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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michiko Midge Ayukawa will shed light on the lives and hist
 ories of picture brides&mdash\;Issei women who came to America to marry hu
 sbands they knew only from photographs&mdash\; and how they affected the c
 ommunity.&nbsp\;\n\nMichiko Midge Ayukawa was born in Vancouver\, B.C. Dur
 ing World War II\, she was incarcerated for four years at Lemon Creek\, in
  the Slocan Valley\, Canada. Her family resettled in Hamilton\, Ontario. A
 fter obtaining her BSc and MSc at McMaster University\, she worked at the 
 National Research Council in Ottawa. Later she taught undergraduate Chemis
 try laboratory classes at Carleton University and the University of Victor
 ia.&nbsp\;In the mid-80s\, she began to study history and obtained a Docto
 rate in 1997 at the University of Victoria.\n\nAyukawa has written a numbe
 r of articles on Japanese Canadians\, in particular\, Japanese picture bri
 des. She has co-authored with Audrey Kobayashi &ldquo\;The Japanese Canadi
 ans&rdquo\; in Akemi Kikumura-Yano\, ed.\, <em>Encyclopedia of Japanese De
 scendants in the Americas</em>\, Altimira Press\, 2002 and is also co-auth
 or with Patricia Roy of &ldquo\;The Japanese\,&rdquo\; in Paul Robert Marg
 osi\, ed.\, <em>The Encyclopedia of Canada&rsquo\;s Peoples</em>\, Univers
 ity of Toronto Press\, 1999. A book based on her dissertation\, <em>Hirosh
 ima Immigrants in Canada\, 1891-1941</em> was published in November 2007 b
 y UBC Press.&nbsp\;\n\nThis program was made possible by the generous supp
 ort of the UCLA Paul I. &amp\; Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies
 &nbsp\;\n\nIn conjunction with the exhibition&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.ja
 nm.org/exhibits/texturedlives/">Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothin
 g from the Plantations of Hawai`i</a>\n\nReservations recommended to rsvp@
 janm.org or 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior.\n\n<a href="http://www.j
 anm.org/" target="_blank">www.janm.org</a>
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SUMMARY:Picture Brides
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