Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025 Time: 6:30PM – 7:30PM PT Location: Virtual, Microsoft Teams | Email [email protected] to register today! Join this free virtual talk with Nikkei writer Sally Ito to learn about the Ito family’s experiences during the forced uprooting of Japanese Canadians through her family memoir The Emperor’s Orphans. Sally Ito is a...Continue reading
The NAJC’s Arts, Culture, and Education Committee are pleased to present An Evening of Conversation on Forgiveness, in collaboration with Stratford Festival! Join us virtually for a special evening with the creative team behind Forgiveness, the powerful Stratford Festival production based on Mark Sakamoto’s award-winning memoir. Hear behind-the-scenes stories, creative insights, and the journey of bringing this deeply...Continue reading
I am Jon Sasaki, a Toronto-based Yonsei artist, currently working on a temporary public art project commissioned by the City of Vancouver. The work is scheduled to be installed in October 2024 at Hastings Park in Vancouver, home of the Pacific National Exhibition that was the site of the incarceration of 8000 Japanese Canadians during...
Check out this amazing residency program hosted by the University of Victoria’s “Past Wrongs Future Choices” initiative, set for Fall 2024. It’s a unique chance to delve into the historical narratives of WWII internment and dispossession of Japanese descent communities through artistic and scholarly work. Who Should Apply: Any level Scholars. Artists of all forms...Continue reading
Japanese Canadian Legacies Society Arts + Culture Fund information session Calling all artists! Japanese Canadian Legacies Community Fund’s Arts stream opens November 1, 2023. Grants of up to $20,000 are available for artists who are Japanese Canadian Descendants or Survivors. Established or emerging artists who have attained Professional Practice in the Arts may apply. The...
On November 16 and 30, NAJC is hosting free online film screenings, part of the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF). For 14 years, CLiFF has presented films about workers from around the world. Our annual participation in this film festival continues this year. We will be showing six films (see film list below) at...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OF INTEREST OPEN NOW! Japanese Canadian artists and Japanese Artists living in Canada NAJC GEI : Art Symposium Sept 16-18, 2022 The first national multi-day symposium of Japanese Canadian artists and Japanese artists living in Canada will take place in Greater Victoria September 16-18, 2022. Marking the 80th anniversary of the Japanese...
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