Comments
    Your 1993 visit to the Okinawa sites where tens of thousands of civilians died in the war was also appreciated by many people throughout Japan and beyond. We would like to appeal for your continued efforts to help bring healing and justice to the victims of atrocities committed by Japan before and during the Asia-Pacific War, and for your for support of the endeavours to keep Article 9 intact in the spirit of peace.

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  • By remaining mute or blind - for I cannot say whether it is out of fear or ignorance that the community remains silent - to contemporary government abuse, the stated altruistic concerns of the Japanese Canadian community for human rights rings quite hollow.

    To The Editor

    Posted on June 5, 2009 | No Comments
    By remaining mute or blind - for I cannot say whether it is out of fear or ignorance that the community remains silent - to contemporary government abuse, the stated altruistic concerns of the Japanese Canadian community for human rights rings quite hollow.

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  • I had met John Asfour shortly after redress in Montreal as we participated on a panel discussion at McGill University that included Dr. Desmond Morton, a McGill historian, a representative from the Canadian Jewish Congress. John Asfour, as president of the Canadian Arab Federation and myself, from the National Association of Japanese Canadians.

    Montreal Poet First Writer-in-Residence at Kogawa House

    Posted on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
    I had met John Asfour shortly after redress in Montreal as we participated on a panel discussion at McGill University that included Dr. Desmond Morton, a McGill historian, a representative from the Canadian Jewish Congress. John Asfour, as president of the Canadian Arab Federation and myself, from the National Association of Japanese Canadians.

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  • Honouring Our Past is a conference that will pay tribute to the lives of Japanese Canadians who experienced racism, alienation, betrayal, restrictions, uprooting and loss during and after WWII. It will acknowledge the resilience and perseverance shown by Japanese Canadians who not only endured but often prospered after the war.

    Questionnaire for planning conference

    Posted on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Honouring Our Past is a conference that will pay tribute to the lives of Japanese Canadians who experienced racism, alienation, betrayal, restrictions, uprooting and loss during and after WWII. It will acknowledge the resilience and perseverance shown by Japanese Canadians who not only endured but often prospered after the war.

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  • 1) Nikkei Community New Year’s party Saturday January 17, Nikkei Place Tickets are available through Nikkei Place and the GVJCCA. Please phone 604.777.7000 for additional information. Valentine’s Day Dance Saturday...

    Three Community Events!

    Posted on January 11, 2009 | No Comments
    1) Nikkei Community New Year’s party Saturday January 17, Nikkei Place Tickets are available through Nikkei Place and the GVJCCA. Please phone 604.777.7000 for additional information. Valentine’s Day Dance Saturday...

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  • The opening event of the 2009 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival (VCBF) is underway, with budding and established poets from around the world invited to submit one unpublished English-language haiku on the theme of cherry blossoms. The deadline for submissions is December 19, 2008.

    2009 HAIKU INVITATIONAL OPENS

    Posted on December 2, 2008 | 1 Comment
    The opening event of the 2009 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival (VCBF) is underway, with budding and established poets from around the world invited to submit one unpublished English-language haiku on the theme of cherry blossoms. The deadline for submissions is December 19, 2008.

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  • Kelowna animation filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns has won another ELAN award. The first time, in 2006, was for his hapa short What Are You Anyways?

    Hapa Animator Wins ELAN Award for Yellow Sticky Notes

    Posted on March 1, 2008 | 1 Comment
    Kelowna animation filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns has won another ELAN award. The first time, in 2006, was for his hapa short What Are You Anyways?

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  • Hi – we are currently redesigning the site – please check back soon! The new site will be easier to update and more user-friendly, i.e., easier for YOU to use!...

    Welcome to The Bulletin New Website

    Posted on January 21, 2008 | No Comments
    Hi – we are currently redesigning the site – please check back soon! The new site will be easier to update and more user-friendly, i.e., easier for YOU to use!...

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