Archive for Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre
The Village of New Denver has just released a new historical book titled Kyowakai: Memory and Healing in New Denver written by local author Anne Champagne and designed by John Endo Greenaway. The book tells the story of Japanese Canadian internment in New Denver, the creation of the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre (NIMC) by the Kyowakai Society, and the healing it inspired. The books can be purchased at the Village Office and at the NIMC in 2021. NIMC 2021 wall calendars are also still available for purchase. Both books and calendars are $20 each plus applicable tax and would make wonderful gifts for the holiday season! Proceeds from both will go towards the NIMC. Thanks for your support!
Dec. 7/2020 – The Village of New Denver has just released a new historical book titled Kyowakai: Memory and Healing in New Denver—Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, written by local author Anne Champagne and designed by John Endo Greenaway. The book tells the story of Japanese Canadian internment in New Denver, the creation of the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre (NIMC) by the Kyowakai Society, and the healing it inspired. The 80-page, soft-covered book features colour as well as black-and-white photographs, including images from the NIMC collection, Nikkei National Museum, Library and Archives Canada and various private collections. Read more.
Former Kyowakai Society Member Tsuneko Kokubo
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The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre 2021 calendars are available to purchase at the Village Office or email nikkei@newdenver.ca. These 11″ x 17″ Calendars showcase beautifully-detailed photographs of selected archives and are $20 each, plus tax. Proceeds go towards the NIMC operations and future projects. Thank you for your support.
Destination BC has released the Feature Story, “Japanese Canadian Historic Sites: Journeys of Home” on their consumer trip-planning website: https://www.hellobc.com/stories/japanese-canadian-historic-sites-in-bc-journeys-of-home/. This article tells the story of Japanese Canadians from the family story of a third generation Japanese Canadian, Laura Saimoto, whose family together with 22,000 Japanese Canadians, were interned from 1942-49 in Internment Camps in the interior of BC. It outlines easily accessible travel routes and describes where to discover and experience Japanese Canadian Historic sites throughout our beautiful province.
When the Second World War broke out, Japanese Canadians were considered a ‘security threat’ and interned in camps beyond a 100 mile zone from the west coast, stripped of their civil rights and dispossessed of all they owned – their houses, cars, boats, properties and businesses. This summer, with racial tensions rising all over the world, travel our backyard as an outdoor classroom to experience where this history happened and ways racism can so profoundly change the course of a community’s history. At the same time, be inspired by how, with amazing strength and resilience, the community rose above adversity to create a ‘sense of home’ for their children.
Japanese Canadian Historic Sites from all parts.
Japanese Canadian Historic Sites from all parts of BC invite you to visit and learn Japanese Canadian history as an integral part of British Columbia’s history this summer.
Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre (NIMC)
Do you like history and meeting new people? The Village of New Denver is accepting applications for seasonal positions (Museum Assistants and Collections Assistant) at the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre. There are both student and non-student positions to be filled and details are available from the Village Office or on our website. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2020.
PUBLIC WORKS
The Village of New Denver is accepting applications for Temporary Labourer and Temporary Equipment Operator/Maintenance Worker positions in the Public Works department. Interested individuals should contact the Village Office or check the Village’s website for details – applications will be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on March 24, 2020.
CENTENNIAL CAMPGROUND
The Village of New Denver is currently accepting applications for a Campground Attendant for the 2020 season (May – September). Please apply before 4:00 p.m. on March 19, 2020 in order to be considered for this position. Please contact the Village Office for more information about this offer.
An independent film company from Toronto is currently working on a documentary project about a gentleman named Dr. Stuart Cooper Robinson, who was a physician in New Denver from 1948-1955 as a medical service provider for the locals and also Japanese Canadians who have stayed in New Denver after WWII.
The filmmakers are currently at the research stage and seeking local input. Please see poster below. If you have any information, please contact Eiko K. Brown. 
New Denver and area residents have an opportunity to participate in the BC Redress Community Consultation Meeting on July 24, 2019, 3:00 to 5:30 pm at the Knox Hall, 521 6th Avenue, New Denver. The National Association for Japanese Canadians will conduct a series of community consultation meetings across BC to provide community members a voice in offering recommendations for redress and legacy initiatives to the Government of British Columbia. To register, go to: https://najcnewdenver.eventbrite.ca.
The annual Obon ceremony will take place on Sunday, July 28th, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, 306 Josephine Street, New Denver.
The Nikkei Internment Memorial Garden Spring Clean Up
Every year, the NIMC hosts a garden clean-up meant to help clean up the Heiwa Teien (Peace Garden) before the site opens for the season.
Community members are invited to join us from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 28th as we get the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre gardens and grounds ready for the 2019 season. Bring your work gloves, pails and weeding tools – refreshments and prizes will be provided.
The annual Obon ceremony will take place on Sunday, July 22nd, 2018 at 2:00pm at the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre.
