Community Fund
Legacy Community Projects Recipients
Japanese Canadian Organizations: up to $500,000
Non-Japanese Canadian Organizations: up to $500,000
Unincorporated Japanese Canadian Groups: up to $10,000
Applications Opened: August 15, 2024
Applications Closed: October 31, 2024
Projects must be completed by: December 31, 2026
The purpose of Legacy Community Projects is to offer Japanese Canadian Organizations (Category 1) and Non-Japanese Canadian Organizations (Category 2) the opportunity to create tangible legacy projects that permanently share or create knowledge and help tell the story of the pre-war, wartime, and postwar experiences of Japanese Canadians from BC.These projects deliver outputs that may be experienced inside and outside of the Japanese Canadian community.
Legacy Community Projects
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Arrow Slocan Tourism
The Japanese Canadian Internment Camp Historical Trail
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Asian Canadian Studies Society
Japanese Canadian Legacy Artist Talk Series II
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Campbell River & District Museum & Archives Society (Museum at Campbell River)
Tracing Japanese Canadian Settlement on Northern Vancouver Island
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District of Lillooet
Miyazaki Heritage House Rehabilitation and Storytelling Project 1F – Dr. Miyazaki Life & Story Exhibit and Internment Food Art Exhibit
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Greater Toronto Chapter, National Association of Japanese Canadians
A Lifetime of Leadership – The Story of Roger Obata
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Greenwood Heritage Society
Nikkei Legacy Park Signage
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Japanese Canadian Heritage Committee of the Steveston Community Society
Steveston Park Legacy Walk
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Maple Ridge Museum & Archives
Maple Ridge Japanese Canadian History Revitalization Project
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New Westminster Museum and Archives
Place-Based Research and Dissemination of the History of Japanese Canadian Residents of New Westminster
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North Island College
Japanese Canadians of Vancouver Island
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Powell Street Festival Society
Book – Onwards: Powell Street Festival (PSF) at 50 Years
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UBC Botanical Garden and Nitobe Memorial Garden
Infrastructure Revitalization and Cultural Enhancement of Nitobe Memorial Garden
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University of British Columbia, Asian Canadian and Asian Migrations Studies program, Faculty of Arts
A Degree of Justice: The Enduring Legacy of the 76 Japanese Canadian UBC Students of 1942
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University of Victoria
Japanese Garden Public Art Project
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Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society (VNCS)
先駆者 SENKUSHA: Stories of Japanese Canadian Trailblazers
