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Scholarship Intake 2 Recipients Announced
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Community Fund

Funding Available

The $14 million Community Fund addresses the enduring intergenerational impact that government actions had on the community. The program invests in the future of the Japanese Canadian community by allocating funds to six project streams: community projects, arts, sports, scholarships, infrastructure, and intergenerational wellness.
Community Fund Website

Funding Streams

Scholarships

Providing scholarships to Japanese Canadian Descendants or Survivors pursuing post-secondary education in Canada. Funding for Undergraduate Studies, Vocational and Career Studies, or Graduate Studies at Canadian post-secondary institutions. Scholarships are now closed.

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Community Projects

Supporting community-led projects that promote Japanese or Japanese Canadian culture or opportunities for Japanese Canadians to connect with each other and/or their culture or identity.

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Infrastructure

Funding building improvements or capital purchases for Japanese Canadian organizations and groups to improve facilities by assisting with renovations, repairs, accessibility upgrades, and/or capital purchases OR assets vital to the organization’s operations.

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Arts

Funding for established or emerging Japanese Canadian artists to create and produce finished artistic projects. The primary applicant must be a Japanese Canadian Survivor or Descendant. Collaborations with non-Descendants are accepted.

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Sports

Funding Japanese Canadian Descendants who are high-performance athletes and high-performance coaches by supporting their development and pursuit of sport excellence.

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Intergenerational Wellness

Funding projects that reflect the intergenerational impact that past government actions had on the community. This stream supports family healing and sharing; intergenerational gatherings, and survivors group wellness projects.

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Community Fund Team

Community Fund Office

  • Susanne Tabata

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Rachel Wong

    Manager, Admin Services

  • Larissa Higo

    Community Fund Program Manager

  • Chika Buston

    Intergenerational Wellness Program Manager

  • Kathy Powelson

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Rachel Mah

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Yumi Kawaoka

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Chiaki Yamada

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • Eleanor Clarke

    Community Fund Coordinator

  • John Endo Greenaway

    Communications

Community Fund Advisory & Assessment Teams

Scholarships

  • Lisa Domae

    Advisory/Assessment Intake 2

  • David Moritsugu

    Advisory/Assessment Intake 1 & 2

  • George Iwama

    Advisory/Assessment Intake 1

  • Kirsten McAllister

    Advisory/Assessment Intake 1 & 2

  • Bev Ohashi

    Assessment Intake 1 & 2

  • Richard Kobayashi

    Assessment Intake 1 & 2

  • Jennifer Matsunaga

    Advisory

Infrastructure

  • Dan Nomura

    Advisory

  • Naomi Yamamoto

    Advisory

  • Jordan Riley

    Advisory

  • Art Miki

    Advisory

  • Gary Kawaguchi

    Advisory

Community Projects

  • Art Miki

    Advisory & Assessment

  • Gary Kawaguchi

    Advisory

  • Alex Miki

    Advisory & Assessment

  • Maryka Omatsu

    Advisory & Assessment

  • Nicola Koyanagi

    Advisory & Assessment

  • Jay Hirabayashi

    Assessment

  • Jan Nobuto

    Assessment

Intergenerational Wellness

  • Nicola Koyanagi

    Advisory

  • Leanne Toshiko Simpson

    Advisory

  • Lucy Komori

    Advisory

  • Jeff Masuda

    Advisory

  • Carley Okamura

    Advisory

Sports

  • Bill Hatanaka

    Advisory

  • Vicky Sunohara

    Advisory

  • Jim Kojima

    Advisory

  • Mitchell Kawasaki

    Advisory

  • Alan Sakai

    Advisory

Arts

  • Midi Onodera

    Advisory

  • Melisa Kamibayashi Staples

    Advisory

  • Jennifer Hashimoto

    Advisory

Community Fund Draft Guidelines

  • Walter Quan

    Draft Guidelines

  • Eiko Eby

    Draft Guidelines

  • Jennifer Hashimoto

    Copy Editor

  • Community Fund Arts Recipients Announced

    Arts • April 23, 2024

    The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is pleased to announce the results of the Community Fund Arts stream. We were extremely gratified by the interest shown across the country and the broad range of applications we received across many disciplines. We thank the artists – all of them Descendants – and their collaborators for their thoughtfulness, care, and creativity in putting together their applications.

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  • Intergenerational Wellness & Sports Now Open For Second Intakes

    Community & Culture • April 22, 2024

    As an original program subset of seniors health and wellness, IG Wellness was first championed by Dr. Karen Kobayashi to the BC Government in 2021. Karen did not live to see the results of her advocacy work. In her honour, and in honour of our elders past and present, we continue this work.

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  • Infrastructure Funding Recipients Announced

    Community & Culture • April 7, 2024

    The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is pleased to announce the results of the Infrastructure stream of the Community Fund. Thank you to the organizations and groups from across the country who applied in this important stream.

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Japanese Canadian Legacies are initiatives that honour our elders past and present. We are grateful to be doing this work on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples.