Panel Presentation: Combatting Islamophobia in the Media
by Judy Hanazawa This presentation on April 5 at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House featured 3 speakers who spoke from their personal and professional experience....
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Fubuki Daiko: going for broke under the northern lights
When Winnipeg’s Fubuki Daiko celebrated its twentieth anniversary last year, it marked a major milestone as one of North America’s few professional taiko groups....
GVJCCA welcomes Hiroshima Goodwill Cultural Mission to Vancouver
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 7PM to 8PM HIROSHIMA GOODWILL CULTURAL MISSION TO VANCOUVER Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre Featuring Izumi Kimoto (vocals) Yoshie Tachikawa...
Obon
The origin of Obon can be traced to the Ulambana Sutra which relates the story of Mogallana, the most gifted of Shakyamuni Buddha’s disciples...
Honouring Our People Book Launch
It turned out to be a nice day. Sometimes when the weather is too good, it discourages people from attending indoor events. That wasn’t...
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...
President’s Message
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...
