– The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe Washington Square Press, 387 pages, 2016 – Loving, a film by Jeff Nichols, 2016 by David Fujino On the day I reached Chapter 18 of this 32-chapter novel, The Gilded Years, I had to put it down — not because it was boring and bad; and not because...
By Anne Nagaoka Shaw As the lucky recipient of the NAJC Suzuka Scholarship in 2016, my experience during the exchange in Japan was very beneficial, not only helping me improve my Japanese language skills, but also in offering me a chance to introduce aspects of Canada culture to both Japanese and international students at the...Continue reading
By Terry Watada Last November/December, I found myself in Japan, enjoying the history, culture and, most of all, food. One day, I picked up a copy of the Asahi Mainichi at the local 7/11, primarily because it was in English. Inside was the international edition of the New York Times. On the front page was...Continue reading
NAJC Young Leaders Fund Application Now Available The Young Leaders Committee (YLC) of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) was established in 2014 as a core group of engaged young leaders from Japanese Canadian communities nationwide. The YLC seeks to engage, connect, mentor, and advocate for young people in Japanese Canadian communities, and to...Continue reading
NAJC Condemns the Rise of Anti-Semitism in North America 1. Time for Action The National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) joins all Canadians who have condemned the recent bomb threats against Jewish community centres in Calgary, London, Toronto, and Vancouver. We are united in solidarity with the Jewish community across Canada, and in the United...Continue reading
A Lecture by Dr. Asato Ikeda @ Chang Yu Tung East Asian Library at U of T, October 12, 2016 by David Fujino On October 12th, Dr. Asato Ikeda delivered an engrossing lecture on A Third Gender, the ground-breaking print show she curated at Toronto’s ROM (Royal Ontario Museum). The ROM show opened in May...
By Terry Watada Friends and family have recently noted that my columns seem to despair of the present. And who has a better right? I don’t like the changes happening in society. Geez, HMV is closing its doors in April! Every time I see a Millennial walking down the street, talking to himself, I wonder...Continue reading
PERFIDIA by James Ellroy Alfred A. Knopf, 692 pages, 2014 by David Fujino It’s December 6, 1941 — America is on the brink of World War II — and among the police and public service denizens of L.A. (Los Angeles) the coming of the Japanese internment and its inevitable land grabs already dominate the general...
The National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) joins members of our community who have been shaken by the violent attack at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec. The NAJC sends our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who were killed, and we hope for a quick recovery for those who were injured....Continue reading