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ON BEING YUKIKO

A GRAPHIC NOVEL BY JEFF CHIBA STEARNS + LILLIAN MICHIKO BLAKEY

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When acclaimed artists Jeff Chiba Stearns and Lillian Michiko Blakey decided to pool their considerable talents to create a graphic novel for young readers, expectations were bound to be high. Both are established artists with disparate and distinctive styles who have used their art to explore their sense of identity as Japanese Canadians and their relationship with the world. On Being Yukiko doesn’t disappoint. The book is effective in blending Stearns’ cartoony Hapanimation, which covers the modern-day elements of the story and Blakey’s mixed media realism, which covers the historical elements. The resulting book is friendly and accessible, while telling an important story. On Being Yukiko is structured as a conversation between 12-year-old Emma and her ba-chan (grandmother), who tells Emma the story of how her great-great grandmother Maki, a Japanese picture bride, arrived in Canada at the turn of the 20th century. The book gently addresses important themes like intergenerational relationships, intermarriage, systemic racism and the need to fight for social justice, using the graphic novel format to great effect. Over the course of the book, Emma, who identifies as a quarter Japanese, develops a deeper appreciation of her own Japanese Canadian identity, as well as those who came before her. Aimed at middle school and junior high students, On Being Yukiko is a wonderful introduction to a wide range of issues surrounding identity, race, belonging, and more.

BULLETIN INTERVIEW JEFF CHIBA STEARNS LILLIAN MICHIKO BLAKEY

racial tensions and finding interest in their mixed identities. Jeff is a kindred spirit, despite the huge gap in our ages, so we have never had any disagreements. Jeff Aw thanks Lillian…you can’t see it but you’re making me blush with all your kind words! I love the fact that your creative partnership is in many reflective of the post-war community itself. You’re multi-generational, multi-racial, and separated by thousands of kilometres, yet bound together by a shared history and heritage.

First of all, congratulations on the release of On Being Yukiko. I’m sure it’s been all-consuming for a long time. Now comes the fun part – promoting it! But before we get to that, maybe we can go back to the beginning. How did this book and Jeff Yes, it really amazes me that Lillian and I had never met prior to partnership come into being? her reaching out. Lillian mentioned to me that even though she had Lillian For over a decade, I had been producing family in Vancouver, the last time she was on the West Coast was back artwork which told our family story of expulsion from in the 70s…before I was even born! British Columbia in 1942 and the hardship we had endured in Alberta. My goal was to educate main- Even though we had never met, I was familiar with her artwork. I had steam Canadians through art, about the injustice and seen her painting Reiko, Alberta, 1945, which is in the permanent colhardship we had suffered, with dignity and perse- lection at the Nikkei National Museum. I love the composition of that verance, as well as giving validation to the Issei and piece and how powerful the painting is through its simplicity. Lillian Nisei that their stories are important. In 2017, I had doesn’t know this, but I always secretly wished I had that painting developed an illustrated version of my grandmother’s hanging on a wall in my house. So when she reached out to me, I was journey to Canada. But I wanted an animated version definitely excited to pursue a collaborative project! for school children. I contacted Jeff Chiba Stearns As Lillian had mentioned, we had originally thought about doing an because I loved his film, One Big Hapa Family, and animation. Animation is a lot of work and I was pretty burnt out from he had a kind face on the internet. filmmaking after promoting my last feature length documentary, Mixed Jeff replied immediately and our collaboration be- Match. As an escape and since having children, I’ve actually begun gan. Because Jeff is an artist as well, I wanted him to focusing my creative pursuits on the literary arts by writing and illushave an equal part in the work. I proposed a graphic trating children’s books. Over the past couple years, I’ve created two novel because I know that all children love this form kids books, Mixed Critters and Nori and His Delicious Dreams. So of literature. Jeff was ecstatic with the idea of com- when Lillian proposed a graphic novel, it immediately sparked some bining our art; with the relationship between a Hapa excitement for me. I grew up reading and collecting comic books and girl and her grandmother; with a story within a story always had a dream of creating my own one-day. Thus, this seemed which bridged the past to the present to the future; like the perfect opportunity for an intergenerational collaboration and with Emma and her friends introducing current between a Sansei and a Yonsei to tell a truly intergenerational story

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There’s a lot of history jammed into a mere 50-plus pages. I enjoyed seeing a number of familiar, historical photos woven into the story. Was it hard to strike a balance between keeping the story going and fi tting in, not only historical facts, but content like residential schools and other injustices?

that covers five generations of a Nikkei family in a graphic novel format! Given that you live in different provinces to begin with, I don’t imagine your workﬂow changed that much with the pandemic. Lillian The book has given both of us creative focus and a goal which transcended the isolation of the pandemic. Perhaps even because of Covid-19, we wanted to tell an uplifting story which we hope will survive throughout time, rather than becoming mired down in the depth of darkness. The book is a result of our love of sharing our past with generations of children, both diverse and of Japanese heritage. I can’t believe that we produced the book in a short six months, which included diverse field-testing, research and validation from many Issei and Nisei who actually experienced the forced removal from their homes. We thank all of the many Japanese Canadian organizations across Canada and individuals who supported the pre-publication fi nancially. We are also amazed at the media coverage we have been receiving, especially since no-one has held the book in their hands.

captured in her picture book, The Picture Bride. She had already created over 60 amazing mixed media illustrations for the book telling their grandmother Maki’s Jeff This was really the perfect COVID project. story of coming to Canada as a Being able to be home with my family and focused picture bride, relocating to Alberta on being creative was really special. I work out of to pick sugar beets during WWII a home studio anyway, so not much changed for and then being exiled back to me. I really enjoyed focusing on drawing everyday. Japan after the war ended. It’s an It was such a great creative outlet for me and really unimaginable story of hardship helped keep my mind off of all the doom and gloom and sacrifice. happening in the world. Therefore, this presented a really Also, Lillian and I began the project with zero funding unique way of creating. We knew and we weren’t worried on making money. We just we had to have a current story to wanted to create an amazing story that could inspire explore mixed Japanese identity the generations to come. With nothing else going on, so Lillian constructed a rough the timing was perfect. Lillian and I communicated script of a grandmother telling her solely through email. We’d have the odd call here family’s story to her granddaughand there but mainly we’d share work back and ter. I also worked really hard on the forth online. It was a really fun challenge to blend dialogue between our main charour unique and very different styles together in a acter Emma and her middle school way that was cohesive and appealing. It was a great friends as they discussed their exercise in visual storytelling. mixed identities. I was then able It wasn’t until recently that we’ve actually seen each to take the rough script and edit other’s faces. Through all the Zoom presentations and rework the dialogue and story we’ve been doing for On Being Yukiko we’ve now page by page. I literally, drew one been able to connect ‘face to face’. It’s actually been page at a time, from start to finish, amazing to be able to present together with Lillian, as I refined the story through the with us being so far apart! So if there’s one silver blending of Lillian’s illustrations lining to the pandemic, it’s that we can now be unit- and my new drawings. ed through online presentations and connect with I would never recommend anyone participants from around the world. working this way but I loved this You have very different styles and it was interesting to see how they worked so well together in the context of this graphic novel. What unifies them is the underlying story. How did you go about generating the story and the text that ﬂowed out of it? Jeff The historical part of the story is based on the true-life story of Lillian’s family and was previously

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straight ahead approach. It was exciting not really knowing how many pages the book would be or really how the story would end until I got there. I thought it would be 48 pages but it ended up being 56. Some days, I would average completing a page a day or even two or three.

Lillian: Being a former education consultant in Antiracism and Equity in the Curriculum, my primary goal has always been to enlighten teachers that, while Canada is the best place to live, we have less than a pristine history caused by the exclusionary attitude of colonialism. A “white-washed” history denies the presence and contributions of many peoples to making Canada what it is today. It separates people of privilege from those they deem less valuable. I want all diverse people to be proud of who they are. There are many “teachable moments” in our book which invite children to participate in the history of Canada in the future. This book offers many layers of introspection, not only for Japanese Canadians but for all Canadians. While Canada is a great place to live, there is still much work to be done to give diverse Canadians their rightful place in making Canada a Utopia for the future. Jeff I’ve been creating media that focuses on multi-ethnic identity since my first animated film, What Are You Anyways?, in 2005. Most of my work is identity related and is often based on my own experiences being a mixed Japanese Canadian. My 2010 feature documentary One Big Hapa Family explored the high intermarriage rate within my Japanese Canadian family after my grandparent’s generation. Over the years, I’ve attended multiple critical mixed race studies conferences, lectured around the world on multiracial identity, sit on the advisory board of the Hapa Japan Festival and even started a multi-ethnic cultural arts festival in Vancouver, Hapa-palooza, that celebrates all facets of being

mixed. Fun fact, I actually learned about the Hawaiian word Hapa and how it was being used to describe mixed Asian and Pacific Islanders from a copy of The Bulletin back in the early 2000s. After all this work on mixed race identity, I knew that with On Being Yukiko, we had to explore the main character, Emma’s journey, navigating her own mixed identity and having her discuss these topics with her friends. It was really important to capture this authentic voice, which is a true testament to the intergenerational story we crafted for this graphic novel. Lillian provides the voice of her family’s history while I was able to capture the current mixed kids’ voices. To do this, I wanted to take advantage of the dialogue that was happening around us with the Black Lives Matter movement and other injustices happening in this day and age and in the past. Were there any challenges working on this book together that maybe you didn’t anticipate? Jeff Surprisingly, creating the graphic novel was a really smooth process. Working with Lillian was a dream! I’m still amazed that we could finish a project like this in half a year. Although, with the support of so many Japanese Canadian associations, we wanted to make sure that the book was accurate with the overall Japanese Canadian historical experience. To do this, we sent the book out to over 50 reviewers at various stages of drafts. Some of the reviewers were librarians, Japanese Canadian community leaders and activists, and most importantly, youth! It took months and many hours to sift through reviews and make revisions. This was definitely the biggest challenge, taking the time to revise and edit to make the book the best book possible. We consulted with staff at the Nikkei National Museum and Landscapes of Injustice team. In the end, I’m extremely happy with how the book came together and very excited that this will be a hugely important resource to teach kids about Japanese I’m always hesitant to work with Canadian history and identity. others creatively because I’ve Was there anything that surprised you about been making projects for over 20 working on this book together? years mainly on my own. Plus, I’m Lillian I was really surprised to find that Jeff is just an introvert at heart and a bit of as obsessive-compulsive about perfection as I am… a control freak. Lillian is such an maybe even more. It was so wonderful to work with inspiration and really helped make Jeff, who pushed so hard to make the book the best this process enjoyable for me as it can be. He is a supreme diplomat in honouring the an artist and collaborator. I now voices of everyone who volunteered factual informa- look forward to getting the book tion. He is the best person to have developed this in the hands of youth and adults book with me. I am SOOO lucky! around the world! Jeff Aw, thanks Lillian! Again, you’re making me blush. I think it’s crazy that in this day and age, we were able to craft something so visual through a completely virtual process and never having ever met in person. Lillian was so open to this creative collaboration and accommodating to my creative input and decisions. It was such an enriching and inspiring process for both of us.

to present to school boards once the pandemic is more controlled. Yesterday, I received an invitation from the Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages for Jeff and myself, to present On Being Yukiko in the incredible online initiative TADAIMA II next year. Jeff and I took part this summer in this global Nikkei community venture which provided over 365 programs in 65 days with over 100,000 participants from many countries.

What’s next for the two of you in terms of things you’re work- Jeff We will definitely be busy promoting On Being Yukiko. With ing on? most of the programming being Lillian I think we will be very moved online, we’ll be off ering busy promoting this book for the many author talks and presentaforeseeable future. I am developtions across Canada and the US. ing a cross-curricular, integrated With the support of the many Japacurriculum model which I hope

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Lillian and I are really excited to share On Being Yukiko with all readers. Even though the book is aimed at pre-teens, after initial review, people of all ages, have told us how much they enjoyed reading the book. Many elders have told us how much they wished they had this book when they were growing up. Some grandparents even told us that they read the book together with their grandkids and loved the process of discussing the story together. It’s so cool to think that this is probably the first time in years that many of these elders have even picked up a ‘comic book’! That means so much to us. nese Canadian associations who helped sponsored the book, Lillian and I will be partnering with them to deliver workshops and talks in 2021 so keep a lookout for those.

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Up next creatively, I have some funding to develop a feature length documentary on the Vancouver animation scene. After creating On Being Yukiko and moving into writing and illustrating children’s books, I definitely want to keep a foot in the literary world. I have a children’s book series on mixed identity that I’m currently developing and look forward to pursing next year! I also think I want to make more graphic novels…maybe an On Being Yukiko 2?

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We had Joy Kogawa read an early draft of the graphic novel and she said it was beautifully told and illustrated and a gift to Japanese Canadian history. This kind of feedback makes us realize how important it is to keep sharing our stories and inspiring and educating future generations about the Japanese Canadian experience through all our generations… and that knowing our history can help inform our own identities. Order a hardcopy of On Being Yukiko at www. meditatingbunny.com/store and keep an eye out for the graphic novel to hit bookstore shelves in 2021. Learn more at onbeingyukiko.com

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Jeff Lillian and I are really excited to share On Being Yukiko with all readers. Even though the book is aimed at pre-teens, after initial review, people of all ages, have told us how much they enjoyed reading the book. Many elders have told us how much they wished they had this book when they were growing up. Some grandparents even told us that they read the book together with their grandkids and loved the process of discussing the story together. It’s so cool to think that this is probably the first time in years that many of these elders have even picked up a ‘comic book’! That means so much to us.

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PLOWING MY PARENTS’ LANDSCAPE OF CONSCIENCE:

REFLECTIONS OF A DAUGHTER ON COMPILING HER FATHER’S BOOK From left: E. Kage, Noriko Kim Kobayashi, Kenji Kage, Alisa Kage, Tatsuo Kage, Mariko Kage at 2003 Powell Street Festival.

MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND REDRESS: A JAPANESE CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE BY TATUSUO KAGE by Mariko Kage About eight years ago, prompted by my mother, I started sorting through the piles of boxes and files in my father’s personal library study. This became an annual summer project. I found volumes of correspondence, committee meeting minutes, reports, articles, magazines, letters, and more. Digging through the archives, like a treasure hunt, I gradually organized my father’s original writings and memorabilia into several binders. One can grow accustomed to the people they live with, and eventually no longer surprised by their outstanding contributions: that is just my Papa, being Papa. But when I was faced with the toppling stack of headlines about human rights breakthroughs, each headline having been years of dedicated work in the making, and when I read through the thoughtful and relentless articles, each promoting peace and understanding among us, my sense of responsibility as a global citizen and not just a proud daughter forced me to take action. I decided to embark on sharing his collected works with the world. That initial housekeeping project evolved into a new publication that was successfully launched this season, entitled Migration, Displacement, and Redress, A Japanese Canadian Perspective. This work, the creation of my father, Tatsuo Kage, is for all of us, and so our family has gone to some lengths to present it to the community.

he was studying Hitler. Typically, never taking his eyes off his desktop full of papers, he evaded my question, mumbling in Japanese, “Saaa ne…”, best translated as “Hmm, I wonder….” Disappointed, my burning curiosity had no choice but to leave the absent-minded professor alone until the next chance presented itself. And the next. One day, after many such failed attempts, he finally gave an explanation that stuck with me. “Since Japan was a close ally with Germany during World War II, I always wondered if what happened in Nazi Germany could also potentially happen with Japan, so I started researching.”

on the floor in the same manner, carefully labelling, cutting, matting, and pasting photos of some key community events, creating large display panels to be set up at the Human Rights Committee booth at the Powell Street Festival site.

During the 1980s in Vancouver, with his fellow new immigrants, my father organized and wrote scripts to be performed as skits for the annual Powell Street Festival – a downtown eastside park lit up by Japanese cultural events for a whole weekend. One summer, one of my teenage sisters was roped into playing the role of Wonder Woman for the skit while I was intrigued to see my father dressed I remember my father periodically up to play the role of Ultra-Man, a sitting on the floor of his home li- Japanese superhero in a popular brary with a paper cutter, glue stick, TV show my sisters and I used to scissors, and scattered pieces of watch growing up in Tokyo, for paper. He was editing and assem- which he wore a fitted swimming bling the monthly newsletter, the trunk over a greyish pair of tights! old-fashioned way, for the Japa- For an intellectual, he was quite an As a teenager I would peek into my father’s small, nese Immigrants Association going accessible person. cluttered study, where his bookshelves were filled back some 30 years or more. Every with titles related to Nazi Germany and ask him why summer, I would find my father

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In 1992, my father invited me to participate in the Homecoming Conference. Elderly Japanese Canadian survivors of dispossession and internment during World War II, who had afterwards been forced to migrate from British Columbia to more eastern reaches throughout Canada and to Japan, came back to Vancouver for a summit on the whole community’s experience of migration, displacement, and redress. My mother invited her Indigenous friends, Vera, Arlene and young N’Kinka Manuel who shared moving poetry and traditional stories with the participants. Following their presentation, accompanied by my sister playing the taiko drums, we performed a bilingual storytelling show, blended with poetry and Japanese folk songs. While creating culturally relevant entertainment for the Japanese Canadian seniors, I experienced my own personal homecoming. Having spent my childhood in Japan, I now had the opportunity to celebrate and share my Japanese cultural roots. I appreciated this unexpected gift of reconnection which transformed into a ritual of intergenerational Kerry Coast, the publisher for this book, was one of the people who giving and receiving. joined the trips to these UN conferences, and has worked with and known my family for many years. During those years, whenever I would call home, my mother would have endless news and stories of travelling visitors, and the going-ons of an involved household. And this is how I met the father of my four younger children. One of my mother’s comments was planted deeply in my heart: “I am of colonial European ancestry; so one of my responsibilities is to do what I can to support the plight of Indigenous people who suffered so much through colonialism. This is the least that I can do.” Following my mother’s example, I have worked towards healing some of the damage of colonialism. Through raising Tatsuo Kage and Mariko Kage. From the 1990s, my parents’ home became a meeting my children in and as part of Indigplace and a regular lodging for various members of enous communities, I have been the Líl’wat Nation and many other indigenous lead- privileged to be involved, and to ers and representatives. My mother, a retired social learn some of the traditional arts worker, befriended many of these activists. Hearing and cultural teachings. stories of their struggles, my mother spoke highly of all her guests, admiring their courage to battle for their sovereignty rights. Over the years whenever I journeyed home, I met so many fascinating individuals who would drop by to visit – those attending court hearings, appointments, or making their way to legal assistance in Vancouver. I witnessed enduring friendships that my parents developed with visitors from all over, sharing dinner time conversations, tea, and breakfast in the morning. There were times a group of friends from Mt. Currie, Líl’wat, needed lodging so they could catch a flight to Geneva and New York for their important United Nations conferences. In fact,

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their kind for the Japanese Canadian community in Vancouver and my mother was instrumental in bringing in professional resource people to speak on these subjects which were especially unfamiliar to immigrant Japanese women. I fondly recall of the few years I sat through JCCA board meetings and Human Rights Committee meetings with my father. At meetings, he was an excellent listener, and when he shared, he did so in a calm and practical manner respectful of all those around him. One of the projects I enjoyed was the Intermarriage Workshop series initiated by my father and the committee. Because of my interest in the topic, I stayed involved for five years, learning from the many discussions throughout the twenty workshops mentored by the cross-cultural psychiatrist, Dr. Fumitaka Noda, and engaging with other intercultural couples along the way. It was rewarding to see mostly Japanese immigrant women with their Canadian partners exploring common issues and questions creating a culture of peer support through these workshops.

