Monument | joint initiative with BC Government A monument in Victoria, the province’s Capitol, is being planned to honour all 22,000 Japanese Canadians who were forcibly uprooted and displaced from their BC coastal homes. The monument will be overseen by the…
by Susanne Tabata Twelve months after we began rolling out our legacy initiatives with the announcement of the Teacher Education team and the JC Legacy Monument Database project, our office has been very busy implementing programs. As we close the…
In November, Linda and Lane visited Ocean Falls, an isolated former pulp and paper mill town located at the head of Cousins Inlet at the west end of Dean Channel, just west of Bella Coola. Ocean Falls has historic and…
This October, BC Heritage Sites Coordinators Linda Kawamoto Reid and Lane McGarrity travelled north to Prince Rupert and the surrounding areas to assess the existing infrastructure and forge in-person connections with some of the key people in the region. Key…
Intergenerational Wellness application deadline had been extended to December 15 Applications close December 15, 2023 Results out January 30, 2024 Intergenerational Wellness serves families and groups, providing funding to heal the intergenerational impacts that BC government actions in the 1940s had…
Infrastructure, Community Projects, Scholarships “The Community Fund is a key legacy program of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society. The Fund aims to provide Japanese Canadians with grant opportunities to strengthen and reset community through scholarships, infrastructure, community projects, arts &…
Arts Applications open November 1, 2023 Deadline for applications January 31, 2024 Application results out March 15, 2024 Projects must be completed by December 31, 2025 The final stream to open in JC Legacies is Arts. Funding of up to…