Children, families, and everyone in between are invited to explore Historic Joy Kogawa House to help Joy Kogawa find lost objects.
What: Epic Family Day Scavenger Hunt and Virtual Tour
Where: Online
When: Launching Friday, February 18, at 10am
Cost: Free
After a virtual (Zoom) tour around the interior of the childhood home of author Joy Kogawa, families are invited to participate in an interactive scavenger hunt to find lost objects. Older children use riddle and word-search clues to identify the objects to be found. Younger children colour a floorplan with hints to the location of lost objects. Bring your completed BC Family Day scavenger hunt for a prize on your next in-person visit!
The interactive scavenger hunt will be available for the entire BC Family Day long weekend for those who cannot make it to the scheduled Zoom event, or who wish to go through the activity again and share it with friends or others. Email info@kogawahouse.com to receive the link.
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Province of British Columbia. The Province of British Columbia has provided the Historic Joy Kogawa House Society a grant in support of our free, community Family Day activity. Click here to learn more.
Joy Kogawa is the author of the children’s novel Naomi’s Road and the children’s picture book Naomi’s Tree. For adults, she wrote the novel Obasan, now on school curriculum reading lists around the world. These books tell the story of one displaced family living through the Second World War.
The main character Naomi, like many Japanese Canadians, endures brutal mistreatment in silence. Through these novels, Kogawa conveys the devastating effects of the internment. Simply by writing these now-celebrated books, Joy Kogawa registers her refusal to keep quiet about the cruelty of racism.
A place of remembrance, Historic Joy Kogawa House also represents a deeper story of resilience and dignity in the face overwhelming grief and trauma. Through the lens of Joy Kogawa’s lifelong work to understand and forgive, programs such as this Family Day event increase appreciation for the lived experience of BC’s culturally diverse groups.