Project Activity
Wilson Institute Landscapes of Injustice Book Event: Author (virtually) Meets Critics
Wilson Institute Lecture Series Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians Author (virtually) Meets Critics Join Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross and a panel of distinguished readers for a discussion of his latest book,...
The Journey of a Piece of Furniture, a Piece of Family History
The Journey of a Piece of Furniture, a Piece of Family History Michael Abe Prologue In 1991, my Auntie Katy (Kaoru nee Toyota) and Uncle Kumy (Kumeo) Yoshida came from London Ontario with Kumy’s brother Shige (Shigeuki Edward) Yoshida’s family for the unveiling of the...
“Canada’s internment era-University of Victoria Field School”
field school ad Canada’s Internment Era – A Field School An opportunity for in-service teachers Learn the history of the internment in the places where it happened Receive resources made by teachers for teachers A fully funded learning opportunity The National...
“Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation Research Fellowship Recipient” Jennifer Landrey
Jennifer Landrey article Oct. 2019 Frank H. Hori Research Fellowship Recipient Jennifer Landrey As an undergraduate student, a constant battle exists between imposter-syndrome and believing in myself. Pursuing a double major in honours history and writing, with a...
“An Investment in Research That Matters” Tess Elsworthy
NikkeiVoice Tess Elsworthy An Investment in Research That Matters Tess Elsworthy My name is Tess Elsworthy and I am currently researching my MA thesis in History at McGill University under the supervision of Laura Madokoro. My topic is McGill’s own exclusion of...
“Putting Theory into Practice with the Archival Website Cluster” Kara Isozaki
KaraIsozakiLOIArticle_UpdatedSept26 Putting Theory into Practice with the Archival Website Cluster By Kara Isozaki I learned about the NAJC/Landscapes of Injustice Hide Hyodo-Shimizu Research Scholarship this past winter. The timing was perfect. Landscapes of...
“Connecting a family’s lost fleet to historical documents” Michael Abe
Lost Fleet- a case study The Lost Fleet Exhibit Launch Report: A Case Study Mike Abe It was an honour to speak at the event launch of the Lost Fleet Exhibit at the Maritime Museum of British Columbia in January. The exhibit was on loan from the Vancouver Maritime...
“Learn Canada’s internment history in the places where it happened”
December issue Bulletin 2020 Field School article Learn Canada’s Internment History in the Places Where It Happened Victoria-Vancouver-Hope-Greenwood-Kaslo-New Denver-Slocan Valley Landscapes of Injustice in partnership with the University of Victoria, Nikkei...
“Japanese-style building honours first Japanese Garden” Michael Abe
Update on Gorge Park Multi Update on the Esquimalt Tea House Building in Gorge Park Esquimalt Archives The Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society has been working with the community and Municipality of Esquimalt to create a legacy structure in Gorge Park, the site of...
Journey into the Interior Natsuki Abe
Natsuki Abe Journey into the Interior Nov. 2019 Journey into the Interior Natsuki Abe In July 2019, I attended the University of Victoria’s first iteration of Canada’s Internment Era: A Field School. I am appreciative of a grant from the Victoria Nikkei Cultural...
Lessons in racism at a Country Grocer
Lessons in racism at a Country Grocer Jordan Stanger-Ross Lessons in racism at a Country Grocer I think I may have learned something new about the history of racism the other day in a neighbourhood store. Sometime near the beginning of everything now happening, I...
Freedom or safety: Lessons from internment to COVID-19 Zoe-Blue Coates
Freedom or safety Lessons from internment to COVID-19 Freedom or Safety: Lessons from Japanese Canadian Internment to COVID-19 Zoë-Blue Coates We are in a global pandemic. With social distancing in place, COVID-19 has changed the day to day of all Canadians in a way...
“Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on Internment”
Landscapes of Injustice book 2020 Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians Edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross McGill-Queen’s Press 2020 Landscapes of Injustice, the book, emerges from a collective effort to...
“Landscapes of Injustice Launch event” Michael Abe
Landscapes of Injustice Launch Event Oct 2020 Landscapes of Injustice Museum Launch Event A culmination of a seven year research project on the dispossession of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s By Michael Abe On Saturday, September 26, 2020, the Landscapes of Injustice...
“Broken Promises: The Landscapes of Injustice exhibit” Yasmin Amataranga Railton
Broken Promises Museum exhibit Broken Promises the Landscapes of Injustice Museum Exhibit Yasmin Amaratunga Railton, PhD Jack Lindsay. City of Vancouver Archives, 1184-1537 The Broken Promises museum exhibit is the capstone output of the Landscapes of Injustice...
Landscapes of Injustice Claim Series #10 9609 Meeting My Ojiisan (Granddad)
Claim series 10 Laura Saimoto 9606 meeting my ojiisan 9609: meeting my ojii-san (granddad) Laura Saimoto When I first opened my grandfather’s case file (about 500 pages) from the Office of the Custodian, there was a handwritten number: 9609. What did this mean? ...
Landscapes of Injustice Claim Series #9 Preserve’d in History
Claim series 9 Michael Abe Preserve-d In History Landscapes of Injustice Claim #1 Killing of Home Here is an entry in the series on the four claims that is food-related. The forced uprooting and dispossession of Japanese Canadians during the 1940s destroyed a...
Landscapes of Injustice Claim Series #8 Without a Trace
In our continuing series on the Four Claims, this story follows the provenance of a small but important piano. Claim series 8 Michael Abe Without a Trace Claim #1 Killing of Home Without A Trace By Michael Abe With the invention of the incandescent light bulb in the...
Landscapes of Injustice Claim Series #7 The Case of George Tamaki
Claim series 7 Kaitlin Findlay George Tamaki Continuing in our series of short essays relating to the four claims of Landscapes of Injustice. This essay explores claim # 3: Reasoning Wrong. In the 1940s, officials found ways to justify their actions. While racism was...
Landscapes of Injustice Claim Series #6 Rebuilding of Community
Claim #4 Dispossession is Permanent. The internment era was far too long-seven years, most of them after WWII had ended. But dispossession lasts forever. The lands, possessions, and opportunities lost can never be fully restored. Here is a submission by Project...