a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
“Where in Tashme did you live? Who lived with you? When did you arrive in Tashme? From where?” These are a few of the questions asked of former residents of Tashme where 2,300+ persons of Japanese ancestry were interned during…
In 2000, the Sacred Music Festival featured the world premiere of a piece called Rapprochements (Reconciliations) for Inter-Cultural Orchestra. The composition, by local musician and composer Moshe Denburg, was written for a mixed choir and an ensemble of 28 instrumentalists…
by Jacob Derksen Japan has numerous traditional art forms that have survived into the 21st century. Some have remained if not static then at least very true to their original form. Others have developed in a more dynamic fashion and…
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. Her latest novel, A Tale for the Time Being, links British Columbia and Japan in a story initiated by a Hello Kitty lunchbox that washes up on the shores of…
The first Old Pond comic was created in 2007 and was published in Gong (journal of the French Haiku Association) a few months later, in 2008. Created by Jessica Tremblay as a means of sharing her love of haiku in…
This article is the third in a series describing my journey of personal discovery initiated by my book Torn Apart. During my early research on war-era Vancouver, I was dismayed to read what happened to students of Japanese heritage in…
Did you know that former Greenwood athlete Eugene Peacosh (1966), was part of the famous Edmonton Oil Kings in the mid-60s that won the Memorial Cup twice along with famous players like Pat Quinn (’63), Glen Sather (’63) and…
