By Lorene Oikawa, Past President We are now into summer festival season. Hopefully, you are able to enjoy a bit of time, even if it’s just a day to spend with loved ones and enjoy the outdoors and the bounty of locally grown vegetables and fruit. With climate change and our neighbour to the south...Continue reading
By Lorene Oikawa, Past President NAJC has exciting news. Starting in the fall, the new school year will include the history of the incarceration/internment of Japanese Canadians as mandatory core curriculum for grade 10 students in British Columbia. We know this has been a priority for the community for a long time. We identified this...Continue reading
By Lorene Oikawa, Past President NAJC is preparing for regional member organization meetings. The Western Regional Meeting is first up, taking place in Nanaimo this month. Receive updates through your local member organization. List of member organizations are on the NAJC website. https://najc.ca/member-organizations/ Our new Administrative Assistant hired is Sydney Christie. Our new Capacity Building...Continue reading
We are thrilled to share that retired judge Maryka Omatsu has been selected as one of the 2025 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award honourees, presented by the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Women in the Profession! As the first Japanese Canadian judge, Maryka Omatsu has made tremendous contributions to justice, equity, and advocacy for Japanese Canadians and...Continue reading
By Lorene Oikawa, NAJC Past President NAJC’s Japan tour is finalized for May. Registration is closed, but good news: there will be another trip in October. Regional meetings for member organizations are being planned. Receive updates through your local member organization. List of member organizations are on the NAJC website. We are also starting to...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
NAJC 2025年２月のハイライト NAJC前会長 ロリーン・オイカワ著 カナダの西海岸では、1 月の穏やかな日に土から芽吹く花の写真を投稿しました。しかし、冬は私たちを忘れていません。BC 州では暴風雨警報が出ているので、まもなくソーシャル メディアに雪の写真が投稿されるでしょう。
NAJC Highlights February 2025 By Lorene Oikawa, Past President On the west coast of Canada, we have posted photos of our flower shoots popping through the soil in the mild days of January. But winter hasn’t forgotten us. We’re on BC Storm watch so expect some social media posts of snow soon. On February 2...Continue reading