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3.11.3 Commemorating the Third Anniversary of Japan’s Triple Disasters

Presentations of its On-going Effects Based on Research and Residence in Tohoku Cities and Communities Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 4:30-6:00 Choi Building, University of British Columbia (UBC) Commemorating the third anniversary of Japan’s March 11, 2011 (3.11) triple disaster and…

“there is no stranger under the cherry tree” Kobayashi Issa, 1763 – 1827. Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival - Festival-at-a-Glance

The annual JCCA Keirokai luncheon was held January 18 at Nikkei Centre in honour of the seniors in our community. The afternoon was MC’ed by JCCA President Gary Matson with greetings & kanpai by Consul General Seiji Okada. Entertainment was…

On Sunday, February 2, Friends of 439 brought together members of various communities, including members of the Ming Sun Benevolent Society to celebrate new beginnings and the Year of the Horse, in re-creating the above photograph.The multi-community, multi-generational photo was taken to…

Support Asian Canadian Studies Course at UBC In a November 16, 2011 media release, UBC recognized the Japanese Canadian students who were expelled from campus in 1942. They proposed a three-part approach, with each component related to the academic mission…

The Chinese apology exercise currently in process began last March when news about the Liberal government’s controversial ethnic outreach strategy leaked out. The strategy suggested formal apologies in the legislature to ethnic communities for historic wrongs could result in quick…

Yumiko Hoyano came to Canada in 1965 from Sapporo, Japan, where she was born and raised. Having graduated from Hokkaido University with a BSc in Chemistry she was looking for opportunities that would remained out of reach had she stayed…

by Yusuke Tanaka Reiko’s Hina Dolls Directed by Komaki Matsui Original story by Yumiko Hoyano The average age of the nisei generation is easily over 80 years old. They were less than 10 when the war started. When asked about…

2013’s Word of the Year was the decidedly inelegant “selfie.” President Barack Obama made it famous and controversial at the same time when he had one with Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt during Mandela’s memorial service.

It was twenty years ago this January that Roy Kiyooka died suddenly and unexpectedly, leaving behind an incredibly diverse body of work that speaks to the restless creativity and curiosity that drove him over the course of his lifetime and his career as an artist.