Japanese Canadian Experience

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War

War

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War

This chapter covers the outbreak of World War II and the effect that the declaration of war had on Japanese people living in Canada. It illustrates this with drawings, photographs, documents and … ; 12 $1.20 Add
White Riot
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White Riot

The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver

White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver explores the conditions leading up to and the impact of a demonstration and parade in Vancouver, Canada, organized by the Asiatic Exclusion … 192 View
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Why We Say Powell Street and Not "Japantown"
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Why We Say Powell Street and Not "Japantown"

From: White Riot

In this chapter, May and Yakashiro explain their reasoning behind the movement to retire the name "Japantown", which is commonly used to describe Vancouver’s Powell street … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Winter shut-ins

Winter shut-ins

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Discusses winter in the camp including Christmas and the new year ; 6 $0.60 Add
Within the Barbed Wire Fence

Within the Barbed Wire Fence

A Japanese Man's Account of his Internment in Canada

Takeo Nakano immigrated to Canada from Japan in 1920, later marrying and starting a family in his adopted homeland. Takeo’s passion was poetry, and he cultivated the exquisite form known as … 144 View