Community Fund

Intergenerational Wellness Intake 2 Recipients

Thank you to the many families, groups and organizations from across the country who applied in this round. We were deeply moved by the project applications, many of which spoke to the ongoing need for intergenerational healing, collaboration, and dialogue. In reaching across generations we form connections that build memory, strength, and resilience.  We owe a deep thanks to the Assessment Team who juried the applications for Intake 2, ensuring that the original purpose of this stream was kept front and centre. The team was made up of Lucy Komori, Jan Nobuto, Eiko Eby, Nicola Koyanagi, Carley Okamura, and Taya Mikado. Thanks also to the Intergenerational Wellness Advisory Team made up of Lucy Komori, Nicola Koyanagi, Jeff Masuda, Carley Okamura, and Leanne Toshiko Simpson.

My husband & I look forward to exploring with our daughter, the internment history of our families.  Conversation regarding this was shut down as we were growing up.  You are providing all of us with the opportunity to “fill in some on the blanks”.  

– Family Sharing & Healing recipient

Thank you very much for accepting our application. It is very important for myself and my brothers to remember the hardships that our grandparents and our father and mother experienced  during this difficult period of Canadian history. It is even more important that our children, grandchildren and future generations understand where they came from and the sacrifices that were made so they could live in freedom and in peace.

