More than 20,000 Japanese Canadians were forced from their homes during World War II. They were sent to internment camps, while, back home, much of their property was forcibly sold by the government. Redress came 44 years later, but as Jimmy Thomson reports from Vancouver, much of what was lost is gone forever. This radio...
As part of ongoing engagement we are having with the NAJC BC Redress team on Japanese Canadian Redress, the BC Government wishes to invite a member of the Japanese Canadian community to sit on the Province’s Multicultural Advisory Council. The Multicultural Advisory Council (MAC) is a 12-member, volunteer citizens’ council that meets quarterly with the...Continue reading
Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Eiko Eby as the Project Manager for the Japanese Canadian Survivors Health and Wellness Fund. Eiko will be working directly for Nikkei Seniors and will lead the project, working in tandem with Cathy Makihara and Ruth Coles. Eiko Eby is a yonsei (4th generation Japanese Canadian)...Continue reading
Read the Press Release Watch the News Conference The Province of British Columbia is providing the Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society with $2 million as part of its commitment to honour the traumatic internment of almost 22,000 Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. “This government acknowledges the role that it played in...
Join the BC Ministry of Attorney General Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism, Rachna Singh, for a special announcement, accompanied by a Welcome from Bernie Skundaal Williams, a statement from elder Mary Kitagawa and a program description from Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society’s Ruth Coles and Cathy Makihara. This announcement will focus on seniors health...Continue reading
The National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) collaborated with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives to produce this publication which is a compilation of opinion pieces from December 2019 and written by John Price. The publication date was to be earlier this year, but plans were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic also...Continue reading
REPORT ON THE APOLOGY ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT OF TOFINO Report submitted by Keiko Miki, NAJC Vice President and Chair of NAJC Human Rights Committee On May 28, 2019 Mayor Josie Osborne of the District of Tofino gave a public apology to the people impacted by the 1947 “Resolution Regarding Orientals”. It was rescinded in...