Happy New Year to You and Your Family Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu明けましておめでとうございます Dear Japanese Canadian community, With the new year, we can reflect and report on the status of The Japanese Canadian Survivors Health and Wellness Fund Society and our operating plan going forward.…
Photo L–R: Linda Kawamoto Reid; Peter Vaisbord, Bowen Island Heritage Commission; Susanne Tabata; Ellen Hayakawa; Andrew Leonard, Bowen Island Mayor. Photo by Kathryn Gaitens. Bridal Veil Falls The Japanese style bridge that spanned Killarney Creek at the top of Bridal…
As the first intake of Intergenerational Wellness stream enters the assessment phase and we prepare to open Intake 2, we are happy to introduce Chika Buston. Chika joins the JCLS team as Intergenerational Wellness Program Manager, bringing with her a…
by Susanne Tabata, CEO On behalf of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society – the board & staff – Happy New Year, akemashite omedeto gozaimasu, 明けましておめでとうございます! 2023 was a fruitful year that saw us engaging in deep conversations in communities large…
Arts Applications Close January 31 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 Funding of up to $20,000 per application is available for…
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…