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Remembering Aya Higashi

Following the war, Aya returned to Vancouver to obtain her teaching certificate then returned to Kaslo for good, fulfilling a promise she had made to the local principal. She taught senior high, specializing in commerce and home economics.

The birthplace of taiko in Canada, Vancouver boasts a large number of taiko ensembles, each with their own identity and approach. The founding members of Katari Taiko, Canada’s first group, modelled the group on North American ensembles like San Jose…

It was a lovely warm and sunny day in between two storms. Consequently, there was a huge turnout at the cenotaph. Perhaps 400 people came out to take part in the Remembrance Day ceremony and the reception at the Stanley…

Book of Love is not like a Harlequin romance novel. Any married couple will tell you that love has its peaks and valleys. Love, like life, is a mystery. We are lucky to have British artist Jonathan Baldock’s Dada surrealist-influenced costume and set design infiltrating the piece and Vancouver composer Jeffrey Ryan composing for the Standing Wave musical ensemble who will be playing live for the two weeks of performances at the Roundhouse.

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 too do not like the way we’re being carved up like a pie into Boomers, Millennials, Xers, Gen Ys, etc., and have wondered in whose interest has it been to do this – and also often to pit generation against generation? whose agenda does it serve?

Tom, Roger and George! All very Canadian names! And all very Canadian! (Why are these guys so COOL?) The image of Bill McPhee, administration officer, Tom, George and Roger at the S-20 language School in Ambleside has a funny story…

Please come to a community gathering and talk with Bishop Melissa Skelton Sunday, November 22, 5pm to 7pmTonari Gumi 42 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver ATTENDING FROM THE ANGLICAN CHURCH:Bishop Melissa Skelton Skeltonof New Westminster Diocese. Dean Peter Elliott of Christ Church…

Walking from table to table at the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA) Legacy of Redress Forum, you could hear the ideas bubbling from the conversations – “Speaking truth to power.” “Everyone has a story.” “People waking up.” The…

by Kevin Okabe This year’s National Association of Japanese Canadian’s (NAJC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was hosted by the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society. Victoria had never acted as host for the NAJC AGM (at least since the post-war days), so…