by Admin | Mar 3, 2015 | Touched by Dispossession
More than Possessions Masako Fukawa, Burnaby, BC My family lived in Steveston surrounded by relatives connected by blood and the fishing industry. Both grandfathers started in fishing. My paternal grandfather left Japan in 1893 and on arrival in Canada entered the... 
by Admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Touched by Dispossession
By Donna Buck A few years ago I had sent away for the government’s archived records with regards to my Grandfather, Taketeru Takarabe and the sad story of trust, betrayal and dispossession as all Japanese Canadians of his time endured. I had often thought it would be... 
by Admin | Nov 5, 2014 | Touched by Dispossession
Late In 1941, Toshiaki (Jack) Goto took possession of his new gill netter – the last one built by the Suzuki Brothers Boat Works on Annacis Island. When he and his family were ordered relocated in 1942 his Finnish neighbor, Frans Jakko (Jack) Taipalus, bought... 
by Admin | Sep 10, 2014 | Touched by Dispossession
Submitted by Everette Surgenor, Castlegar, BC I believe that Mr. Kagetsu started his logging operation in Fanny Bay in 1923 and his timber license gave him access to timber from the highway up into the mountains between Coal Creek and north to Cougar Smith Creek. He... by Admin | Aug 28, 2014 | Touched by Dispossession
Submitted by Kenna Barradell Victoria BC I was happy to hear about this project this morning on CBC. When I was very young, my grandmother shared stories about her early married life in Port Alice and the joyful times spent with the Japanese community there. She was... by Admin | Aug 26, 2014 | Touched by Dispossession
Excerpt from Chapter 1 in Joy Kogawa’s new work-in-progress, ‘Gently to Nagasaki’ Like twenty-two thousand other ‘enemy aliens’ during World War II, our family lost our home back in the 1940’s. I was in grade one. Suddenly we Canadians of Japanese...