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Back in 1971, then Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau declared that Canada would adopt a multicu…

Chuck Tasaka • Sept. 19, 2018

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Canadian Nikkei’s Pilgrimage to J.A. Internment Camps - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> TOPAZ MUSEUM-DELTA, UTAH After Moab, we drove straight west to Delta where t…

Chuck Tasaka • July 27, 2018

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Canadian Nikkei’s Pilgrimage to J.A. Internment Camps - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> NEXT STOP: PORTLAND Our next stop was in Portland, Oregon to visit their mag…

Chuck Tasaka • July 20, 2018

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Canadian Nikkei’s Pilgrimage to J.A. Internment Camps - Part 1

I have always been intrigued by and curious about the Japanese American internment history for year…

Chuck Tasaka • July 13, 2018

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In Canada, May is Asian Heritage Month: Banzai!

I recently arrived back home after an intense four days in Victoria, BC where I attended as a membe…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • May 18, 2018

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Life in Tashme

The following is my contribution to the Tashme Project—the ongoing collection of remembrances…

Frank Moritsugu • May 14, 2018

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Toronto Nisei "Mush" Arima - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> What do you remember about life in the camps e.g., eating? Toilet? Baths? Sch…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 27, 2018

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Toronto Nisei "Mush" Arima - Part 1

As the 75th anniversary of the internment came and went last year, I have promised myself to get mo…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • March 26, 2018

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Kayla Isomura: Packing for Unknown Journeys - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Do you have any preconceptions walking into this project? I certainly had so…

John Endo Greenaway • March 9, 2018

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Kayla Isomura: Packing for Unknown Journeys - Part 1

“CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Seeking yonsei and gosei in Greater Vancouver and Victoria regions …

John Endo Greenaway • March 8, 2018