Looking back, I saw how my parents were perpetually attentive to matters that concerned people in need, exploring what could bring wellness to the community, and investigating problematic issues that would come to their attention. Through my parents, I learned the value of caring and supporting others when we can, especially those who are marginalized or disadvantaged. I have seen and participated in bringing about results from such care: forests still standing, and not clear cut in my By 1997, I joined my parents, who Indigenous children’s traditional were founding members, in the territory; youth stepping up in creaJapanese Canadian Communi- tive, safe spaces; a heritage house ty Association’s (JCCA) Human still standing; erecting internment Rights Committee. Triggered by memorial sites holding a marker the cases of exploited Japanese for history. My parents were there workers and immigrant victims for me offering moral support and needing support and advocacy, my assistance as I stumbled through father proposed we hold bilingual launching projects in my own workshops to help raise awareness communities. about domestic violence and sex- I felt personally connected to ual harassment in the workplace. this book project because of the These workshops were the first of shared experience working with

my father on several eye-opening projects. Notably, the most powerful experience working with him was in 1998 when our Human Rights Committee joined with the British Columbia chapter of the Association for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia to organize an earth shattering event my father reports in his book. The Unit 731 Photo Exhibition and its opening press conference at the Vancouver Public Library made me – and many others – aware of atrocities that had been hidden conveniently away, apparently in the global superpowers’ need for diplomacy in pursuit of their economic and trade priorities following the war. Until then, I knew nothing about the history of the Asian Holocaust. I had the privilege of meeting delegates to the exhibition. The victim representative from China attended; a former doctor for the Japanese imperial army, who was involved in Unit 731; and a dedicated Japanese lawyer supporting the Chinese victims. They all came to Vancouver, united by the mission to educate the public. Two members of this delegation of peace activists were former soldiers in Japan’s imperial army. They were only sixteen and seventeen years old at the time of recruitment to serve at Unit 731, the secret Japanese medical facility in Harbin province, China. They were both denied entry into North America and unable to join the delegation. For the press conference, a special international phone call was arranged with one of the soldiers and my task was to provide interpretation for his statement. The Chinese representative named Wang Xuan shared how her relatives were still dying, suffering from the virus incubated in Unit 731 which had been discarded into their local river after Japan’s defeat. Listening first-hand, I was deeply moved by all the testimonies and learned about the long-term harm done to innocent Chinese people. This experience also left me with questions: why were the former soldiers who were witnesses working at this secret medical facility not allowed entry to North America? Since that event, not one person I spoke to over the last 20 years has ever heard of Unit 731, not scholars, not educators, not even peace activists. Why is this part of world history not included for our youth to learn and educators to teach in social studies? I love so many aspects of Japan; it is my homeland, furusato However, when I was growing up in Tokyo, I was impacted by hearing adults around me making hurtful racial remarks about Chinese and Koreans; I could never forget what I heard. My half Korean friend in Japan was so ashamed to let anyone find out she was part Korean. This was shocking to me, I felt sad for her and I still wonder what it was like for her to grow up in such a harsh racist climate as a young person. Yes, as a mixed-race Japanese person, I most definitely feel ashamed of what the top Japanese military and government leaders of that period committed. As a human being, I feel I have the responsibility to support the learning of true history so that the younger generation today who will become

future politicians in Japan or anywhere else, would NEVER allow for such crimes or war to happen. Furthermore, the sooner that Japan can make amends with China and other Asian countries around past wrongdoings, the more advantageous it will be in fostering healthier attitudes and improved international relationships. That is my thinking, much like my father and much like Satoko Oka Norimatsu, the founder of the Peace Philosophy Centre whom I admire. If we can bring down barriers and begin to treat each other like family and relatives, (“All my relations”, as Indigenous people say) maybe we can inch our way towards a more harmonious existence around the world and eliminating violence.

With the steady support from my mother, my father never stopped seeking opportunities to write and express his thoughts: constantly observing, engaging, reading, probing, documenting, reflecting, analyzing, confronting, reporting on facts and never hesitated to speak up. This year, I was humbled to carry out this project to compile a selection of my father’s life work into a book. Through his writings, readers may discover that it is as if he was planting seeds all along, seeds that grew branches and roots, over time, transforming and woven into the shared tapestry of connections, solidarity, community action, bringing joyful colours, diversity, movements and memories. He is my ‘superhero’ in truth-telling I watched my parents working as a who inspires me to stretch beyond team, extending compassion and my comfort zones to explore my welcome ears to those in need, own values and purpose in life. volunteering tirelessly over the I am a mother of children who are decades for various social justice of combined Japanese, European, and Indigenous related causes, First Nations, and Chinese ancesand assisting the vulnerable mem- try. As such, while their grandfabers of society. I see my father ther’s book will serve as a family having an unusual combination legacy, beyond that, I sincerely of being a pure scholar, a lifelong wish for all future generations to learner, and a person of action. correctly learn the history of their He is not exactly one to engage in predecessors. While painting the conversations at home, often found historical landscape of ‘community glued to his computer for hours; he building’ and fighting to overcome enjoys cooking, basic yard work past injustices through this chronand has always been very handy icle, my father leaves us with the with all sorts of household repairs. challenge to also dive into our Otherwise, he kept busy and own inner personal landscape of thrived in attending various com- conscience. mittee meetings. Over the years, I envision this collection of 59 my father always consulted with my articles to be utilized widely as mother, Diane Kage, who worked a valuable resource for students for many years for a multicultural and educators in classrooms, for organization, AMSSA and other stimulating discussions, for post NGO’s. As an editor herself, she secondary researchers and scholwould carefully proofread nearly ars to choose from the eclectic every article and report my father topics found in the table of condrafted in English, which was his tents. I am deeply grateful to all second language. There is a say- our supporters and contributors ing in Japanese called, “Ennoshita to this book project over this past no chikara mochi.” Literally, this year and to the special guests who means the strong person under shared their heartfelt presentations the floor (holding the structure). at our online book launch that took This expression is used to describe place on November 14th: taiko perand acknowledge the person who formance by E. Kage, Dr. John Price works behind the scenes, typically (writer of the Introduction), Judy invisible to the public eye. That Hanazawa, John Endo Greenaway, would describe my mother in a continued on page 19 way; and so my father dedicates this book to her.

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TO BE CANADIAN MEANS TO SHARE THE LEGACY OF INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS by Kim Uyede-Kai Kim Uyede-Kai is Vice-President of the Greater Toronto Chapter, NAJC. She lives and works on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, also now home to Inuit and Metis Nations, and the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Treaty. Kim works for The United Church of Canada, one of the church parties to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. When the last of 130+ Indian residential schools in Canada closed in 1996, stories of abuse, hunger, disease, and deaths were not publicly acknowledged. It took lawsuits and truth-telling by courageous survivors of repeated physical and sexual abuse and systematic cultural genocide for non-Indigenous Canadians to finally pay attention. For more than 100 years Canada’s Aboriginal policy removed approximately 150,000 children from their homes and placed them in residential schools established by the federal government and run by the churches “to kill the Indian in the child”. A major part of the work of the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from 2010-2014 was to bear witness to thousands of survivors and their families who told gut-wrenching stories of cruel abuse and torture by teachers, principals, dorm supervisors, nuns, priests, and clergy, and the subsequent generational effects on survivors’ lives and their communities. When we think of our own and society’s negative stereotypes of Indigenous people have we ever wondered collectively what was behind the behaviours? The result of residential schools and other policies was alcohol and substance addictions to try to forget, children torn from families and communities, original languages silenced by beatings and tortures, traditions destroyed, and ceremonies forbidden, lateral violence and unspeakable abuses passed from one generation to another, and, for many, suicide to end the pain. The TRC process broke the silence and opened a national dialogue as a way to heal as nations that did not end in 2015 when 94 Calls to Action to Canada were released. Regardless of whether we arrived in the distant past or present, Canadians of Japanese ancestry settled on Indigenous land. Many of our ancestors who arrived in the early 1900s had some relationship with the Indigenous communities on the West Coast mainland and islands. It is our generation’s responsibility to learn about the Treaties we are part of and the traditional territories we now live on, and to learn about the devastation of the Indian residential schools, as well as the resilience of Indigenous peoples, so that we can be part of the journey of reconciliation.

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In response to this call to responsibility, the Greater Toronto Chapter of the NAJC began to explore ways to engage our community in learning about residential schools. The first learning event took place this past November. The Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario was in the midst of a major renovation project when the pandemic hit. Opened in 1828 and finally closed in 1970, the Mohawk Institute is one of two former schools whose survivors chose to keep and renovate the building so that the history is never forgotten. Virtual tours that included interviews by former students were offered as a way of fundraising and the Greater Toronto Chapter NAJC was able to sponsor a tour hosted by an intergenerational survivor.

Nation, coordinator of the Save the Evidence campaign of the Woodland Cultural Centre who fielded questions from NAJC attendees. The recorded tour was led by Carley’s mother, Lorrie Gallant, Education Program Coordinator of the Woodland Cultural Centre and Creative Arts Therapy professor. Both mother and daughter are intergenerational survivors of the school. It was a gift to see the generational relationship with the residential school and the land.

For the NAJC attendees of the virtual tour, the general story of residential schools was not new. However, seeing the actual rooms and hearing the former students’ stories of how they arrived at the school as young children and the horrors that happened in those rooms was very moving, shocking, and incredibly powerful.

How could children survive such an inhumane place? And yet, many did. Lorrie shared a story of one girl student who climbed through a window and scaled down the wall to pick apples for the younger malnourished children. Even though she was punished when the apple cores were found, she did it again. Recorded interviews with survivors showed their pain in remembering but also showed their resilience and healing as they are now able to talk about their experiences and be believed. The restoration of the school is one way that survivors can keep healing themselves and tell their stories.

One attendee said after the tour: “One particular point which struck me was that the school was merciless in taking away the native language of the children – not only was it extraordinarily cruel to separate young kids of five and six from their families but to not let them speak in their native tongue even when parents and relatives with no English visited them was…the worst kind of cruelty and inhumanity imaginable. It is astonishing that such cruelty went on in the modern era in this country for such a long time.” The virtual tour was hosted live by Carley Gallant-Jenkins, Cayuga

The virtual guided tour took attendees through many rooms and told stories of each room: the bathtub room, kitchen, dorm rooms, the room where boy students were made to fight one another for staff “entertainment”, etc. For many, the most haunting room of the tour was the introduction to the boiler room. Just as Lorrie was pointing out that this was where sexual abuse took place, the loud boiler suddenly kicked in as if to emphasize the drowned out cries of the children.

Where was the nearest residential school to where you live now or where your ancestors settled? What are the survivors’ stories of that school? What is your relationship to the peoples who were original caretakers of the land you are on? continued on page 43

MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT, AND REDRESS: A JAPANESE CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE Images, Nikkei Voice, and KAIHO / 会報 (the newsletter of the Greater Vancouver Japanese Immigrants’ Migration, Displacement, and Redress: A Japanese Association (JIA), of which Tatsuo Canadian Perspective was a founding member), or else by Tatsuo Kage presented at local, national, and international conferences, the Electromagnetic Print (2020), writings in this book keenly reflect electromagneticprint.com/tatsuo-kage concerns that are both unique to $25.00 CAD and important beyond the Japanese Tatsuo Kage’s Migration, Displacement, and Redress: Canadian community. Across these A Japanese Canadian Perspective is an opportunity. pages, Tatsuo emphasizes—and, It is an opportunity not only to re-read passages from surely, were any of us able to safely Tatsuo’s many brilliant writings, but to re-think, as a visit him today, he would emphacommunity, what these writings mean to us. As a gosei size to us now—the importance of scholar-activist myself, Tatsuo’s decades-long work human rights. quite literally made possible much of the work to which I and, I know, many others, are now dedicated. Indeed, it In this book as elsewhere, Tatsuo nearly goes without saying that this book is a testament balances care for our community to Tatsuo’s long-standing scholarly and activist work in with a kind of political commitment to and even love for all people. In and beyond the Japanese Canadian community. “Migration,” Tatsuo’s writings chroniWhat is perhaps less obvious, however, is that this book cle the challenges that postwar Japis a testament to how much we, as a community, have anese immigrants face(d) in Canada, missed: when we call ourselves the “Japanese Cana- in terms of language, family, mental dian” community, so emphasizing our Canadianness, health, as well as international, local, who is left out? When we long for a lost home, even and intra-community dynamics. In envision its return, particularly in Paueru-gai (the Powell “Displacement,” Tatsuo’s writings Street neighbourhood), in Vancouver’s present-day reflect his concern for communities Downtown Eastside, whose displacement might we beyond our own, including Ukrainibe risking? And when we advocate for redress, as an, Chinese, and Italian Canadians, we recently have been (with the Province of British as well as victims of the Japanese Columbia and the City of Vancouver), what injustices government’s and Imperial Army’s remain untended? Tatsuo’s book asks these questions, violence (i.e. the Nanking Massasometimes implicitly, sometimes explicitly, from a place cre and the forced sexual slavery of love, care, and desire for justice for all. Here is a book of “comfort women”). In “Redress,” in which we might see ourselves—including those of Tatsuo’s writings reflect a growing, us who arrived in Canada after World War II, as Tatsuo if complicated, sense of connection himself did—but in which, in seeing ourselves, we are and solidarity in the Japanese Canaasked to come to terms with our mistakes, our forget- dian community, much of which, as fulness, our fears. Like Tatsuo himself, these writings his writings show, was made possiare gentle, but they are also a call, a question: How ble by the difficult work of reckoning can we do better? with a Japanese inheritance—an Organized into three sections named in the book’s inheritance that Tatsuo sees as title, Migration, Displacement, and Redress presents befalling Japanese and Japanese Tatsuo’s writings according to theme rather than Canadian people. chronology. Further, as a collection of selected writ- Tatsuo’s writings offer strokes, ings, this book functions as a sort of archive, in which splashes, and sparks of wisdom, not we hear Tatsuo’s voice differently, by turns personal, least being those that speak to our political, and scholarly. Included here are community unfinished work: “there was a price,” and academic articles, speeches, reports, workshops, says Tatsuo, to our ‘inclusion’ in the histories, anecdotes, petitions, letters, and interviews. Canadian nation, not just “emotional Originally published in esteemed community publica- repression, denying justified anger tions including The Bulletin / Geppo, as well as Nikkei

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with Canada, feeling shame, [and] assimilating as a way to secure future well-being and acceptance,” but crucially, the “limiting . . . of a political voice, and, for the most part, supporting the status quo” (68). It is worth stating outright: this is a high, high price. What are the stakes of supporting the status quo? Who among us is still suffering? Who of our neighbours—other racialized and oppressed communities—is still suffering? In Tatsuo’s words, although “there has been a lot of improvement . . . you can’t sit on what you achieved. You always have to be watchful” (136). In this year of 2020, during which time we have seen the arrival of COVID-19; witnessed untold state and police violence against Indigenous, Black, unhoused, and other oppressed communities across North America; and watched as bush- and wild-fires have devastated climates across the globe, Tatsuo Kage’s new book, Migration, Displacement, and Redress: A Japanese Canadian Perspective arrives as a kind of question: how will we, individually, together, and with our neighbours, stand against this kind of suffering, hate, and carelessness? As a Japanese Canadian gosei scholar-activist, I am eager to recommend this book to all readers, in our community and elsewhere. It is a resource in the traditional sense—for classrooms (at the high-school and post-secondary levels), for theorists, for those of us who have dedicated ourselves to knowledge—but also it is a gift to community, to family, to people. For decades, Tatsuo has written his wisdom down for us. His daughter, Mariko, has collected it, and presented it here, in the form of this book. It is our turn, now, to read it. Order: electromagneticprint.com/ forthcoming

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REMEMBRANCE DAY 2020 by Linda Kawamoto Reid One hundred years of people gathering at the cenotaph conjures up so many images, stories, emotions, and memories of tribute. It has become an iconic gathering place to remember the sacrifices, the struggles, the sorrows, the commemorations, the honour and the appreciation of those who fought for human rights, freedom and democracy. It has grown to be a meaningful place of Remembrance for all Canadians, and has attracted about 500 people in recent years.

100 YEARS OF MEMORIES

This year was different of course. Due to the pandemic, the centenary event planned for April 9, 2020, exactly 100 years after the cenotaph was dedicated, was postponed. We are grateful to Veteran’s Affairs Canada’s Commemorative Partnership program for granting us the go-ahead to combine the centenary with Remembrance Day. Not only was it the centenary, but it was also the 75th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and the 70th Anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, in which Japanese CaJohn Endo Greenaway and Emiko Newman on taiko. nadians took part, in spite of how they were treated The live streaming event planned News and Breakfast TV before the during the Second World War. simultaneously at the Vancouver event. They traced the journey of How to get creative during a pandemic? We can Japanese Language School had to Cpl Kubota from his army discharge give David Iwaasa credit for coming up with the live be cancelled just days before the to the legislature to win the vote for streaming plan and the promise of ‘doing whatever event, but that did not stop Laura JC Veterans in 1931, to his last act it takes to make it happen’. David did a brilliant job of Saimoto, Community Liaison VJLS of returning the Honour Rolls and that and moderating the live streaming event, pushing from organizing media interviews Legion flag to the VJLS in 1977. It for us to procure a large screen at the cenotaph so the for the one event that was going is a poignant story that is covered participants could also see the pre-recorded speech ahead on Remembrance Day on a Global TV feature by Squire and addresses from two MPs and an MLA. He also (ours). Brad Kubota and his sister Barnes enlisted his grandchildren and wife to assist with the Kathy Enros, both grandchildren of The ceremony itself was limited to production of the event. Thanks David! Corporal Sainosuke Kubota (CEF) invitation only, keeping the numwere media stars with Global, City ber at the event to below 50 as

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directed by the Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. Anticipating a longer than normal ceremony, there were 30 chairs distanced from each other in the plaza, and the 20 wreaths behind the cenotaph made for a lovely colourful backdrop to the ceremony. The Amazing Dream Stream team of Adam P. W. Smith, Marc L’Esperance, and Brandon Fletcher set up multiple cameras in and around the plaza in order to capture the activity. With all that technical equipment, we were so very lucky to have a break from the rain and have dry weather for the ceremony! Hearty thanks goes out to the amazing duet of John Endo Greenaway and his daughter Emiko Newman for a very emotional and moving taiko performance dedicated to the centenary. It was a very powerful start to the commemoration and set the tone for the morning. Piper Edward McIlwaine piped the Lament, and Bugler Bombardier Genevieve Schwarzbach performed the Last Post and Reveille beautifully. Keiko Norisue led the gathering in O Canada, and God Save the Queen with her sweet voice. Reverend Daebin Im of the Japanese United Church gave us great words of remembrance in the Reﬂections. David Mitsui reminded us of the Act of Remembrance. Lest we forget! Pre-recorded addresses from Honourable MP Hedy Fry, Vancouver Center, Honourable MP Joyce Murray from Vancouver Quadra, and MLA elect Anne Kang from Burnaby Deer Lake recognized the contributions of Japanese Canadians in three wars. Thank you!

