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On Being Japanese Canadian in the ‘80s and ‘90s

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…

I don’t have a PhD in linguistics but I hope that a budding linguist major will get interested in this topic. In Hawaii, the first boat load of Japanese immigrants came to this island as sugar cane labourers in 1868.…

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…

“The day the music died,” from the song American Pie by Don McLean, referred to February 3, 1959, the days Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper perished in the ill-fated plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa. Those who…

Having toiled in the printed trade for many years when I was younger it was fascinating to see these two technologies employed side-by-side – one a throwback to an earlier time and the other only a few years old and still-evolving. To my eyes, WePress reflects a new way of looking at the creative process, where new technologies and old are embraced and digital and analog coexist happily.

Dion and the Belmonts made the doo wop song famous with Teenagers in Love. We could call this segment ‘Nisei-gers in Love’. Was this the clash of the old world Issei tradition versus the new world Canadian way? When the…

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.