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Celebrating 50 Years of Ikebana in Vancouver Ikebana has a long and respected history in Japan. While the exact origins are unknown, it is thought to  have come to Japan with the introduction of Buddhism  in the 6th century. Many…

We have recommended the Livestock Building should have 2 panels since the building was a massive multi purpose site - not only housing women and young children, but also providing detainee health care, hospital and sanitorium services .

“When our parents, Katsuyori and Kimiko Murakami brought the family back to Salt Spring Island in 1954 after being expelled in 1942, the first place they took the family was to the cemetery,” said Rose. “In the twelve years in which we lived in exile, we found that terrible things had been done to the Japanese Canadian graves."

For me, it is still unreal that all the letters are finally back in Vancouver after two and a half years of growing bigger on the road. These cloth letters have traveled to over 50 locations in Japan already – many places in Tohoku and all over Japan – and they continue to travel as they have crossed back across the Pacific to exhibit across Canada and the US.

"The Pole will remind us to be more vigilant when signals of distress and injustice surface. We, as a community, cannot continue to blame victims; victims who succumb to injustice. The cause of the circumstances which led to situations to which there are such victims needs to be examined. Our society must be alert to the misguided mores under which we currently operate….

During the Second World War, when the Japanese boats were seized and the families moved inland from BC’s coastline, Emma’s mother, Mary, cried to see Jack and Mitsue’s house empty – all their belongings left inside and covered!

The lessons of the Nishga Girl and the November 10, 2010 ‘Too Asian’ article in Macleans magazine and other similar events from the past, teaches us to be relentless in our vigilance and united in our demand for inclusion.

Because there’s no Japantown, Japanese Canadian are more integrated into Canadian culture. All my Japanese Canadian friends consider themselves Canadian more than anything else.

by Jane CarricoCo-founder, Miyazaki House Society, Lillooet BC Set in the rugged grandeur of the Fraser River canyonlands, the historic goldrush town of Lillooet seems an unlikely location for a priceless Japanese Canadian heritage site – the beautiful nineteenth century…