Research Resources for Studying Japanese Canadian Internment by Tara Fleming

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Introduction to Japanese Internment

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A brief overview of the internment of Japanese Canadians and Japanese Americans during World War II. Learn about the political and social factors that led to this event.

Photographs from the Camps

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A collection of photographs taken inside the internment camps, showing daily life, work, and community events.

Lesson Plans

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Lesson plans designed for a range of grade levels that focus on Japanese internment and its implications for civil rights.

Books and Articles

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A curated list of books and scholarly articles that delve into various aspects of Japanese internment, from historical analysis to personal memoirs.

Teaching Research Skills

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Research Skills Guide: Features background, lessons, activities and assessments to teach a host of research and information processing skills.

*Requires SD35 Login

Gr. 5 Teacher Resource Guide on Japanese Canadian History

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Comprehensive teaching resource containing historical context, key information to note for teachers, Lesson Plans, teaching supports, etc. Also contains a number of digitized photos documenting the internment in Hastings Park, as well as the relocation to other internment camps in BC’s interior.

Gr. 5/6 Teacher Resource Guide on Hastings Park 1942

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Contains curriculum-anchored lessons, activities, archival photos and footage of the PNE fairgrounds then and now.

Website: Landscapes of Injustice

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A teacher resource, produced by The University of Victoria, specifically designed for elementary teachers with lesson plans and resources to support the instruction of the Canadian Japanese internment and dispossession. The lesson plans are connected to the Big Ideas of the curriculum, and through hands-on, minds-on and hearts-on activities, such as simulations, these lessons seek to provide learners with inclusive learning opportunities.

Historical Art Exhibition/Website: The Suitcase Project

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A multimedia exhibition focuses on the narratives of fourth- and fifth-generation Japanese Canadians and Americans reflecting on the experience of internment and incarceration more than 75 years later.

Video of The Suitcase Project

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Video of Syvie Hana Shiosake responding to the question: What would you pack if forcibly removed from your home today? This experience offers a provocation for students to try to put themselves in the shoes of interned Japanese Canadians. Possible extension activity: for students to participate in their own Suitcase Project.

KnowBC

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Searchable database featuring articles with age-appropriate factual account of the events and implications of the Japanese Canadian internment and relocation.

Also features the Encyclopedia of British Columbia, with entries describing the Japanese Canadian internment and Relocation.

https://www-knowbc-com.bc.idm.oclc.org/books/Encyclopedia-of-BC/J/Japanese-Relocation-of

ProQuest

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Local Newspaper articles and Historical Newspaper articles featuring stories about the Japanese Canadian internment, dislocation and incarceration.

Curio.ca

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As a Canadian outlet, Curio.ca features a series of both historical and present day videos of institutional racism towards Japanese Canadians that are tailored towards student audiences of different age levels.

EBSCO Host

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Contains multiple articles giving overview of Japanese Canadian Internment, including the use of the PNE barns and expulsion of Japanese-Canadian UBC students.

NFB Online (National Film Board)

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Features documentaries presenting the Japanese Canadian internment and relocation from different perspectives.

Documentary: Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story

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Tells the story of the Asahi baseball team, a Japanese Canadian team situated in Vancouver, and the struggles they faced due to the Japanese internment, dispossession and relocation.

Video documenting the Asahi baseball team with Historical Footage of Vancouver, WW2 and effects on Japanese Canadians.

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In the 1930s the Asahi baseball team was the pride of Vancouver’s Little Tokyo. In a David vs. Goliath triumph over bigger Caucasian teams, the upstart Japanese-Canadian players became unbeatable, winning the prestigious Pacific Northwest Championship for five consecutive years. But by 1942 Canada was at war with Japan and soon everyone of Japanese descent, whether born in Canada or not, was sent to internment camps. The CBC’s Duncan McCue profiles how one team member faced up to hardship, racism and isolation, and survived to see his team inducted into Canada’s Baseball Hall of Fame.

Immersive Experience: Augmented Reality Story App - by Joy Kogawa

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East of the Rockies – (App) an experimental augmented reality story written by Joy Kogawa, one of Canada’s most acclaimed and celebrated literary figures. The story is told from the perspective of Yuki, a 17-year old girl forced from her home and made to live in the Slocan internment camp during the 2^nd WW.

Users follow the story by tapping, swiping, inspecting and zooming in on key elements within each scene. Every interaction activates a piece of scripted narrative voiced by Joy’s own granddaughter. Spoken in the first person, each line illuminates a different aspect of life in the camp, as documented in Yuki’s journal.

Video - Japanese Canadian Internment

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Historical context narrated by David Suzuki

Illustrated Website: Landscapes of Injustice

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Authorship: Produced by The Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria

Video Interviews

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Interview Videos with Key Figures connected to the Japanese Internment

-Mary Kitigawa – Japanese Canadian Internment Survivor

-Jordan Stanger-Ross -Historian, teaching children the concept of dispossession.

-Art Miki – Survivor and Advocate participating in the Redress Movement

Interactive Maps

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Layered GIF Maps that show a living timeline of property ownership in the Japanese-Canadian community in the Powell Street neighbourhood. Provides visual evidence of the impacts of WWII and institutionalized racism on the Japanese Canadian community.

Website: Hastings Park 1942

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Comprehensive multimedia website presenting historical accounts of what life was like for interned Japanese Canadians at Hastings Park. Presents primary sources of evidence in the form of original photos and archival documents.

Personal Accounts: Hastings Park Stories

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Personal accounts of Japanese Canadians who had been incarcerated at Hastings Park. Powerful source presenting different perspectives and lived experiences.

Catalogue of SD35 Databases

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Students in SD35 have free access to these databases at school and at home, with a login. I will teach students how to access these databases so they can make use of the wealth of resources available on the Japanese Canadian internment through a number of these databases.

Podcast Series: Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me

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The Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre presents a series of podcasts featuring the voices and stories of Nikkei Women, a group of Japanese Canadian women who survived the Japanese internment and are willing to share their narratives.

Japanese Canadian Timeline

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This webpage offers a comprehensive and easy-to-follow historical timeline of Japanese Canadian experiences in Canada, beginning in 1877 with Manzo Nagano sailing into New Westminster, the first known Japanese person to land and settle in Canada.