Acknowledgments JCLS thanks Lucy Komori and her team of interviewers and advisors for their dedicated work on this important study. In illustrating how these grants brought families closer together, the study offers key insights into the intersection of collective trauma…
Ten years ago, Susan Yatabe was going through a long-forgotten corner of her mother’s basement. She discovered a collection of children’s drawings, black and white photographs of schoolchildren and teachers, valentines, and wartime correspondence from Kaslo BC dating back to…
“Nobody ever said anything about what happened when they were moved to the sugar beets.” “I wanted to see for myself where my family had lived.” “What were their stories?” These were some of the comments made by those participating…
Kazuko Shinobu was one of approximately one thousand Japanese Canadians interned in Kaslo, British Columbia (BC) during the Second World War. Most children of internees have very little knowledge of what happened to their parents between the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the end of the “War in Japan”.
On Sunday, April 6, 2025, the Vancouver Japanese Language School (VJLS) hosted a book launch for Beyond Sayonara: To My Dear Brother in Canada, by Eitaro Muramoto and Sharon Kawasaki-Chan.
In celebration of Mother's Day, Japanese Canadian Legacies pays tribute to the women who have done so much to create the community we have today in the face of many challenges.
NOTE: Intergenerational Wellness is a grant stream of the Community Fund of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society. There were two intakes for grants, each with three categories: Family Sharing & Healing; Seniors Intergenerational Wellness; and Intergenerational Group Gatherings. by Susanne…
How do stories and history pass from one generation to another? What relevance do these stories have for people today, particularly young people? These are some of the questions that Lucy Komori and Connie Kadota had been asking themselves over the years.
The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is pleased to announce the results of the second intake of the Intergenerational Wellness stream of the Community Fund. Thank you to the many families, groups and organizations from across the country who applied in…
