A linguist with the Canadian Army’s S-20, advocated for Japanese Canadian voting rights.
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Category Archives: Collection
Grand-niece of Japanese Canadian Baseball Manager Finds Family History at Museum
Eriko Ishikawa, a Japanese illustrator and author, visited to research her grandmother’s life as a Japanese Canadian. She viewed historical artifacts, shared family photos, and connected with her family’s heritage. Her research will be featured in an upcoming picture book, “Bessie’s Story.”
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Linda Ohama’s Kids for Kids Cloth Letter Project
Artist Linda Ohama visited the museum this past summer to donate the cloth letters from her Kids for Kids Cloth Letter Project.
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Archives at Ensoku 2024
On August 17, 2024, the Japanese Canadian community was invited to ensoku 2024, an intergenerational gathering and Obon ceremony at the former Tashme internment camp.
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Archives Open House
Join the Collections team for our new Archives Open House drop-in hours. The Charles H. Kadota Resource Centre will be open to the public.
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Accessing The New Canadian Newspaper Collection
Online access through SFU’s Digital Collections will end in August but you’re welcome to view copies in-person at the NNMCC in Burnaby, BC or in Toronto at the MHSO.
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We Are on the Move: Announcing The Japanese Canadian Mobile Digitization Project
1. scanning kit for photographs, 2. photography kit for objects, 3. audio cassette digitization kit
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Preserving Heritage: Sharing the Okamura and Banno Families’ Legacy Through Digitization
Announcing the completion our latest museum collection digitization project.
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Past Wrongs, Future Choices Archives Cluster Update
The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre is a partner organization with Past Wrongs, Future Choices (PWFC) project based at the University of Victoria. Today, we are sharing an update written by the PWFC Archives Cluster, which is co-chaired by our Collections Manager Lisa Uyeda.
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Kyōdai – our relationships past, present, and future
Kyōdai acts as a rallying call to embrace our heritage, deepen communal bonds, and reveal what’s known and unknown about our relationships past, present, and future.
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