Top: Kathy Enros. Bottom: Moment of silence.

ciation. Susan Yatabe from Ontario sent us a pre-recorded presentation on her grandfather Saburo Shinobu’s contributions to achieving equality for Japanese Canadian citizens. Kathy Enros spoke (live) on behalf of the Kubota family of Cpl Kubota’s significant achievements towards achieving equality. And David Mitsui, spoke (live) about the amazing contributions of Sgt. Mitsui MM (Military Medal) and his dedication as well as his frustrations. It was like a family reunion sharing stories about our ancestors and finding out more about each other! Thanks to the speakers for carrying the torch! The iconic cenotaph has seen 100 years of these kinds of events.

Having to limit the participation of the public who wanted to pay their respects was particularly distasteful and uncomfortable. We regret having had to turn people away to respect the directives from the Public Safety The featured speakers of our centenary promised Officer, and we hope that those who were turned away will understand to attend in whatever way they could. They are de- and return when the pandemic is over. We very much appreciated the scendants of three men who went to Victoria in 1931 presence of six members of the Mounted Squad on horseback at the to acquire the franchise for the veterans – Sergeant event: Sergeant Susan Sharp on Apollo, Constables Joanne Hardman Masumi Mitsui MM, Corporal Sainosuke Kubota, and on Stanley, Marla Irving on Killian, Chris Spence on Ike, Laura Jacqet on Saburo Shinobu from the Canadian Japanese Asso- Turbo and Hana Du Temple on Jedi.

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On a positive note, live streaming the event gave us the opportunity to reach the few remaining JC veterans who watched the event in the comfort of their homes with their families, as most of them live in Ontario. By virtue of the YouTube video, we have been able to reach descendants across Canada, the USA and even Japan. Many have commented that the ceremony should be done this way going forward, given that our JC community is so spread out. THE WREATHS OFFERED THIS YEAR British Empire Service League, Legion #9 – David Mitsui S-20 & Nisei Veterans Association – Makoto Iwaasa NAJC – President Lorene Oikawa

Wreath laying: NAJC President Lorene Oikawa.

NNMCC – Executive Director Karah Goshinmon Foster

Seicho-No-Ie Church – Cleusa S. Yamamoto

Consul General of Japan – Consul General Takashi Hatori

NAV Chorus – Midori Seo

GVJCCA – President Judy Hanazawa

Poppy Wreath – Cathy Yamamoto

National Society Daughters of the American Revolution – Nancy McLean

JCWMC – Chair Linda Kawamoto Reid in honour of Thanks the centenary & all veterans Sponsors: Veterans Affairs Canada, National Association of Japanese MP Hedy Fry’s Vancouver Center – Constituency Canadians, many donors. Assistant Veronica Stolba In-Kind services: Nikkei National Museum, Vancouver Parks & RecVJLS & Hall – Executive Director Darius Maze reation, Tonari Gumi, Vancouver Japanese Language School, Sam Yamamoto, John Kamitakahara, Amano Foods. Tonari Gumi – Patrick Li Volunteers: Hannah Iwaasa, Makoto Iwaasa, Jane Iwaasa, Nathan ArmCity of Vancouver – Deputy Mayor Lisa Dominato strong, Meaghan Mitsui, Cameron Reid, Patrick Fujisawa. Vancouver Parks Board – Commissioner Stuart Hosted by the Japanese Canadian War Memorial Committee: Mackinnon Chair Linda Kawamoto Reid RCMP – Corporal Peter Somerville Moderator David Iwaasa VPD and Mounted Squad – Superintendent Michelle Veteran Tak Irizawa, Toronto Ontario David Mitsui, Frank Kamiya Davey BC Jodo Shinshu Temples – Ted Akune Japanese Christian Churches – Reverend Daebin Im Vancouver Konko Faith – Roderick Hashimoto

View the live stream here: Nikkei National Museum‘s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn11ebO7exY As of press time, it has been viewed 1,533 times!

update MINORI HARVEST 2020 – DECEMBER 6 & 13 This December the Powell Street Festival Society celebrates the delicious abundance of autumn with our DTES community! Minori Harvest is part of our year-round DTES Community Care Program, which aims to raise awareness of Japanese Canadian history and culture, while creating inclusive, capacity-building experiences that foster economic and social equity for everyone. Over the course of two days this month, we will be making over 400 servings of butternut squash miso soup for distribution in the DTES (Main and Hastings area) by VANDU, Overdose Prevention Society, Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, and at Strathcona Park. The packages will include a pumpkin origami activity and historical information about Japanese Canadian farmers. We are grateful to share Japanese Canadian food, culture, and history with our DTES neighbors during these colder months. A special thank you to Yakashiro Farm & Gardens, our generous partners and donors.

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A TOTEM POLE FOR MIO Sammy Takahashi, president of the Japan-Canada Chamber of Commerce, was shopping at the SaveOn-Foods on Marine Drive near his home in North Vancouver when he noticed a totem pole standing in the store. The chance encounter with the unique pole got him thinking. Having recently hosted a delegation from Mio, in Wakayama, the sister city of Richmond, Takahashi had learned that Mio is facing hard economic times. Seeing the pole gave him the idea that a pole from Canada would not only symbolize the friendship between the countries and acknowledge the importance of Mio to Japanese Canadian history, but could help revitalize tourism in the town sometimes called Amerika-mura. Takahashi learned from the woman at the customer service desk that the pole had been carved by a local carver, Darren Yelton, of the Squamish Nation. Not only that, she had his number. Within hours, the two men were sitting talking at Yelton’s home in Xwemlch’stn, in the shadow of the Lions Gate Bridge. Takahashi told Yelton the story of how master carpenter Gihei Kuno had left Mio in 1888 and travelled to Canada in search of some way to save his impoverished hometown. Kuno soon sent word back to Mio that fish were literally jumping into his boat in this land of opportunity. Initially skeptical, the village began sending young men to Steveston to join Kuno, and before long most of Mio’s workforce was fishing the mouth of the Fraser River, sending their earnings home to those left behind in Japan. Kuno became known as the father of Japanese immigration to Canada and Mio’s links to Steveston remain strong to this day. Intrigued by the story of Gihei Kuno and his quest to save his village over 130 years ago, Yelton agreed to carve the pole. Not long afterwards, Takahashi found himself in Japan on a goodwill mission. There, he met up with Toshio Takai, a great-grandson of Gihei Kuno and a successful businessman in Hyogo. On hearing Takahashi’s idea to have a pole carved for Mio, Takai agreed to pay to have the pole carved and shipped to Japan. Darren Yelton has sent the past several months carving the pole and is now preparing to the ship it to Mio. Both Yelton and Takahashi will accompany the pole to Mio, courtesy of Mr. Takai.

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Darren Yelton, photo by Sammy Takahashi. Inset: only known pohotograph of Gihei Kuno.

BULLETIN INTERVIEW DARREN YELTON + SAMMY TAKAHASHI This is wonderful story. Sammy, what made you connect the pole you saw at a Save-On-Foods store in North Vancouver with the Japanese town of Mio across the sea? SAMMY I heard that there was a movement about getting a totem pole erected in Mio about twenty years ago, but it never happened. There was a member of town council who really wanted to see a totem pole in Mio, but he passed away without seeing one a couple of years ago. I really wanted to make it happen. Darren, tell me something about yourself and your history as a carver. DARREN My name is Darren Yelton. I am a master carver here in the Squamish Nation. My given name is K’na’kweltn. It means he who works for the future of his people. I do that through my totem poles and art-

work, keeping the accent of traditional art alive in my village. The history of my family is very strong in our community. My great grandparents lived in what now is called Stanley Park. My family was forced to move off that territory in the early 1900s, when the government turned it into a federal park. My family moved off in 1931 across Burrard Inlet where we live today.

I am now celebrating fifty years as a master carver in my village carving totems, masks, wall murals, cedar doors, coffee tables and etc. starting at the age of nine and to this day, I never stopped. It’s been in my family for as long as I can remember. I’m so happy to keep my culture alive as a totem pole carver because our ancestors are looking down at me and raising their arms and saying, “Don’t stop keeping on carving and pass down your knowledge to the young men in your village who want to learn My mother’s parents lived up Squamish Valley in a the skills as a carver.” To this day, I have taught my skills to about fifteen village called Cheakamus, so the history in both sides carvers in our village. is very strong in our nation. My grandpa and grandma What was it about the story of Gihei Kuno and the town of Mio that left a big legacy and had two hundred and thirty-one struck a chord with you? grandchildren. This was audited by my wife in 2007. So, DARREN I met Sammy Takahashi. When he came to my home, he then our family has expanded more since they are no longer said he knew a gentleman in Japan who was interested in purchasing a here. My grandpa lived to be 84 years old. Our grandma totem pole and then he asked, “Can you carve it for a man named Gihei 95 years old. So as a carver in our community, I know Kuno in honour of his accomplishment here in Canada?” I said, “Of course my grandparents on both sides are looking down from I can.” Then Sammy explained how Gihei came to Vancouver to prosper the heavens and are proud of my accomplishment as a fisherman all the way from Japan. I said, “Wow. For him to travel here in our village. across the ocean to support his family and village.” The story inspired Where did you learn to carve and how long have you been carving? DARREN I, Darren as a young boy was growing up watching my father carve. It not only inspired me to carve just by sitting in our small house down Capilano Reserve until I was ten years old, and even watching my mom do the painting for our dad’s totem poles, but also our neighbours were also carvers too. There were about eleven homes and I’m pretty sure that most of them carved. I watched Stan Joseph, Edmond Billy, Johnny, Billy, Wally, Nahanee Will Lewis, my uncle Tubby Cole Percy, Paul Howard Williams and by learning the art of carving. Watching all these men, I said to myself, “That’s what I want to do” So I asked my father when I was nine-years-old, “Can I learn how to carve?” He then gave me a pocketknife and said, “If you can sharpen that knife, I will teach you.” For almost two years I spent on learning the art of carving from my dad. Then he and my mom separated. My mom and my sister moved in with our grandpa and grandma. But I had a lot of new friends up the road from grandpa’s house. It was the condo where my friends all got together when we as kids at the age of ten till I was about seventeen. We got together at Paul Joseph’s mom’s condo. We all started carving in a big group about fifteen of us. Today there’s only about six of us left. We taught each other how to carve. It was fun. I sold my first eagle plaque to our uncle for twenty dollars which I spent on my cousins. When I went back to grandma’s house, there were seven of us all eating candy pop and chips. My uncle said to me, “What did you do with your money?” I said, “I spent it on my cousins.” He laughed and opened his wallet and pulled out another twenty dollars and said, “you spend this on yourself,” and since that day I never put my carving tools down. I just love being a carver because I’m my own boss. I can never get fired for the love of being a carver.

me even more when he said that he brought three thousand people here to begin a new life out Steveston as fishermen. Our people here in the Squamish Nation have fished here for thousands of years. We have many rivers and creeks where we fish to this day and for Gihei Kuno to leave his village in 1888 takes a lot of courage to cross over the Pacific Ocean to prosper here in British Columbia. I could vision all the story he had to share with all the men travelled from Mio to witness the millions of salmon in our territories, so I could not say no to making this a reality for such a humble human being. Tell me about the pole itself. What elements are on it and how did you choose them? DARREN When Sammy came to our home, I took him around our territory to see all the totem poles I had created. Each totem pole tells a story and has a great meaning. There were about fifteen totems in all. So I said to Sammy, “I’m going to draw some designs to send to Mr. Takai who is a great grandson of Gihei Kuno. One drawing totally fit the image of Gihei. It was a bald eagle holding a Welcome Man and a Grizzly Bear holding a salmon. The symbol of the eagle represents power and prestige. Gihei had the power to travel so far, prestige to prosper in for his goals in life, so the eagle is highly respected by our people like a village elder. So Gihei too had to be respected by his village in Mio. Kyatchtn That’s the welcome figure the eagle is holding. Gihei shows that quality of the Welcome Man to bring thousands of his people to Canada to prosper. The way he did just shows he was not only thinking for himself, but for his people to invite and bring to a new world. It just shows he had the heart of a Kyatchtn to our people. Its symbol means I reach my arms out to you in welcome. Grizzly Bear To the Squamish Nation people, the bear is a symbol of strength. For Gihei to prosper in a new world and travel so far that takes a lot of strength, so when a bear travels through our territory, he visits to pass down strength to our village. When I look at Gihei’s photo, I thought to myself that he’s a man who passed down strength to the village of Mio. That’s why I chose the Grizzly Bear because the bear brings strength to our people. When it walks through our village, we highly respect the bear like our grandfather

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Left to right: Sammy Takahashi, Toshio Takai.

for the strength he passes down to his family. And for Gihei to come to our territory to begin his life cycle. I said to myself, “Wow. This man deserves the respect.” Darren, I know totem poles have a long history on the west coast and that they are imbued with meaning and symbolism. Is it unusual to carve a pole for a non-indigenous group? DARREN As a master carver of fifty years, it is not unusual to carve a totem for Gihei Kumo here in our territory. I created many totems for many schools and parks and cities here in Vancouver and worldwide sharing my culture. It is what I enjoy. Our totems are house poles, family poles, memorial poles and territorial poles. This pole for Gihei is a memorial pole and to share this totem pole in honour of him is a culture totem pole showing the respect that I carry in my heart for this gentleman. When I started the totem, I had it blessed. I do this with all of my projects, so all good feelings only go into the old growth cedar I carve, plus while I’m working on the totem I’m praying for Gihei and family so that the life they have now may prosper and live like the way he did. What does this project and this pole mean to you? DARREN Carving this totem pole for Gihei Kuno means bringing two cultures together in peace and friendship to share our culture and the history of our ancestors, so this project has a lot of meaning to honour one man for the dreams he carried in his heart to help thousands of people to fulfil their dreams to adventure like Gihei did. So, I, Darren Yelton, ancestral name, K’nakw’eltn, am very humbled to carve this memorial totem pole for my ancestral brother, Gihei Kuno from across the Pacific Ocean where his home was in Mio, Wakayama, Japan. So, this totem pole will stand strong for all the men and women who followed the dreams of Gihei Kuno.

Left to right: Johan Karlsen, Sammy Takahashi, Consul General Takashi Hatori, Darren Yelton. Photo by Manto Artworks.

Sammy, tell me about your discussions with the people in Japan. Have emissaries from Mio visited? SAMMY I consider myself a visionary. People in Mio thought that my idea was great, but not realistic. What it boiled down was who would fund the project. Luckily I met Toshio Takai, a great grandson of Gihei Kuno thanks to Ted Furumoto who is the author of the Vancouver Asahi on which the movie was based on and created in 2014. Takai read Furumoto’s book and wanted to know about Gihei Kuno whose name was mentioned several times in the book. Tell me what this project means for you, and what you hope the pole will do for Mio. SAMMY My role at the Japan Canada Chamber of Commerce is to strengthen the friendship between Japan and Canada through business, culture, education and tourism. I’d be happy if this totem pole would become an attraction to bring a lot of tourists from both Japan and Canada to Mio, America-mura. Hopefully, this would help rejuvenate the town.

Osiam. It means thank you in my language. Left to right: Dr. Nobutaka Iwahashi, President of Wakayama Sister City Affiliation Committee; Miwako Yabuuchi, Mayor of Mihama-cho where Mio is located, Toshio Takai, Sammy Takahashi.

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WORLD CUISINES – SINGAPORE The cuisines of the island nation Singapore, where I lived fior 17 years before moving here back in 1997, sits at the cross road of trade in Southeast Asia historically and now global trade in this day of air travel. As such, it has a rich culinary culture – “Eat, eat till you drop.”

Also popular is Hainanese chicken rice. It’s a delicacy unlike anything you might associate with “chicken rice.” Four or five slices of tenderly cooked chicken breast are served atop rice that has been cooked in chicken fat with a condiment of coconut and red pepper paste. I’m happy to report that you can have it right here in Vancouver, which you can check on the internet.

Roughly three quarters of its population being Chinese from Fujian, Canton, Hainan provinces and elsewhere, one can find delectable cuisines from there and elsewhere, For instance a dish that many Singaporeans of whatever racial background love is fish head curry, available only in Singapore and Malaysia, where two culinary traditions, Chinese and Indian, meet,

and egg are mixed, seasoned and fried and stacked up cylindrically about 15cm. I have not seen it in Indonesian or Malaysian restaurants in Vancouver, but if it’s on the menu, I would recommend it highly. If you have a chance to visit Singapore, you can try a wide variety of Asian tastes including the above three dishes. This island nation that has thrived as a centre of trade not only for Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, Burma (Myanmar) and Indonesia but also countries afar like India and China offers a veritable array of Asian cuisines. After all, it is a multi-cultural “eat till you drop” culture.

Indonesia and Malaysia are both Muslim nations which share practically the same language commonly known as “bahasa.” Apart from pork forbidden by religion, there are many delicious chicken and fish dishes but my favorite is tahu telor, I head for my favourite fish head curry restaurant which means tofu and egg. Tofu whenever I have a chance to visit Singapore. I used to frequent the place when I lived in Singapore back in continued the 1980s and 90s. I would always find ex-colleagues and other familiar faces of all races relishing the dish Satoko Oka Norimatsu, Thekla Lit, Mikoto Yoshida (my son and writer of which is always served on real banana leaves cut into the Forward), and shakuhachi song by Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos. Last but not least, our family is immensely grateful to publisher Kerry Coast for rectangles. her tireless and relentless attention to detail and design in preparing While one waits, a waiter heaps rice, coconut paste and the manuscript. Please visit the website www.electromagniticprint.com chutney on the one’s banana leaf. Some customers eat for more information about the book: reviews, photos, link to view the deftly with the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of book launch and purchasing options. their right hand Indian style, while others use fork and spoon. The curry comes in a large earthenware pot Lastly, when I asked if my father had a message for his readers, after over a fire, a big fish head simmering therein in curry a long pause, he replied, “I want to ask people to look deep inside sauce. If you have a chance to visit Singapore, you themselves and ask who and what they are. How do they relate to their world?” Thank you Papa, we will continue to keep your questions and must try it. Being a “eat, eat until you drop” culture, you messages alive. can ask anyone where you can find one of the banana “Otsukaresama deshita”, now you can relax, have some fun and enjoy leaf restaurants. your retirement!

