The National Association of Japanese Canadians is hosting Canada’s national labour film festival, the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF). CLiFF brings the stories of workers from around the world to you. CLIFF) is celebrating its 12th year by hosting CLIFF 2020 virtually. Now more than ever it is important that working people be able...Continue reading
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The National Association of Japanese Canadians has been checking in with some members of the Japanese Canadian community during this time when we’ve been social distancing and trying to stay home as much as possible. We’ll share some of our conversations in our e-news and social media. In May 2020, we had a chat with...Continue reading
RM began writing crime fiction in a blizzard. She was on a Greyhound bus, travelling northbound from Smithers to Prince Rupert, on the job as a court reporter covering the northern half of B.C. Street names became character names as the bus passed through towns and villages, and the blizzard became the setting for her first book. Continue reading
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Landscapes of Injustice is pleased to announce the release of Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians. Including chapters by 11 authors, this book reinterprets the uprooting of Japanese Canadians by focusing on the deliberate and permanent destruction of home through the act of dispossession. Join editor Jordan Stanger-Ross and guests, Audrey Kobayashi, Kaitlin Findlay and Nicholas Blomley as they chat about their involvement in the project and how and what they came to contribute to this volume.Continue reading
The National Association of Japanese Canadians is pleased to present a masterclass with Tetsuro Shigematsu. Tetsuro is a writer, broadcaster, and theatre creator who has centered his practice on the art of storytelling. In this session he will discuss his process of creating biographical theatre works such as 'Empire of the Son' and '1 Hour Photo,' from the ethical considerations of dramatizing personal life experiences, to the craft of eliciting captivating stories through one-on-one interviews with his subjects.Continue reading
The TORONTO NAJC presents Burning Province Poems, plays & prose in a time of a pandemic and protests Tuesday, June 23, 2020 7:30 – 8:30pm EDT REGISTRATION Introducing poet Michael Prior currently living in St. Paul (Twin Cities), Minnesota and author of “Burning Province” who along with Julie Tamiko Manning & Matt Miwa of “The...