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Title Accession number Period Language Event Location Topic
Interview with Raymond Moriyama 2010.022 Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s English Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Internment Vancouver, BC, Japan, Hamilton, ON, New Westminster, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Greenwood, BC, Slocan City, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Popoff, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Petawawa, ON issei, family, marriage, transportation, housing, religion, employment, community, discrimination, The Great Depression, road camps, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), curfew, sansei, education, teaching, community, church, food
Interview with Roy Kazuyoshi Nakagawa 2019.205 World War II English Internment Ocean Falls, BC, Slocan City, BC, Ontario, Canada, Japan, Vancouver, BC, Winnipeg, MB education, career, teaching, family, logging, immigration, language, living conditions, employment, discrimination, gardening, housing, food, community, Japanese language school, recreation, church, social life, Christianity, martial arts, sports, curfew, displacement, United Church, dance, social activity, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC)
Interview with Roy Matsui 2010.047 Pre War, Post War, World War II English Redress, World War II, Relocation, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment USA, Vancouver, BC, Japan, Marpole, BC, Sandon, BC, Montreal, QC, New Denver, BC, Ottawa, ON, Etobicoke, ON, Lemon Creek, BC, Angler, ON, Toronto, ON immigration, marriage, employment, family, travel, education, mining, relocation centres, ghost towns, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), nisei, community, Prisoner of War (POW), career, housing, internment camps, police, photography, discrimination, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), military, British Columbia Security Commission, curfew, mining, language, social activity, living conditions, music, boat works, language, sports, Asahi Baseball Team, radio, health, food, Momiji, transportation, language, religion, Buddhism, Anglicanism
Interview with Roy Takumi Honda 2010.044 Post War, World War II English Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour Japan, USA, Whiterock, BC, Vancouver, BC, Cloverdale, Surrey, BC, Chapleau, ON, Hamilton, ON, London, ON, 11 Mile, BC, Woodfibre, BC, Tashme, BC, Hiroshima, Japan immigration, family, employment, picture bride, marriage, National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), communities, language, music, dance, social activity, children, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), church, transportation, discrimination, health, Jewish community, gardening, Trans Canada Highway, travel, road camps, farming, fishing, sports, festivals, living conditions, food, Buddhism, religion, Anglicanism, farming, education
Interview with Rubiko "Ruby" Fukumoto (nee Morita) (July 13, 2011) 2011.350 Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s English Redress, World War II, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment Alberta, Canada, Calgary, AB, Japan, Victoria, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Slocan City, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Revelstoke, BC, Chatham, ON, Ontario, Canada, Toronto, ON immigration, Japan, family, work, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Jewish community, career, dance, farming, discrimination, small business, church, community, education, employment, language, marriage, housing, social activity, road camps, bathhouse, Japanese language school
Interview with Sachiko Okuda 2026.007 1980s English Redress Montreal, QC community, discrimination, internment camp, family, career, volunteer, sansei, nisei, issei, photography, social activity, children
Interview with Sachiko Takahashi (nee Kodama) 2010.034 World War II English World War II, Internment Japan, Vancouver, BC, Marpole, BC, New Denver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Nelson, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Toronto, ON, Guelph, ON, Etobicoke, ON, USA church, family, education, fishing, children, discrimination, internment camps, living conditions, Japanese language school, teaching, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), health, police, festivals, clothing, travel, transportation, music, discrimination, logging, children, travel, language, dance, marriage, photography, employment, gardening, Shinto
Interview with Sam Sadaki Baba 2011.346 World War II English Internment New Westminster, BC, Kaslo, BC, New Denver, BC, Tashme, BC, Neys, ON, Nelson, BC, Slocan City, BC, Sandon, BC family, ghost towns, issei, discrimination, education, police, sports, fishing, Buddhism, Japanese language school, marriage, language, food, relocation centres, internment camp, Jewish community, career, employment
Interview with Shizuye Matsui (nee Kosaka) 2011.048 Pre War, Post War English Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment Japan, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Kitsilano, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Lemon Creek, BC, Slocan City, BC, Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON, Kingston, ON, Kaslo, BC immigration, education, language, marriage, employment, United Church, gardening, ghost towns, family, road camps, food, children, housing, discrimination, music, religion, Buddhism, travel
