The National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) stands in solidarity with the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in condemning the alarming presence of approximately seventy-five armed federal agents on JANM’s Norman Y. Mineta Democracy Plaza on August 14, 2025 in Los Angeles. The arrival of armed federal agents, coinciding with a press conference by California...Continue reading
The NAJC is pleased to share this story of Tomekichi Homma, a Japanese Canadian who took legal action in 1900 to challenge B.C.’s racist voting laws. Geoff Meggs has been working on this project since 2022 and gave permission for the NAJC to share this important story about a Japanese Canadian’s fight for voting rights. Given...Continue reading
Join us for an enlightening evening at the 2024 Gordon Hirabayashi Annual Lecture featuring Pamela Sugiman, Dean of Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University. Topic: “Deep and Profound Memories: Japanese Canadians, Race and the Second World War Internment” Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 Time: 5:00 PM Location: Telus Centre, Room 150, University of Alberta North Campus...
Wednesday, March 6th 4:30-6pm PST / 5:30pm-7pm MST / 6:30pm-8pm CST / 7:30pm-9pm EST Online by zoom. REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsduysqzIsHtOZphwjGQDzcuAUnpdJSsiU Do you have questions about the NAJC’s programming around human rights? Do you have ideas about what the Japanese-Canadian community could be working on to advance human rights? The Human Rights Committee wants to connect...Continue reading
As Japanese Canadians we are reminded that on November 9th, 1945, Canada ratified the Charter of the United Nations adopted earlier that year in San Francisco. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was a signatory to the charter whilst his government exiled its own citizens, most born in Canada, to Japan. The injustices endured by...Continue reading
More than 80 groups gathered around the fire in Oodena Circle at the Forks in downtown Winnipeg in a partnership with the City of Winnipeg to sign the Indigenous Accord. Mayor Brian Bowman and City Council adopted the Accord as an important step towards the City’s Journey of Reconciliation and invited individuals and organizations to...Continue reading
The National Association of Japanese Canadians applauds the Liberal government’s clear commitment to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in communities across Canada over the next few months. We also are encouraged by the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s more general pledge to pursue a principled, humane approach in Canada’s international engagements. The National Association of Japanese Canadians...Continue reading
The National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) is concerned about the proposed “Charter of Quebec Values” and in particular the measures to prohibit public servants from wearing conspicuous religious symbols. Ken Noma, President of the NAJC stated that “We support the Quebec Government’s goal to defend equity between men and women and to encourage equity...Continue reading