A Resource for Teachers and Students K – 12 Beginning in 1942, nearly 22,000 Japanese Canadians living on the west coast of British Columbia were uprooted, permanently stripped of their homes, propert...

Jane Komori explores Japanese Canadian rock gardens, revealing diasporic visions of nature shaped by migration, incarceration, and resilience.

Explore the rich history of Japanese Canadians in 'The Nail That Sticks Out,' uncovering their cultural legacy beyond wartime struggles.

Editor’s note: Leslie Shimotakahara reflects on how a childhood encounter with an institutionalised great-uncle, silenced by internment-era injustice, became her latest novel The Breakwater. …

I was listening to the radio when I heard that Japanese planes were coming to raid the West Coast. I'll never forget that day. December 7, 1941. It was the worst day of my life. I was stunned and very afraid. Of course, the planes never did come as far as Canada, but they did …

My father, Hiroshi Okuda, was recognized in the Montreal Japanese-Canadian community as a leader, as an after-dinner speaker, as an “educated person.” In the mid-1930s, at a time when very few Japanese Canadians went to university, my father graduated with not one, but two undergraduate degrees from the University of British Columbia. Hiroshi Okuda's graduation …

For the first time the faces of Japanese Canadian veterans who fought in the First and Second World War are on display on the streets of Vancouver after a century largely unrecognized and their storie...

Read Part 4 The second semester of my third year (semester six of eight) was busy from the beginning. It was a whirlwind of a few months; my Map the System project didn’t make it to nationals, but received a storytelling award at the institutional level and apparently moved the judges to tears. The cover …

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Japanese Canadian Contemplative Space in Abbotsford's newest park, Westridge Park. Heritage Abbotsford Society partnered with the Japanese Canadian Legacie...

Kizuna Theatre’s Genki Bear: Memoirs of a Granddaughter uses puppetry, Japanese Canadian memories and Studio Ghibli nods to honour the grandmothers who help shape us.