The theme of the 2026 OLA Super Conference, held January 29–30 in Toronto, was “We Persist.”
For the Japanese Canadian community, these words carry historical weight, echoing the endurance of the issei and nisei through wartime exile and internment and the long road to rebuilding that followed.
In early BC Redress consultations across the country, ‘education’ was identified by most community members as a key priority, critical to honouring and preserving the legacy of Japanese Canadians in BC. Education became one the key legacy pillars upon which JC Legacies was…
Recently, a team of BC-based educators gathered at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. Joining them was the core Teacher Education advisory committee of Masako Fukawa, Greg Miyanaga, Vivian Wakabayashi Rygnestad, and Connie Kadota, Project Director Mike…
The Sixfold framework originally approved by the NAJC BC Redress project, the NAJC executine board, and the BC Government, is now implemented through JCLS and includes anti-racism (non-monetary, involving acknowledgment); seniors’ health & wellness; heritage; community & culture; monument; and…
Tell me about yourselves, as it relates to this strand of the Japanese Canadian Legacies. Mas I worked in education as a classroom teacher and administrator for 30 years in Nanaimo, and also taught at two colleges in Tokyo. I was…