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They went to war: Japanese Canadians and the battle for acceptance

In restoring the cenetaph, we will once again fulfill the hopes of Corporal Sainosuke Kubota, a veteran of the 50th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. On his last official function as the secretary of No 9 Legion (defunct) on September 30, 1958, he said...

Sheltered from the rain under a makeshift canopy and tucked in the corner behind the stage, I did not have a good view of Rev. Bernice King or the other speakers, but as I listened and joined in the walk, I was reminded of our own rally for redress on Parliament Hill twenty-five years ago in April 1988.

We have seen the long-term impact of residential schools. There are devastated communities where there is incest, suicides, violence and severe alcohol and drug addiction. Some First Nations people spend their lives in prisons, or on the streets of our towns and cities. The inter-generational impact stemming from residential schools is immense.

Japanese Canadian seniors were sitting in the packed City of Vancouver council chambers on the morning of September 25, 2013 to hear a long overdue apology. "With humility and respect, the City of Vancouver formally apologizes for its complicity, its inaction, and for failing to protect her residents of Japanese descent."

Chibi Taiko was formed by Katari Taiko alumnus, Shinobu Homma, on his return from Toronto in the autumn of 1993 so that his daughter, Kayo, would have an opportunity to drum with children of her own age.

November 7 to 9 at the Orpheum Annex Theatre, east and west meet dramatically in Yoyoi Theatre Movement’s production of Medea (Rokujo), a full-length adaptation of the Greek tragedy Medea by Euripides that introduces the Japanese noh character Rokujo from…

Every October for the past 18 years, readers of The Georgia Straight have voted Kokoro Dance Vancouver’s best dance company. Not bad for a small company that has always determinedly played by its own rules, flaunting convention at every turn.…

When the Carnegie Community Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre conceived the Heart of the City Festival in 2004, they were looking to build on the success of their 2003 co-production In the Heart of a City: the Downtown Eastside Community…

The Centennial celebrations also sparked something in a community that had largely gone to ground, reigniting pride in a heritage that had been relegated to the back of the closet in an attempt to assimilate into mainstream society.

UPDATE: The vote on the apology motion will take place at 9:30 AM on Wednesday, September 25th 2013. The vote was moved forward to the first item on the agenda to accommodate our seniors.