Discussion Topic Japanese Canadian Internment

Some Questions

Possible Starting Places

John Price, "Our History: Righting A Historical Wrong For Japanese Canadians," Times Colonist, November 3, 2019.

John Price, "Our History: After Pearl Harbor, Province Lobbied For Displacement Of Japanese Canadians," Times Colonist, November 10, 2019.

John Price, "Our History: B.C. Went Out Of Its Way To Make Life Miserable For Japanese Canadians," Times Colonist, November 17, 2019.

John Price, "Our History: Young People Paid High Price For B.C.'s Exile Of Japanese Canadians," Times Colonist, November 24, 2019.

John Price, "Dispossession: How B.C. Stole The Lives Of 22,000 Japanese Canadians," Times Colonist, December 1, 2019.

John Price, "The Final Straw: Japanese Canadians Offered An Impossible Choice," Times Colonist, December 8, 2019.

History In The News

Kenneth Chan, "New Centre At Hastings Park To Honour Japanese Canadian Internment," Daily Hive, December 31, 2024.

Nicole Ing, "My Japanese Grandpa Questions My Decision To Return To B.C. -- The Place Where He Lost So Much," CBC First Person, December 7, 2024.

Bobby Hristova, "New Ballet In Niagara Tells Story Of Internment Of Japanese Canadians During WW II," CBC News, June 18, 2024.

Jessica Durling, "Nanaimo Museum Showcasing History Of Japanese-Canadian Internment," Victoria News, May 7, 2024.

Matt James, "Comment: Remembering Japanese-Canadian Internment, Remembering 9/11," Times Colonist, September 20, 2023.

"Vancouver Island Museum Exposes The Broken Promises Of Japanese Internment," Oak Bay News, July 26, 2023.

Paul Kariya, "Remembering The Japanese Canadians Of Ucluelet," Nikkei Voice, August 10, 2022.

Jeff Bell, "B.C. Commits $100 M To Japanese Canadians In Recognition Of Internment History," Times Colonist, May 21, 2022.

Michelle Gomez, "Survivor Speaks Out As B.C. Pledges $100M To Address Historical Wrongs Of Interning Japanese Canadians," CBC News, May 21, 2022.

Kiran Singh, "Surrey Museum Exhibit Explores The Personal histories Of Japanese Canadians During WW II," CBC News, February 12, 2022.

Katie Nicholson and Jason Ho, "Canada Forced These Japanese Canadians Into Internment Camps; Now They're At The Same Long-Term Care Home," CBC News, November 11, 2021.

Kelly Fleck, "Memoir Intertwines Mother And Daughter's Lives In The Face Of Racism, Sexism, And The Internment," Nikkei Voice, August 17, 2021.

"B.C. Gives $2 M To Japanese Canadian Seniors As Step Toward Righting Internment Wrongs," CBC News, May 5, 2021.

"'Landscapes Of Injustice: A New Perspective On The Internment And Dispossession Of Japanese Canadians' -- A Review," JCCA Bulletin, December 2, 2020.

Maryka Ornatsu and John Price, "The Racism Behind Japanese Canadian Internment Can't Be Forgotten," The Tyee, June 8, 2020.

Laura Saimoto, "Mom, You Lived Through The Internment Of Japanese Canadians We'll Get Through This Pandemic, Too," CBC News, May 10, 2020.

Jordan Stanger-Ross, "Landscapes Of Injustice: Dispossession Is Permanent," Nikkei Voice, February 19, 2020.

Carlito Pablo, "Vancouver Interpretive Centre Planned To Memorialize Internment Of Japanese Canadians," Georgia Straight, January 28, 2020.

Dan Fumano, "'2020 Is The Time' For Japanese Canadians To 'Grab' Redress," Vancouver Sun, December 30, 2019.

Andrew MacLeod, "Righting The Wrongs Done To B.C.'s Japanese Canadians," Tyee, November 25, 2019.

Emily Putnam, "Carleton University Dives Into Japanese Canadian Redress History," Nikkei Voice, September 18, 2019.

Grace Kennedy, "George Takei Visits B.C. Japanese Internment Museum," Victoria News, September 3, 2019.

"'They Were Just Gone': Presentation In Duncan On Project Delving Into History Of Japanese Canadians," Cowichan Valley Citizen, July 23, 2019.

Dan Fumano, "Reclaiming And Redress Highlight New Conversation About Historic Wrongs," Vancouver Sun, July 22, 2019.

Camille Bains, "Japanese Canadians Call On B.C. To Go Beyond Mere Apology For Historic Racism," CBC News, July 21, 2019.

Nathan Yeo, "Moment In History: 'The Ferry To Kaslo,'" Nikkei Voice, May 16, 2019.

