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A Totem Pole for Mio

Sammy Takahashi, president of the Japan-Canada Chamber of Commerce, was shopping at the Save-On-Foods on Marine Drive near his home in North Vancouver when he noticed a totem pole standing in the store. The chance encounter with the unique pole…

by Linda Kawamoto Reid One hundred years of people gathering at the cenotaph conjures up so many images, stories, emotions, and memories of tribute. It has become an iconic gathering place to remember the sacrifices, the struggles, the sorrows, the…

Migration, Displacement, and Redress: A Japanese Canadian Perspective by Tatsuo Kage Electromagnetic Print (2020), electromagneticprint.com/tatsuo-kage $25.00 CAD Book Review by Angela May (née Kruger) Tatsuo Kage’s Migration, Displacement, and Redress: A Japanese Canadian Perspective is an opportunity. It is an opportunity…

From the 1990s, my parents’ home became a meeting place and a regular lodging for various members of the Líl’wat Nation and many other indigenous leaders and representatives. My mother, a retired social worker, befriended many of these activists.

When acclaimed artists Jeff Chiba Stearns and Lillian Michiko Blakey decided to pool their considerable talents to create a graphic novel for young readers, expectations were bound to be high. Both are established artists with disparate and distinctive styles who…

by Judge Maryka Omatsu LANDSCAPES OF INJUSTICE: A New Perspective on the Internment & Dispossession of Japanese Canadians Edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross McGill-Queens Press, 2020 The Japanese Canadian (JC) community owes a large debt to Jordan Stanger-Ross and the Landscapes of…

In 2014, Nelson resident Rachel Greenaway won the Arthur Ellis Unhanged award for best unpublished novel for her novel Cold Girl. The award led to an offer from an agent to represent her, and then a book deal with Canadian…

Thanks to Veteran’s Affairs Canada, we are able to live stream the Remembrance Day service this year, and hope to reach more than the usual 500 people that attend in person. It’s a rare opportunity for those across Canada, the…

Jewpanese Maple KaboChallah by Carmel Tanaka At the ripe old age of 27, I learned to bake my first challah. My teacher was none other than the late Robbie McConnell, former Publisher of the Montreal Gazette. Using his recipe as…

UBC ANTH Faculty Brown Bag Series: Dr. Millie Creighton Tuesday November 10, 2020 12:30pm On the verge of Remembrance Day 2020, a year marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, this presentation explores peace and war…