At the National Association of Japanese Canadians AGM held in Edmonton Alberta on October 16, 2011, the NAJC unveiled the Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Award at the AGM Dinner. Gordon had been a Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta during the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Continue reading
Day: December 2, 2011
letter to Jason Kenney Re: Consultation process for immigration policy changes
November 27, 2011 The Honourable Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism House of Commons Parliament Buildings Ottawa, ON K1A0A6 Dear Minister Kenney: Re: Consultation process for immigration policy changes In recent months members of the Human Rights Committee of the National Association of Japanese Canadians have noted the consultations on immigration policy. Last...Continue reading
December 2011
Like the iconic Japanese song of immigrants, Watari Dori (Birds of Passage), we are all transients looking for a place to alight and to call home. Fortunately, I have returned to Japan numerous times, but the Japan of my youth has long disappeared . . .Continue reading
Dr. Norikazu Nishio: Looking forward in life
I was brought up in Kitsilano so as youngsters all our friends were English-speaking, apart from a few other Japanese Canadian families. I went to Lord Tennyson Elementary and then Kitsilano Junior and High Schools.Continue reading