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Japanese Canadian history

Finding Forgiveness at the Museum of Vancouver

Finding Forgiveness at the Museum of Vancouver

By Library Communications on December 13, 2022

Join us at the Museum of Vancouver on January 6 for an illuminating discussion panel on World War II Japanese Canadian Internment.

Posted in Events | Tagged with Asian Library, community engagement, IKBLC, Japanese Canadian history

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds is added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register

By Library Communications on July 26, 2022

UBC Library’s Joan Gillis Fonds has been added to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register in recognition of its historical value.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with acquisitions, Asian Library, collections, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, press release, Rare Books and Special Collections, UNESCO

New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds

New online exhibit features select letters from the Joan Gillis fonds

By Anna Moorhouse on March 3, 2022

This digital exhibition on Japanese Canadian forced dispersal and internment features materials from the Joan Gillis fonds, housed at the UBC Library Rare Books and Special Collections.

Posted in Carousel, General | Tagged with Asian Library, exhibits, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, Rare Books and Special Collections

I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians

I Know We’ll Meet Again: Correspondence and the Forced Dispersal of Japanese Canadians

By Library Communications on February 14, 2022

Join this online public panel event inspired by the Joan Gillis fonds, a remarkable collection of letters that recount the lives of a group of Japanese Canadian teenagers after their forced dispersal from the coastal regions of British Columbia in 1942.

Posted in Events | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, press release, Rare Books and Special Collections

From upper left corner: photo of Yosh Nakamura (July 1942); postcard from Setsuko Fuji to Joan Gillis (May 17, 1943); letter from Yosh Nakamura to Joan Gillis (July 25 1942); photo of young woman, Setsuko Fuji; and photo of Yosh Nakamura, Jackie Takahashi and friend on a tractor.

Protected: UBC Library acquires rare letters written by young Japanese Canadians during World War II

By michelle blackwell on April 19, 2018

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Posted in Press releases | Tagged with acquisitions, collections, Japanese Canadian history, Joan Gillis Fonds, press release, Rare Books and Special Collections

Remembrance Day resources at UBC Library

Remembrance Day resources at UBC Library

By Glenn Drexhage on November 6, 2013

Attend UBC’s Remembrance Day ceremony, and explore a wide range of Remembrance Day resources at UBC Library.

Posted in General | Tagged with Chung Collection, cIRcle, Digital Initiatives, Education Library, Japanese Canadian history, Rare Books and Special Collections, Xwi7xwa Library

UBC Library helps honour Japanese Canadian students

UBC Library helps honour Japanese Canadian students

By Glenn Drexhage on May 24, 2012

On May 30, a special ceremony was held during UBC’s spring congregation to recognize and honour the Japanese Canadian students whose university experience was disrupted in 1942 when they were uprooted and exiled from the B.C. coast – a violation of their citizenship rights. Honorary degrees were conferred on the students who were unable to complete […]

Posted in Events | Tagged with Japanese Canadian history, UBC, University Archives

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