John Lutz et al., "Island Voices: Teahouse Plan Offers A Vision For Esquimalt," Times Colonist, April 14, 2019.

Kelly Fleck, "History Meets Hi-Tech With East Of The Rockies," Nikkei Voice, April 11, 2019.

"The Tashme Project Shines A Spotlight On Japanese-Canadian Internment," CBC Radio, April 1, 2019.

Dominika Lirette, "Interior B.C. Historical Society Restorintg 90-Year-Old Japanese-Canadian Boat," CBC News, March 23, 2019.

"The Tashme Project: The Living Archives," JCCA Bulletin, March 2, 2019.

Nathan Yeo, "Moment In History: 'A Group Portrait Of The Tashme Troop,' Tashme, B.C., 1944," Nikkei Voice, February 22, 2019.

"Heritage Minute Tells Tale Of Japanese-Canadian Baseball Pioneers Torn Apart By Internment," CBC News, February 20, 2019.

Kelly Fleck, "Artist Explores The History Of Lost Fishing Boats," Nikkei Voice, February 20, 2019.

Laura Saimoto and Rory Lindsay, "Slocan Cemetery Japanese Monument Restoration Project," JCCA Bulletin, February 6, 2019.

Keri Coles, "Exhibit Explores History Of 1,200 Japanese-Canadian Fishing Boats Confiscated During Internment," Victoria News, January 12, 2019.

Joe Liao, "Moment In History: Marie Katsuno's 'Repatriation' On The USS General M.C. Meigs," Nikkei Voice, August 1, 2018.

Howard Shimokura, "Kootenay Sign Unveilings: Slocan Extension, New Denver, Kaslo -- A Personal Perspective," JCCA Bulletin, July 17, 2018.

Laura Kell, "Japanese Internment Camps In B.C. Remembered By Descendants Of Internees," Rocky Mountain Goat, July 10, 2018.

Tyler Harper, "Signs Mark Japanese Canadian Internment History In Kootenays," Arrow Lakes News, June 20, 2018.

Matt Meuse, "Japanese-Canadian Internment Through Teens' Eyes," Doc Project, CBC, June 19, 2018.

Anna Dimoff, "Dozens Of Letters By Interned Japanese-Canadian Teens Donated To UBC," CBC News, April 24, 2018.

Clare Hennig, "30 Years After Government Apology, Japanese-Canadian Woman Remembers Her Role In It," CBC News, March 13, 2018.

Jordan Stanger-Ross, "Giving Light To Outrage From Betrayed Japanese Canadians," Tyee, November 28, 2017.

"The Story Behind One Man's Letter From Inside A Japanese Canadian Internment Camp," As It Happens, CBC, November 10, 2017.

Clare Hennig, "Kaslo Commemorates 1,100 Japanese-Canadians Interned During WW II," CBC News, October 6, 2017.

Clare Hennig, "Love, History And Family: The True Story Of A Japanese-Canadian Internment Camp Survivor," CBC News, October 3, 2017.

"Young Japanese Canadians Revisit Wartime Past, Hoping To Preserve It," CBC News, August 5, 2017.

Janet Smith, "'Japanese Problem' Will Relive Ugly History In The Stalls Of Hastings Park's Livestock Building," Georgia Straight, August 4, 2017.

Jon Hernandez, "'Lost Fleet': Exhibit Shows How Racist Policies Devastated B.C.'s Japanese Fishing Community," CBC News, March 26, 2017.

Craig Takeuchi, "Vancouver Exhibit On Japanese Canadian Fishing Vessel Seizures Asks If History Will Repeat Itself," Georgia Straight, March 24, 2017.

"Vancouver Maritime Museum Show Focuses On A Japanese Canadian Fishing Fleet Lost To Xenophobia," Georgia Straight, March 22, 2017.

Maryse Zeidler, "75th Anniversary Of Japanese-Canadian Internment Camps Echoes As Fears Of Islamophobia Rise," CBC News, February 25, 2017.

"Of Store And The Community," Bulletin, November 14, 2016.

Yusuke Tanaka, "Review Of 'Honouring Our People -- Breaking The Silence,'" Bulletin, November 14, 2016.

"How To Tell A Nisei -- Part II," Bulletin, November 7, 2016.

Jon Hernandez, "Gently To Nagasaki: Celebrated Canadian Author Joy Kogawa Releases Memoir," CBC News, September 22, 2016.

"Landscapes Of Injustice: Community Council Call For Nomination," Bulletin, September 6, 2016.

Chris Kurata, "The Reflections Of An Elder: Excerpts From An Interview With Ann Gomer Sunahara -- Part II," Bulletin, July 14, 2016.

Kirstie Hudson, "Heirlooms Stolen From A Japanese-Canadian Family In 1943 Back in B.C.," CBC News, July 5, 2016.