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Learning History Through History – An Interview with Greg Miyanaga by Matt Billson My interview with Greg, which was conducted over Zoom, began by discussing his family’s history. Before Greg began to write lessons on Japanese Canadian internment, he knew very little about his family’s history or Japanese Canadians in World War II. His grandparents were very vague when discussing the past, and the history of Japanese Canadian internment was not a part of the education curriculum at the elementary and high school level. Upon obtaining his family’s case file which contained all of the information in regards to his grandparent’s dispossession, Greg was surprised and upset to learn about his family history. Greg’s grandfather worked for a logging company and also maintained a farm, which were both taken away from him in the 1940s. The case file also provided him with a transcript of a court case (Bird Commission) that involved his grandfather submitting a claim that disputed the amount he received from the sale of his property. In the case of his chattels, he rounded down from three hundred and ten dollars to three hundred dollars to make it more convenient for the Commission. However, he was accused of doctoring the numbers, which made the Commission deem him untrustworthy. While the findings Greg made while looking at his family’s case file shocked him, he also found it interesting and insightful to view his family’s past. Greg shared the case file with his family which sparked conversation from both sides of his family. His mother’s side of the family, who were located in Alberta at the time, found these discoveries fascinating, which resulted in a flurry of emails and Whatsapp messages revolving around the case file and the Landscapes of Injustice project as a whole. On his father’s side of the family, the knowledge they obtained from the Greg Miyanaga, Teacher and Teacher Resources Co-chair files provided a clear image of what occurred during these dreadful My name is Matt Billson, a first-year student intending times, which was primarily unknown as Greg’s grandfather was hesitant to study both History and English at the University of to speak about his past. Victoria. As a part of my HUMA 295 course, a firstA story that Greg told me which fascinated me involved a bus trip year seminar course that looks at research in the that he took in 2019 as part of the Landscapes of Injustice Canada’s Faculty of Humanities and explores what it really Internment Era Field School which visited the sites of camps that means to be human, I had the opportunity to virtually Japanese Canadians were held at. Part of the tour involved visiting volunteer on the Landscapes of Injustice project for Christina Lake; as a kid, Greg visited Christina Lake most summers, three weeks. Under the guidance of project manager and he stayed in cabins on the waterfront. Unbeknownst to him, these Michael Abe, I had the wonderful opportunity of cabins were also home to interned Japanese Canadians. While he was interviewing Greg Miyanaga, who is the co-chair of younger, his parents and grandparents frequently visited there as well, the Teacher Resources for this project. Greg teaches so learning about the history of these cabins was an ironic twist. at Smiling Creek Elementary in Coquitlam, and he has been developing lesson plans on Japanese During the second portion of the interview, I discussed Greg’s role Canadian internment and dispossession for the as an educator and how his personal experiences reflect on how he elementary school curriculum (grades 4-6) since teaches Japanese Canadian internment to elementary school kids. 2000. After my insightful interview with Greg, I was While the issue of Japanese Canadian internment is deeply personal able to critically reflect on how important it is to to Greg, he uses it as a platform to discuss race and multiculturalism teach about Japanese Canadian dispossession in in the classroom. He encourages his students to explore their own school, which is a part of Canadian history that is identity and family history, which helps engage and teach students about the past. Greg’s students are always curious about his family’s often skipped over.

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story and how he feels about their experiences, which he always shares to help his students discuss and learn about Japanese Canadian internment. His students are normally shocked and in disbelief when they learn about what occurred since it goes against their idea that Canada is a safe and welcoming home for everybody. Despite his family’s hardships, Greg does not find it difficult to teach about Japanese Canadian internment to his students, since he feels that educating them provides a narrative that helps his students explore both the history of Japanese Canadian internment, but also their perspectives and knowledge of their families’ history. The lesson plans he has created for Landscapes of Injustice have also been attributed to this notion since they explore the idea of what is fair and what it means to belong to a place. While Greg feels the concepts of fairness and belongingness fit into the elementary school curriculum, he also feels that more serious implications of Japanese Canadian dispossession should be covered in high schools, like the violation of human rights and the racism that occurred during these times. From my personal experience in high school, we talked very little about what happened to Japanese Canadians during World War II, and while it was acknowledged, it acted more as a footnote than a focal point in the curriculum. As someone who intends to teach Social Studies in the future, having this experience and being able to discuss the topic of Japanese Canadian internment has deeply resonated with me, and having the knowledge that Greg has shared with me will result in me being more informed in my future profession.

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Current cottage, former internment site. Landscapes of Injustice Field School, Christina Lake BC.

After having the opportunity to volunteer on the Landscapes of Injustice project and to interview Greg Miyanaga, my knowledge and understanding of Japanese Canadian internment has really struck a chord with me. The significance of this project and the educational portion to it demonstrates to me that this is a part of Canadian history that needs to be discussed and taught from elementary school to post-secondary. Overall, working on this project and interviewing Greg has helped prepare me for my future, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to do so. Matt Billson is a ﬁrst-year undergraduate student at the University of Victoria studying History and English. He is particularly interested in Canadian history during the 20th century, especially Canada’s foreign aﬀairs and policies surrounding both World Wars. As a part of HUMA 295, Matt had the opportunity to volunteer on the Landscapes of Injustice project, which involved him interviewing Greg Miyanaga about his family’s experience with dispossession, along with teaching it in the classroom.

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Open Letter from Japanese Canadians for Social Justice Japanese Canadians for Social Justice publicly deliver open letter to Mayor John Tory at Toronto City Hall to call for action on the housing and homelessness crisis.

Dear Mayor John Tory,

poor conditions and no privacy. This is unacceptable during the ongoing We are writing to you as members of Japanese Ca- COVID-19 pandemic. The city also is planning an additional 3,000 housnadians for Social Justice, a group that aims to build ing units in the next two years, a woefully inadequate response to the community support for human rights and social justice. overwhelming need. 10,000 people are currently homeless and 333,060 Our mandate is "to support the struggle for justice, not people on the waiting list for social housing with the average wait time just for Japanese Canadians, but for all who suffer and being more than a decade. The city’s response is a failure. call our name." We urge you to act now to resolve this dire situation. We call on you to Today we are joining in solidarity with all those currently respect the human rights of people who are homeless. We ask you to suffering as a result of this city's housing crisis and with commit to the following actions. the nearly 10,000 Torontonians who face homelessness • Until there is enough permanent, safe, rent-geared-to-income (RGI) tonight. We publicly join all those calling for safe space, housing, immediately ensure enough emergency shelter. Open an addisafe shelter and safe housing for all. tional 2,000 hotel rooms to meet the current need. Our history as Japanese Canadians is one of mass displacement by systemic government forces. We were forced from our homes into homelessness and insecurity, warehoused on the exhibition grounds of Vancouver, and shipped to internment camps, so we understand what it means to be without a home. Our history as Japanese Canadians also includes the fight for redress as well as for human rights. These rights include the right to live, the right to basic shelter and the right to housing. The shelters here are full and inadequate. Over 1,000 people are sleeping outdoors. Countless others are couch- surfing or staying in unsafe situations. In 2019, an average of 2.5 deaths of the homeless took place every week. This mortality rate is now worsening by the overdose crisis that continues without adequate response by this city. While the City plans to add an additional 560 shelter spaces, we know that the majority of these spaces (including the "Better Living Centre" on Toronto's exhibition grounds) are in congregate living areas with

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• Until there is safe housing or appropriate shelter with dignity and respect for health and well-being – hands off encampments – enact no further evictions or forced displacement of people and provide the necessities of life such as water and access to basic needs, such as washrooms. • The City of Toronto must invest in rent-geared-to-income housing and change its Housing Now plan to build 100% RGI housing instead of 80% market-rent units. The City should move forward with the acquisition of vacant property. This includes 214-230 Sherbourne, as demanded by the community for a decade instead of leaving it vacant while hundreds suffer right outside its doorstep. • Mayor Tory, you must publicly advocate for a massive investment by the federal government to build social housing in the City of Toronto. Just as you made transit a priority, we call on you to prioritize the lives of homeless people in this city. We hope to see a public response to this urgent issue as winter approaches. Sincerely, Danielle Koyama on behalf of Japanese Canadians for Social Justice jcforsocialjustice@gmail.com

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPANESE CANADIANS by Terry Watada

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TERRY WATADA

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More than a few years ago, a prominent Nisei gathered a few Sansei together and voluntold us to join in a project that would benefit the community. (More a boost to his ego more than anything else since he planned to abandon the project shortly thereafter.) I do not react well photo: Tane Akamatsu to being told what to do, and said “No”, which started an avalanche of “Nos”. The others in fact said nothing so though no actual refusal, but the implication was there. The Nisei in question was used to getting his way, so he was understandably upset. He scowled at me and asked why. I answered that I was committed to my family, my job, my music (with invitations to appear more and more since the Redress Movement was intensifying), and I already was writing a monthly column for a community newspaper.

Perhaps the king of them all was Robert Ito, another arrogant performer who could take any stage and entertain. I saw him in Kamloops, at the cultural centre, during an internment camp tour, when he was asked to do something to perform at the final banquet. Nothing worse than to be asked to do something clever at the last moment with no preparation whatsoever. I don’t understand some people who have the temerity to put someone on the spot like that.

Ito said no several times until he couldn’t say “no” anymore. He took to the stage and performed an impromptu dance and song without recorded or live music. He was delightful, and the audience showed He mustered as much venom as he could and hissed, its appreciation with thunderous “So you’re content with writing your little column?” It applause. Memories of prewar Vanwas obvious to everyone there that he intended to couver when he was Little Bobby insult me, to belittle me. He went on to say, “You like Ito, no doubt. being the entertainer.” Another attempt to insult me. I It is the Master of Ceremonies, howtook it that way because of the tone of his voice. ever, who has the greatest responNeedless to say, I walked out. sibility to entertain the audience. Some thirty years later, I have a new perspective and a He or she must be “on” the whole new appreciation for the community entertainer. They time, making people laugh or causare what holds the community together, especially ing them to reflect solemnly. He or she creates the atmosphere for the during a special gathering. event. And it is a difficult task since I must assume that Nikkei entertainers were present nervousness must be abandoned since the Japanese came to Canada. One of the earliest or at least hidden. to my mind was Harry Kumano, a loud, brash braggart who loved to get up in front of an audience and sing Kunio Suyama was up to the task. He and clown around. He and his family lived quite close was “Mr. Tanko Bushi,” for his voice to us and would often drop by, rattling the windows carried over every Obon crowd with with his voice and large presence. I know his ambition instructions about how to dance the was to appear at every Buddhist Church up and down Bushi. He never failed to entertain as the west coast during a keirokai or some occasion. Not he welcomed everyone to Buddhism sure he realized that ambition, but he did brag about and the spirit of festival. invitations from places like Seattle. In Montreal, Toby Shinohara was Mr. Then there was Kunio Suyama, an affable man with a Emcee. Though I only saw him at wonderful talent for shibai. Many times, I saw him at the Buddhist Conference banquets, he Toronto Buddhist Church performing in some classic told jokes at the expense of many Japanese drama. At least I thought they were classic audience members. I was told he could address any crowd and make since they were all in Japanese. them laugh.

At my wedding, I witnessed a master at work – Kiyoshi Kimura. He was a tall man with a jovial personality. He was forever “on”, cracking wise, as they say. But he was truly brilliant in front of an audience, and everyone loved him, even if he was making fun of them. I even saw him make fun of the way Senator Daniel Inouye talked. “Who dis bugga – talk funny kind all the time?” Uncle Kiyo (as we called him) suggested the senator get out of Washington, saying in effect, don’t forget where you came from. There was a degree of familiarity between them and all the other Nisei in that crowd. They went to McKinley High (Tokyo High) and most joined the 100th Battalion and the 442nd Infantry Regiment for World War II. My father-in-law was a tad young to see action in Europe or the South Pacific. Instead, he joined the occupation forces as part of the 25th Infantry Division (General Eric Shinseki’s future unit) in Berlin after the surrender. He once joked that his daughter could’ve been a happa if not for his wisdom in seeing a sad future for his German bride in Hawaii. Just how tough is the job of emcee? In general, the people who take on the job at, say, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre or the Powell Street Festival are adequate but do not excite. They pepper their orations with “ums” and “ahs”. They consult their notes way too much. They tell jokes that no one finds funny. They speak in monotone. So, the true entertainer is to be much admired and has a long tradition. I hold no respect for that prominent Nisei who tried to insult me back in the day. Never saw him hold an audience in rapture.

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By Judy Hanazawa Hello everyone, I know 2020 has been unlike any other as we wake up and realize we have already reached another December and the New Year will soon arrive. December 10 is Human Rights Day – the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Declaration is as important today as it was over 70 years ago. Covid has shown there is still so much work to do to ensure those inalienable rights exist for all us humans. I am looking forward to celebrating 2021 because the New Year is an opportunity to realize better things are coming. Thank you so much to all essential workers including those who provide health care, who make sure we have groceries, who teach our children and

keep schools running, support those in need of social and mental health services, who deliver the mail, who stand ready to serve and protect, fight fires, search and rescue, deal with emergencies and deliver other needed services. Thank you for your dedication, your tireless energy as you give your support to others. In these last months those clanging pots and pans have not been heard ringing loudly at 7pm in neighbourhoods. Yet Covid is surging and health care workers are working harder than ever. I hold my hands up to you and all other helpers and say thank you. You are so appreciated. Over this month and into the New Year let us focus on intention to live in good health and support a healthier world, and extend peace and goodwill to one another. Have a Merry December and Happy 2021 Everyone! This month, our new board member Nikki Asano is sharing information about herself. Welcome Nikki and thank you for your contribution as a GVJCCA Board member and for your work as an essential worker too. continued on page 26

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INTRODUCING: NIKKI ASANO I am Japanese Canadian and I like to refer to myself as sansei and 1/2. My mother is from Japan and my father was sansei. He passed away when I was young and he was highly influenced by the internment, so I am looking forward to learning more about my Japanese Canadian heritage. I am a psychiatric social worker at VCH, but I have also worked in outreach in the DTES and community mental health. When I am not with my family, I spend my time practicing kendo and iaido at the SFU kendo and iaido club, and crocheting. I look forward to working, learning and contributing to the GVJCCA Board.

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STEVESTON JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL CELEBRATES 60 YEARS been offering classes via Zoom since April, 2020). Earlier this year, we had some fun plans to celebrate this year, but all events had to be cancelled. Instead of holding events, we would like to celebrate this year in a different way; we are issuing our special newsletters to our students and their families, once every two months from October, 2020 until June, 2021, to deliver the 60-year school history. We would like to share our stories with the readers of The Bulletin. We sincerely hope that many people will learn about the history of our school and also better understand our contributions to the community as well as our role in the community. EPISODE1: OPENING OF STEVESTON JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL In the early 1900s, many Nikkei (Japanese Canadians immigrated from Japan) were living in Steveston. Year 2020 celebrates the Steveston Japanese Language School’s 60th Most of them were working in the fishing industry, anniversary. For the past 60 years, our school has been introducing and the Japanese language education for their Japanese language, culture and history not only to our students but also children was being offered at the Japanese Hospital to the community. On the anniversary year of 2020, however, the school and the Japanese Christian Church. The first has not been able to offer in-class instructions due to COVID 19 (we have Japanese school was built in 1909 on the east side of No. 1 Road, north of Chatham Street by the Japanese Fishermen's Benevolent Society. The school opened on February 18, 1911 with Shintaro Takashima as the principal.

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The school was closed during WWII, when the majority of Nikkei were forced to move to the internment camps in BC's interior while others were sent to prisoner-of-war camps, industrial project sites or to sugar beet farms across the country. After the war, many Nikkei returned to Steveston, and the Kahan-Gakuen (Richmond Japanese Language School) was started in 1949 at the old Steveston Buddhist Temple. Despite being uprooted and experiencing hardship and anti-Asian sentiment during the war, the returning Japanese demonstrated community-minded resilience by re-engaging with the local community. They raised funds to help build the Steveston Community Centre, which opened in 1957. In September of 1960, the Steveston Japanese Language School officially opened at the Community Centre. The school accepted students from any cultural background, which was very unique in those days. In 1971, the first graduation ceremony for the students who had completed their 12 year Japanese education was held. In June 1975, the school and the Richmond Japanese Language School merged. In November 1975, the school was granted the status as a non-profi t society to become the Steveston Japanese Language School Society as we know it today.

スティーブストン日本語学校６０周年記念を祝ってスティーブストン日本語学校が創立されて今年で６０年になります。本校は創設以来日本の言語、文化、歴史を生徒だけではなくコミュニティーに伝える役目をはたしてきました。しかし、創立６０周年を迎えた２０２０年、コロナウィルス感染拡大により、学校での対面授業が行えないという事態を迎えました。（２０２０年４月より、授業はZoom にて行われています。）２０２０年初め、学校では様々な６０周年記念行事を企画していましたが、それも全て中止となり、寂しい６０周年となっています。そこで、別の形での記念として、２０２０年１０月より２０２１年６月まで、２ヶ月に一回保護者・生徒に向けて６０周年記念ニュースレターを発行し、学校の歴史を伝えていくことにしました。今回、「月報」にもその記事を投稿することになりました。一人でも多くの方に本校の歴史とコミュニティーへの貢献、そして本校の存在意義を知っていただけることを願います。第１回：スティーブストン日本語学校の開校まで 1900年初頭、スティーブストンには漁業に携わる日系人移民が多く住んでおり、その子供たちへの日本語教育は、当時存在した日本人病院と日本人教会で行われていました。1909 年、最初の日本語学校が日系漁業団体の援助により、No.1 Rd.の東側とChatham St.の北側の地に建設され、２年後の 1911年２月１８日に、初代校長高嶋信太郎氏のもとで学校開校の運びとなりました。しかし、第２次世界大戦が始まり、多くの日系人がBC州内陸部の収容キャンプへの強制移動を余儀なくされるようになりました。カナダ国内の戦争囚人収容所や工業開発予定地、テ参考文献：ンサイ／サトウダイコン農場へ送られる者もいました。このた本校ウェブサイトめ、スティーブストン日本語学校も閉鎖となりました。本校記念文集「しおかぜ」「しおかぜ２」戦後になり、スティーブストンに戻る日系人が増え、1949年にバンクーバー新報２０２０年９月２４日前校長/理事斉藤美代さん投稿記事旧スティーブストン仏教会の地に、河畔(かはん)学園（リッチ「２０２０年にスティーブストン日本語学校創立６０周年を迎えるにあたって」モンド日本語学校）が開校しました。戦時中に財産を没収さ「月報」The Bulletin １９９６年２月号れ、反アジア感情もまだ根強く残っている時代で、日系人は様 http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2018/1/19/steveston-community/ 々な苦難に向き合っていましたが、スティーブストンに戻って https://www.greenwoodnikkei.ca/page10.html きた日系人は、地元コミュニティーと再び共に生きるという姿勢を力強く示しました。当時計画中のスティーブストン・コミュ References ニティーセンター建設のための資金を集めて寄付し、1957年 The Steveston Japanese Language School website のスティーブストン・コミュニティーセンター開設に貢献しまし “Sea Breeze”, “Sea Breeze 2“, The school’s memorial books た。そして、1960年９月、コミュニティーセンターに、スティーブ “60th Anniversary at Steveston Japanese Language School”, ストン日本語学校が正式に開校しました。本校は日系子女だ Vancouver Shinpo, September 24, 2020, written by Miyo Saito, けでなく、いかなるバックグラウンドの子供も受け入れ、当時 former principal and board director としては珍しい日本語学校でした。1971年には、１２年間通 JCCA Bulletin February, 1996 った生徒の卒業式が初めて行われました。1975年６月に、リ http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/2018/1/19/stevestonッチモンド日本語学校と合併し、同年１１月には非営利団体 community としての認可を取得しました。そして現在に続く「スティーブス https://www.greenwoodnikkei.ca/page10.html トン日本語学校ソサイエティー」となったのです。

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPANESE CANADIANS

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Lorene Oikawa When I wrote my last president’s message, we were reviewing the initial results of the elections in Saskatchewan and British Columbia. With the unprecedented number of mail-in ballots, it was going to take a while with the final count. The results are now final. In Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Party won 48 seats to the NDP’s 13 seats. No other party won a seat.

also see how we can be an ally to those in need. The pandemic is exposing the inequities which existed prior to the pandemic and it is getting worse.

