This factsheet looks at how Japanese Canadiasn dealth with their experiences of internment in western Canada during the Second World War. The factsheet uses a timeline to show an overview from internment to redress. The factsheet also looks at concepts of vulnerbility and composure in the oral histories of the effected Nisei (second-generation Japanese Canadians).
Gordon-Suto, Claressa. Lemon Creek Internment Site, July 12, 2023. Photograph, Lemon Creek B.C.
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centure (JCCC). Hanging of “enemy alien” Notice, n.d., Photograph, National Association of Japanese Canadians, https://najc.ca/japanese-canadian-history/
Sugiman, Pamela Haruchiyo. "'Life is Sweet': Vulnerability and Composure in the Wartime Narratives of Japanese Canadians." Journal of Canadian Studies 43, no. 1 (2009): 186-218.
Supplied. Connie Matsuo, n.d, Photograph, Nellie McClung Foundation, Kanaye Connie Matsuo (nelliemcclungfoundation.com)
Suto Family Archives. Lemon Creek Internment Camp, 1943, Photograph, Lemon Creek B.C.
Suto Family Archives. Nikkei Fisherman on the Fraser River, 1913, British Columbia.
Suto Family Archives. Sunbury School Class Photo, 1936, Photograph, Delta Vancouver B.C.
Toronto Star Archives. Hide Hyodo Shimizu teaching children detained at Hastings Park, Vancouver, in 1942. With her are Midori Jane, age 6, and Naomi, age 10. Photograph, The Canadian Encyclopedia, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hide-hyodo-shimizu
Yatabe Family Collection. Nisei Veterns Centennial Reunion, October 7, 1967, Photograph, Discover Nikkei https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2019/3/19/japanese-canadian-vets/