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
Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Time: 3PM PT/6PM ET (1.5h) Location: Zoom – Register here! Past Wrongs, Future Choices and NAJC’s Japanese Canadian Family History program invite you to join this virtual workshop designed to guide researchers through the Landscapes of Injustice database. Focusing on Japanese Canadian fishing boat records, this workshop will explore LOI...Continue reading
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2025 Time: 9AM-4:30PM PT Location: 2300 Ryan Road, Courtenay, BC (Stan Hagan Theatre, Comox Valley Campus – North Island College) Tickets: $20, or free for online registrants Click here for full details and registration information. We are excited to share registration information for next month’s event From Mio, the community-based public...
Date: July 31, 2025 Time: 3PM PT/6PM ET Click here for registration Join Mandi Shintani for an informative virtual workshop and learn how to start meaningful conversations about the past and preserve your family’s history. Mandy Shintani is the creator and host of The Samurai In Our Closet, a podcast series exploring her own family’s...Continue reading
Date: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025Time: 3:00 PM PDT / 6:00 PM EDTRegistration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sSoiT6yjSDeKVDXDv5c7bA Alianne Kimura, a Yonsei and graduate student at McGill, created this workshop from her own journey uncovering her family’s internment history. Through archival research and personal experience, Alianne explores the hidden histories of Japanese Canadians and offers practical tools for others to do the...Continue reading
We’re excited to share two new research request forms to help individuals looking for information related to the Japanese Family History Program: 1️. 1929 Directory of Japanese Canadians Inquiry – For those specifically researching the 1929 Directory of Japanese Canadians. https://forms.gle/8LJDcX4ems6qnCjPA 2️. General Family History Research Inquiry – For general questions or guidance on individual-led...Continue reading
Discover Your Roots: Join the Japanese Canadian Family History Program Introduction Session! The National Association of Japanese Canadians has launched a program to help you explore and uncover your family’s story! From resources on Japanese Canadian history during WWII to tools for tracing ancestors’ hometowns in Japan, this program provides valuable guidance for your journey....Continue reading