Celebrating our community’s generosity: A thank you to our volunteers during Volunteer Appreciation Week

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This year, Volunteer Appreciation Week is from April 18-24! We wish to offer a big THANK YOU to all our volunteers - both past and present - for all that you’ve done and continue to do to help us honour, preserve and share Japanese culture and Japanese Canadian history and heritage for a better Canada.

Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre staff were inspired to share this very special thank you message - a GIF compilation of staff thank you selfies!

Volunteers are at the heart of our work. We are so grateful for the generosity of volunteers who annually lend their time, energy, and skills to support our cultural programs, education, exhibits, research, and events. Over 300 volunteers contribute to our growth and successes, and we look forward to the day that we can welcome everyone back to share culture and camaraderie!

Click here to find out how you can join our team!

Meet Volunteers from Our Community

Yoshi Hashimoto: President of the NNMCC Auxiliary since 2001.
Yoshi Hashimoto: President of the NNMCC Auxiliary since 2001.
Meet Yoshi Hashimoto, who has been the NNMCC Auxiliary President since 2001. The NNMCC Auxiliary provide volunteer service for the Nikkei Centre and the greater community. They raise funds to […]
Roy Uyeda and Akira Horii are dedicated to giving talks to students about their experiences growing up Japanese Canadian
Roy Uyeda and Akira Horii are dedicated to giving talks to students about their experiences growing up Japanese Canadian
Meet Roy Uyeda and Akira Horii — elders in our community that have volunteered for many years with our Taiken education program. They are dedicated to giving talks to students […]
Bob and Naomi (The Mooney Family) give back through Karate and the positive impacts it provides people of all ages.
Bob and Naomi (The Mooney Family) give back through Karate and the positive impacts it provides people of all ages.
Meet Bob and Naomi. They have been very dedicated volunteers, doing karate with visiting students before the pandemic. “Naomi and I look forward to teaching young people and adults about […]
Eleanor W. lends her video editing skills to help create Treasures from the Vault clips.
Eleanor W. lends her video editing skills to help create Treasures from the Vault clips.
Yoko Matsuno and Friends (Satsuki-kai) share Japanese dance through popular Nikkei Centre events and our Taiken education program
Yoko Matsuno and Friends (Satsuki-kai) share Japanese dance through popular Nikkei Centre events and our Taiken education program
Meet the Satsuki-kai Dancing Group, which started in May 2011 to learn and enjoy Japanese dances in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere under the direction of dancing master Kayo Nishikawa […]
Yukiko Tosa teaches students about Japanese Canadian history with “Storigami”
Yukiko Tosa teaches students about Japanese Canadian history with “Storigami”
Meet Yukiko Tosa, an education volunteer with our Taiken program. I retired in 2017 after nearly working 40 years at the Vancouver Public Library, 16 of those years were spent as a Children’s Librarian, so I have always enjoyed spending time sharing stories and activities with children of all ages from babies to teens.
Wendy F. joined us as a Nikkei Ambassdor volunteer.
Wendy F. joined us as a Nikkei Ambassdor volunteer.
Currently, she helps write archival descriptions for photo albums.
Katie B.: Happy to be part of a group that preserves culture
Katie B.: Happy to be part of a group that preserves culture
Meet Katie, a volunteer who just recently joined us at the beginning of this year. Katie was introduced to the NNMCC during a Zoom meeting for the Langara Library Program […]
Karlene O.S. helps record and digitize important memories from the community’s past as a archival assistant
Karlene O.S. helps record and digitize important memories from the community’s past as a archival assistant
Meet Karlene, a Yonsei originally from Winnipeg who now lives in Toronto, by way of Montreal, Tokyo and London (UK). She grew up volunteering and dancing odori at the Japanese […]
Mandy C. helps tag archival records as a Casefiles Assistant
Mandy C. helps tag archival records as a Casefiles Assistant
Meet Mandy C, who has been volunteering for the NNMCC since last September. I started as a Casefiles Assistant for the Landscapes of Injustice project, where I created metadata for […]
Masao K. enjoys the camaraderie of volunteering with others at the Nikkei Centre bookstore
Masao K. enjoys the camaraderie of volunteering with others at the Nikkei Centre bookstore
I enjoy volunteering, and volunteering motivates my life now.
Ritsue K. made new friends volunteering at the Nikkei Centre Japanese book sale after recently moving to Canada from Hiroshima
Ritsue K. made new friends volunteering at the Nikkei Centre Japanese book sale after recently moving to Canada from Hiroshima
Meet Ritsue K. I moved to Canada from Hiroshima in October of 2019. Fortunately my place is very close to the Nikkei Centre. My partner recommended me to go there […]
Fumiko M. helps the Nikkei National Museum translate Japanese documents from the 1890’s and early 1900’s.
Fumiko M. helps the Nikkei National Museum translate Japanese documents from the 1890’s and early 1900’s.
Meet Fumiko Miyahara (宮原史子). I have been a volunteer translator for the Nikkei Museum for three years. I work on translating documents written in Japanese mostly in the 1890’s and […]

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