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  • Joined: January 22, 2008
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Nikkei Youth at NAJC AGM

On Saturday, September 15, a three hour youth session was held in Kamloops, BC coinciding with the NAJC AGM. Eleven youth ranging from the ages of 13-27 participated in this session lead by co-chairs Lindsay Tsuji and Lisa Schoenhofer. The…

AN INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE CANADIANS IN NIAGARA

The following is an edited version of the Introduction to Niagara by Tom Matsushita, Exiles in Our Own Country: Japanese Canadians in Niagara, Addie Kobayashi, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Nikkei Network of Niagara, 1998  Along the Toronto to Niagara Falls corridor…

Lakehead Japanese Cultural Association

The presence of Japanese Canadians in Thunder Bay, Ontario (Fort William and Port Arthur at the time) mainly occurred post World War Two. In 1944 Great Lakes Lumber and Shipping Limited began hiring Japanese Canadians, and individuals previously working in the road camps near Schreiber sent for their families and made this area their home.

STANDING TOGETHER WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY

by Terumi Kuwada The National Association of Japanese Canadians was invited three years ago by the Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) to participate in an innovative program entitled the Canadian Muslim Leadership Institute (CMLI). The primary aim of this program…

President’s Message

It was a starlit night. Friday, September 14, 2012, Morgan Elander, Mieko Amano and I travelled by car to attend this year’s NAJC AGM in Kamloops. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we arrived late, sometime after 11:00pm. After Morgan…

Falling

Yellow canaries. Yellow canaries floating down. Down down. Singing as they twirl. Down down.

InReview : VIFF

Director Ryosuke Hashiguchi’s long-awaited return is an absolute triumph, expertly veering between emotional extremes. All Around Us follows the tumultuous early years of marriage between the tightly wound Shoko (Tae Kimura) and the emotionally adolescent Kanao (Lily Franky). The loss of a baby reveals the underlying frailties of their relationship, and Hashiguchi’s patient portrayal creates characters that the audience comes to truly care for.

Killing time with married men

In general, there is a tendency among both male and female youth to avoid developing deep relations with others. In the film, [Makoto] doesn’t want a proper “boyfriend-girlfriend” or “husband-wife” relationship and chooses to be with a married man who cannot become her “boyfriend.” It is therefore a relationship of convenience for Makoto.

Plastic Fantastic

Here in Canada, and in British Columbia in particular, turning nineteen comes along with a great deal responsibility. Whisked away so suddenly from minor-hood into adulthood, this is the age when children are, legally at least, sent off for their…

Kids Corner

The other day a friend and I got together to catch up on old news. The two of us had been away at different universities for the entire year so getting together meant that there was plenty of new news…

Origami: a brief history

by Joseph Wu No one really knows when and where origami was invented. Some origami historians argue that since the invention of paper is credited to Ts’ai Lun of China in A.D. 105, paper folding must have been invented soon…

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