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Canadian Nikkei Series

Landscapes of Injustice: A Project Aims to Recover What Really Happened to Japanese Canadian-Owned Property During the 1940s - Part 1

Norm Masaji Ibuki

Having grown up Sansei in Ontario, I have often wondered if the World War Two internment experience is truly behind our families or if there is still unfinished business?

Canadian Nikkei Series

Teacher Greg Miyanaga in British Columbia: Educating Canada - Part 2

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Teacher Greg Miyanaga in British Columbia: Educating Canada - Part 1

Norm Masaji Ibuki


Canadian Nikkei Series

Ijusha Yosh Inouye on Becoming Canadian Nikkei - Part 2

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Ijusha Yosh Inouye on Becoming Canadian Nikkei - Part 1

Norm Masaji Ibuki

Torontonian Yosh Inouye, a retired 70-something photography teacher, was the one of the first to teach me about the paradox of what it means to be an Ijusha, a post World War Two immigrant from Japan.

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*Sansei *Born in Toronto *Grandparents are from Shiga and Kumamoto kens* Families were interned in Kaslo, Bayfarm and on a Manitoba beet farm * Lived in Sendai, Japan from 1994 to 2004 * Teacher in Brampton, ON * Aikidoka * Writer for the Nikkei Voice for close to 20 years * Writer of "Canadian Nikkei series" which aims at preserving Canadian Nikkei stories. Future of the community? It depends on how successful we are in engaging our youth. The University of Victoria's (BC) Landscapes of Injustice project is a good one.... gambatte kudasai!

Nikkei interests

  • community history
  • family stories
  • festival/matsuri
  • Japanese/Nikkei food
  • Japantowns
  • taiko
  • aikido

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