21 interviews with Japanese Canadians who lived through the Second World War
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TAIKEN Series: Our Elders, Our Stories
Interviews & Teaching Tools
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NNMCC & VJLS&JH launch a new oral history project
Okaeri おかえり Return from Exile: All Paths Lead Home
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Kitsilano Virtual Tour
Take a virtual Google Earth tour of Kitsilano, Vancouver.
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Treasures from the Vault
Short videos introduce items from the Nikkei National Museum collection about Japanese Canadian history. Discover More nikkeimuseum.org
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Moving Images Collection
Kaye Kaminishi Collection Tomojiro Inouye Collection Shigetaka (Steve) Sasaki Family fonds Nakayama Family Collection Maki and Frank Yosaburo Nishimura Collection Reverend Kawamura Film Collection ICAS Collection Nikkei Mubi
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Omoi: Cultural Experiences
We created the Omoi: Cultural Experiences videos to talk to some people in our community. We asked them about Japanese culture. We also asked them about their experiences as Nikkei (people of Japanese ancestry).
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How to Wear a Kimono
“How to Wear a Kimono”, featuring Yoko Matsuno, by BCIT journalism students Tiana Mohebi and Nikita Nayak. Learn more about kimono with KimonoPlay online game
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Swimming Upstream: Japanese Canadian Struggle for Justice in BC
The following video was created with consultation from the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Swimming Upstream powerfully documents the Japanese Canadians’ case vs the BC government for its policies promoting […]
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Heritage Minute: Vancouver Asahi
From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Northwest Coast. In 1942, after Canada declared […]
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