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| Title | Accession number | Period | Language | Event | Location | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Sato | 2012.006 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, World War I | English | World War I, World War II, Forced Removal, Internment | Japan, Royston, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Sandon, BC, Slocan City, BC, New Denver, BC, Petawawa, ON, Vancouver Island, BC | issei, immigration, family, farming, agriculture, road camps, ghost towns, health, buildings, internment camps, clothing, food, children, nisei, mining, buildings, teaching, recreation, children, detention camps, communities, education, agriculture, community, police, transportation, logging, health, communities, Buddhism, temple, religion, internment camps, Jewish community, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) |
| 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 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 Setsuko Thurlow | 2010-073 | Post War, World War II | English | World War II, Atomic Bomb | Hiroshima, Japan, Nagasaki, Japan, Toronto, ON, Port Hope, ON | living in Japan, family, buildings, housing, gardening, military, propaganda, food, work, children, education, social life, volunteer, travel, teaching |
| Interview with Shigeo "William" Seko | 2010.037 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1900s, 1910s, 1940s, 1950s, 1970s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Hiroshima, Japan, Japan, Haney, BC, Maple Ridge, BC, Angler, ON, Petawawa, ON, Lemon Creek, BC, Oakville, ON, Toronto, ON, Angler, ON, Japan, Lemon Creek, BC, Maple Ridge, BC, Oakville, ON, Vancouver, BC | family, boat works, farming, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, children, employment, logging, education, language, food, internment camps, road camps, bathhouse, military, censorship, sports, health, deportation, travel, housing, religion, transportation |
| Interview with Shigeo Kimura | 2025.012 | Post War | Japanese | Japan, Toronto, ON | sports, martial arts, immigration, work, gardening, food, family, living conditions, living in Japan, children, marriage | |
| 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 Sue Kai (nee Matsugu) | 2010.021 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Kaslo, BC, Chatham, ON, Toronto, ON | Asahi Baseball Team, family, food, housing, newspaper, dance, nisei, internment camp, church, volunteer, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), community |
| 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 Tak and Pollie Nishino (nee Onishi) | 2011.010 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Victoria, BC, Japan, Sandon, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Toronto, ON, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Lemon Creek, BC, Angler, ON, Hamilton, ON, Petawawa, ON, Schreiber, ON | family, Asahi Baseball Team, travel, radio, music, road camps, military, ghost towns, clothing, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), odori, health, children, censorship, housing, bathhouse, sports, employment, marriage, religion, Buddhism, volunteer, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), language, education, British Columbia Security Commission, food, Prisoner of War (POW) |
| Interview with Taketo Murata | 2013.128 | Post War | English | Vancouver, BC, Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON | farming, family, work, small business, issei, nisei, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), education, transportation, community, language, recreation, religion, food, education, employment, relocation centres, travel, marriage, children | |
| 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 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 Tomi-Taro (Tom) Nishio | 2012.292 | World War II | English | World War II | Vancouver, BC, Alberta, Canada, Nanaimo, BC, Kitsilano, BC, Japan, Nanaimo, BC, Montreal, QC, Ottawa, ON, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Bridge River, BC, East Lillooet, BC, Alberta, Canada, London, ON, Toronto, ON | commerce, small business, War Measures Act, relocation centres, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), nisei, immigration, education, issei, Japanese language school, religion, Christianity, Japan town, community, internment camp, self-supporting camps, military, career, work, sports, sports, food, fishing, living conditions, War Measures Act, self-supporting camps, housing, Prisoner of War (POW), censorship, displacement, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Momiji, community, volunteer, children, family |
| Interview with Tosh Uyeda | 2010.040 | World War II | English | Redress, World War II | Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Japan, Slocan City, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Popoff, BC, Toronto, ON, New Denver, BC, Kitsilano, BC | education, transportation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Buddhism, Japanese language school, family, Asahi Baseball Team, food, housing, living conditions, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), work, employment, festivals, children, travel, health, sports, language, Chinatown, marriage, gardening, church, dance, teaching, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Japan town |
| Interview with Toshiko Usami | 2011.267 | Pre War | English | World War II | Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Vancouver, BC, Sandon, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Japan, Toronto, ON | Japan, religion, family, relocation centres, housing, education, Japanese language school, small business, commerce, food, social life, religion, community, education, road camps, curfew, clothing, festivals, living conditions, work, travel, health, employment, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) |
| 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 |