February 9, 2011 The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C. M.P. Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1L1 Dear Minister Kenney: Re: Funding cuts to Settlement Services The National Association of Japanese Canadians is concerned about the $53 million in funding cuts being made across Canada to immigrant settlement services. We...Continue reading
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President’s Message, January 2011
by Ken Noma I wish you much happiness and good health in the Year of the Rabbit. Early this year, “The Bulletin” reported in their February issue that the provincial government of British Columbia has cut arts funding by 80-90%. Given the fact that this sector generates 5.2 billion dollars and employs 80,000 people in...
President’s Message, December 2010
by Ken Noma I am honoured to have been elected as President of the NAJC at the Ottawa AGM held this past October and I look forward to updating the readers on the activities of NAJC and its member organizations. In my election speech to the delegates, I identified the following as my priorities during...Continue reading
Letter to McLean’s re: “Too Asian”
November 28, 2010 Cathrin Bradbury Editor-in Chief and General Manager Roger Publishing Limited 1 Mount Pleasant Road, 11th floor Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2Y5 Dear Ms. Bradbury: Re: “Too Asian” The National Association of Japanese Canadians is concerned about the ideas expressed in the article “Too Asian” in the Maclean’s November 2010 issue on University Rankings....
President’s Message, November 2010
by Terumi Kawada On October 16/17, 2010, the NAJC held its Annual General Meeting in Ottawa, hosted by the Ottawa Japanese Community Association, at the Embassy of Japan. Delegates from member organizations, individual members, alternates, observers, volunteers of the OJCA, all gathered together for this important event to address the business of the NAJC. In...
President’s Message, October 2010
Terumi Kuwada, President of the NAJC On September 22, 1988, the Government of Canada formally apologized to the Japanese Canadian community for the injustices and wrongdoings inflicted upon our community during World War II. It was a time of great celebration for democracy, social justice and human rights for all Canadians. Today, 22 years later,...
President’s Message, September 2010
On July 31, 2010, a very special ceremony was held in New Denver, commemorating the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, as a National Historic Site of Canada. Grace Thomson, Past President of the NAJC, who has been very active with the NIMC, represented the NAJC at the ceremony. It is with great respect and pride that...
President’s Message, August 2010
The NAJC office has moved again, to a temporary office space in downtown Winnipeg. This move was prompted by a change of ownership of our previous location of 1 – 222 Osborne St., which resulted in a significant increase of the rent and a long term lease. The next step will be to establish a...
President’s Message, May 2010
The National Executive Board (NEB) of the NAJC met in Toronto on March 27-28, for its regular quarterly meeting. We wish to thank the individual members as well as the Toronto NAJC chapter for their presentations at our meeting. It is through these exchanges that we learn more about the activities in the Japanese Canadian...Continue reading