a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
by John Endo Greenaway
Living as we are in the digital age, it is easy to not only communicate superficially with someone but actually engage in a longterm professional relationship without ever meeting face-to-face or even speaking on the phone. As a case in…
The October, 1993 issue of The Bulletin, my first as English Editor, featured Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget of Kokoro Dance. Then in their seventh year as a company, they were shaking up the Vancouver dance scene with their uncompromising…
I’ve been thinking lately about fathers. It’s a train of thought that was first sparked by my interview with Tetsuro Shigematsu about his new one-man play, Empire of the Son (see page 2). When he says, “Even though I like…
As we prepare to say goodbye to 2014, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported The Bulletin/Geppo over the past year. The support shown by so many in the community is truly heartening. For my…
In my twenty+ years as editor I have had the priviledge of interviewing many individuals in the Canadian Nikkei community. One of my favourites was Gordon Kobayashi, who was featured in the March 2001 issue. A hapa at a time…
Those of us who work in the Japanese Canadian community do it for different reasons – some out of a sense of duty, some because it runs in the family, some because they want to make a difference, and some …
In Terry Watada’s remembrances of Japanese American activist Yuri Kochiyama on page 14 he talks about staying at her apartment in New York, noting “Hundreds maybe thousands of people came through that Harlem apartment, many of them staying overnight or…
I was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Yumiko Hoyano in Edmonton several days ago. Although I never had the pleasure of meeting Yumiko in person, I interviewed her for the February 2014 issue of The Bulletin.…
As Vancouver slowly lurches towards spring, we here at The Bulletin / Geppo have a definite spring in our step, having launched several new initiatives and with more on the horizon. Speaking personally, I am thrilled with our new editorial…
Spring is in the air, and with it, the anticipation of new beginnings. For The Bulletin and our publisher, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA), it’s proving to be a time of renewal and change. The recent AGM saw…