Women who are disproportionately represented in violence statistics are sometimes at greater risk being trapped with their abusers at home. Follow the In British Columbia, the BC NDP won 57 seats to the 28 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, an seats for the BC Liberals, and two for the BC Greens. international campaign through the UN, which runs from Premier John Horgan has named his cabinet and made November 25 to December 10, Human Rights Day. https://bit.ly/2JmA7e7 equity and anti-racism a priority for all of them. He has also given a mandate to his new Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport to “Honour the JapaneseCanadian community by providing lasting recognition of the traumatic internment of more than 22,000 Japanese-Canadians during World War II in libraries, communities and at the BC Legislature.” This was also part of the BC NDP’s platform. We were meeting with the BC government prior to the election being called. We have been in touch and look forward to continuing our work with them on meaningful legacy initiatives for the Japanese Canadian community. We’ve sometimes felt that the holiday season was coming upon us too fast, but this year, for some people it can’t come fast enough. We’re dealing with a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and we really need some comfort and joy, and a happy, safe new year. In British Columbia, we are hoping that if everyone abides by the rules, wear a mask and avoid gathering, then the numbers will stop climbing, and perhaps we can have modest gatherings at Christmas. At this point, it does not seem likely, so we need to plan for the worst and hope for the best. It does feel harsh that at a time when we need our families the most, it is a gathering that could harm them. In order to protect our loved ones and everyone, we must follow the provincial health officer’s orders. Please wear a mask. Also, please spare a kind thought for some who are dealing with ill and dying parents. I know too well how hard it can be, and with a pandemic it puts a greater strain on families. Be gentle with others and yourself. Share the kindness. We see the increase in hate and those who are lashing out against the safety procedures. It’s a small number, but they take a lot of space and seem to occupy a lot of air time. We need to speak out against hate and

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Use #OrangeTheWorld and #16Days in social media posts. Also, check out the Canadian Women’s Foundation campaign for the Violence at Home Signal for Help. It’s a discreet way for a woman at risk of abuse or violence to silently signal for help in online meetings. The signal is a woman holding her hand with palm to the camera, tucking her thumb in her palm and then folding her fingers down to cover her thumb. Read more how you can safely help a woman in distress. https://canadianwomen. org/signal-for-help/ When you are doing your holiday shopping, keep in mind local businesses in your community. Many are offering shop online and curbside pickups. Also, check out any virtual shopping opportunities through local NAJC member organizations such as purchasing a membership and making

JC GIFT IDEAS Give the gift of history and the support the Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association with the GVJCCA’s groundbreaking book Honouring Our People: Breaking the Silence. Edited by Randy Enomoto, the book collects the stories of those incarcerated starting in 1942.

donations, virtual craft fairs, and supporting Japanese Canadian artists and authors, and community groups. A subscription to Nikkei Voice and The Bulletin magazine also make good gifts. Your support would be very appreciated and helps strengthen the community. However you celebrate the holidays, I hope you will enjoy some wonderful Japanese food on January 1st. Our family tradition starts on New Year’s Eve when we eat noodles before midnight. The long noodles represent a long life. Soba noodles are made from buckwheat which is a hardy plant and it represents strength and resilience. Also, it is said that the noodles are easily cut so it’s a way of letting go of the hardship of the year. On New Year’s Day, osechi-ryori are the lucky foods that are prepared in advance so that you would not cook on the first three days of the New Year. You can buy a lot of food at Japanese grocery stores or restaurants. I buy and make the foods. It’s a delicious way to start the New Year and by carrying on the family traditions it reminds me of my mom and grandmother and connects me to my ancestors. Here are some of the foods I eat on New Year’s Day. Kuromame are sweetened black beans that symbolize good health. Nishime has gobo, carrots, lotus root, and taro. Ebi – cooked prawns representing long life. Tazukuri – dried baby anchovies coated in soy sauce symbolize a bountiful harvest. Konbu – seaweed – means happiness and joy. Kinpira – gobo (burdock root) and carrot. Gobo means good health and harvest. Renkon – the holes in lotus root means you can see the future. Kamaboko – usually pink and white. Mochi – pounded sweet rice filled with anko (sweet red bean paste). What are your family traditions and holiday food? Email national@najc.ca or share on our NAJC Facebook. Keep in touch with NAJC e-news at http://najc.ca/subscribe/

Many of the stories were collected at the 2009 at the Honouring Our People: Stories of the Internment conference in Burnaby, BC, the first time many of the over-50 stories had been shared. These beautifully-illustrated books can be purchased at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural in Burnaby for $26.20 (including tax) or ordered through the GVJCCA and mailed to you or the recipeints of your choice for a special discounted price of $45 including shipping and taxes (in Canada only). To order, email gvjcca@gmail.com and send cheque for $45 to GVJCCA, 249 – 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7. Cheques must be received before shipping. Books can be delivered anywhere in Canada.

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Exhibit TAIKEN: Japanese Canadians Since 1877 Nikkei Centre Visitors to the upper level of Nikkei Centre have the chance to engage in the fascinating history of Japanese Canadians. Learn about the first arrivals in 1877, the hardships of the early pioneers, the struggles of the war years, and the need to rebuild homes and businesses in the 1950s. Listen to the voices of many generations tell their story!

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JCCA Keirokai Cancelled Due to safety restrictions imposed on us by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association is regretfully cancelling the 2021 Keirokai. With hope on the horizon for a vaccine that will enable us to gather again, we can best honour our seniors by keeping them safe until that day arrives. The yearly Keirokai national museum is our chance to show our gratitude to our seniors – our parents, grandparents, and friends – who paved the way for us. Even though we are unable to gather together at the beginning of the year, we keep that gratitude in our hearts and hold out hope that before too long we can once again greet old friends and raise our cups in a “kampai” for our precious elders.

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May 2021 and the Year of the Ox bring a brighter future for us all.

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First Friday of each month 7:30pm – 10pm First Friday Forum Tonari Gumi, 42 West 8th Avenue Music, diverse genres and cultures. Standards, jazz, pop, classical, folk, world music. Poetry and other readings. Enjoy an evening of music, discussion, friendship. Admission by donation, net proceeds go towards the Aoki Legacy Endowment Fund, UBC. The First Friday Forum will be on hiatus until Tonari Gumi re-opens. We look forward to seeing you all again! Tonari Gumi Facility Limited Re-opening The facility is open for Library use and to provide Community Services by appointment. Please call Tonari Gumi, 604.687.2172 to make an appointment. Open from Monday to Thursday 10am to 2pm For VCH guidelines and opening details, please go to our website www.tonarigumi.ca

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MARPOLE HISTORY PROJECT In January 2012, Nikkei National Museum is undertaking a project to highlight the Nikkei community that lived in Marpole prior to 1942. From the North Arm of the Fraser waterfront boat building sheds to the commercial enterprises such as Marpole Cleaners, Amano Apartments, the Marpole Boat works, and community buildings such as the Japanese Language School, and the cluster living on Selkirk Street, we want to know these stories and more! We would LOVE to see your pictures of the area as the NNM archives has very few images to draw from. We think that 72 families lived there and we are looking for photos, documents, letters, artifacts, memories, news clippings, ephemera of the area. We need your help! For more information, or to help out, please contact Linda Kawamoto Reid, Research Archivist NNM lreid@nikkeiplace.org

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

NAJC HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE by Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi Chair and Vice-President

School in Brantford, Ontario and are recommending that this important educational experience be available to our membership. Joining us for Greetings! As human rights is at the core of the the tour was the new Executive Director of the Canadian Race Relations NAJC’s mandate, the Vice-President is by design Foundation, Mohammed Hashim. the Chair of the Human Rights Committee. The We encourage members to take part in one of the many activities committee has met three times in this new term that will be held on December 10, International Human Rights Day. and are grateful for the assistance of Keiko Miki Another suggestion is to watch a film from the Human Rights Playlist the outgoing Vice-President through the transition. curated by the National Film Board of Canada. https://www.nfb.ca/ Current committee members are Kei Ebata, Maryka playlist/human-rights Omatsu, Fumi Torigai, April Sora and volunteer Human Rights Day commemorates the day the General Assembly of the Pauline Kajura of Hamilton. On November 24, UN adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. committee members took part in the Toronto NAJC’s virtual tour of the Mohawk Institute Residential We’d love to welcome additional volunteers and members. Inquiries can be sent to Lynn at humanrights@najc.ca

Holiday favourite, East Van Panto, goes digital this December! In 2020’s Panto Come Home! Theatre Replacement’s Artistic Directors James Long and Maiko Yamamoto sneak into the York to find a very sad pyjama clad Veda Hille parked at her piano. Seems she’s moved into the theatre and has been spending her days trying to relive Panto memories of old. In an attempt to cheer her up they call up a bunch of their favourite Panto friends to sing and dance her best East Van Panto hits. Things go sideways fast when the Phanto of the Panto swoops in. He’s been watching these things ever since Jack and the Beanstalk opened the York eight years ago and has a few choice ideas on how to make this year’s Panto really work. Like everything in 2020, the E ast Van Panto has had to pivot in new and exciting directions. In an ordinary year, The Cultch and Theatre Replacement, who have partnered since 2013 to bring audiences the East Van Panto, would have continued ‘ business as usual’, but instead they are rising to a new challenge— bringing the Panto to the homes of thousands of patrons who have made the East Van Panto their must-see holiday tradition. And with that pivot comes many fortuitous benefits. “For years now people have been asking us to revive old songs from the Panto,” says co-director Maiko Yamamoto. “And we’re going to do it this year! We’re going to do a Best-Of Panto, so you can hear all of your favourite songs like ‘The Cheese Song’, ‘Randolph the Average Reindeer’, and ‘Souvenirs’. Theatre Replacement’s Maiko Yamamoto and James Long, who are the original creators of East Van Panto, take the directing reins for the first time, putting their stamp on returning playwright, Mark Chavez’s, remixed holiday extravaganza. Panto Come Home December 17-27, 2020 Online December 17-27, 2020 DEC 17: 7pm DEC 18: 7pm DEC 19, 22, 26: 2pm DEC 19, 23, 26: 7pm DEC 20, 27: 12pm ONLINE – streamed live from the York Theatre Tickets from $35. Single tickets on sale now through The Cultch’s Box Office: 604.251.1363 or thecultch.com

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HOME (COOKING) FOR THE HOLIDAYS With Covid cases spiking wildly, it’s looking as though we are heading for a Blue Christmas, Without You. We’ll be so blue... thinking... about you. Yes, I went to Elvis for the carol for 2020. We were trying to think of something special to do for the parents and besides bring dinner over, maybe we’d get our ukuleles and sing them some carols? That seems festive. But then the girls pointed out that we’d get to maybe three french hens before Nona slams the door because it’s so cold out. How on earth do we celebrate our biggest, most festive, most family-oriented (in Canada anyway), most love-inspiring holiday if we can’t even get together? By putting up decorations really, and I mean REALLY – early? My daughter already put up our tree and it’s November. I’ve done all the Christmas shopping (because Black Friday sales) and Justin has put the Christmas lights up at Hapa. I’m not sure what we will be doing with ourselves the second week of December because we’ll have done it all and will be tired of wearing our Santa hats by then. I’m eyeing the dogs, mentally fitting them with Christmas costumes, and watching baking shows with their totally unrealistic, incredibly elaborate festival cakes and cookies and whatnot. For the most part I’m happy to watch with the knowledge that I’m never making my own fondant, but part of me thinks, Well, we’ve got the time….. And flour hasn’t disappeared off the shelves yet. Buche de Noel? Meringue mushrooms? Mom has already started holiday baking, trying out recipes. Here’s the first batch of cookies: easy, pretty and delicious. They’re mostly chocolate so I couldn’t sleep the night I ate them (I’m a bit caffeine sensitive) but they’re that good.

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Brownie Cookies 5 ounces of semi sweet chocolate, roughly chopped 3 ½ ounces unsweetened chocolate, roughly chopped 3 eggs, at room temperature ½ cup sugar ¼ cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ cup flour 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt Coloured sprinkles or chopped almonds Melt the chocolates in a bowl over hot water. Cool slightly. Preheat oven to 360 degreesF. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or use silpat mat. Sift the flour with the cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Put back in the sieve and carefully set aside. Beat the eggs until foamy, add the sugars and beat until light coloured and forms a ribbon when the beater is lifted. Add a small amount to the chocolate, stir, then stir this into the rest of the eggs, add the vanilla, and mix lightly. Sift the flour/cocoa mix onto the chocolate mix and fold together until blended. Spoon tablespoonfuls onto the parchment about 2 inches apart; you should have about 32 cookies. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Watch carefully. Let cool for 5 minutes before removing. Baked cookies can be frozen and thawed at room temperature. If you want extra decoration, then add a chocolate topping with some crushed nuts on top or crushed candy cane: 4 ounces semi sweet chocolate, melted. Spoon a small amount over each cookie, sprinkle a bit of chopped nuts like almonds or walnuts or crushed candy cane for a more festive look. You could also dip half the cookie in the chocolate, then put on sprinkles on the chocolate covered half. You will need more chocolate if you want to dip, maybe 8 ounces.

Mom has also realized a mini turkey dinner, on a sheet pan, no less. Less dramatic than the usual but no less delicious. Check it out:

Sheet Pan Turkey Dinner ACT ONE • 2 fresh turkey thighs or 1 /2 turkey breast weighing about 2 pounds • Bring out of fridge for about 20 minutes at room temperature • Sprinkle with salt and pepper • Place on greased cookie sheet • Make a rub of: 2 Tablespoons soft butter 1 clove garlic, finely chopped (or some garlic powder) ½ teaspoon oregano ½ teaspoon basil ¼ teaspoon thyme Grated rind of 1 lemon • Rub this over the meat and under the skin. Bake at 400 degree F for 20 minutes • If you want stuffing, now is the time to make a half recipe of your usual stuffing in a casserole, covered with foil. ACT TWO Prepare the vegetables such as: • 1-2 carrots, peeled and sliced about ½ inch thick • 1 acorn squash. Cut in 1 inch slices • 1-2 cups nugget potatoes, cut in half • 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut in slim wedges • 1 -1 ½ cups Brussels sprouts trimmed You do not have to use these suggested vegetables, these are just the most popular; use whatever ones you like. (You can use regular russet potatoes and cut them in big cubes.)

My plan this year is to do a smallish beef tenderloin. Not the giant one at Costco, the smallish one from Safeway or a butcher, and you want the fat end, not the tail end, so it roasts evenly. If you get the tail end because you forgot to ask for the fat end, just double it over and tie it skillfully with some kitchen string.

Roast Beef Tenderloin and Yorkshire Pudding I let the roast come to room temperature, then rub it with salt and pepper and oil. I heat a cast iron pan and sear it all over, making sure not to let the pan blacken, then roast in the pan at 375 for about 30-40 minutes. I do it all in the same iron frying pan but you can sear it in a nonstick and then transfer to a baking pan. Earlier in the day, if I’m organized, I prepared a Yorkshire Pudding: 3 eggs 1 c. milk 1 c. flour ¼ t. Salt Whizz it together in a blender or put in a large jar and shake like bejesus. If you do this the day before, refrigerate. But if it’s only a couple of hours in advance, leave it out as it needs to be at room temperature. If it’s too cold the Yorkshire puddings won’t cook properly and you’ll get Yorkshire Pucks. Which, mind you, are still tasty, just not as tall and puffy and overbearing.

Before the beef is done I put a 12-cup muffin pan, each cup with about 2 tsp of oil in, in the oven to heat Sprinkle the vegetables with 2 Tablespoons of olive oil, then salt and up and remove the Yorkshire batter from the fridge pepper. You can also sprinkle with herbs like rosemary if you like. Arrange if I remembered to put it in there in the first place. If these around the partly cooked turkey. (Now is the time to put in your I’m making it last minute I heat up the milk to warm to stuffing casserole.) counteract the cold eggs. Bake another 20 minutes, and turn over the turkey if it is browning too Beef out, tent with foil if you wish, and turn the oven much. You can also cover lightly with foil or lower oven temperature to temperature up to 425F. Let that muffin tin get real hot, 375 degrees F. Check the turkey and vegetables for doneness. then remove it from the oven, and, acting quickly, pour ACT THREE Before the turkey is done, add some trimmed green beans that have had oil sprinkled on plus salt and pepper. Bake another 15 minutes. (Remove the foil from your stuffing casserole if you’re doing this.) When the turkey’s internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F, it is done; remove from the pan. Checking the internal temperature is very important. Continue baking vegetables until they are done. Sometimes I can never get the whole thing synchronized so that they all come out of the oven at the same time. This is the goal. Sometimes the vegetables are cooked first and need to be removed, covered and kept warm. I have been known to resort to speeding the cooking of the turkey using the microwave oven (so handy). If you want some dressing, prepare a small amount using a scaled down version of your favourite recipe and bake in a casserole dish or wrap in greased foil and put in the oven in the last 25-30 minutes depending on how much you have. Serve with some cranberry sauce. Gravy is harder without the massive amount of drippings and stock made from the turkey, bones or giblets. If you really need gravy, you can make it using chicken broth and any drippings in the pan or use a gravy mix. I’ve tried both. That’s part of the fun of cooking, you can improvise and invent as you cook.

an equal amount of batter into each cup. Fire it back into the oven and set the timer for 15 minutes. Start on your gravy! Pan drippings and a slurry of beef stock and flour should do it. Also tend your veg. After 15 minutes, turn the oven down to 350F and let the puddings bake another 15 minutes while you slice the beef, plate the veg and get everyone to table. Take out the Yorkshire puddings and pop them, crazy hot, into a napkin-lined bowl to serve alongside your beef, gravy, and various sides. Did you remember to preheat your gravy boat with boiling water? continued on page 40

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TORONTO NAJC PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE by Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi “I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”

EXILES IN OUR OWN COUNTRY: JAPANESE CANADIANS IN NIAGARA

The government evacuation information for the family of Toshiro and Mita (nee Ozaki) Shimizu indicates they were moved to Hastings Park in March of 1942 where they lived until July. They were then moved to Slocan City, B.C. where they were first housed in a tent and then to House no. 46 at Popoff Farm where Toronto NAJC Board member Ron Shimizu was ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol born. The family lived there until July 9th of 1946 when they left for Neys, Since 1836, Charles Dickens, a favourite writer of mine, Ontario, arriving On July 12th. They lived at Neys Hostel until May 6th, addressed issues of child poverty in his many novels, 1947, then moved to Vineland, Ontario where the family worked on the including A Christmas Carol, a tale of redemption. In Ryckman Farm until 1950. In 1951 the Shimizu family moved to Hamilton. 1862 Victor Hugo wrote in his preface to Les Miserable, so long as the three problems of the age—the For various reasons, including the ban and quotas on Japanese Canadians degradation of man by poverty, the ruin of women by from entering the city of Toronto, a remarkable number passed through starvation, and the dwarfing of childhood by physical the Niagara region before settling in Hamilton and Toronto. Sojourners and spiritual night—are not solved; so long as, in certain and exiles, these stories of expulsion have yet to be fully told. In 1998 regions, social asphyxia shall be possible; in other the Nikkei Network of Niagara published Exiles In Our Own Country: words, and from a yet more extended point of view, so Japanese Canadians In Niagara (Exiles) by Addie Kobayashi. Lisa Mercier long as ignorance and misery remain on earth, books of the Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre happened upon this book and was astonished to discover the racism that forced Japanese Canadians like this cannot be useless. to resettle or pass through the region. A Museum of History grant was On November 24, the Toronto NAJC sponsored a secured for a Virtual History, Online Exhibit, based on Exiles. The Toronto virtual tour of the Mohawk Institute Residential School NAJC is working with the Lincoln Museum to realize this exhibit, due for an experience which took me back in time nearly 200 completion in 2022. years to what Hugo would call an artificially created hell on earth. The story of Residential Schools is not one of On Friday, November 27th, members of the Toronto NAJC, Addie redemption. Our part as Canadians in the reconciliation Kobayashi and others with connections to the region took part in a process involves remembering, listening and believing workshop on oral histories was given by the Centre for Oral History survivors when they speak of the cruelty of family and Digital Storytelling Of Concordia University. The presentation was separation, loss of language and culture, neglect, exceptionally helpful and motivating. We are grateful to Jasmine Proteau of the Lincoln Museum for arranging the workshop. abuse and child labour. Despite the appalling circumstances that forced most We still have space for individuals who have a personal or family Japanese Canadians East of the Rockies, we are for the connection to Japanese Canadians who lived in the Niagara Peninsula most part now established through many generations interested in conducting an interview with these individuals. Please email and able to shelter safely through the pandemic. I trust Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi torontonajc@gmail.com that as Japanese Canadians – our hearts and minds INTRODUCTION TO EXILES (Addie Kobayashi) having been tested – we have a unique perspective on how a people’s human rights can be trampled on. And What follows is an edited version of the original introduction written by that through the resilience that came of this, we can Tom Matsushita. appreciate the joys that can be found during the holiday Along the Toronto to Niagara Falls corridor are names like Beamsville, season despite the constraints of the pandemic. Grimsby, Vineland and St. Catharines, names unfamiliar to tourists and On behalf of the Toronto NAJC Board of Directors a even to many Ontarians. For decades the experiences and fortunes of warm embrace and well wishes to you and your loved Japanese Canadians who settled there remained untold. In 1998, their stories were captured on tape and in a book: Exiles in Our Own Country: ones. Japanese Canadians in Niagara, a poignant reminder that the newcomers TORONTO NAJC 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING arrived not by choice or by immigration but were exiles from their home province of British Columbia. Although the history of Japanese Canadians Sunday, January 17th, 2021 – 2:00 PM Check www.torontonajc.ca in January for ZOOM login details. in Niagara is only seventy years old, it is a significant chapter of their contributions to the rich and varied history of the Niagara Region. The history began with a gross injustice against Japanese Canadians, but as it unfolded it became a story of success and acceptance and is worth knowing and preserving – a record for future generations.

