One may well wonder why the latest exhibit at the Japanese Canadian National Museum features Inuit prints—surely the quintessential Canadian art form. A talk...

During and after the Second World War internment of Japanese Canadians, Asahi baseball players were at the vanguard of re-establishing baseball as a pillar of Nikkei social life, first in the internment camps in the British Columbia interior, and later in the various centres of resettlement.

The Asahi was a Vancouver minor league baseball team during the 20s and 30s made up of Japanese Canadians. At a time when sports was dominated by Caucasian players, the Asahi competed against the best teams of the day, winning 5 consecutive Pacific Northwest championships in the thirties until the team was disbanded and the players interned after Pearl Harbour. It marked the end of a glorious era in Vancouver sports history.

Kirsten McAllister first visited New Denver in 1991, helping document the Lemon Creek reunion and bus tour that saw former Japanese Canadian internees return...

For three gloriously sunny days in September, I volunteered for Vancouver’s first ever Hapapalooza Festival. I’ll never forget the experience. After reading Anna Ling...