Mariko Kage
Mariko Kage is a contemporary dance artist, enjoys gardening, holds a 2nd degree blackbelt in Aikido, and has been teaching integrated Aikido for over 25 years. As a mother of seven children and a mobilizer, she worked to support programs and services for Indigenous youth over the last 20 years. She has been living in Lillooet, BC for 12 years, co-founded the Miyazaki House Society in 2012, and spearheaded the Japanese Canadian Internment Memorial Garden and Kiosks Project in 2017 to honour the three former internment camp sites in the Lillooet region. She is pursuing her MA in Intercultural and International Communications at Royal Roads University.
Updated December 2020
Stories from This Author
Plowing My Parents’ Landscape of Conscience - Part 2
Dec. 25, 2020 • Mariko Kage
Read Part 1 >> Looking back, I saw how my parents were perpetually attentive to matters that concerned people in need, exploring what could bring wellness to the community, and investigating problematic issues that would come to their attention. Through my parents, I learned the value of caring and supporting others when we can, especially those who are marginalized or disadvantaged. I have seen and participated in bringing about results from such care: forests still standing, and not clear cut …
Plowing My Parents’ Landscape of Conscience - Part 1
Dec. 24, 2020 • Mariko Kage
Reflections of a daughter on compiling her father’s book, Migration, Displacement, and Redress by Tatusuo Kage About eight years ago, prompted by my mother, I started sorting through the piles of boxes and files in my father’s personal library study. This became an annual summer project. I found volumes of correspondence, committee meeting minutes, reports, articles, magazines, letters, and more. Digging through the archives, like a treasure hunt, I gradually organized my father’s original writings and memorabilia into several binders. …
