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Keiko Mary Kitagawa Receives Honorary Degree 8 Years After Helping Convince UBC to Give Degrees to 76 Japanese Canadian Students Removed in 1942

On November 26, 2020, in an official ceremony that needed to take place online because of the COVID pandemic, Keiko Mary Kitagawa received an Honorary ...

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Canadian Nikkei Artist

Hayashi Studio of Cumberland, BC: A Documentary by Hayley Gray

“Close to 800 dry glass negatives abandoned by the Matsubuchi studio reappeared in the mid-1980s in garage sales, and were recognized and collected by Cumberland ...

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Canadian Nikkei Artist

David Hayashida on his first visit to BC, euphemisms and life on "The Rock" - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can you talk about how your career as an artist began? I am turning 60 this year and it is my first ...

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Canadian Nikkei Artist

David Hayashida on his first visit to BC, euphemisms and life on "The Rock" - Part 1

I caught up with Newfoundland artist David Hayashida on his return home after returning from the BC Internment Camp tour in July. Like me, he ...

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Steveston Nikkei Memorial

Sitting at the mouth of the Fraser River, the village of Steveston, although technically part of Richmond, BC, retains a unique small town flavour. It ...

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The Lost Highways: BC JC Heritage Sign Project Ends, Ontario’s Begins - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can you tell us a bit about each of the sign sites? What was the local community support like? It began on ...

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The Lost Highways: BC JC Heritage Sign Project Ends, Ontario’s Begins - Part 1

Certainly one of the most important Japanese Canadian projects that was completed in 2018 was the Highway Legacy Sign Project in British Columbia (BC), Canada ...

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Journey Sparked By A Photograph

TORONTO — Stéphane Hamade, a fifth generation Japanese Canadian, spent seven days in the village of Mio, Wakayama, Japan, learning about the small fishing village ...

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My Grandfather and the Cariboo Gold Mine

When I was a young boy growing up in Hiroshima, Japan, my mother told me that my grandfather was living in Canada. From then on ...

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Toronto Nisei "Mush" Arima - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> What do you remember about life in the camps e.g., eating? Toilet? Baths? School? Your mother passed away there. Was she ...