The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society heads into November overseeing a wide range of projects and initiatives across five legacy pillars: Community & Culture, Heritage Preservation, Monument, Seniors Health & Wellness, and Education. We provide this update as part of our…
JC Legacies Project Coordinator Mika Kobayashi Embury is the newest member of the team. A Yonsei, she was born and raised in North Vancouver and she graduated from the University of Toronto in 2020, majoring in French language with a…
Background The BC Redress Project was created under the umbrella of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC), setting out to redress historical wrongs of past BC Governments, which permanently uprooted and displaced 22,000 coastal-living Japanese Canadians. On May 21,…
As we move forward to begin implementation of the various programs under the four funded pillars of education, heritage, community & culture, and seniors health & wellness, here are points of clarification between the NAJC and the Japanese Canadian Legacies…
On May 21, 2022, BC Premier John Horgan announced the BC Government would be providing $100Million towards legacy initiatives honouring Japanese Canadians. These initiatives had been proposed as projects across six areas: 1) anti-racism [non-monetary]; 2) education; 3) monument; 4)…
While acknowledging our elders past and present, we are grateful to the community members who continuously believed that this injustice should be redressed: The NAJC NEB and its chapters for ongoing continuous support and community-led work – against all odds.…
On May 21, 2022, BC Premier John Horgan announced the BC Government would be providing $100Million towards legacy initiatives honouring Japanese Canadians. This comes as a result of BC Redress, which the NAJC has been leading and developing with community…