The Bulletin

October 1, 2015

Tetsuro Shigematsu: Empire of the Son

Like many, I first became aware of Tetsuro Shigematsu when he took…

September 8, 2015

University of British Columbia Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Centennial Alumni Project

To celebrate the University of British Columbia’s upcoming centennial year, beginning this…

September 8, 2015

J-Town Logo Is Like Nazi Swastika? I Disagree

Just who among this small number would think of the Nazi swastika when they see the logo in question? I leave the answer to our Canadian readers’ common sense.

September 8, 2015

Regeneration: works by Tsuneko Kokubo and Toru Fujibayashi at Langham Cultural Centre

I learned that my ancestors — whether one thinks of them as memories or entities of some kind — are actually very accessible to me. As I painted I found myself talking to them a lot, especially my grandmother (the mother of my father) who had raised me as a child in wartime Japan.

September 8, 2015

5th Annual Hapa-Palooza Festival

Founded in 2011 by Anna Ling Kaye, Jeff Chiba Stearns and Zarah…

September 4, 2015

The Asahi: remembering the past, and working on our future

My earliest memory of baseball is my grandfather holding my hand, placing my fingers in position and then encouraging me to throw the ball. I did try to throw it, but the ball was too heavy for me. Maybe I was four or five years old.

September 4, 2015

President’s Message

Another way we can honour the generations who came before us is…

August 30, 2015

The Right to REMAIN in Vancouver’s Nihonmachi/Downtown Eastside

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.

August 24, 2015

Racist Clause in the BC Land Deeds

It is well-known that in the prewar time, Asian residents including those of Japanese origin were discriminated against as second class citizens. For example, they were not allowed to register for the voters list, as a result, they were unable to vote or be elected to public office. They were also unable to obtain a licence to practice as doctors, lawyers or pharmacists.

August 24, 2015

President’s Message

The Ofuro was a JCCA project for the 1977 Centennial Year, the 100th anniversary of when the first known Japanese immigrant Manzo Nagano came to Canada. An ofuro is a deep tub filled with water and kept hot with a wood-burning heater. The Japanese style of bath is for soaking only, that is, before you get into the tub, you would scrub and wash yourself until you were clean. This is all explained in an interpretative panel next to the exhibit.