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TORONTO FILM SCREENING: "GANTZ" by Hiroya Oku

Film & Other Media

Masaji

Canada
Ontario
Toronto

community
11 Oct 2011

Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

5 Months after the Disaster & So Much Yet To Do…

Norm Masaji Ibuki

After the disaster on March 11th, the narrative then takes on a life of its own.

war
4 Oct 2011

70 Years After the University of British Columbia Nisei ‘Expulsion’

Norm Masaji Ibuki

The story of the Nisei who were “expelled” from the University of British Columbia in 1941-42 has struck a strong chord with our Nikkei community.

war
21 Sep 2011

Adios to Tears is the remarkable story of a Japanese immigrant to Peru who lost his home and business and joined thousands of other innocent Japanese immigrants in Central and South America who ended up interned in American concentration camps during World War Two.

Sep 201122

TORONTO FILM SCREENING: "Outrage" by Kitano Takeshi

Film & Other Media

Masaji

Canada
Ontario
Toronto

Oct 201122

Tom and Kaz Nishio Interview at Toronto JCCC

Community Event

Masaji

Canada
Ontario
Toronto

community
12 Jul 2011

A Eulogy for Mom

Norm Masaji Ibuki

My mother, Sumiko ‘Sue’ Ibuki (nee Hayashida) passed away suddenly on June 22, 2011.

Canadian "Ganbare Japan!" Kids for Kids quilt project.... Oct. 5th update

"Kizuna Project"

Masaji

This is a record of my personal involvement with the disaster relief effort for the victims of the disaster in Tohoku, Japan on March 11, 2011. I was a teacher …

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Canadian Travelling Cloth Letter "Kids for Kids" project

Other

Masaji

Japan
Miyagi
Minami-Sanriku

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Canadian Travelling Cloth Letter "Kids for Kids" project

Other

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Japan
Miyagi
Onagawa

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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!