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“Challenging Racist B.C. – 150 Years & Counting”
May 16, 2021
Challenging Racist BC ,Dr. John Price ,maryka omatsu ,
Hello Friends, Please join the Toronto NAJC and our friends from the OJCA-OJCC Ottawa for an evening of information and intergenerational discussion. To promote engagement the event will have a limited capacity. REGISTER NOW! AGENDAINTRO & WELCOME Presidents Melisa...
Powerful Anti-Racism Video on Micro-Aggression
May 4, 2021
ACT2endracism ,Anti-Asian Racism ,Anti-Chinese Racism ,microagressions ,
As part of the Toronto NAJC partnership with ACT2endracism, Toronto NAJC President, Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi was part of the committee overseeing the production of five anti-racism PSA's. We are grateful to be part...
Mayor Tory Proclaims April 1st, Japanese Canadian Freedom Day
April 2, 2021
Freedom Day ,voting rights ,
Watch Mayor Tory speak to the significance of April 1st as the Anniversary of April 1, 1949 as the day that all Canadians of Japanese descent were given the right to vote and...
Statement on Anti-Asian Violence Across North America
March 20, 2021
anti-Asian racism Canada ,Atlanta murders ,
TORONTO, ON (March 17, 2021) The NAJC condemns the acts of violence that took the lives of eight people including six Asian women in Atlanta. We mourn their loss. Our hearts and minds...
REMEMBERING GORDON HIRABAYASHI
March 5, 2021
Gordon Hirabayashi ,Jeanne Sakata ,Matt Miwa ,NAJC ,The Tashme Project ,
Registration for this online event HERE A NAJC PRESENTATION JEANNE SAKATA is the author of Hold These Truths a play about Gordon Hirabayashi. MATT MIWA of The Tashme Project will read from the...
REMEMBERING KEN ADACHI
February 8, 2021
Enemy That Never Was ,Ken Adachi ,
Toronto Star Photograph Archive, Courtesy of Toronto Public Library REMEMBERING KEN ADACHI (1929-1989) The Toronto NAJC is thrilled to announce the creation of a directory of researchers with a working title of: THE...