From left. Front row: Mary Kitagawa, Vivian Wakabayashi Rygnestad, Masako Fukawa, Connie Kadota, Greg Miyanaga, Tosh Kitagawa. Second row: Sachia Hussey, Testuro Shigematsu, Larissa Kondo, Kelly Enns, Debbie Jiang, Melanie Miki, Kaitlin Minato, Carole Wilson, Mike Perry-Wittingham, Susanne Tabata. Third row: Mika Phillips, Nicholas Allan, Tamiko Nicholson, Mori Hamilton, Tawnya Kozuki, Makiko Johnston, Dominique Bautista.

Teacher Education Resources

The Teacher Education Committee has been created with a core advisory of Masako Fukawa, Greg Miyanaga, Vivian Wakabayashi Rygnestad, and Connie Kadota. The Teacher Education committee Project Director is Mike Perry-Whittingham. The three-year project consists of two key components: development of a Japanese Canadian History Learning Portal; and the creation of a Digital Course for Teacher Training. The Teacher Resources Committee is composed of 17 BC-based teachers, many with Nikkei heritage, from the K – 12 education sector.

Masako Fukawa
Greg Miyanaga
Vivian Rygnestad
Connie Kadota
Mike Perry-Whittingham
New Denver High School class circa 1949. NNM 2012-15-1-2-144.

  • Education Team Meeting

    Education • July 6, 2023

    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 Perry-Whittingham, and members of the JC Legacies team. This was the first face-to-face meeting of […]

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  • Teaching Resources Committee

    Education • March 4, 2023

    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 education. As part of the Education pillar, a team of BC-based educators have been brought […]

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  • Meet the Teacher Education Committee

    Education • October 19, 2022

    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 seconded to the Ministry of Education as Coordinator for Languages and Multicultural programs and subsequently […]

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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.