Noboru Sawai (1931-2017): A unique artist
by Grace Eiko Thomson Noboru Sawai, was a rare artist in our midst, a cross-cultural post-modernist, who, in fact, contributed greatly to contemporary Canadian...
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The Asian Canadian community came out to the 20th Anniversary explorASIAN gala on June 11th to celebrate the success of this year’s Vancouver Asian...
The Reflections of an Elder : Excerpts from an Interview with Ann Gomer Sunahara – Part II
by Chris Kurata In the June issue of The Bulletin, we printed a conversation between Toronto scholar Chris Kurata and Ann Gomer Sunahara, author...
President’s Message
I flip through the pages of the book and some quotes catch my eye. “Mom worked tirelessly well into the wee hours of the...
Nisei: Internment Camp Life
Greenwood was the first ‘internment centre’ and Tashme was the last. In-between, there were Lemon Creek, Popoff, Bay Farm, New Denver, Rosebery, Sandon and...
Hataraki-ing (Work-ing): Kaoruko Yamamoto
Interviewed and written by Kaori Kasai, Geppo Japanese Editor Translated by Aro Hamakawa For this month’s article, we interviewed Ms. Kaoruko Yamamoto, who has a...
Drummer Immersed the World of Jazz – Bernie Arai Is Steadfast in His Pursuit
SERIES: JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS This is the second instalment of our semi-regular series, “JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS,” featuring Nikkei men and women young and old...
New book – Honouring Our People: Breaking the Silence
On three days in September 2009, families, friends, and survivors came together for the Honouring Our People: Stories of the Internment conference in Burnaby,...
A Gift Most Precious : Excerpts from an interview with Ann Gomer Sunahara
by Chris Kurata In 1924, Canada’s Dominion Archivist, Arthur G. Doughty, wrote, “Of all national assets, archives are the most precious; they are the...
President’s Message
As we publish this edition of The Bulletin/Geppo, we are preparing for Asian Heritage Month, the annual celebration of Asian Canadian arts, culture, and...
On Being Japanese Canadian in the ‘80s and ‘90s
by Magnus Lu ‘And I would like a rice of bowl’, said my mother to the waitress. I pursed my lips together to...
Big Controversy in Japan over “House Husbands” Part Two
In Japanese society today, especially among men, there is still quite a lot of discomfort if not antagonism toward “house husbands who make...