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My husband Bill and I moved to St. Catharines in 1989 and lived there for nine years. Shortly after our arrival came a knock at our door and standing there was Jack Kobayashi with our mail in his hand and a warm welcome. We soon learned Jack was a respected and popular local pharmacist, and thus we were introduced to the Japanese Canadian community. My interest in their histories led us to form The Nikkei Network of Niagara and with funding from the NAJC we produced the first Niagara Region telephone directory in 1996. With a limited budget and the generosity of the NAJC and friends we then undertook interviews with local residents and eventually produced the book. Among the first known arrivals in 1942 were Mr. and Mrs. Masao Nishikawara and their three sons who were employed at C. H. Prudhomme and Sons, owners of a large nursery, fruit orchard and basket factory in Beamsville. The Nishikawaras were permitted to leave a government detention camp in the British Columbia interior in exchange for agreeing to move to Ontario. From 1942 to 1945, a significant number of Nisei arrived in Niagara but few remained for long. Ko Teshima settled in Beamsville and the Kuraharas in Grimsby where Harry worked for forty-six years in a basket factory. They were the exception. Most people moved to urban centres such as Hamilton and Toronto as soon as permission was granted. Consequently, the majority of Japanese Canadians who became permanent settlers in the peninsula arrived during and after the second half of 1945 as the war in the Pacific was coming to an end. Local farmers continued to suffer from a severe shortage of workers and were only too happy to hire Japanese Canadians with large families recently expelled from their home province and had few choices open to them. Among the farms hiring them were C. H. Prudhomme of Beamsville, Ted Tregunno of St. Catharines, Martin Boese Sr. of Port Dalhousie, In some cases the families have kept in touch with their former employers throughout the years. Toshio Uyede had been sent to Schreiber and Glencoe, Ontario, and then made his way to Niagara with his wife Fumiko and the Uyede family to the Tregunno Farm in 1945, the first Japanese Canadians to settle permanently in St. Catharines. Lois, their daughter, was the first sansei (third-generation) born and raised in Niagara. They were

salesmen, or fishermen, many owned their own boats. They were generally successful people. But the federal government’s policy of expelling Japanese Canadians from the Pacific coast followed by the confiscation and sale of their homes, businesses and possessions – sold at auction for ridiculously low prices The newcomers had been living on – meant that when they arrived in the west coast of British Columbia Eastern Canada they were often or on Vancouver Island when Japan penniless. attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Among them were farmers, Part Two and Part Three of this loggers, gardeners and sawmill Introduction can be found at www. workers. Some were landowners, torontonajc.ca (search > Niagara) shopkeepers, bank employees, soon joined by the Kawabe, Toyota, Kinoshita, Sano, Kajiura, Adachi, Murata and Morimoto families, all of whom were employed by Tregunno Farm. The Kobayashi, Nishimura, Miyagawa and Nagami families went to farms in neighbouring areas.

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TONARI GUMI CORNER

Japanese Community Volunteers Association

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SEASON’S GREETINGS! During this holiday season, our thoughts turn gratefully to those who helped us continue serving seniors in our community this past year. From all of us at Tonari Gumi, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season. HOLIDAY SALE! Looking for gifts you won’t find anywhere else? Tonari Gumi’s original recipe books make great holiday gifts for those who would love to make Japanese dishes at home using ingredients you can find locally. Holiday sale is now on at the TG online store. Buy a set of two recipe books for $35 (regular price $40) (plus GST + shipping) Healthy, delicious Japanese dishes for every occasion: Home Away From Home Dishes using Japanese seasonal vegetables and how to grow them in your garden: Our Edible Roots Order online at www.tonarigumi.ca/shop SOARING CRANES DONATION CAMPAIGN TG was able to provide programs and services for Japanese Canadian seniors during this difficult year thanks to generous donations from the community. We would like to ask you to join us so we can do even more good in the community. This year, the Souring Cranes Campaign will award special pins to donors so we can all “soar together”. For details and to donate online, visit http://www.tonarigumi.ca/donate/ 2021 MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION/RENEWAL 2021 TG membership registrations and renewals are now being accepted by mail and phone. Annual membership $40 (January 1, 20201 – December 31, 2021) Inquiries, registration, renewal: 604-687-2172 / info@ tonarigumi.ca continued on page 41

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The Japanese Community Volunteers Association, “Tonari Gumi”, gratefully acknowledges and thanks the following people for their generous donations received from October 20 to November 23, 2020. Although we try our best, we may miss your name. Please contact us and we will make correction in the next issue. Monetary Donations David Suzuki, Junji Mizutani, Tokumi Yabuno, Shigeko Hoshino, Kikuko Ibaraki, Tad Kawase, Tama Kawase, Diane Holowachuk, Virginia Ip, Etsuyo Fujiwara, Misao Onishi, Shoji Komatsu, Sachiko Pretty, Joyce Shimokura, Naoko Kadota, Emiko Lashin, Julia Uemura, Stan & Jane Yip, Naomi & Robert Hughes, Christine Hisami Yoshida, Shoko Shimizu, Kazuhiro Shibata, Don Yasuo Kurahashi, Thomas Hara, Saeko Tsuda, Randy Enomoto & Joyce Westwood, Shizu, Sheburoﬀ, Nancy Takasaki, Keiko Watanabe, Takasi Sugawara, Tami Takahashi, Shuko Kuno, Yoshiko Saito, Tae Helgeth, Miwako Tateishi, Noriko Miki, Anonymous (1) Monetary Donations (Canada Helps) Yumi Takase, Yoshio Arai, Tamotsu Nagata, Canada Helps COVID-19 Community Care Fund, Anonymous (1) Monetary Donations (The Benevity Community Impact Fund) TELUS Communications Inc., Royal Bank of Canada, Monetary Donations - In memory of the late Mytssu Fugeta Toshiko Tabata Monetary Donations - In memory of the late Yoshiko Matsumoto Hiroko Stuart Monetary Donations - In honor of Kayoko Ware Anonymous Monetary Donations - In memory of the late Hiroshi Morita Katherine Emiko Morita (via Canada Helps, FLORAL CRANE Category) In Kind Donations Kikuko Ibaraki, Hisako Hashimoto, Tomoko Shibano, Yoko & Joe Fukushima, Rumiko Yamamura, Michiyo Billings, Anonymous (2) SOARING CRANE CAMPAIGN - GOLD CRANE Category Tamako Tanaka, David Iwaasa (via Canada Helps), SOARING CRANE CAMPAIGN - SILVER CRANE Category Kikuye Komori, Larry Okada, Karen Nishi - Crux Strategic Clarity (via Canada Helps), SOARING CRANE CAMPAIGN - FLORAL CRANE Category Wailele Wai Wai (via Canada Helps), Keiko Parker, Seiya Kuwabara, Sachiko Matsumoto, Misao Onishi, Akiko Ikeuchi, Sakiko Yoshida, Yoshiteru Yamamoto (via Canada Helps), Anonymous (2 - via Canada Helps)

OUR EDIBLE ROOTS

The Japanese Canadian Kitchen Garden

2020: TG GARDEN CLUB’S YEAR IN REVIEW

by Makiko Suzuki harvested myoga flowers from root sections planted last year in the Japanese herb garden. The flowers were gently pickled following the recipe in “Our Edible Roots – The Japanese Canadian Kitchen Garden”. Sadly, the gardening season ended with some raised beds in poor repair awaiting clearance of Covid 19 group gathering restrictions. Warning to TGGC members – extra springtime grunt work anticipated! Hayashi Test Garden early into the Covid shutdown Eddie erected a transparent cover on a shiso bed and converted it to host tomatoes. Once Covid restrictions were eased, TGGC planted a mix of Japanese vegetables where shiso also grew last year. Eddie participated in the 2019 Southern Alberta Sugar Beet Farm Tour and was eager to experiment with sugar beets. Eddie harvested his first crop early fall – 75 years after his family was relocated to a sugar beet farm in Southern Alberta! A section of Eddie’s backyard was cleared to make way for a contained fuki bed. The plants grew well. Fuki scarps (flower buds) will be ready to harvest early spring 2021. This rare delicacy is usually served as tempura. Respecting Covid gathering restrictions to the “T” several TGGC lunches and smaller meetings were held in Eddie’s backyard enabling our group a chance to meet and reconnect. Eddie’s garden is now mulched with leaves awaiting TGGC’s 2021 planting scheme. Burnaby test plot Mamiko’s Japanese vegetable repertoire expanded during her second year of gardening. Experimental gobo grew past the bottom of its container deep into the ground! (A taller tub is on order for next season). Japanese black trifele tomatoes grew fervently. By August plentiful beauties were harvested daily. (Having a slightly smoky/salty flavour these unique tomatoes are well worth planting.) A year different, to say the least! An early omen was the lack of Chinese New Year celebrations. By midMarch life had changed, as we knew it. Citing mental health and food security benefits community gardening was fortunately classified as an essential service in B.C. This decree resulted in a large influx of novice gardeners. Tonari Gumi Garden Club (TGGC) luckily had pre-ordered seeds. Surplus seeds were shared amongst community gardeners. 2020 TGGC Test Garden Highlights Elizabeth Rogers Community Garden a cool and wet spring stressed some TGGC plantings. Shungiku and Tokyo bekana mustard greens were standout performers. Sugar beets, planted too late to yield robust roots, produced tasty greens as a bonus. Japanese purple sweet potatoes were a bit wimpy in size but yet again abundant greens made up for the deficiency. During mid-October TGGC

Larry Okada’s front yard the south-facing aspect of Larry’s lawn provided an opportunity to experiment with raising warm soil vegetables such as Japanese purple sweet potatoes. (Early temperature readings beside a rock wall registered 90 degrees!). Despite a short growing season the sweet potatoes produced mounds of healthy vines and tubers that were most delicious and sweetest when roasted. Planter beds will be used next season to extend the growing season. West End Community gardens under the tutelage of Atsumi Hashimoto, some TGGC members assisted in two separate community garden plots. While planting began late in the season production of vegetables and herbs was prolific. Additionally, large pots placed on a nearby rooftop patio garden were used to successfully grow Japanese tomatoes and cucumbers. In partnership with Gordon Neighbourhood House, TGGC offered workshops at their garden for local residents. Boat Basin test garden this wilderness garden on the West Coast of Vancouver Island was the test site for white hanamame beans. After a small initial harvest a new resident, a white-tailed deer, consumed the remainder! All was not lost – warabi (bracken fern) was foraged and dried in the spring and matsutake mushrooms during the continued on page 41

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Milestones KOKUBO, Eiko (Kane) nee Miyauchi

November as per the covid-19 restrictions.

November 16, 1917 - November 13, 2020

There is no expectation of formal donations or condolences.

Eiko, beloved by her family and friends, died peacefully at Sunrise Senior Living in Vancouver, just a few days before her 103rd birthday. Many thanks to the staff at Sunrise for their outstanding care and especially for their compassion. Predeceased by her husband Hideo (2006), she is survived by daughters Tsuneko and Etsuko, grandchildren Aaron, Genevieve, Seiko, and Douglas, and great-grandchildren Kayla, Nathan, and Seth. Born in Japan, she came to Steveston, BC as a young bride of 18 years. She lived through the turmoil of internment, but eventually returned to a peaceful and productive life in Steveston. She will be remembered for her generous heart, her love of gardening, her dry humour, her beauty and style, and her indomitable will. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in her name to Steveston Buddhist Temple:

“... for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” KAWASAKI, Seiji March 24, 1930-November 7, 2020 Seiji passed away peacefully at the Salvation Army Hospice in Richmond. He is survived by his wife Asako, his children, Yoshi (Brenda), Ina (Brendon), Fay (James) and 4 grandchildren, Bryanna, Steven, Troy and Alex. Due to Covid the service will be private. No Koden or flowers required. Memorial donations can be made to your favourite charity.

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HARADA, Noriko March 1, 1940 - November 14, 2020

mom’s cookies:

I will have made dessert the night before, plus we have

Noriko Harada passed away peacefully at Inglewood Care Centre in West Vancouver, BC.

Eggnog Panna Cotta

Wonderful recollections will be held in the hearts and minds of her family; her relatives here in BC and all over Japan; friendships through the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association; Alexander Japanese School ; Megumi Baptist Church, Vancouver Fukuin Church and North Shore Japanese Church; her nursing school colleagues and former hospital staff in Japan; and many others in Greater Vancouver BC, Canada, as well as in various places in Japan.

¼ c. cold milk 1 envelope gelatin powder 2 ¾ c. eggnog - the full fat one is best for this. I made it with low-fat eggnog for testing purposes, but as Mom says, “it’s translucent.” And yellow. So, full fat! It’s a holiday meal.

Noriko was predeceased by her husband Roy Yutaka Harada (July 13, 1937 - November 29, 2000). A notable accomplishment of Noriko was being a top nursing student who worked at one of the newest and most prestigious hospitals in Japan in her time – Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. Noriko and her husband raised three children and were involved in the lives of their eight grandchildren who remain to share fun and fond memories. Noriko will be remembered for her joy-filled, cheerful, colourful, beautiful, kind and generous ways that would fill the atmosphere, along with the expression of laughter. We are very thankful to the physicians and most especially to the nursing care staff, as well as many others at Inglewood Care Centre who gave such incredible care of Noriko. We are also very thankful to the North Shore Japanese Church who ministered and cared for her in transition. A private ceremony will be held with close family members at the end of

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For serving: 1 c. whipping cream 1 T. rum 1 tsp vanilla 2 T. sugar Nutmeg for sprinkling Have 6 ramekins or little glasses ready. Sprinkle the gelatin powder on the milk to soften. Heat the eggnog to scalding - I find 1 ½ minutes in the microwave works. Add the gelatin and milk to the eggnog and stir to dissolve fully. Pour into ramekins and chill at least four hours, preferably overnight. To serve, beat whipping cream with vanilla, sugar and rum (optional), dollop on puddings and sprinkle with a bit of nutmeg. You CAN turn them out onto dessert plates if you want to be fussy and do more decorating but we shan’t bother. Not this year, anyway! The Ault, Bradley and Hapa families wish you all a great holiday season, a very merry Christmas and a happy and virus-free New Year. Please stay safe, join your families on Zoom and FaceTime, and let’s touch base in 2021!

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Our Edible Roots continued

Member benefits: Reduced member rates for programs, Japanese books/DVD rental privileges, free access to seminars and January-March member-only Zoom and telephone programs, member price for bento service, eligibility to serve on the TG board of directors, opportunity to vote in the board of directors’ elections.

fall. Hakurei turnips continue to be harvested for their delicious leaves and roots.

All test gardens grew hanamame this year in hopes that sweet-simmered hanamame could be provided at the TG Fall Bazaar (sweetened hanamame is a traditional offering at New Years Day celebrations. Using relatively HOLIDAY CLOSURES fresh beans reduces cooking time and helps create an TG will be closed for the holidays from Monday, December 21 to Sunday, extra-tasty treat.) Although the bazaar was cancelled, January 3, and will be open in the new year on Monday, January 4, 2021. TGGC will distribute beans amongst members and at gardening workshops next spring. BENTO LUNCH SERVICE: HOLIDAY BREAKS As TG will be closed for the holidays, the bento lunch services on With Christmas around the corner please don’t forget December 22 and December 29 will also take a break, and bento delivery Our Edible Roots: The Japanese Canadian Kitchen and pickup will not be available. We’ll resume on Tuesday, January 5, Garden and the popular Tonari Gumi cook book Home Away from Home. These books will provide an 2021 in the new year. excellent resource for yourself and wonderful gifts for We would like to extend our gratitude to the volunteers and supporters your family and friends. who help make Japanese bentos available to seniors in our community – Mr. Joe Fukushima for donating freshly caught fish (everyone enjoyed SPECIAL OFFER!!! Buy two books for only $35 plus the salmon and ikura!), kitchen volunteers for coming in early to help GST and shipping. prepare, and the drivers for delivering the bentos and caring thoughts Order online at tonarigumi.ca/shop. Net proceeds help to each home. finance services and programs at Tonari Gumi. Your support will be truly appreciated!

