Redress

	Case for Redress Booth at the Powell Street Festival, Vancouver The movement to seek redress for the injustices of the 1940s stirred great debate within the Japanese Canadian community over the process of consultation and type of compensation- group or individual. Photo 1983, photographer Ian Lindsay, courtesy of the Vancouver Sun
	Redress Rally at Harbord Collegiate, Toronto Redress was a painful process for issei and nisei evacuees as they were asked to reopen old wounds, some preferring to remain silent. A long process of education began as the issue went public. Photo 1987, courtesy of the Toronto Chapter, National Association of Japanese Canadians
	Rally on Parliament Hill, Ottawa The Japanese Canadian story was told through the national press. Toronto, Vancouver and Lethbridge city councils, all of whom once barred Japanese, now voted to provide aid for education. Photo 1988, photographer Gordon King, courtesy Roy Miki
	NAJC with Gerry Weiner, Minister of State for Multiculturalism After long negotiations, the National Association of Japanese Canadians, reached agreement with the Mulroney government. The Redress Agreement was signed in Ottawa on September 22, 1988. Photo 1988, courtesy Cassandra Kobayashi
	Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Art Miki sign the Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement Left to right: Audrey Kobayashi, Honourable Gerry Weiner, Maryka Omatsu, Cassandra Kobayashi, Mas Takahashi, Harold Hirose, Harry Ashimoto Photo Ottawa, September 22, 1988, photographer Gordon King, courtesy of Roy Miki
	Earth Sprit Festival Inaugural Celebration, Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto Japanese Canadians celebrated their heritage and culture with First Nations people at the Earth Spirit Festival in Toronto. With Redress, Japanese Canadians could finally stand tall as citizens of Canada. Photo 1991, photographer John Flanders

Japanese Canadians Today

	Prime Minister Lester Pearson Opens the JCCC, Don Mills The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre was intended as a living memorial to the issei pioneers and as a recreational and social centre. It is a testament to the rapid economic establishment of the nisei. Photo 1963, courtesy of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
	Japanese Canadian Centennial, History Exhibit at Scarborough Civic Centre The centennial of the first Japanese immigrant to Canada was celebrated across the country. Historical photo displays were, for many sansei, a first sense that there was a deeper community history. Photo 1977, courtesy of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
	Sansei Family Sansei are generally identical to the majority group in achievement, interests, and social values. Some wonder about their dual nature as Canadians of Japanese ancestry, and their relative good fortune in this world. Photo 1980, courtesy of Dennis Adachi
	New Cultural Programmes, NAJC Friendship House, Toronto Story teller Kazuko Furuya, a visitor from Japan, reads to children. The Toronto Chapter, National Association of Japanese Canadians promotes Japanese Canadian interests in contemporary arts and culture and maintains a watch on human rights issues. Photo 1995, Yusuke Tanaka, courtesy of the Nikkei Voice
	Redress Newsletter, Toronto Roger Obata (right) who fought for civil rights in 1946, helped lead the struggle for redress in the '80s. Here with Wes Fujiwara, Jennifer Hashimoto, Joy Kogawa, Charlotte Chiba, Mary Obata and Misao Fujiwara Photo 1987, courtesy Toronto Chapter, National Association of Japanese Canadians