A Brief History of Japanese Canadians in Canada & Japanese Canadian Internment

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This factsheet provides a brief historical overview of the disenfranchisement, uprooting, internment and dispossesion of Japanese Canadians in the 20th century. The factsheets centers the resistance and persistance of Japanese Canadians during and after internment.

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References

Sugiman, Pamela. "'Life is Sweet': Vulnerability and Composure in the Wartime Narratives of Japanese Canadians." Journal of Canadian Studies 43, no. 1 (2009): 186-218. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/367058/pdf
Sunahara, A. G. "Chapter 3: Expulsion." In The Politics of Racism: Japanese Canadian History. Toronto: James Lorimer and Company, 1981. pg. 45-69.

Source Authors

Ann Gomer Sunahara, Pamela Sugiman

Events

Internment of Japanese Canadians, Vancouver Race Riots, World War Two

Keywords

'Race' as a Political Tool, Accountability, Action Beyond Apologies, Anti-Asian Racism, Community Building, Dispossession, History of Racism, History of Resistance, Interrupting Colonial Narratives, Japanese Canadian Settlers, Land and Power, Land Dispossession, Movement for Change, Nation Building Narrative, Plurality of Experiences, Politics of Citizenship, RCMP, Reclaiming History, Representations and Power, Resilience and Resurgence, Resisting Racism, Storytelling, White supremacy

Key Figures

Prime Minister Mackenzie King

Locations

British Columbia, Canada, Hastings Park, Vancouver

Themes

Activism, History