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On August 21, 2015 the working group met with Anglican Church representatives to review the June 15 Apology event and to discuss steps to ensure the apology would have genuine meaning for survivors, families and the community. All agreed the…

Since the opening of the Hastings Park signage exhibit in April, 2015 the Hastings Park committee has been involved in follow up developments such as: • Responding to the City’s notice that Momiji Garden directional signage is being updated and…

Canada likes to present itself to the world in a certain way. The image of Canada is often that of an open, tolerant, society; one that anyone can come to and thrive in, just as long as they work hard. One thing that we have learned over the course of the “Right to Remain” project is that this image of Canada is largely a work of fiction.

Did we catch your attention? Perhaps disappointing to some, the NAJC is not launching into the dating business. However, we do want to bring your attention to a matter of importance to the Japanese Canadian community. Individuals of Asian descent…

To celebrate the University of British Columbia’s upcoming centennial year, beginning this fall the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies program is looking back on the university’s past 100 years in order to uncover the unknown histories of its Asian…

I learned that my ancestors — whether one thinks of them as memories or entities of some kind — are actually very accessible to me. As I painted I found myself talking to them a lot, especially my grandmother (the mother of my father) who had raised me as a child in wartime Japan.

Founded in 2011 by Anna Ling Kaye, Jeff Chiba Stearns and Zarah Martz, the Hapa-palooza Festival seeks to raise awareness, explore and celebrate mixed heritage and hybrid cultural identity through the arts. ‘Hapa’ is derived from the Hawaiian term ‘hapa…

My earliest memory of baseball is my grandfather holding my hand, placing my fingers in position and then encouraging me to throw the ball. I did try to throw it, but the ball was too heavy for me. Maybe I was four or five years old.

Not too long ago, I sat down with my grandparents for dinner. I was on my way home and I thought I would pop by for a brief hello; that quickly turned into a late evening. The three of us…

Sexual violence, like any abuse of power, only stops when we expose it and commit to effective prevention and response practices. When we say, "We take this very seriously," survivors want to know what we will actually do to ensure no one else suffers this way. We need to share information about safe church efforts and ask what actions would further communicate our commitment to justice, making amends and preventing harm.