– Family Sharing & Healing recipient

Category 1: Family Sharing & Healing

  • Shen Christine Adachi

  • William Bradford Akeroyd

  • Elaine Aura

  • Maureen Fumiko Bird

  • Jennifer Michiko Buck

  • Janice L T Ouchi Buick

  • Gail Kiyomi Burgin

  • Keiko Burke

  • Anthea Michiko Chang

  • Anthony Charron

  • Chiyeko Chung

  • Akiko Date

  • Ruriko Davis

  • Mary Shigeko Dean

  • Susan Tamiko Doi

  • Susan Nicole Enta

  • Claire Sachiyo Fedoruk

  • Jaclyn Rene Fletcher

  • Jeremy Funamoto

  • Yoshiko Godo

  • Andrea Mariko Grant

  • Rieko Gurney

  • William (Bill) Joseph Akira Hamade

  • Eric Eichi Hatashita

  • Krestian Milo Hatashita

  • Ellen Hayakawa

  • James Shoji Hayami

  • David Kenji Heike

  • Naomi Kuniko Hinman

  • Susan Hiraki

  • Dawn K. Hirasawa

  • Alex Fujie Hizaka

  • June Akemi Ho

  • Shelley Brenda Ishida

  • Kayla Isomura

  • Richard J. Tadashi Iwanaka

  • Janet Satsuki Izumi

  • Ron Kadowaki

  • Melisa Miharu Kamibayashi-Staples

  • Harumi Joyce Kamikura

  • Heather Mariko Kamitakahara

  • Valerie June Kamitomo

  • Jennifer Kato

  • Paige Kato

  • Stuart Allan Kimoto

  • Sumi Kinoshita

  • Neil Masao Kishi

  • Keiko Mary Kitagawa

  • Michael Masanori Kitagawa

  • Leah Naomi Kitamura

  • Sarah Kumiko Klassen

  • Martin Susumu Kobayakawa

  • Alison Susan Miyoko Kobayashi

  • Lynn Noriko Kobayashi

  • Rani Chiyo Kobayashi

  • Chris Koide

  • Marvin Mamoru Koizumi

  • Christine Ayako Kondo

  • Andrew Shuji Konno

  • Michael Sumio Kono

  • Nicola Koyanagi

  • Karen Keiko Koyanagi Geiger

  • Mayumi Kumagai

  • Terumi Kuwada

  • Hope Lacoste

  • Makayla Fujiko MacLeod

  • Mayumi Maemura

  • Wendy Mahtoy

  • Pam Marjerrison

  • Dawn Maruno

  • Arthur Miki

  • Diane Kimiko Minamide

  • Dan Miwa

  • Victoria Michiko Miwa

  • John Miya

  • Elmer Naoyuki Morishita

  • Gene Hidesato Morishita-Miki

  • K. Emiko Morita

  • David Brian Motokado

  • Kimiko Murakami

  • Miki Murakami

  • Masayuki Robert Nagai

  • Andrew Akio Nagano

  • Kuniko Frances Nakagawa

  • Lynda Miyo Nakashima

  • Janet Nasu

  • Audrey Yuko Nishi

  • Lindsay Nobuto

  • Lisa Naomi Ogura

  • Natalie Shinobu Ogura

  • Theodore Masumi Ohashi

  • Elaine Sharon Oikawa-Bauer

  • Janice Sachi Okamura

  • Sachiko Okuda

  • Sandra Gail Oshiro

  • Joni Elaine Pleau

  • Heather Elizabeth Reigh

  • Tammy Marie Reiling

  • Kazuko Rezansoff

  • Farron Rickerby-Nishi

  • Jeanne Masumi Robertson

  • Vivian Fumiko Rygnestad

  • Michael Saito

  • Laura Naomi Sakai

  • Douglas Tada-Aki Shimada

  • Lily Yuriko Shinde

  • Angela Yukiko Shintani

  • Anri Catherine Simpson

  • Stacey Stevens

  • Karlene Kimiko Ooto-Stubbs

  • David Matsuo Mun Chung Sugimura

  • Brian Sugiyama

  • Laura Lee Sutton

  • Wendy Suyama

  • Dawn Noriko Suzuki

  • Paul Sei Tabuchi

  • Lisa Rie Takata

  • Richard Hatsuo Takata

  • Jordan Takenaka

  • Marlene (Marnie) Gail Tamaki

  • Michael Tamaki

  • Carmel Ayala Tanaka

  • Margaret Michiko Tanaka

  • Jennifer Yuka Tanami-Hendriks

  • Susan Kimi Tasaka

  • Ken Kazuma Tatemichi

  • Carrie Miki Thurston

  • Michael Toyota

  • Emmie Krysti Sachiko Tsumura

  • Leanne Michelle Tsutsumi

  • Kaoru Kathleen Turnbull

  • Peter Wallace

  • Aki Watanabe

  • Donna Masae (Yoshitake) Wuest

  • Mick Yada

  • Ryan Yada

  • Stephanie Harumi Yada

  • Kimiko Kim Yamada

  • Alan Takeshi Yamaoka

  • Gertrude Kei Yano

  • Michael Isamu Yano

  • Susan Yatabe

  • Patricia Naomi Yodogawa-Wood

  • Alan Scott Yoshiki

  • Lucy Rumiko Yoshioka

Category 2: Seniors Intergenerational Group Wellness

  • Buddhist Temple of Southern Alberta

    Tonarigumi Revival: Trip Down Memory LaneTonarigumi Revival: Trip Down Memory Lane

  • Calgary Kotobuki Society

    Calgary Kotobuki Society Japanese Canadian Legacy ProjectCalgary Kotobuki Society Japanese Canadian Legacy Project

  • Canadian Japanese Cultural Centre of Hamilton

    Japanese Canadian Fellowship, Lunches and Entertainment for Japanese Canadian Survivors and descendants in the greater Hamilton areaJapanese Canadian Fellowship, Lunches and Entertainment for Japanese Canadian Survivors and descendants in the greater Hamilton area

  • EJCA – 55 and up Seniors Club (松の会) – name is EJCA Seniors Club

    Meet, Mingle, Share, and HealMeet, Mingle, Share, and Heal

  • Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba Horizon Club

    Accessibilty Program and Intergenerational Family History – Accessibility spelt incorrectlyAccessibilty Program and Intergenerational Family History – Accessibility spelt incorrectly

  • Kaede Senior Golf Club – name is Kaede Seniors Society

    Kaede Senior Golf Tournament – project name is Kaede Senior Golf ClubKaede Senior Golf Tournament – project name is Kaede Senior Golf Club

  • Kelowna Buddhist Society

    Supporting our SeniorsSupporting our Seniors

  • Parish of Holy Cross Japanese Canadian Anglican Church

    Holy Cross Wellness ActivitiesHoly Cross Wellness Activities

  • Sangha Mixed Ten Pin League

    Sangha Ten Pin Mixed LeagueSangha Ten Pin Mixed League

  • Toronto Fukuoka Kenjinkai 

    Toronto Fukuoka Kenjinkai Empowering Wellness Through Community Food DistributionToronto Fukuoka Kenjinkai Empowering Wellness Through Community Food Distribution

  • Wynford Seniors Bowling League

    Wynford Seniors Bowling LeagueWynford Seniors Bowling League

Category 3: Intergenerational Group Gatherings

  • Greater Toronto Chapter, National Association of Japanese Canadians

    NNMCC Tomoshibi 灯 Journey – lighting the way through Japanese Canadian sites of internmentNNMCC Tomoshibi 灯 Journey – lighting the way through Japanese Canadian sites of internment

  • Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association

    To-Gather-Together: Tsudoi (social gathering) – (social gathering)To-Gather-Together: Tsudoi (social gathering) – (social gathering)

  • Japanese Community Volunteers Association

    2025 Sugar Beet Wellness Project2025 Sugar Beet Wellness Project

  • Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre

    Tomoshibi Journey 2025 – lighting the way through Japanese Canadian sites of internmentTomoshibi Journey 2025 – lighting the way through Japanese Canadian sites of internment

  • Ottawa Japanese Community Association

    Sansei – a Community Storytelling ProjectSansei – a Community Storytelling Project

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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.