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CHILDCARE AND COVID REALITIES IN JAPAN interview with Seishin Childcare Group Non-profit How has COVID affected children? Have you seen any changes? How as parents, teachers, and managers, are you adapting to these changes? Organization (translation from Japanese) Children have not been greatly affected in terms of daily routine. They Could you introduce us to the Seishin Childcare enjoy playing with friends. However, for our Sports Day, as one of the Group Non-profit Organization? virus prevention measures, we divided up the Sports Day by age groups. Our Non-Profit Organization was founded in 1975 in It was difficult because we would like the parents & children to see the Hitachinaka City (Ibaraki Prefecture northeast Tokyo, development of older age groups. We feel that opportunities for learning population 2.9 million). We operate the following that comes from children interacting with other children is being deprived centres: Takaba Childcare Centre (340 children); (they cannot see example of older children to which they aspire to be like. Seishin Childcare Centre (270 children); Shimba This is important for their development. Nursery Takaba (30 children); Simba Renaissance Kids (19 children); Simba Emino Nursery Shakujiidai Also, we feel the opportunities for food education is reduced: such things as cooking, experiencing food prep and touching food, experiences with (120 children). food. It’s unfortunate that children cannot help with ‘toban katsudou’ How has the pandemic affected the childcare (rotating small groups) to help with serving food. In regards to staff, staff centres – kids, parents, operations? How are you exchange during usual opportunities like dining together or meeting, dealing with these challenges? including going back to their hometowns have been limited. It has been The COVID lockdown began in April. At the end of difficult for staff to replenish themselves timewise, and to recharge. So it May, the emergency lockdown was lifted but in Nerima cannot be denied that there are some staff who feel a sense of isolation. Ward the lockdown continued until the end of June. During the lockdown period (from beginning of April According to Takahashi-san, the Manager of Simba Emino Nursery to end of June), about 70-80% of the children did not Shakujiidai, in order to support children, the centre provided attend. The children of frontline and essential workers counselling to parents before COVID. In urban centres, when they looked at the causes of ‘bad behaviour’, the source of the problem continued to attend. was the family/parents. Now with COVID, how you have adjusted to In accordance with the guidelines of Nerima Ward, the reality to support children in your centres? we assessed whether we could hold events. To avoid During the Emergency Measures period, the kind of supports we provided reducing content that would hinder the development of for families: remote early learning consultations; introduced play activities children, we did events with social distancing, limiting online such as ‘top spinning; reading and listening to storybooks; exercises, attendance (2 people per family) and shortening the origami, and singing. We created opportunities to come and pick up the length of the event. For children’s play environment, (spin) tops and to meet with parents & children at the centre as a pilot for we also implemented distancing to avoid getting too short periods. During those times, we chatted about any kinds of problems close. For pool use, staff followed the guidelines and in behaviour and issues of concern and gave advice. supervised children to take turns to limit 10 children in the pool at one time. In terms of our daily routines, As stated before, parents had anxiety about their job situation and about together children and guardians had to do hand raising their kids. In order to make it easy to do individual consults, we washing, temperature checks, and limiting 4 children schedule those parents who have come for consults for follow-ups the next per table when eating, and aiming to sit with the same month. We provide support in terms of building a long-term relationship. children and not mixing at the table. There are many guardians with mental/emotional problems. We support Because there were cases where guardians’s jobs were uncertain, for example we were conscious and caring of the emotional volatility of parents during informal talks. We also spent considerable time talking to support and comfort parents. Some issues were: some felt they were not effective in child rearing because they couldn’t take part in the outside world and had lost their sense of security. There were some guardians who emotionally shared.

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them to help them not feel insecure about raising their kids while daily watching the children. Because there are many single parent families, we give ideas and tools on how not to feel isolated when raising your child on your own, how you can change your mood and see things differently. In regards to the behaviour of their children, we help them to understand the triggers of behaviour and development in an objective way by taking written records. Currently, we let parents know that their children are growing and developing by doing physical exercise and play and interacting with other children. When they pick up their children at the end of the day, they happily greet them.

If you could look back from the future, what do you think we will learn from COVID? How do you foresee Japan society changing? In your childcare centres, what kind of changes would you like to see? COVID has made us conscious again that it’s only natural that society will change. No matter what period in history, we are full of hopes and dreams. It’s important to open up your own path that aligns with you. It’s become the era when we clearly now see the underlying essence of each job or action that we do. It is important to ask ‘for what purpose? Why? For who? Are we doing the things we choose to do. Thanks to COVID, things have become clearer (on what they mean to us). It’s become clear that through communicating and connecting with each other, we can feel safe and stable in our hearts. We are experiencing the fight with an invisible virus, and though it is vague even today, we now realize the

importance of protecting our own physical bodies. For Japan in the future, it’s important that we create new values that promote diversity even more and freedom-based creativity that is not based on preconceived notions. In the childcare world, wearing masks has become the norm, we’ve cancelled events, and continue to do social distancing, do various virus prevention measures. We continue to expand new practices for children. We feel that it’s necessary to research how this will affect children’s development in the future. At the same time, it is now the era where we have to rethink early childhood education itself. Along with increasing the diversity of the employment conditions of early childhood educators, it may be good to make childcare hours flexible. In order to break down children into smaller groups, we want to implement childcare that factors in children’s interests in small groups. For staff, it’s important to acquire skills so that they can mentor and support parents/guardians while taking into consideration their situations. Thank you very much.

Indian Residential Schools continued A tour attendee said: “Like the Japanese Canadian story, people need to know about this history…More of Canada’s ugly past needs to come to light in order to create a peaceful and inclusive environment for everyone. We need to learn from the mistakes in order to create a better future. Reconciliation is a must. It doesn’t matter how many years and generations it takes, it needs to be done.”

Did anything good come out of the residential school policy? No. The residential schools closed but cultural genocide and broken Treaties continue in the Indigenous day schools; in the foster care system and prisons; in the scores of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; in Treaty and unceded territory lands continually taken over for housing or resource extraction or a golf course; in the mistreatment and racism experienced in the health care system; in mercury poisoning and undrinkable water.

Relationship is everything in reconciliation. Japanese Canadians also have a legacy and a story. It is a starting place for relationships with Indigenous peoples. We have experienced legislated family separations and community dispersals, racism, loss of language in different ways. Many of our hard stories have been silenced, even to newer Japanese immigrants to Canada.

We have a responsibility to follow the TRC Call to Action #93 to teach newer immigrants from Japan about residential schools and our relationships with Indigenous peoples. While our Japanese Canadian community’s collective voice may be small, we have a responsibility to not be silent. But first we must listen and keep learning how our generation can be good relations. And we must tell our own stories so that our history is not forgotten. Our story is where we meet Indigenous stories.

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MUSEUM ONLINE centre.nikkeiplace.org FUN | FASCINATION | EDUCATION Explore: online exhibits | archives | games| videos |podcast. Plan: find details for all onsite + online programming and gallery hours EXHIBIT Broken Promises, a Landscapes of Injustice project exhibit that unpacks the dispossession triggered by the forced dispersal of the Japanese Canadian community from the west coast of BC in the 1940s. Pandemic sanitation and social distancing protocols are in place to ensure visitor safety. This project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. ONLINE New podcast series - Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me: Stories from the Stage In the age of social distancing, performing artist Kunji Mark Ikeda takes the reins of our Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me podcast to lead a series of in-depth conversations with some of today’s most exciting Japanese Canadian performing artists. Catch up on our archive of podcasts on topics in Japanese Canadian history and culture, and listen to brand-new episodes released every other Wednesday. Listen on our website, or subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Family History One-on-One Trace your family history with expert personal assistance from Nikkei National Museum’s Research Archivist Linda Kawamoto Reid. Currently, as our Charles Kadota Resource Centre adapts to new pandemic protocols, we remain closed for in-person research, but for the first time, we offer new and unique distanced individual sessions. Private sessions are one hour in length, by telephone, Skype, Whatsapp, Google Meet or Zoom, to guide you in your research of your family history. $25/hr + GST. 20% discount for members. Please pre-pay online, and we will contact you to make an appointment. Questions: jcnm@nikkeiplace.org | 604.777.7000 ext.109 Tuesday – Saturday centre.nikkeiplace.org/family-history-one-on-one

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Nikkei Place Monthly Update Nikkei Seniors Health Care & Housing Society PERSONAL EXPERIENCE CELEBRATING YEAR-END FESTIVITIES IN JAPAN by Randy Kondo The author of this article spent time in Japan placed by our Federal Government and spent his festive season for the first time in Japan. While it is estimated that only one percent of the Japanese population is Christian, you would not know it when it comes to commemorating Christmas in Japanese retail. Department stores and shopping galleries (shoten-gai) are bedecked in seasonal finery, sometimes putting our decorations in the west to shame. It is definitely a time of year to get shoppers out buying. Christmas in Japan is a commercial, secular event and not necessarily one for family get-togethers with mom (usually) working away in the kitchen, preparing an elaborate meal for the whole family. In fact one of the traditions is a meal from Kentucky Fried Chicken. In the 1970s, KFC launched a mass campaign in the country, selling a “party bucket,” and this marketing idea stuck, only to become a mainstay. It is so popular that it is recommended that you pre-book your KFC Christmas dinner meal in advance to avoid disappointment! So it seems the spirit of Colonel Sanders lives on in Japan and, in many ways, it is a practical idea since it avoids all the work and stress involved in making a big turkey dinner at home. Christmas Cake is also a tradition in Japan but it is not the European fruitcake we are familiar with in the west but most often a light sponge cake with whipping cream icing and strawberries, shared among friends or between lovers on Christmas Eve. Many cities now have “Illuminations” which are walkways adorned with LED lights and decorations, a beautiful way to spend a winter’s night. One of the more famous ones is the Kobe Luminarie which was established to remember the Great Hanshin Earthquake. The big celebration at year’s end in Japan is not Christmas but the New Year. On New Year’s Eve and the days to follow, most Japanese flock to their local temple. In Japan and other parts of Asia, it is traditional to eat noodles on New Year’s Eve with the long noodles symbolizing a long life. New Year’s day involves families sitting down to an elaborate meal called osechi-ryori. Japanese dishes and delicacies are presented in lacquer boxes. A very important food at Japanese New Year is mochi. “Kagami mochi” is an edible decoration consisting of a couple of the rice cakes topped with a mikan. Mochi can be eaten grilled or in a soup called ozoni. In Japan, there are warnings to be careful when eating mochi and not to choke on it! Many of the New Year’s traditions from Japan were carried on by those who immigrated here. But over a century later since

the first waves of settlers, how many traditions are still carried on? 2020 has been a most challenging year with COVID19. We want to extend our thanks and appreciation to all staff, residents and families for all their hard work and patience during t h i s time. And finally the Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society would like To wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. Please stay safe and well.

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Nikkei Place Monthly Update 日系シニアズヘルスケア＆住宅協会ニュース日本での年末年始の体験談著者：ランディ・近藤翻訳：坪井なほ子この記事の著者は、数年前に仕事の関係でカナダ連邦政府より日本へ派遣され、初めて日本でのクリスマスとお正月を体験をしました。日本のクリスチャンは総人口のほんの１％と推測されていますが、クリスマス時期の小売店を見るとその印象は全く違います。デパートや商店街のウィンドーはどこもかしこもクリスマス一色に飾られ、普段私たちが欧米で見る飾りつけが地味に見えるほどです。買い物客を一年の内で最も引き付けるのがこの時期です。

2020 年は COVID-19 の影響のためとても大変な一年でした。スタッフの皆さん、及び入居者とご家族の皆さんの多大なるご尽力とご辛抱に感謝申し上げます。最後になりましたが日系ヘルスケア＆住宅協会では皆様一人ひとりが素晴らしいホリディシーズンを過ごされることをお祈りしております。どうぞお身体を大切に、お元気でお過ごしください。

日本のクリスマスは商業的な、宗教とは無縁のイベントで、この時期に集まる家族のために（通常は）主婦が台所で一生懸命に丹精を込めて手作りのご馳走を準備するような家族の集まりのためのものではありません。現に日本のクリスマスの風物詩はケンタッキー・フライド・チキンの食事です。1970 年代に KFC は日本に一号店をオープン。間もなく大規模な「クリスマスにはケンタッキー」を掲げ、パーティーバケットの販売を開始しました。このアイデアが定着してフライドチキンが日本のクリスマスイベントの主流になっています。ケンタッキーのクリスマス用ディナーは大人気なので、入手できずに失望しないように事前予約をしておいた方が良いでしょう。日本にはカーネル・サンダースの精神が息づいているようですが、家庭で大きな七面鳥料理を作る手間やストレスを避けることができるので、いろいろな意味で合理的なアイデアです。クリスマスケーキも日本の伝統ですが、欧米でおなじみのヨーロッパ風ドライフルーツケーキではなく、クリスマスイブに友達や恋人と分け合うホイップクリームをトッピングしたイチゴの入った軽いスポンジケーキがほとんどです。最近は多くの街に LED ライトと飾りつけが施された「イルミネーション」があり、美しい歩道で冬の夜の散歩が楽しめます。中でも有名なのが阪神淡路大震災からの街の復興を祈念して作られた神戸ルミナリエです。日本では年末の主要な祝いごとはクリスマスではなく新年です。大晦日とそれに続く新年には、どのお寺も初詣のお参りに訪れる人々で混みあいます。日本やアジアの国々では、大晦日に長寿を願い長い麺（年越し蕎麦）を食べる習慣があります。元旦には、家族全員が食卓を囲み、「おせち料理」という漆塗りの箱（重箱）に伝統料理や珍味が丁寧に詰められた豪華な食事を頂きます。中でもお正月に最も大切なものは「鏡餅」で、二つの餅を重ね、その上にみかんを置いた食べられるお飾りです。餅は焼いたりお雑煮というスープにして頂きます。日本では餅を食べるときには気をつけて喉に詰まらせないようにしましょうと注意が呼び掛けられています。日本のお正月の伝統習慣の多くは、カナダへ移住した人達によって引き継がれてきましたが、入植者の最初の波が訪れてから一世紀以上も経った今、どれだけの伝統が残っているのでしょうか？

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日本の保育園における新型コロナウイルス対策ー社会福祉法人清心福祉会の幼児施設へ取材ー Q. 社会福祉法人清心福祉会の簡単な紹介をしてくれますか？当グループは茨城県ひたちなか市に本部があり、1975 年（昭和 50 年）に創立しました。ひたちなか市において「たかば保育園（認可保育園 / 定員 340 名）」、「清心保育園（認可保育園 / 定員 270 名）」、「心羽ナーサリー高場（企業主導型保育園 / 定員 30 名）」、「心羽ルネサンスキッズ（企業主導型保育園 / 定員 19 名）」、東京都練馬区において「心羽えみの保育園石神井台（認可保育園 / 定員 120 名）」を運営しております。

Q. 新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大により、保育園にはどのような影響がありましたか？子供たちや保護者、園や経営側の観点から、これらの課題に対してどのように対処していますか？ 4 月からコロナ対策が始まり、5 月末には緊急事態宣言が解除されましたが、練馬区より 6 月下旬まで登園自粛要請がありました。自粛中から解除まで（4 月当初∼ 6 月末まで）、園児の 7 ∼ 8 割が欠席し、医療・福祉、官僚、営業店舗関係のお子さんが園を利用していました。行事は、練馬区のガイドラインに添って開催できるか否かを判断し、発達を押さえる内容ではなく、分散化による人数制限（各家庭 2 名）及び時間短縮で実施しました。子どもたちが遊ぶ環境も密を避けるために分散し対応しました。プール遊びにおいては、ガイドラインに添って 10 名以下で入水するため職員が繰り返し対応しました。園生活が再スタートすると、園児、保護者は共に登園時の検温、手洗いの励行、食事では 1 テーブル 4 名までとし、相対に着座せず、一方向に向くように着座しています。保護者の就労状況が厳しいこともあり、何気ない会話から気持ちの乱れ等をキャッチしていました。また、保護者に余裕がなくなること、社会参加できないことで、子育てに影響が出ないよう、労いの言葉をかけるようにしました。保護者は気持ちを吐露してくれることもありました。 Q. 新型コロナウイルスは、子供たちの気持ちにどのような影響を与えていますか？子供たちの気持ちは、以前と比較して何か変化はありましたか？これらの変化にどのように適応していますか？子供たちに関しては、生活上、大きく変わることはなく、友達と楽しく過ごせています。しかしながら、運動会等の行事は、新型コロナウイルス感染症予防対策の一環で、年齢別に分散して行っています。保護者や子供たちには、他の年齢の子供たちの発達も見て頂きたいのですが、難しい状況になっています。子供同士の学びの機会が奪われてしまっていると感じます。（年上の子供たちの様子を見て、憧れを持ったり、発達のモデルとして捉えられない。）クッキング保育等、自ら食品に触れ調理を体験し、食する経験ができず、「食育」の学びの機会は減っていると思います。当番活動の配膳の手伝いもできないのが残念です。職員に関しては、交流会や会食等、帰省も含め行動が制限されています。充実した余暇が取りづらく、気持ちの切り替えもできず、孤立感を持つ職員がいることは否めません。 Q.「心羽えみの保育園石神井台」の高橋園長より子供たちの支援の一環として、保護者のカウンセリングを行っているとお伺いしました。都市部における幼児施設において、子供たちの「問題となる行動」の主な原因を調べたところ、問題の原因はご家族や両親でした。新型コロナイウルス感染拡大を背景に、現在、保育園ではどのように子供たちをサポートしていますか？緊急事態宣言中の家庭支援は、リモートで育児相談を受けたり、Web 配信で遊びの紹介（コマ回し・絵本読み聞かせ・体操・折り紙・歌等）をし、その中で、園へコマを取りに来る機会を作り（ピロティにて短時間で）、保護者と子供と逢う機会をつくりました。その際、困りごと等（問題となる行動について）の話を聞きアドバイスをしました。前述しましたが、保護者の就労の不安定さが子育ての不安にも通じるので、個別相談がしやすいよう一度、面談にいらした保護者には翌月にもつながるように予定を入れています。長く付き合いながら支援をしています。精神疾患のある保護者も多く、日々の様子をキャッチしながら子育てに不安を感じないよう言葉をかけています。シングルのご家庭も多いので、一人で孤立した育児にならないよう、気持ちの切り替えをどのようにするのか、子どもの問題行動についても記録を残すことで客観的に成長や行動のきっかけ

も理解できる対策法を伝えています。現在は、子供たちと生活し、運動遊びを行う中で、成長している点を保護者へ伝えたり、夕方の迎え時には明るく迎え入れをしています。

Q. 新型コロナウイルスから何を学びましたか？新型コロナウイルス感染症の拡大を背景に、これからの日本社会はどのように変わっていくと思いますか？また、あなたの園はどのように変わって行くべきだと思いますか？今後、より保育を充実させるためには、スタッフはどのような新しいスキルが必要となってくると思いますか？世の中は変化することが当たり前であることを再認識しました。どんな時代になっても希望溢れる夢を描き、自分らしい道を切り拓いていけることが重要だと考えます。各事業をはじめ、物事の根底が明確に見えた時代になったと感じます。物事は、「何のために」、「どうして」、「誰のために」やるのかという要素が非常に重要ですが、新型コロナウイルスをきっかけとして、より物事が明確になったと考えます。人は、人とつながりコミュニケーションをとることで心を安定させていることが明確になりました。見えないウイルスとの闘いを経験し、今までは漠然としていましたが、自分自身の身を守ることの重要さを知りました。これからの日本社会は既成概念にとらわれない自由な発想力や、よりダイバーシティーを推進し、新たな価値を創造していけるかが重要になってくると考えます。保育業界では、マスクをすることは当然ですが、行事を中止したり、ソーシャルディスタンスを保つなど、様々な感染防止策が進められており、新しい生活様式への切り替えが子供たちの生活の中に広がってきています。子供たちの発達において、今後、どのような影響が出てくるのかをよく調査していく必要があると考えます。合わせて保育・教育のあり方自体を再考しなければならない時代なのかもしれません。より多様になる保護者の就労状況に合わせ、柔軟な保育時間を設定できればと考えます。園児数も分散できるように、子供の興味関心に合った小グループの保育が実践できるようにしたいと考えます。スタッフは保護者の背景にある事情も考慮しながら、保護者支援、対応ができるメンター的なスキルを身につけることが大切だと感じています。最後までご高覧頂き感謝申し上げます。

