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JCCA: [re]envisioning the future

The Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA) For over 60 years, the GVJCCA has served the Japanese Canadian community in various ways – initially serving JCs returning to the coast after internment and connecting with new immigrants from Japan,…

Life is always challenging, wherever you are, but challenge means, at the same time, stimulating. So I’m ready to accept any challenge. As for rewarding, if you always face a challenge – if you really accomplish what you have to do, that is the reward; achieving something is a reward.

The legacy of Jesse’s work endures, and his vision has not lost meaning over the years. The issues he brought to light are still with us, and still require examination. And the world is still very much in need of…

The Anglican Church is prepared to engage with the Japanese Canadian community to express their apology, and offer their participation in a healing and reconciliation process with individuals and community. They offer their pastoral response to survivors.

Doll-making is a special process. The materials have to be made by the artist. The process starts by mixing wood shavings, glue and cotton fibre, to create a simple elongated form which becomes the body of the doll.

What’s in a name? This is a question being posed by a team of Vancouver-based community leaders and university researchers that has been actively engaged in conversations with Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents, both past and present, about their experiences of human rights in the neighbourhood.

To be recognized as a leader in the community, by leaders in the community, and accepted by the government of Japan into their program, formalizes the responsibility that I have been willingly but slowly growing into since first volunteering at the Powell Street Festival in 2007.

by Eleanor Quirk Arriving from England in 1968 my family first lived a block from Hastings Park, later moving to Steveston. When I came to live in New Denver in 1977 I had just seen the photo show 1877-1977: 100…

Dear all For all of those who have spent many years working towards the creation of Asian Canadian studies at UBC, we are writing to pass on the happy news that last night, at the February 19, 2014 meeting of…

Two fantastic exhibits – showcasing over one hundred woodblock prints from the 1800s from a private collection in Japan are currently on display at the West Vancouver Museum and the Nikkei National Museum. Ukiyoe Spectacular includes compelling images and gives…