Community Kitchen
I hope you are having a good summer. We only need the weatherman to cooperate. Alice Bradley has sent me these following recipes and...
The Bulletin a journal of Japanese Canadian community, history & culture
Remembering the Sisters
Chuck Tasaka is a retired teacher living in Nanaimo, BC. Growing up in Greenwood during the Internment years he and many other Japanese Canadian...
Farewell to the Franciscan Sisters
After serving Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for the past 85 years, The Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement are leaving Vancouver and moving to their Edmonton...
Walking Powell Street
I know people who have a strong emotional attachment to their childhood home. It was the place where they were born and raised; the...
Monogatari: Tales of Powell Street 1920-1941
For many people in the Japanese Canadian community, Powell Street has a certain mystique—it is a place they have heard about from parents or grandparents.
Franciscan Sisters leaving the Downtown Eastside
The Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement are leaving the Downtown Eastside at the end of August. Presently, many in our community are getting together...
President’s Report
Hi everyone! We’ve been experiencing a bit of crazy weather, but I think it will change now for the better. In a recent story...
What’s In A Name? Different Ways the “East and West” Handle it in Daily Life and Business
Peoples of all races must, I would assume, customarily attach a lot of importance to personal names—usually a surname and given name (though not...
Learning, Sharing and Fun: 4th Annual Translation and Interpreting Workshop
by Agnes Li The fourth instalment of the Translation and Interpreting Workshop was held on April 16, 2011. The Japanese Language Interest Group of...
inReview: Identity – Ancestral Memory
Structured as a tribute to the multimedia artist Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), a man who fearlessly re-created his world through the honesty of his imagination, Identity pays homage to Kiyooka most obviously through its largesse, its richness of visuals, sounds and movements.
Charity Poker Tournament Raises Funds for Japan
On Friday May 6th, a Charity Poker Tournament was held in support of Japanese 2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami Victims. Over 80 players attended...
Community Kitchen
It seems like we are finally getting a touch of Spring weather. The sun sure feels good after long, rainy, cold spring so far....
