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Summer is almost over, with Fall just around the corner. Families get ready for their children to return to school and life becomes a lot more scheduled. The NAJC has been involved with various activities including planning for the AGM on October 17-18/09, in Vancouver. This past year has had many challenges related to the [...] Last month, I reported that Spring has arrived. We are still waiting here in Winnipeg!! The May long weekend is a defining time in Manitoba when everyone anxiously waits, with great anticipation, to open the family cottage or to go camping in the world renowned “Grand Beach”. Who knew that over 15 cm of [...] The National Executive Board of the NAJC is pleased to announce the following recipients of the Endowment Fund for the Spring 2009 term: Sports, Education, Arts Development (SEAD) Alison Reiko Loader ( Quebec) requested assistance to study at a two week workshop in Animation Studies in July, 2009 in Oregon. Granted: $1,500. Keiko Marumo (Edmonton) [...] Spring has arrived and brings new life and beginnings to all of us. It is a time in most communities that we honour our Seniors, at Keirokai. Without the pioneering efforts, dedication and hard work of our Seniors, our communities would not have benefited from the spirit and life that has been the foundation of [...] NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPANESE CANADIANS ADMINISTRATOR POSITION The National Association of Japanese Canadians is a national organization with a mandate to “promote and develop a strong Japanese Canadian identity thereby strengthening local communities and the national organization, and to strive for equal rights and liberties for all people, particularly racial and ethnic minorities”. The NAJC [...] After a year of preparation, the national celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement is now behind us. While I have not yet had time to digest what all happened, from accounts received so far, I think we can safely say it was a memorable event, and undoubtedly credit goes largely to [...] Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement 20th Anniversary Celebration Website: http://redressanniversary.najc.ca/redress/conference.html Q: What is the most important date in the history of Canadians of Japanese origin? A: September 22, 1988, of course. This is the date on which the process of renewal began for all Japanese Canadians. For the first time in our history, we felt enabled [...] In The Triumph of Citizenship. The Japanese and Chinese in Canada, 1941-67 (UBC Press, 2007), historian Patricia E. Roy describes the Government action in 1942 as evacuation (evacuate: remove people from a place of danger, Oxford), due to “fear that frightened and angry white British Columbians might violently attack Japanese Canadians and their property.” She [...] |
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