Your positive response to our online sessions is appreciated and we are continuing our online programming. It’s been a great way to connect during this pandemic. It’s also been a wonderful opportunity to bring people together from across the country to have important discussions such as our NAJC Human Rights Committee’s discussion about racism today and actions we can take.Continue reading
The BC Government and the Dispossession of Japanese Canadians (1941–1949)
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
SEAD Program and Cultural Development Fund Applications
The 2020 deadline to return applications for grants from the Sports,Education and Arts Program and the Cultural Development Fund is fast approaching! Please note that all grant applications need to be submitted by June 30, 2020 at 2pm CDT. Cultural Development Fund The purpose of the CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT program is to: provide financial assistance to community and...Continue reading
NAJC Young Leaders Fund Applications
Supporting young leaders in Japanese Canadian communities across Canada Community • Culture • Heritage The Young Leaders Committee of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) is proud to manage the Young Leaders Fund to support youth across Canada, giving Japanese Canadian youth the opportunity to help realize projects and initiatives. Successful applicants can receive up...Continue reading
「ブリティッシュ・コロンビア州政府と日系カナダ人の財産の奪取(1941-1949)」
全カナダ日系人協会(NAJC)はカナダ代替政策研究所と協力して上記の本を出版しました。この本はブリティッシュ・コロンビア州政府による日系カナダ人の財産の奪取についてのいろいろな意見を集めてジョン・プライスが書いたものです。
全カナダ日系人協会の「黒人の命は大切だ」に関する声明
全カナダ日系人協会は黒人に対する暴力を根絶しようという呼びかけを支持します。 我々はカナダおよび米国の黒人が経験している人種差別に抗議します。このような人種差別ではしばしば法の執行者による黒人の死亡事件が起きています。どうしてこのようなことが、黒人が自宅にいる時や、自宅の近辺でジョッギングしたり、自動車の運転をしたりしている時に起きるのかということに疑問を持ちます。
Burning Province
The TORONTO NAJC presents Burning Province Poems, plays & prose in a time of a pandemic and protests Tuesday, June 23, 2020 7:30 – 8:30pm EDT REGISTRATION Introducing poet Michael Prior currently living in St. Paul (Twin Cities), Minnesota and author of “Burning Province” who along with Julie Tamiko Manning & Matt Miwa of “The...
NAJC Mask-making Workshop
Skip the controversy of wearing masks. Covid has brought masks into the mainstream as an essential wardrobe item. Join costume designer, poet, woman of theatre Laura Fukumoto for a fun and engaging mask-making workshop and learn to make your own.Continue reading
TADAIMA! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage
Tadaima! is a collaborative undertaking that brings together representatives from many different parts of the Nikkei community, including Canadians, as well as scholars, artists, and educators committed to actively memorializing the history of Japanese American incarceration during WWII. from Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages website In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, each of...Continue reading