by Kevin Okabe This year’s National Association of Japanese Canadian’s (NAJC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) was hosted by the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society. Victoria had never acted as host for the NAJC AGM (at least since the post-war days), so it is really tremendous to see such a small community as Victoria band together to...Continue reading
Valerie Hoshizaki Nordin, NEB Director, Chair of Membership Committee To quote a movie critic “what do you know for sure?” ‘I know for sure’ I am a part of a large hapa family. At the time of the evacuation, my father Thomas Yasuo Hoshizaki who was born in 1919 in Pitt Meadows, BC was given...Continue reading
The National Executive Board is pleased to announce that Judge Maryka Omatsu will be awarded the Art Miki National Leadership Award at a banquet to be held on Saturday, September 26th 2015 in Victoria, British Columbia. The Award, formerly known as The National Award, was renamed this year to recognize in perpetuity the invaluable and...Continue reading
by Lisa Uyeda, NAJC Heritage Committee Chair Not too long ago, I sat down with my grandparents for dinner. I was on my way home and I thought I would pop by for a brief hello; that quickly turned into a late evening. The three of us sat together at their wooden kitchen table, with...Continue reading
September 25 to 27, 2015 Victoria, British Columbia Member organizations, interested observers and young leaders are invited to attend the National Association of Japanese Canadians 2015 AGM and Conference being held in beautiful Victoria, British Columbia. Our annual gathering is an opportunity for you to renew acquaintances and form new ones. As the only national...
I began working for the NAJC, as National Administrator, in October of 2014. Since that time, I have been keeping busy with the Administrative duties of the position. Shortly after I began, our current landlord, the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg, advised us they would be relocating the office, in June of 2015. So began,...
The mandate of the Community Development Committee (CDC) is to respond to the needs of the Japanese Canadian community. More specifically, the CDC provides direction to the National Executive Board (NEB) regarding needs evidenced by groups such as seniors, youth, and Ijusha. The CDC is also responsible for providing the NEB with a link to...Continue reading
We were deeply saddened to learn that a dear friend of the NAJC and a former member of the National Redress Coalition – Alan Borovoy – has passed away at the age of 83. Alan served as General Council of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association from 1968 to 2009. The support of Alan Borovoy, Irving...
April 15, 2015 Dear Friends: At the end of February, the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) released a statement rejecting the Anti-Terrorism Act, Bill C-51. The NAJC joins with thousands of other concerned Canadians in calling for the Government of Canada to withdraw Bill C-51. We believe that Bill C-51 threatens Canadian civil liberties...