ロリン・及川 日系コミュニティーのメンバー、子ども達からシニアの皆様、そして名誉ある招待者たちは2019年11月15日金曜日の午後、政府の理事会室に集合しました。
Category: NAJC News
NAJC Delivers Report to BC Government
Japanese Canadians Deliver BC Government Essential Actions for Rebuilding Community following Historic Wrongs of Internment A delegation from the National Association of Japanese Canadians met with the BC Government on Friday, November 15 to hand-deliver a report recommending key actions to address the historic wrongs committed against Japanese Canadians. The report, Recommendations for Redressing Historical...Continue reading
NAJC会長のメッセージ、２０１９年１１月
ロリン・及川 １１月１１日に私はバンクーバーのスタンレーパークの日系カナダ人戦士記念碑に全カナダ日系人協会を代表して、カナダのために戦死した日系カナダ人に花を捧げに行きます。
Japanese Canadians Respond to Maxime Bernier – September 26, 2019
The National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) is deeply disturbed by the recent video posted by the People’s Party of Canada Facebook page on September 23rd, 2019. In this post. Maxime Bernier expresses his proposal to end official Multiculturalism in Canada. He states that “in the past, immigrants who came to Canada readily integrated into...Continue reading
NAJC statement re: offensive photos of Prime Minister
The National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) has become aware of offensive media that have recently surfaced of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. While these images are disturbing and concerning to the NAJC, there are much broader issues regarding racism and discrimination in Canada that deserve close attention, scrutiny and examination by Canadian society. Even today,...Continue reading
NAJC President’s Message – July 2019
by Lorene Oikawa I hope you have plans to enjoy the many events and festivals happening this summer and also include a bit of rest, too. If you haven’t participated in a BC Redress community consultation, there are more in-person and virtual meetings taking place in July. Please go to our webpage najc.ca/bcredress for the...Continue reading
NAJC Response to the Sri Lankan Bombings
Once again the world is shaken by the news of another series of bombings, this time in Sri Lanka. Our hearts and minds are solemn as we grieve for the victims of the attacks and we condemn the senseless acts of violence that constantly seem to occur. We call upon today’s society to show greater...Continue reading
Introducing our 2019 JCYL National Ambassadors!
The NAJC Young Leaders Committee is excited to announce our Japanese Canadian Young Leaders National Ambassadors who will be attending COPANI XX in San Francisco this fall. To help support our National Ambassadors, donations can be made to youngleaders@najc.ca Jun Cura-Bongolanis a Nikkei Canadian of Japanese-Filipino heritage. Born and raised in Toronto, he has worked and...Continue reading
NAJC President’s Message – March 2019
by Lorene Oikawa If you didn’t see last month’s launch of the Heritage Minute about the Vancouver Asahi baseball team, you can still see it on the NAJC Facebook page and also on the Historica Canada website. The Asahi story is an important piece of Canadian history. The story is about the racism faced by...Continue reading