National Japanese Canadian Digitization Strategy
Announcement from The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre and the Japanese Canadian…
National Japanese Canadian Digitization Strategy
The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre and the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre are excited to embark on the development…
New Project for the Japanese Canadian Artist Directory
14 Professional Artists selected from the Japanese Canadian Artist Directory will collaborate online, in pairs over 4 months to create…
NIMC Gift Giving
Looking for unique Christmas gifts? We have the new 2022 NIMC Collections wall calendars ($20) in stock, and Kyowakai: Memory…
Health & Wellness Fund for Survivors
The Province of BC has provided Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society with $2 million to develop and deliver…
Kyowakai: Memory & Healing in New Denver
The Village of New Denver has released a new historical book titled Kyowakai: Memory and Healing in New Denver, written…
Japanese Canadian Historic Sites in BC: Journeys of Home
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/….
Updated June 1, 2021 — Health & Wellness Fund for Survivors
The Province of BC has provided Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society with $2 million to develop and deliver health and wellness programs for Japanese Canadians who were directly impacted by the BC Government actions from 1942 to April 1, 1949. The fund intends to involve community based participation to ensure the fund meets priority needs. For this reason, outreach in local communities to find organizations, small groups, and individuals is needed. This information will also help when the application process is ready in order to reach as many people as possible. If you or your organization want information or to provide information, please visit jcwellness.org.
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B.C. takes step to acknowledge historical wrongs against Japanese Canadians
May 6, 2021. See news release here: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021AG0059-000847
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Kyowakai Book – For Sale
The book titled Kyowakai: Memory and Healing in New Denver, written by local author Anne Champagne and designed by John Endo Greenaway was recently published and available for sale. The book is priced at $21 (including GST), plus a $10 shipping fee and can be ordered by contacting us at nikkei@newdenver.ca. Proceeds from the book benefit the NIMC. 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 76-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.
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Kyowakai Book Published
Dec. 4, 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 76-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 the full press release.
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Japanese Canadian Historic Sites in BC: Journeys of Home
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-ofhome/. 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.
https://www.hellobc.com/stories/japanese-canadian-historic-sites-in-bc-journeys-of-home/
