John Endo Greenaway

Ann-Lee + Gordon Switzer explore Canada’s first Japanese community When long-time Victoria resident Kiyoshi Kay Shimizu left for Ottawa a number of years ago she presented Ann-Lee and Gordon Switzer with a cardboard box of documents related to the history…

When a wheelchair-bound Charlie Kadota led a group of former UBC students onto the stage to accept their honorary degrees at the Chan Centre on May 30, the audience rose as one and a roar of applause filled the theatre.…

Hastings Park Committee Report By Judy Hanazawa The Hastings Park Committee met on June 11 and covered items below: Committee recommendations for outside signage content The following recommendations were given to Beth Carter who is working on text for external…

Hastings Park Committee Meeting Report By Judy Hanazawa The Hastings Park Project Committee met on May 14, 2012 to review project developments and next steps. Plaque relocation costs We received an estimate from JB Newall Granite Works indicating the relocation…

YO-IN Reverberation, the current exhibit at the Nikkei National Museum, features the work of eight Japanese Canadian artists spanning several generations and time zones. The artists—Nobuo Kubota, Cindy Mochizuki, Kazuo Nakamura, Emma Nishimura, Jon Sasaki, Louise Noguchi, Aiko Suzuki and…

Prior to World War II and the war in the Pacific, Tosh Suzuki’s parents grew strawberries, raspberries and rhubarb on 16 acres of land in Pitt Meadows. In 1942, when Tosh was seven years old, the farm was confiscated by…

Sustaining Japanese Canadian Community in Vancouver for Nikkei, Immigrants, and Sojourners by Etsuko Kato Senior Associate Professor of Anthropology, International Christian University, Japan “Community” is a difficult word to translate into Japanese. Unlike its approximate translation in Japanese, “kyodotai,” which…