Richard Watts, "Japanese-Canadians' Stolen History Brought To Light," Times Colonist, June 29, 2016.

"New Book -- 'Honouring Our People: Breaking The Silence,'" Bulletin, June 23, 2016.

Chuck Tasaka, "Nisei: Internment Camp Life," Bulletin, June 23, 2016.

Chris Kurata, "A Gift Most Precious: Excerpts From An Interview With Ann Gomer Sunahara," Bulletin, June 23, 2016.

"New Website Opens Window On Life In Tashme Internment Camp," Bulletin, April 23, 2016.

"Former Home Of Japanese Canadians Interned During War Could Be Torn Down," CBC News, February 10, 2016.

Alysae Kotyk, "Researchers Reveal City OF Vancouver's Deeper Involvement In Forced Sale Of Japanese Canadian Property," Rabble, February 8, 2016.

Craig Takeuchi, "UVIC Researchers Find Vancouver Played Larger Role In Japanese Canadian Wartime Dispossession," Georgia Straight, January 19, 2016.

"City Of Vancouver Played Role In Stripping War-Era Japanese Canadians Of Homes, Says Professor," CBC News, January 18, 2016.

"Hastings Park Update," JCCA Bulletin, November 1, 2015.

Lorene Oikawa, "Legacy Of Redress Forum," JCCA Bulletin, November 1, 2015.

Jeff Masuda and Aaron Franks, "The Right To Remain In Vancouver's Nihonmachi/ Downtown Eastside," JCCA Bulletin, August 30, 2015.

"1942 Japanese Canadian Internment At Hastings Park," JCCA Bulletin, July 23, 2015.

"Landscapes Of Injustice -- The Community Council," JCCA Bulletin, June 2, 2015.

"Japanese-Canadians Detained During WW2 Subject Of Hastings Park Exhibit," CBC News, May 6, 2015.

"The Tashme Project -- The Living Archives," JCCA Bulletin, May 6, 2015.

"Photo Exhibition Explores Japanese-Canadian Experience," Vancouver Is Awesome, March 23, 2015.

"A Ride Into Memory," JCCA Bulletin, March 19, 2015.

"Unveiling Of The Hastings Park Signage Project," JCCA Bulletin, March 19, 2015.

"Kiri's Piano -- Looking For Kiri," JCCA Bulletin, September 28, 2014.

"Internment Of Japanese Canadians To Be Featured At Human Rights Museum," CBC News, September 17, 2014.

"Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre Celebrates 20th Anniversary In Style," JCCA Bulletin, September 9, 2014.

Judy Hanazawa, "Hastings Park Update," Bulletin, May 1, 2014.

Eleanor Quirk, "Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre: The Jewel Of New Denver," Bulletin, March 7, 2014.

"Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre -- Twenty Years Of Memories," Bulletin, February 7, 2014.

"Celebrating 20 Years: The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre," Bulletin, January 9, 2014.

Evan Andrew Mackay, "Lives And Trials Of Kanao Inouye Or Kamloops Kid: The Reluctant War Criminal," Bulletin, January 8, 2014.

Jeff Lee, "Vancouver Council Apologizes To Japanese-Canadians For 1942 Support Of Internment," Vancouver Sun, September 25, 2013.

"Vancouver Apologizes For 1942 Japanese Internment Motion," CBC News, September 25, 2013.

"Apology To Japanese Canadians Leaves 'Great Legacy,'" CBC News, September 24, 2013.

John Endo Greenaway, "City Of Vancouver To Apologize," Bulletin, September 1, 2013.

Craig Takeuchi, "Justice For Japanese Canadians After Redress," Georgia Straight, August 28, 2013.

John Endo Greenaway, "Internment Camp Bus Tour 2013," Bulletin, July 12, 2013.

John Endo Greenaway, "Tashme Day: Impressive Exhibits Excite And Inspire," Bulletin, May 11, 2013.

John Endo Greenaway, "December 1 Hastings Park Commemorative Event," Bulletin, February 12, 2013.

John Endo Greenaway, "Recalling Tashme Internment: The Tashme Historical Project," Bulletin, February 12, 2013.

John Endo Greenaway, "Art Miki: A Life In Service," Bulletin, August 24, 2012.

John Endo Greenaway, "Graduation Day: Honorary Degree Ceremony For Japanese Canadian Students Of 1942," Bulletin, August 1, 2012.

John Endo Greenaway, "Apology Accepted: B.C. Government Offers Apology For Wartime Conduct," Bulletin, June 14, 2012.

Ariel Fournier, "For Nori Nishio, UBC Degree Is 'Better Late Than Never,'" Tyee, May 31, 2012.

