Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Time: 6 p.m. PT / 7 MT / 8 CT / 9 ET
Virtual event – Click here to register
Host Lorene Oikawa shares her uncle Buck (Tatsuro) Suzuki’s fight for Japanese Canadian fishers to achieve equity and respect, and his fight to protect our rivers from industrial pollution. Masako Fukawa, author of Nikkei Fleet, joins Lorene in a conversation about the history of the Japanese Canadian fishers.
Access to film will be provided upon registration. Watch the film online and then join the Zoom meeting for a short one-hour discussion at 6:15 p.m. PT / 7:15 MT / 8:15 CT / 9:15 ET.
Post-registration information:
Thank you for registering for 2025 National Canadian Film Day. Every year the National Association of Japanese Canadians celebrates Canadian film and stories. We will be accessing the films through Knowledge Network – British Columbia’s public broadcaster.
Please visit knowledge.ca to login or sign up in advance.
After you watch the films, join the Zoom session (bit.ly/NCFD2025) by 6:15 p.m. PT / 7:15 MT / 8:15 CT / 9:15 ET for a discussion and to hear more stories.
The films are part of the series Working People: A History of Labour in British Columbia. This series shares the stories of workers, industries, and events spanning three centuries of BC history. We will be looking at the story of Buck Suzuki, a Japanese Canadian fisher, in the first film. The second film provides some history of Japanese Canadian fishers. The third film is a musical tribute to those who worked in the fish cannery. The three short films are listed in the links below.
2:31 minutes
2:30 minutes
1:21 minutes
