In the Face of Disaster

Watching the disaster that is Hurricane Sandy unfold on the east coast,…

a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture

a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture

Watching the disaster that is Hurricane Sandy unfold on the east coast,…

The October 1993 issue of The Bulletin, my first as editor, featured…

September always brings with it a certain wistfulness, as the heat of…

I first met Art Miki back in the early eighties when Katari…

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.

To be recognized as a leader in the community, by leaders in the community, and accepted by the government of Japan into their program, formalizes the responsibility that I have been willingly but slowly growing into since first volunteering at the Powell Street Festival in 2007.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) recently announced that its official opening will take place on September 20, 2014. More than 13 years ago CanWest founder Israel (Izzy) Asper had a vision to build a national human rights museum in Winnipeg.

Many of the words listed have not survived or will in time, but then that’s the nature of language. They are an indicator of the culture at that moment. Whatever happened to the “beat or boom box” for example? Who would’ve predicted the geek would last until today, especially with a positive connotation given its initial meaning?

Ochawan first started at the Toronto NAJC’s Friendship House at 382 Harbord St. People were invited to pick up a simple white rice bowl from the organizers, transform it at home (paint on it, draw on it, even break it and reassemble it), then return it for exhibit and a silent auction

We’ve been asking you readers to send in what you think are characteristics unique to Japanese Canadians by completing the sentence “You know you’re Japanese Canadian if….”

by Eleanor Quirk Arriving from England in 1968 my family first lived…

Dear all For all of those who have spent many years working…