Orest Kruhlak Interview Segment 12

Thumbnail sketch of career (ddr-densho-1000-296-1) - 00:08:44
Parents' family background (ddr-densho-1000-296-2) - 00:05:46
Growing up in an ethnically diverse community (ddr-densho-1000-296-3) - 00:07:56
First learning of the World War I internment of Ukrainians in Canada (ddr-densho-1000-296-4) - 00:07:14
Deciding to attend Western University in Bellingham, Washington (ddr-densho-1000-296-5) - 00:06:55
Work with the Ukrainian Canadian community while working in the Official Languages office (ddr-densho-1000-296-6) - 00:14:00
Meeting with resistance in role as Commissioner of Official Languages (ddr-densho-1000-296-7) - 00:09:14
Establishment of a multiculturalism program in the Canadian government (ddr-densho-1000-296-8) - 00:08:41
Challenges of establishing the official languages program in Canada (ddr-densho-1000-296-9) - 00:10:05
Entering into negotiations between the Canadian government and Japanese Canadians regarding redress (ddr-densho-1000-296-10) - 00:13:44
Involvement in discussions about Japanese Canadian redress (ddr-densho-1000-296-11) - 00:07:05
Prominent role in Japanese Canadian redress negotiations (ddr-densho-1000-296-12) - 00:06:46
Initial inflexibility of the Canadian government's position in regard to Japanese Canadian redress (ddr-densho-1000-296-13) - 00:06:41
Speaking out and endangering political career (ddr-densho-1000-296-14) - 00:06:40
Taking time away from government to teach (ddr-densho-1000-296-15) - 00:11:19
The redress compensation parameters established by the Canadian government (ddr-densho-1000-296-16) - 00:07:13
Analysis of one characterization of Japanese Canadian redress (ddr-densho-1000-296-17) - 00:08:53
Difference in reparations payments in the United States and Canada (ddr-densho-1000-296-18) - 00:03:18
Thoughts on S.I. Hayakawa (ddr-densho-1000-296-19) - 00:03:06
Looking back on the Japanese Canadian redress negotiations (ddr-densho-1000-296-20) - 00:06:26
Description of people involved in Japanese Canadian redress (ddr-densho-1000-296-21) - 00:03:22
Thoughts on personal role in the Japanese Canadian redress negotiations (ddr-densho-1000-296-22) - 00:03:45
Discussion of divisions within the Japanese Canadian community (ddr-densho-1000-296-23) - 00:04:52
Reflections (ddr-densho-1000-296-24) - 00:08:05
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Prominent role in Japanese Canadian redress negotiations

00:06:46 — Segment 12 of 24

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August 3, 2010

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Orest Kruhlak

Orest Kruhlak Interview

02:59:50 — 24 segments

August 3, 2010

Seattle, Washington

Male of Ukrainian descent. Born October 15, 1940, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, and then earned a PhD at the University of Alberta. Worked to establish a research program in the Office of the Commissioner to examine issues of official languages in Canada. In 1986, appointed as Assistant Under-Secretary of State Responsible for Multiculturalism. Was a key figure in the Japanese Canadian redress movement, participating in numerous negotiations between the Japanese Canadian community and the Canadian government.

Roger Daniels, interviewer; Tom Ikeda, interviewer; Dana Hoshide, videographer

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