Zacharie Leclair
Zacharie Leclair was born in Montréal. He earned a Ph.D. in U.S. history from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Aside from lecturing there, he also works for Mennonite Central Committee. His researches center on the Wilson Era, internationalism, Christian philanthropy, and peace movements during World War One.
Updated February 2020
Stories from This Author
The Canadian Japanese Mennonite Scholarship: In support of Reconciliation
April 7, 2020 • Greg Robinson , Zacharie Leclair
The wartime confinement of Japanese Canadians is a landmark in the history of civil rights and race relations nationwide. Like their counterparts south of the border, 22,000 Canadian residents of Japanese ancestry suffered official wartime removal and mass confinement. In addition, their land and personal property were confiscated by Canada’s federal government and subjected to forced sales, which left the community largely destitute. Once the war was over, the Canadian government instituted mass deportation of all those who had refused …
