Like their counterparts in the US, Japanese citizens in Canada were forced into internment camps during WWII. But after the war ended, things turned really ugly.

Japanese-Canadians detained during WW2 subject of Hastings Park exhibit. On your next visit to Hastings Park, you might see some bright green signs revealing a darker side of the park's history.

In Hiro Kanagawa’s play, a community of Japanese-Canadians must come to terms with a home country that will no longer ...

Canada’s (then) Prime Minister Brian Mulroney giving the apology in the House of Commons, Sept 22 1988. Photo Credit: CBC. History Sept. 22, 1988: apology to Japanese-Canadians of WWII ...

Because Canada’s restrictions weren’t lifted until 1949, the exile of Japanese Canadians from their West Coast lasted till about four years after World War II ended. In Canada, many men of ...

It wasn’t just my family that experienced gaps in knowledge – many Nisei [second-generation Japanese Canadians] in particular felt that it was better to focus on moving forward.

It’s a Canadian play,’ says playwright Hiro Kanagawa, who adapted the Mark Sakamoto memoir about his grandparents during WWII ...

His Japanese Canadian family was interned during World War II. That experience inspired him to create inviting buildings for all people. Raymond Moriyama, considered one of Canada’s most ...