Interview with Shoji Takahashi 2010.033 World War II English Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment Vancouver, BC, Japan, Bridge River, BC, Angler, ON, Toronto, ON, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Montreal, QC, Manitoba, Canada, Ukraine, New Denver, BC, Kelowna, BC, Slocan City, BC immigration, transportation, discrimination, education, family, road camps, self-supporting camps, Prisoner of War (POW), family, ghost towns, health, food, children, Japan town, Japanese language school, Buddhism, festivals, children, internment camps, police, photography, Asahi Baseball Team, logging, travel, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, language, dance, religion, church, farming, agriculture
Interview with Stan and Aileen Yokota 2012.241 Post War English Internment Japan, Victoria, BC, Ocean Falls, BC, Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Kelowna, BC, Okanagan, BC family, gardening, work, recreation, community, career, Christianity, religion, church, discrimination, Ikebana, photography, career, sports, Momiji, children, Nikkei Voice newspaper, housing, farming, discrimination, work, sansei, food, clothing, United Church, transportation, language, Buddhism, festivals, social activity, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, work, curfew, Jewish community, health
Interview with Stan Hiraki 2011.236 Pre War, Post War, World War II English Internment Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, East Lillooet, BC, London, ON discrimination, language, Jewish community, family, immigration, employment, Asahi Baseball Team, health, volunteer, transportation, sports, newspaper, The Great Depression, food, British Columbia Security Commission, housing, marriage
Interview with Susan Hidaka 2011.038 Pre War, Post War English Redress Okanagan, BC, Japan, Calgary, AB, Toronto, ON, USA housing, family, music, education, farming, food, language, Momiji, volunteer, clothing, discrimination, religion, sports, fishing, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), employment, travel
Interview with Tatsuo and Kimiyo 'Kim' Sakauye (nee Yamamoto) 2011.042 Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1950s, 1960s English Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Internment Victoria, BC, Tofino, BC, Japan, Montreal, QC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Tashme, BC, Schreiber, ON, Slocan City, BC education, language, discrimination, United Church, employment, family, marriage, immigration, fishing, food, boat works, travel, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, housing, language, sports, children, road camps, dance
Interview with Thomas Matsui 2011.047 Pre War, Post War English Relocation, Forced Removal Japan, Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, East Lillooet, BC, Toronto, ON, Kingston, ON family, employment, marriage, education, housing, The Great Depression, discrimination, farming, military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), sports, housing, religion, United Church, Jewish community, sports, religion, language, children, photography, logging
Interview with Tin Teruji Goto 2011.322 Pre War English Japan, Burnaby, BC, Vancouver, BC, Calgary, AB, Lethbridge, AB, Slocan City, BC, Prince Rupert, BC, New Denver, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Popoff, BC, Bay Farm, BC, New Westminster, BC, London, ON, Chatham, ON, Hamilton, ON, Toronto, ON, Bridge River, BC, Osaka, Japan family, Japan, farming, fishing, housing, living conditions, community, internment camp, British Columbia Security Commission, bathhouse, Anglicanism, education, nuns/sisters, church, recreation, communities, sports, Japanese language school, road camps, canneries, social life, food, radio, agriculture, children, displacement, logging, teaching, discrimination, Buddhism, language, dance, odori, baseball, Japan town, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC)
Interview with Tom Takashima - Nipponia Home 2012.123 Post War English World War II Toronto, ON, Vancouver, BC, New Westminster, BC, Victoria, BC social life, issei, nisei, education, discrimination, Christianity, United Church, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), displacement, work, farming, education, immigration, marriage, The Great Depression, fishing
Interview with Umeko Kuba 2011.224 Pre War, Post War, World War II English World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour Steveston, BC, Japan, Kaslo, BC, Toronto, ON, Winnipeg, MB health, employment, education, food, family, boat works, detention camps, discrimination, language, marriage, religion, fishing, volunteer, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan)
Interview with Winston Hayashi 2022.007 Pre War, World War II, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s English World War II Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Port Hope, ON, Japan Anglicanism, church, discrimination, education, nisei, sansei, religion, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), children, commerce, food, work, issei, canneries, Japanese language school, language, family