History Repeats In Silence
Historic Joy Kogawa House reflects on the legacy of Japanese Canadian internment and denounces current human rights violations in the U.S. Silence enables injustice—history is repeating. Read our full statement.
The Othering of Immigrants in Canada
Guest Post by Monia Mazigh This column was originally published at rabble.ca. This summer, I completed a writer’s residence in the Marpole community of Vancouver, B.C., at the Historic Joy Kogawa House. It is a privilege to be in a place that saw some of the...
When Crime Strikes
It was the kind of crime that had been happening around the city lately — robberies targeting Japanese-run businesses. On January 2, 1942, Japanese confectionery stores on East Cordova and Hawks Avenue were robbed within a few minutes of each other. Three days later, The Sun reported that a window was broken at the confectionery store of E. Kariya at 595 Richards and a slab of wood was thrown at and smashed the window of the Jubilee Grocery at 3302 West Broadway. Then, on Friday, January 16, at 8:30 p.m., a tall, skinny man and two friends approached the Uno family confectionery store on the northwest corner of 4th and Alberta.
Joy Kogawa at the Powell Street Festival This Weekend
Two events with Joy Kogawa on Sunday and two translation workshops on Saturday mean a full weekend at this year’s Powell Street Festival.
