Japanese Canadians

During World War II, approximately 21,000 Japanese Canadians, citizens and non-citizens alike, were removed from their homes in western British Columbia and placed in camps in the interior of the country. Able-bodied men, both Issei and Nisei, were separated from their families and sent to work in forests and on railroads and highways. Families were subsequently banished to remote mining ghost towns, sent to work on sugar beet farms, or permitted to resettle east of the Cascade Mountains where the government severely restricted their movements. Land, buildings, and other properties were seized without compensation and without the owners' permission. Japanese Canadians were forbidden from returning to the West Coast until 1949, four years after the war ended. In September 1988, the Canadian government formally apologized for the mass removal and incarceration and awarded individual compensation to all survivors.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 83, No. 16 (October 15, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-41)

Selected article titles: "Canadian Nikkei Prepare for Issei Centennial Year" (pp. 1, 4), "Museum to Display Evacuation Camp Art and Crafts" (p. 1), "Editorial: Topaz: 1942-1946" (p. 2), and "National Constitution Japanese American Citizens League" (pp. 5-6).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-48-41/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 83, No. 22 (November 26, 1976) (ddr-pc-48-47)

Selected article titles: "Wendy's Appeal of Reduction of Charge Refused" (p. 1), "Iva Files Pardon Plea" (p. 1), "Trudeau's Toast in Tokyo Ruffles Nisei" (pp. 1-2), and "Minority of One: The Canadian Connection" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-48-47/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 19 (May 20, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-19)

Selected article titles: "Takechi Wins in Omaha; Kubokawa Edged in P.A." (p.1), "Carter Hiring Policy Frustrating" (p.1), "'Mongolism' to Describe Disease Demeans Asians" (p.1, 6), "100 Years in Canada-Some Facts and Figures" (p.4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-19/

doc Pacific Citizen, Supplement to 1974 Holiday Issue (December 20-27, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-51)

Supplement to 1974 holiday issue. Selected article titles: "Issei as Technical Advisers to Japan" (pp. 1, 10), "'42 Hysteria Led to Concentration Camps" (pp. 1, 3), "U.S.-Canada Nikkei Alliance Urged" (pp. 1, 11), and "National Constitution Japanese American Citizens League" (pp. 8-9).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-46-51/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 81, No. 12 (September 19, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-37)

Selected article titles: "Dean Speaks at Tri-District: Seek 'Redress' for Evacuees" (p. 1), "Manuscript of Canada Nikkei History Written" (pp. 1, 3), "House Repeals E.O. 9066" (p. 1), and "Guest Column: Women in Japan" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-37/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 80, No. 14 (April 11, 1975) (ddr-pc-47-14)

Selected article titles: "To the Point: Goals and Programs" (p. 1), "WW2 Internment Camp at Crystal City for Nikkei May Be Texas Landmark" (p. 1), "First Canadian Japanese History in English by Dr. Shimpo Due in Summer" (p. 1), and "National Dialogue: Developing Leaders" (pp. 1-2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-47-14/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 84, No. 4 (February 4, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-4)

Selected article titles: "Illegal Immigration on the Rise in US" (p.1), "New Yorkers to Discuss Nsei 'after-65' Problems" (p.1, 7), "Canada to Decorate Issei and Sansei" (p.1), "Wendy Yoshimura: One Juror Was 'Pressured'" (p.2, 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-49-4/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 89, No. 2070 (November 23, 1979) (ddr-pc-51-46)

Selected article titles: "JACL Deplores Mob Actions Brewed by Iranian Issue" (pp. 1-2), "3-Step Redress Push 'At This Time' Stated" (pp. 1, 7), "WRA Camp-born Sansei Warns Nisei Against Delusion about Evacuation" (p. 3), and "Nuclear Shell Shock?" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-51-46/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 94, No. 1 (January 1-8, 1982) (ddr-pc-54-1)

Selected article titles: "Legal Experts Discuss Redress for Japanese American Internees" (pp. 1-2), "Go for Broke: A Pictorial History of the Japanese American 100th Infantry and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team" (pp. 8-12), "Comparative Survey Shows Aged Japanese Worry Less, Prefer Work Until Age 70 to Leisure" (p. 12), and "Toronto Nikkei Backs New Human Rights …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-54-1/

img Pacific Citizen, Vol. 99, No. 2 (July 13, 1984) (ddr-pc-56-27)

Selected article titles: "Redress bill attacked; witness says Nisei spied for Japan" (p. 1), "Aleuts recount treatment at hands of U.S. government" (p. 1), "Shimomura first to speak to ethnic coalition in 'breakthrough' forums" (p. 3), "The Relocation of Canadian Nikkei" (p. 4), "A/P caucus announces plans for Democratic convention" (p. 7).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-56-27/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 110, No. 3 (January 26, 1990) (ddr-pc-62-3)

Select article titles: "76,000 Contacts Made With Redress Adm. Office" (p.1); "Rep. Conyers Introduces Bill for African-American Reparations" (p.1); "Ex-Mayor Hibino Back in Action as President" (p.2); "Canadian Nisei Recalls WWII Experiences Before Lunch 'n' Learn Audience" (p.3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-62-3/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 122, No. 10 (May 17-June 6, 1996) (ddr-pc-68-10)

Selected article titles: "JACL, Vietnamese Community to Monitor Trial" (p. 1), "JACL Financial Reports" (pp. 4-7), "Very Truly Yours: Public Education--Canadian Style" (pp. 8, 10), and "From PSW: Manzanar, Lillian Baker and Historical Vigilance" (p. 9).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-68-10/

img Japanese-Canadians on a train to an incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-52-11)

A few men look out the windows of a train while a group of men look up towards the train windows. The caption above the photo reads, "Internment Bound--Japanese-Canadians get in a final farewell as a train, bound for an internment camp, leaves Vancouver in 1942. No Canadian of Japanese descent was ever shown to be …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-52-11/

doc Scrapbook page: "In Canada" (ddr-densho-35-385)

Two newspaper clippings from the Pacific Citizen, one of which is titled "Evacuees in Canada: Special Inducements Offered By Dominion to 'Repatriates.'"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-385/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 31 (September 28, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-37)

Selected article titles: "Supervisor Thomas: Circulation of Written Matter Must Be Approved" (pp. 1-2), "Canada Nisei Nearly Mobbed" (p. 1), and "New Teachers Supplement School Staff" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-37/

doc The New Japanese American News 1949 Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-54)

Postwar directory of Japanese Americans living across the United States published by Shin Nichibei (Los Angeles Japanese newspaper). Names and community organizations are listed alphabetically by geographic region (states listed generally from west to east followed by Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and South America). Includes 220-page photographic advertising section for Japanese-owned businesses …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-54/

doc Japanese Canadians (ddr-csujad-55-363)

Pamphlet on immigration, incarceration, and "resettlement" of Japanese Canadians during World War II. This is an issue, vol. VI, no. 2 of "Behind the headlines," a series of pamphlets on current problems, published by Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto, Canada. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0365

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-363/