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Comment on Mary Kitagawa: a degree of justice by Solidarity Spring Roars

Solidarity Spring Roars — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:29:58 +0000

[...] were forced to leave UBC. I’ve been working with the Japanese Canadian community including Mary Kitagawa the Japanese Canadian elder who headed up this campaign. I am very happy that my alma mater UBC [...]

Comment on JCCA by Stan Fukawa

Stan Fukawa — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 23:33:01 +0000

Kagan,
Congratulations on putting it all together.
I remember when you were fund-raising some years ago.
I may have said something like what is attributed to me. However, I have never been a president of the JCCA or any of its chapters.
I’ve been a member for many years so I am a supporter–just never president.

Comment on Community Kitchen Classic by lyndsay

lyndsay — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:54:53 +0000

Wonderful. I posted this on PSF’s facebook and twitter.

Comment on memories of my mother by Sally Ito

Sally Ito — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:11:46 +0000

Hi John, I was sad to hear of your mother’s passing and want to let you know I remember her well when I was living in Vancouver in 1986-1988. She was an inspiration to me as an artist and a joy to be with. I’m sure she will be missed by many.

Comment on Notice of Special General Meeting by Dan Tokawa

Dan Tokawa — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:08:56 +0000

The GVJCCA Redress Committee in 1990 created a Trust Fund of $33,621.83 for a Redress Committee Legacy Resource Library that seemingly disappeared,unaccounted for, and ignored, after my term as GVJCCA President expired.

This remaining money was a tangible symbol of the sacrifices and struggles left by the committee volunteers and their supportors in fighting for the dream over the 5 year campaign, beginning with the formation of the GV Redress Coallition which has been forgotten by most JC’s.

In the very large money transactions that must occur to realize the move to the proposed legacy building, the GVJCCA and Tonari Gumi directors should acknowledge the redress volunteers sacrifices by including the trust fund moneys (incl. interest)as a legacy debt, similar to the outstanding office rental debt, in the relocation budget statements.

I believe this will set the right tone towards realizing a successful move into the proposed building.

Comment on REVIEW: School Days With A Pig by nilam

nilam — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:52:48 +0000

sad movie, i cry for 2 days at my office, when writing subtitle for this movie T_T

Comment on JCCA by Kagan Goh

Kagan Goh — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:18:44 +0000

Dear Editors of the Bulletin,

my name is Kagan Goh. I am a documentary filmmaker who has been making 2 films about the Japanese internment entitled STOLEN MEMORIES and BREAKING THE SILENCE. Both films are about to have 2 separate world premieres in March.
I am inviting you to the World Television of my film STOLEN MEMORIES 15 years in the making. It is being screened at W2 Media cafe (111 West Hastings) on March 4th at 7.30pm. I am looking for media coverage and am wondering if you or your associates would be interested in covering the story of these 2 films. I am wondering if you would like to write either a review or a story for the Bulletin magazine about the films.

If you are interested I can arrange a special screening of the film for you upon request. I can be reached at 778-847-8336. If you are interested in finding out more about the films, check out http://www.stolenmemoriesmovie.com. You can download a press kit that has production notes that can be used to write articles on the films.

I hope this message piques your interest and I hope to hear from you soon. Meanwhile here is the press release for the film.

all the best!

Kagan Goh

FOR IMMIDIATE RELEASE:

WORLD TELEVISION PREMIERE OF STOLEN MEMORIES

15 years in the making, Stolen Memories will have its world premiere television broadcast live on Omni in BC, Alberta and Ontario on March 4th at 9 pm local time.

W2 Media Cafe (111 West Hastings) presents the World Television Premiere of Stolen Memories on March 4th at 7.30 pm. There will be a special presentation with guest speakers talking about the film’s significance and impact on the Japanese Canadian community. The filmmakers will be present, including writer/producer/director Kagan Goh and producer Imtiaz Popat who will be doing a Q & A. Kagan Goh will be presenting a new photo album to the Kamitakahara family (the owners of the lost photo album) as a symbolic gesture of a new beginning for a new generation. Food and refreshments will be served.

Attend this special event that features an opening reception where key note speakers – leaders from the Japanese Canadian community who will speak about the film’s impact on the symbolic healing of the Japanese Canadian community from the internment. A new photo album will be presented to the Kamitakahara family (the owners of the lost photo album) as a symbolic gesture of a new beginning for a new generation. Admission is by donation.

FILMS’ SYNOPSIS:

STOLEN MEMORIES is a detective story about filmmaker Kagan Goh’s personal quest to return a photo album that was lost by a Japanese Canadian family during the Japanese internment. Kagan, aided by Mary Seki, his 70-year old detective sidekick, embarked upon a quest to find the rightful owners, find out what happened to them and return their lost photo album to them. Documenting the search as well as redressing the wrongs of the past is a symbolic “homecoming” – coming home in terms of returning to a place of self-acceptance, belonging, wholeness and healing.

STOLEN MEMORIES reflects deeply rooted issues of prejudice which have affected the Japanese Canadian community throughout the last one hundred years, experienced not just by the family but by the Japanese Canadians who helped in the quest to return the ‘stolen’ photo album. The extraordinary story is a microcosm within the macrocosm of the Japanese Canadian legacy.

“It’s a very effective way of touching on an important common feature of the internment – loss of much family material due to forced relocation. The personal touch seems a good idea too, as many such documentaries have been a bit distant from the victims.” – Stan Fukawa, former president of the Japanese Canadian Citizen’s Association

For more information or for interviews please call

Imtiaz Popat 604 715-4816
or Kagan Goh 778 847-8336

Comment on Rather a TCK than a Kikokushijo by EDU WATCH: Increasing concern over the implementation new judo curriculum: mixed response to autumn college enrolment « EDUCATION IN JAPAN COMMUNITY Blog

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:32:38 +0000

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Comment on Book: My Sixty Years in Canada by jane duber

jane duber — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:27:06 +0000

I have been looking for a copy of Dr. Miyazaki’s wonderful history for years, and am so grateful to know it is being republished. It is great to read, and gives a first hand flavour of the times he describes. For someone who faced so many unfair undeserved barriers, he gave all his energy to the community in which he remained after the war. He was an innovator and always found a way to get to his patients through all sorts of obstacles, and used to go on the railway speeder to some of them. He invented medical tools when the right ones were not on hand, some of which can be seen in what is now called, as you mention, Miyazaki house in Lillooet, where his surgery is preserved as it was when he retired. Thank you for this article, I look forward to being able to order the reprinted book.

Comment on Dr. Norikazu Nishio: Looking forward in life by Susan Aihoshi

Susan Aihoshi — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:01 +0000

As a follow-up to the interview with Mary Kitagawa, this story is terrific! So wonderful to see these past wrongs now overturned.