John Endo Greenaway, "Tatsuo Kage: Chronicling Japanese Canadians In Exile," Bulletin, May 23, 2012.

John Endo Greenaway and Kenji Maeda, "Uncovering The Past: Just Beyond Hope," Bulletin, May 23, 2012.

Stephen Thomson, "B.C. Government Apologizes For Internment Of Japanese Canadians," Georgia Straight, May 7, 2012.

John Endo Greenaway, "Addressing Injustice: UBC's Response To The Internment," Bulletin, April 2, 2012.

John Endo Greenaway, "A Degree Of Justice (Video)," Bulletin, March 27, 2012.

John Endo Greenaway, "World Television Premiere: Stolen Memories," Bulletin, February 29, 2012.

John Endo Greenaway, "Interpretive Signage For Lemon Creek And Popoff Internment Camps," Bulletin, January 14, 2012.

Craig Takeuchi, "Interned Japanese Canadian Students To Receive Honorary UBC Degrees," Georgia Straight, November 18, 2011.

"UBC Honours Students Sent To Japanese Internment Camps," CBC News, November 17, 2011.

John Endo Greenaway, "UBC To Recognize Japanese Canadian Students," Bulletin, November 16, 2011.

John Endo Greenaway, "Kirsten Emiko Mcallister: Exploring The Landscapes Of Memory," Bulletin, October 3, 2011.

John Endo Greenaway and Mary Kitagawa, "Hastings Park Memories," Bulletin, January 10, 2011.

John Endo Greenaway, "Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre Receives National Historic Site Status," Bulletin, September 3, 2010.

John Endo Greenaway, "Mapping Memory/ Reflecting On History," Bulletin, September 10, 2009.

John Endo Greenaway and Greg Miyanaga, "Honouring Our People: A Sansei's Perspective 1," Bulletin, September 10, 2009.

John Endo Greenaway and Derek Iwanaka, "Honouring Our People: A Sansei's Perspective 2," Bulletin, September 10, 2009.

John Endo Greenaway, "Japanese Canadian Internment Film Looking For Assistance," Bulletin, September 10, 2009.

John Endo Greenaway, "A Trip Into The Past," Bulletin, September 17, 2008.

Mike Girard, "Hastings Park To Tashme 100 Mile Journey," Bulletin, August 3, 2008.

John Endo Greenaway, "'The New Canadian' -- A History," Bulletin, April 8, 2008.

Roy Miki, "Terrorism: Today's 'Yellow Peril?,'" Tyee, December 16, 2004.

Web-Sites

1942 -- Japanese Canadian Internment At Hastings Park:

Japanese Canadian Internment -- Prisoners In Their Own Country, Canadian Encyclopedia;

"From Racism To Redress: The Japanese Canadian Experience," Canadian Race Relations Foundation:

Jordan Stanger-Ross and Pamela Sugiman, "6.17 Japanese Canadians In The Second World War," Canadian History: Post-Confederation.

"Japanese Canadian Museum," The Langham: The museum section of the website of the Langham Cultural Society, Kaslo's public arts heritage centre.

Articles

Heather Read, "The Legacy Of A Hidden Camera: Acts Of Making In Japanese-Canadian Internment Camps During The Second World War, As Depicted In Tom Matsui's Photograph Collection," Landscapes Of Injustice Research Collection.

Eiji Okawa, "Of Store And The Community," Part 2, Community Records And The Human Experiences Of The Uprooting Of Japanese Canadians, Landscapes Of Injustice Research Collective.

Tsutae Sato, "Powell Town After The Outbreak Of The Pacific War, 1941-1942," Part 3, Community Records And The Human Experiences Of The Uprooting Of Japanese Canadians, Landscapes Of Injustice Research Collective.

Eiji Okawa, "Negotiating The Dispossession," Part 6, Community Records And The Human Experiences Of The Uprooting Of Japanese Canadians, Landscapes Of Injustice Research Collective.

Ariel Merriam et al., "'Our Appreciation For All Your Goodness And Kindness': Power, Rhetoric, And Property Relations In The Dispossession Of Japanese Canadians," Landscapes Of Injustice Research Collective Working Paper #1 (April 4, 2016).

Mike Perry-Whittingham et al., "Negotiating Space: Public Education And The Dispossession Of Japanese Canadians," Landscapes Of Injustice Research Collective Working Paper #2 (2016).

Laura Ishiguro et al., "Settler Colonialism And Japanese Canadian History," Landscapes Of Injustice Research Collective Working Paper #3 (September 2017).

"'Politics Of Memory': Interview With Kirsten Emiko McAllister," Sens Public (December 13, 2010).

Video And Audio Sources

"Nomoto: A B.C. Tragedy," 2022 (22 mins)