Joanne Nakamura Rollins shares her memories of her father, Dick Nakamura, who grew up on a strawberry farm in Surrey BC. Besides his community service, he also served the public services of Canada and British Columbia, and the Royal Canadian Air Force, Navy, and militia. I know if my father Dick Nakamura were still alive,...Continue reading
Terumi Kuwada, a Past President of the National Association of Japanese Canadians, shares her family story for the 80th Anniversary of Internment. As we reflect on the 80th Anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Internment, I think of my father, Hisao (Henry) Kuwada, who was born in Japan and considered a higher risk in the name...Continue reading
We asked Connie Kadota, sansei, third generation Japanese Canadian, filmmaker, retired educator to share her family story for the 80th anniversary of Incarceration and 75th anniversary of the founding of the NAJC. Thinking about these two important anniversaries, I am reminded of my Kadota grandfather Kantaro, my father Charles and my Uncle Gordon. They were...Continue reading
National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) President Lorene Oikawa met up with Terumi Kuwada at the Museum of Surrey (MOS). The MOS current exhibit, Broken Promises, looks at the dispossession and resilience of Japanese Canadians. Terumi is one of the past presidents of the NAJC. We asked her to share her thoughts on the 2022...Continue reading