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DEAN HELSLEY, UBC PRESENTS HONORARY DEGREES TO AKIRA NAMBA AND FRED SASAKI
May 31, 2013
At the spring convocation of UBC, 76 Japanese Canadian Students Class of ‘42 received honorary degrees at a special ceremony. Of these, 61 were students whose university days were cut short by WWII...
Honouliuli: the Last Internment Camp
May 31, 2013
2013 is, as anyone who reads The Bulletin knows, the 25th anniversary of Redress. Interesting to note that we are still learning about the internment era. ...
Always Dan – remembering Senator Daniel K. Inouye
March 15, 2013
by Terry Watada Somewhere deep in my in-law’s Honolulu house is the dust-covered McKinley High School year book, class of 1942. In it are the expected photographs of clubs, sports teams and impromptu...
Personal Reflection: Walking with Strangers
February 13, 2013
[caption id="attachment_3930" align="alignnone" width="800"] Photo: Ahki Management 2013[/caption] by Jennifer Matsunaga Greetings from Ottawa! Our city has been a-buzz lately with the news and action surrounding Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence and...
The Japanese Canadian Centennial Temple Bell at Ontario Place
February 13, 2013
October 1st 2012 was the 35th anniversary of the Commemorative Centennial Bell in Ontario Place. The temple bell was a gift from Japanese Canadians living in Ontario to the Province in commemoration of...
A Conversation with Julie Tamiko Manning
January 26, 2013
Julie Tamiko Manning ,Matt Miwa ,The Tashme Project ,
When I was a pre-teen, I remember a story circulating around the family, about some sort of cabin that they lived in, and how it was so cold that icicles grew on the inside of the walls. At some point I realized that this story was connected to a much larger family history and I realized I must do whatever research I could by myself. I really started to learn about JC history when Rei Nakashima, an active member of the Montreal JCCC, hired me to catalogue interviews that had been done with Issei....