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TORONTO — Sisters Emmie and Lisa Tsumura have been using art to share messages of gratitude and love in Toronto and Ajax during the COVID-19 …
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Nancy Oda was very happily retired when she learned about Tuna Canyon. “Very happily retired,” she says for a second time. “It was like a …
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Read Part 1 >> Can you talk about your own path to becoming a teacher? My path to becoming a teacher is not a straight …
In 2016, how does one go about learning to be Nikkei and more to the point of this interview, teach it? On the drive into …
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We are excited to ride the train whenever a new route is opened, but often don’t consider the history of the railways and the effort …
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Aya Higashi, the last remaining Kaslo, British Columbia, resident interned there during the Second World War, died last year at 96. Higashi enjoyed a long …
When eighth-grade teacher Staci Yamanishi visits the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) with her students, she takes them through Common Ground: The Heart of Community, …
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Read Part 1 >>When I was 48 years old, I went back to the University of British Columbia (UBC) to study the Japanese language and …
“...It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of …
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Rear Part 1 >> Can you give me a rough chronology of your career path? I stayed briefly in Mio (about one month) and went …
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