ＢＣ州認可こどものくにからのお知らせ幼児に適するようにしっかりと考えて造られた、明るく温かい清潔な空間の中、様々な状況を考慮し、またこども達にとって何が大事なのかを考えつつ安全で楽しいクリスマスの時期を迎えたいと思います。この 1 年、保護者を初め地域社会やボランティア等様々な方々に大変お世話になりました。ありがとうございました。くる年が安全で楽しいものでありますよう切に願います。お問い合わせは cw@vjls-jh.com / 604-254-2551 芳賀まで ●「こどものくに」は、施設の広さ、莫大な規定の教材、登降園時の安全性、保育士資格などの全ての基準を満たし、BC 州認可の日本語環境プリスクール、デイケアです。 ●デイケアは、ダウンタウンにも近くて、働く親に便利な場所です。 ●プリスクールは、幼児期に本当に必要な事は何かをじっくり考え、情緒豊かな子どもに育てる事を保育目標にしています。豊富な教材、園庭、大ホール、改築し新しくなった教室など贅沢なスペースを是非見にきてください。

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天界からあなたへのメッセージ今はあまり難しく物事を考えずに子供の頃の何でも遊びにしてしまうような物事を楽しむ心を大切にしていきましょう。そういう姿勢で生きることであなたの人生がマジカルにカラフルに変容していくでしょう。

私は自然界が暗闇をより多くもたらして眠りに入るようなこの時期に私も家の中で自分に向かう時間を楽しんでいます。

そしてあなたの心がワクワク感や喜びをもっと感じるようになるとあなたは心が求める方向へと力強く自信を持って進めるでしょう。あなたのエネルギーあなたが提供できるものを必要としている人たちはたくさんいます。あなたを待っています。

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あなたの心が指し示す方向は正しい方向です。ワクワクしながら進むことであなたは多くの人たちを助けられる存在へとなっていくでしょう。今月号もご拝読ありがとうございます。＾＾あなたの人生が喜びで満たされますように。

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2002 年よりカナダ在住その後休暇先でイタリア人の主人と出会い、イタリア・ミラノで４年間暮らす。その際、人種差別や義理家族との問題に苦しむが、コーチングに出会い救われる。その経験から自身もアンソニー・ロビンスのもとで、心理学の知識も持つマスターコーチとなる。そして今では皆ハッピー仲良しファミリーである。現在は、ママの幸せを応援するコーチ、そしてママの起業を成功させる起業コンサルタントとして活動している。 Web: https://www.beauty-insideout.ca/ Blog: http://ameblo.jp/bio-natsuko/ Email: natsuko@beauty-insideout.ca

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1997 年当地に移住するまで 17 年間暮らした島国シンガポールは昔から東南アジアの通商の拠点、世界諸都市がが航空ルートで結ばれる今では世界的な通商拠点となっている。だから同国の料理文化も豊だ。要するに食い倒れの文化なのだ。人口の約 75％が福建省、広東省、海南省などから移住した華人だがインド、マレー半島から移住した人々も住んでいるので各種中華料理は元より、シンガポールでしか食べられない珍しい料理もある。その筆頭は名物のフィッシュ・ヘッド・カレーだろう。インド料理のカレーと福建料理の魚の頭が一緒になった味のフュージョンなのでシンガポールとマレーシアの一部でしか食べられない。シンガポールを訪れる機会がある度に、先ず馴染みのフィッシュ・ヘッド・カレーの店に食べに行く。1980 年代から 90 年代にシンガポールに住んでいたがよく食べに行ったレストランだ。今でも行くと大抵、舌づつみ打ってたべている昔の同僚その他の懐かしい顔が見られる。華人系、インド系とファンに人種は関係ない。先ず長方形に切ったバナナの葉が置かれたテーブルに座るとウエイターがライス、ココナッツ・ペースト、チャットニーをそこに盛ってくれる。客によってはインド式に右手の親指、人差し指と中指で器用に食べ他の客はスプーンとフォークを用いる。ぐつぐつと煮たカレーは真ん中に置かれた丸い大きな素焼きのボールに入っている。こうした店は確か３、4 軒ある筈だが。もし皆さんが同国を訪れる事があったら、何しろ食い倒れの文化だから訊ねれば誰でも教えてくれる。代表的な人気料理としては海南風チキン・ライスもお薦めだ。チキン・ライスと聞いて皆さんが連想するかもしれぬ物とは程遠い絶品とでも言うか。柔らかく煮た鶏の胸肉が４、５片、鶏の油で煮たライスの上に載っているのをニンニクと唐辛子のペーストをつけて食する。嬉しいことにここバンクーバーでも食べられる店が幾つかあるのでインターネットなどで調べればわかる。インドネシアとマレーシアは言語もほとんど共通（通称バハサ）の回教文化圏にあるので料理も共通だ。宗教上豚肉はご法度だが魚介類や鶏肉を材料とする美味しい料理が沢山ある。シンガポールのインドネシア料理店を訪れる機会がある度に注文するのが豆腐と卵を用いたターフ―・テロールだ。豆腐と卵を混ぜて調味料を加えて揚げたのが円筒形に高さ 15 ㎝くあり積み上げてある。バンクーバーのインドネシア料理店ではまだ見たことがないが、あったら是非お薦めの絶品だ。皆さんがもしシンガポールに行く機会があったら是非お薦めの上記三品の他様々なアジアの味を試して頂きたい。アジアの通商拠点として栄えてきた同国、タイ、ビルマ、インドネシアなどの東南アジア諸国のみならず、遠くはインドや中国の料理も楽しめる。多民族国家の食い倒れ文化ならではだ。

和文英訳英文和訳信頼おける翻訳をいたします。 Tel: 604.221.7393 Fax: 604.221.7333 E-mail: masaki.watanabe11@gmail.com

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Eastsideから見える日本と世界第29回コロナ禍での依存症をめぐる問題 ■依存症問題に関する授業

2016 年には、「刑法等の一部を改正する法律」及び「薬物使用等の罪を犯した者に対する刑の一部執行猶予に関する法律」が施行され、施設内処遇に加え、社会内において更生を促す社会内処遇を実施する 10 月から日本の大学でも後期の授業が始まりました。COVID-19 感染拡大のため、前期に引き続き、後期の授業もオンランが中心です（実ことが規定されました。同年には、保健医療サービス及び福祉サービスの提供等を規定した「再犯の防止等の推進に関する法律」も施行さ習科目など、一部では対面型授業に戻った授業もあります）。オンライン授業の長所、短所はそれぞれありますが、長所の一つは、れました。その後、2018 年に決定された「第五次薬物乱用防止五か年戦略」では、適切な治療と効果的な社会復帰支援による再乱用防止場所を問わずどこからでもアクセスできること。その長所を活かして、が掲げられています。社会問題の現場で活動されている方にゲストスピーカーとして授業に参加いただく試みも行っています。11 月には、日本での依存症に関すまた、パチンコ、競馬、競輪などギャンブル機会の多い日本では、ギャンブル依存の問題も深刻です。2018 年には、「ギャンブル等依存症対る問題を授業で紹介し、元薬物利用者で、現在は自助組織のスタッフ策基本法」が施行され、医療提供体制の整備、相談支援等、民間団をされている方にゲストスピーカーとしてお話しいただくこともできま体活動支援等が規定されました。2019 年には「ギャンブル等依存症した。対策推進基本計画」が制定されています。このように、かつては「自己責任」、「自分がだらしないせいだ」と非 ■日本社会でのアルコール、薬物の依存をめぐる状況と変化難されがちだった依存症の問題を「病気」とみなし、当事者の回復や家族を支援し、社会復帰を応援するための仕組みが少しずつできつつ近年の日本では、高齢化、若年層の酒離れなどもあり、社会全体でのあります。アルコールの消費量は減少傾向にあります。しかし、OECD の報告によれば、日本では、最も飲酒が多い 20％の人々が全てのアルコール ■世間の偏見とメディア報道の問題消費量の 70％近くを消費しているのだそうです。2014 年に、医療の充実や相談支援等について規定した「アルコール健康障害対策基本法」一方で、一般社会への問題の伝え方にはまだまだ課題があります。が施行されました。現代の日本では、アルコール依存の問題は「病気である」との認識が日本での薬物利用禁止に関する啓発ポスターの文言は「ダメ！ゼッタイ！」です。若く好奇心旺盛な世代に強い禁止のメッセージを伝えるこ一般にほぼ広まっていますが、それに対して、薬物の利用、特に違法とに意味はあるかもしれませんが、一方で、依存症の当事者がなかな薬物（大麻を含む）の利用とその依存は犯罪とみなされがちです。しか問題を周囲に打ち明けられない、表に出てきにくくしてしまう悪影響かし、処罰だけでは問題の根本的な解決につながらないという認識がも生まれます。徐々に広がり始めていることも事実です。また、世間の偏見もあります。2018 年には、人気ドラマ内で薬物依存症者への偏見を助長するような描写があったとして、支援団体らが抗議したことがありました。こうしたメディアを通じた偏見助長を改善するため、支援者やメディア関係者の一部によって、薬物依存に関山本薫子（やまもと・かほるこ）する報道において「望ましいこと」「避けるべきこと」をまとめたガイ首都大学東京都市環境学部准教授ドラインも作成されました。（http://izon-hodo.net）（2008 年∼）。UBC 社会学部客員准教授（2018 年 5 月∼ 12 月）。専門は ■コロナ禍での問題悪化の懸念都市社会学、地域社会学。著書に、『横浜・寿町と外日本では、まだまだ薬物依存に関する問題について課題が山積してい国人−グローバル化するます。厚労省は、2019 年に、4 点を課題として指摘しています。（1）大都市インナーエリア』福薬物依存症の専門医療機関や専門相談拠点が未整備、（2）薬物依存村出版（2008 年）、『原発症に係る人材が足りない、（3）地域の様々な関係機関、（4）自助グルー震災と避難 − 原子力政策のプ等民間団体との連携が不十分。転換は可能か（シリーズ WHO は 2020 年 3 月のパンデミック宣言の後すぐに、「COVID-19 被災地から未来を考える (1)）』大流行中の物質使用および嗜癖行動に関する短報」を発表し、世界各有斐閣（2017 年）など。国に注意を呼びかけました。コロナ禍が物質使用および嗜癖行動の状況を悪化させる恐れがあるという指摘です。世界各地と同様、日本でもコロナ禍が長引く中で、電話相談に多くの悩みが寄せられ、酒量が増えた、断っていた飲酒や薬物利用を再開してしまったという相談も支援団体に寄せられています。コロナ禍で問題悪化が懸念される中、当事者や家族に寄り添う支援が求められています。

阪神淡路大震災、東日本大震災の後も、孤立した被災者のアルコール依存の問題が指摘されました。写真は、被災した岩手県大槌町役場（2019 年に解体）（撮影：2016 年 3 月）。

54 月報 The Bulletin

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皆さんこんにちは。ご存じのように 2020 年は例外な年でしたが、早くも 12 月になり、近々が新年を迎えます。

アサノさんの自己紹介

私は日系カナダ人で、他人には自分は三世のハーフだと言っています。母親は日本出身で父親は三世でした。私が幼い頃他界した父は戦時中の収容所体験の影響を強く受けていました。ですから自分の日系カナダ人という生い立ちについてもっと良く知る事を期しています。現在精神病関係の従業員としてバンクーバー総合病院 (VGH) で働いています。また以前 DTES のアウトリーチ計画務やコミュニティの精神衛生業務に努めた事もあります。家族といる以外の時間はサイモン・フレーザー大学の剣道・居合道クラブで稽古したりクロシェーをしています。欠かせない諸サービス部門で働く労働者の方々全員に、誠にありが JVCCA 理事会に務め、学んだり貢献したりする事を楽しみにしていまとうございます、と感謝します。医療部門の方々、食料を供給する方々、す。子供たちを教育し学校を運営している方々、社会の衛生や精神関係の医療に従事する方々、郵便配達をする方々、消火や探索と救助活動に従事できるよう常に準備している方々、非常事態への対応、その他欠かす事ができない任務に従事する方々の事です。貴方方の貢献、他人をサポートする弛まぬエネルギーにも感謝しています。 12 月 10 日は人権の日。1948 年に国連総会が人権を世界に宣言した日です。この 70 年前のこの宣言は、今日になっても有意義です。コロナウィルス問題が証明したのは、これらの人権が人類全ての為に存在し続ける為の労力がまだ多くある事です。2021 年を迎えるのを私は待ちきれません。何故なら新しい年は、もっと良い事を実現する機会だからです。

最近数か月になって毎夕 7 時に近所に鳴り響いていお鍋やフライパンを叩く音が聞かれなくなりました。でもコロナウィルス伝染は増え続けており、医療に従事する方々は一生懸命闘っています。貴方方その他手手伝って下さる方々に私は両手を掲げて「ありがとう」と言います。貴方方は誠に有難がれています。気温月から来年に入るにつけ健康を保つ事に集中し世界全体がより健康になるよう念じ、平和と善意が世界中の人々に及ぶように願いましょう。では皆さん、楽しい 12 月と嬉しい新年を過ごして下さい。今月は GVJCA 理事会の新しい会員ニッキー・アサノさんが彼女自身について語ります。委員会会員になって下さり、更に欠かせないサービス従事する貴女に「ありがとう」と言います。

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編集後記

Kazuho Yamamoto

今年も早いもので 12 月になってしまいました。新型コロナウイルス（COVID-19）の影響で「新しい生活様式」が始まってはや 10 ヶ月になりました。皆さんもそうかと思いますが、自宅や近所で過ごす時間が増え、身近なところで色々と新しい発見をしています。 Kazuho Yamamoto

今まで日中自宅にいることがほとんどなかったので気がつかなかったのですが、秋には裏庭の木々にリスが毎朝やってきます。毎回３匹が遊びに来て、木登りを楽しんでいます。また、キツツキの一種のような鳥や青い色が特徴のステラーカケスも見ることができました。鳥の名前には疎いので、見てもなかなか名前が分からないことが多く、これからは見たら写真を撮って調べるようにしようと思っています。仕事の後の夕方は、以前も書いた気がしますが、体調管理のために近所を散歩するようにしています。公園に行くとカナダグースが芝生を一生懸命食べていて、湖にはサギがいて、帰り際にアライグマが道路を渡っているところに出くわしたりしたりと、バンクーバー郊外での生活ではこうした動物に対する遭遇が至る所であり楽しんでいます。コロナ禍の影響でペットの需要が上がったと以前ニュースになりましたが、私はこうした野生動物との遭遇で精神的に癒されている気がします。もちろん、こうした野生動物には細菌が潜んでいるので触ったりはしませんが…遠くから離れて観察するのが好きです。同僚にも薦められたのですが、今はハチドリ（ハミングバード）に来てもらえるようにベランダの軒先に砂糖水をぶら下げようか今考えています。ただ、頻繁に砂糖水を交換しないといけないようなので、それができるか心配です… 今年も『The Bulletin・げっぽう』をご講読頂き誠にありがとうございました。皆さまお体にお気をつけて年末年始をお過ごしくださいませ。

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10 月の青山での展覧会をコロナのためにキャンセルしたのでバンクーバーにいようと思ったのですが、諸事情があり一時帰国しました。とにかく飛行機に乗るまでは未知の世界でありましたので、怖くて怖くて仕方ありませんでした。が、乗ってしまうとなんてことない、私のいた後方の席は貸切状態でした。安全対策も万全でいつも以上にきめ細やかなサービスだったのでとてもラグジャリーな旅でした。空港に着いて PCR 検査をうけ２時間ほどで空港を出ることができました。監視があるわけではなく、親族のお迎えで帰宅、もしくはレンタカーで帰るかホテルに向かうべく送迎バス乗り場に向かうという選択肢で各々散っていきました。私はホテルにステイした後、自宅で 14 日間の自主隔離。夜中の１時にマックスバリューに行き、無人のキャッシャーで精算をし、人に会わないように会わないように最新の注意を図ってはいたものの（まぁ日中もほぼ人に出会わない小さな町ですが）、自粛中は近所のジジババが私を見つけるとマスクもせずひょこひょこと話にやってくるので「自粛中だから離れて∼」とこっちがびっくりするほど地元はのんびりほんわかしていました。田舎は年寄りの方が元気かもしれない（汗） 11 月も半ば、日本国内のコロナの数字が増え始め、（おやおや、大丈夫かしら）と思いながらも友人が『Go to トラベル』という制度で軽井沢のロッジを予約してくれていたので新幹線で長野まで。帰りは青山のギャラリーに顔を出し、大好きなアーティストの須川まきこさんがちょうど展覧会をしていたのでーにてリラャ挨拶をし、「残念だったね、来年は絶対個展ができるよ」と励ましてもらい、いい気分で地元に戻ると、小さなスーギの青山ツケースを転がしながら帰宅した私を見つけた近所のおじいさんから冷ややかな視線をもらう。マスクをせずにいたのをこっちが心配するぐらいだったのに、ジジババが皆んなマスクをつけ始めている。ニュースをつけるとコロナ患者が３人しかいなかった地元も結構な人数になっている。こんな時に他県に行くなんてと、人々の態度も納得。東京に行ったことを知った友人から話が広がり、私はまたもや 14 日間の自主隔離となったのでした（とほほ）。いや∼、東京では混む電車には極力乗らず３駅必死で歩いていた自分はなんだったのだろう、、、。帰ってきたら自身の誕生日を祝う「女子会」なるものが企画されていたのに誕生日当日にドタキャンでした。（くそ∼コロナのやつめ）心がダウンしないようニュースはなるべく見ないようにと言われていたりもしますが、見ないわけにもいきません。施設に入っている両親には面談することも叶わず、病気を患っている親族にも会えず心配事は増えるばかりです。ジュウガツザクラとはいえ、毎日青空で暖かい地元に救われています。紅葉と同時に桜が咲いていて驚いた。「十月桜」というバラ科サクラ属の植物だそうです。春、桜が咲き誇る頃にはコロナも散り、会いたい人に普通に会いに行けるような世の中になっているといいな。日本よりバンクーバーの皆様の健康、幸福をお祈りしています。

The Bulletin 第62巻12号 2020年12月号げっぽうは毎月１回、グレーター・バンクーバー日系カナダ市民協会（GV JCCA）によって発行されています。げっぽう編集長：ジョン・遠藤・グリーナウェイ john@bigwavedesign.net 日本語編集：Kao & 山本一穂 editor.geppo@gmail.com 広告担当：アン・ジュー annejew@telus.net/604-609-0657 配布担当：マイケル・トラ・スパイアーアドミン・アシスタント：岡本光代 GV JCCA げっぽう事務所 249-6688 Southoaks Crescent Burnaby BC, V5E 4M7 Tel: 604-777-5222 Email: gvjcca@gmail.com Website: jccabulletin-geppo.ca

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