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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 gift of one generation to another and the extent of our care of them marks the…

  by Magnus Lu ‘And I would like a rice of bowl’, said my mother to the waitress. I pursed my lips together to hold back a giggle. It was the ’90s, and my mother had been in North America…

Walking Tour uncovers history of Japanese Canadians and unions in the Downtown Eastside Japanese immigration to Canada began in the 1800s, with men looking for work in BC’s mines and the fishing industry. By 1900, there were nearly 5,000 Japanese Canadians…

In July 1942, Tashme, the largest of the Canadian internment camps, opened its doors to Japanese Canadians who had been ordered removed from the coast following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Formerly called the Fourteen Mile Ranch, the camp was…

Heart of a Champion, a new book for young people by Ellen Schwartz is set against the backdrop of the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War Two. The coming-of-age story features ten-year-old Kenny who dreams to play one day…

Safi noted the onus has been placed upon Muslims by the media and politicians alike, to publicly condemn acts of terror. He concludes all are responsible for what is happening and for engaging in creating necessary change despite Muslims obligingly asserting their hate and condemnation of ISIS.

With the 1977 Japanese Canadian Centennial, TG cemented its place within the community as a number of important projects were launched, including the Dream of Riches book and exhibit, the Powell Street Festival and the planting of memorial sakura trees in Oppenheimer Park.

When I came home from Europe in ‘55, I said to myself I have one more area that I want to study, which is the Japanese style of painting, and to see whether I was really Japanese. So I had to go to Japan.

In 1881, David Kalakaua, the last King of Hawaii, made his one and only voyage to Japan. His mission was two-fold: First, form an alliance with the Emperor to create an empire that stretched eastward from the Japan, across all the islands of the South Pacific, and creating the new kingdom of ‘Oceania.’

by Susanne Tabata In 1958, when Gordon Kadota started the first golf tournament for the lower mainland JC community, it was a massive social event. Fees at private clubs were still prohibitive for most Japanese Canadians, who were just getting…