Sedai: Oral History Catalogue
The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project
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Title | Accession number | Period | Language | Event | Location | Topic |
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Interview with Teruo “Ted” and Joyce Izukawa | 2010.068 | Pre War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Mission, BC, Fraser Valley, BC, New Westminster, BC, Alberta, Canada, Ontario, Canada, Chatham, ON, USA, Toronto, ON, Japan | Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), Japan town, education, career, church, Buddhism, beet fields, Japanese language school, marriage, transportation, curfew, displacement, discrimination, living conditions, teaching, Asahi Baseball Team, children, Nikkei Voice newspaper, National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), festivals, odori |
Interview with Arthur Ikeda | 2011.013 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Tashme, BC, New Denver, BC, New Westminster, BC, Toronto, ON, Kaslo, BC | language, family, housing, employment, education, housing, canneries, farming, fishing, religion, Jewish community, travel, Buddhism, family, food, deportation, immigration, bathhouse, gardening, clothing, children, marriage, transportation |
Interview with Bob Takagi and Shirley Takagi (nee Usami) | 2011.041 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Internment | Haney, BC, Vancouver, BC, Mission, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, New Denver, BC, Lemon Creek, BC | housing, family, immigration, marriage, farming, Christianity, sports, Buddhism, discrimination, language, education, fishing, United Church, bathhouse, road camps, gardening, ghost towns |
Interview with Chiyo Seko | 2010.051 | World War II | Japanese | World War II, Internment | Japan, Toronto, ON, Port Credit, Mississauga, ON, Montreal, QC | family, living conditions, dance, temple, living conditions, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), music, internment camps, nisei, Nikkei Voice newspaper, immigration, agriculture, children, social activity, marriage, farming, employment, Buddhism |
Interview with David Azuma | 2010.028 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | World War II, Deportation | Vancouver, BC, Japan, Toronto, ON | nisei, family, military, living conditions, education, dance, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), church, children, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), social activity, temple, Buddhism, Nikkei Voice newspaper |
Interview with Dorothy Toshiye Tanaka | 2010.032 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s | English | World War II, Forced Removal, Atomic Bomb, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Japan, Osaka, Japan, Slocan City, BC, Hiroshima, Japan, Nagasaki, Japan, London, ON, Toronto, ON | education, nisei, family, teaching, marriage, church, health, language, living conditions, travel, military, Buddhism, sansei, travel, food, agriculture, festivals, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan) |
Interview with Eleanor Maruno (nee Tsuchiya) | 2011.159 | Pre War, Post War | English | Redress | Vancouver, BC, USA, Revelstoke, BC, Japan | immigration, Asahi Baseball Team, marriage, family, fishing, employment, health, housing, transportation, canneries, food, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), farming, food, travel, curfew, music, military, Buddhism, religion, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), sports, bathhouse, clothing, odori, children |
Interview with Fumi Kono | 2011.237 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Hiroshima, Japan, Japan, USA, Vancouver, BC, Kitsilano, BC, Fraser Valley, BC, East Lillooet, BC, Hamilton, ON, Ottawa, ON, Toronto, ON | children, immigration, United Church, education, discrimination, social activity, Japanese language school, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Prisoner of War (POW), road camps, communities, small business, newspaper, community, Asahi Baseball Team, travel, Buddhism, bathhouse, music, employment, photography, teaching, censorship, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), social life, career, odori, nuns/sisters |
Interview with Gloria and Mits Sumiya | 2010.062 | Pre War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Japan, Vancouver Island, BC, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, New Denver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Sandon, BC, Ontario, Canada, Toronto, ON, Angler, ON, Neys, ON, Tashme, BC, Popoff, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Bay Farm, BC | family, employment, education, Japanese language school, community, social activity, small business, bathhouse, logging, work, transportation, The Great Depression, food, discrimination, internment camp, Buddhism, housing, ghost towns, road camps, British Columbia Security Commission, teaching, nisei, War Measures Act, religion, Christianity, Prisoner of War (POW), military, curfew, travel, language, transportation, issei, living conditions, recreation, marriage |
Interview with Harold Miwa | 2011.279 | English | Vancouver, BC, Japan, New Denver, BC, Kaslo, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Tashme, BC, Hope, BC, Hamilton, ON, Toronto, ON, Neys, ON | small business, agriculture, education, issei, living in Japan, food, career, work, teaching, employment, living conditions, health, logging, internment camp, dance, music, community, recreation, martial arts, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), baseball, children, curfew, police, Asahi Baseball Team, language, fishing, volunteer, immigration, enemy alien, housing, family, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), United Church, Buddhism | ||
Interview with Henry Shimizu | 2010.026 | World War II, 1940s, 1950s | English | World War II, Forced Removal, Internment | New Denver, BC, Alberta, Canada, Slocan City, BC, Prince Rupert, BC, Kaslo, BC, Popoff, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Sandon, BC, Greenwood, BC | displacement, baseball, social activity, United Church, education, internment camps, Asahi Baseball Team, recreation, bathhouse, enemy alien, gardening, sports, British Columbia Security Commission, religion, Buddhism, food, odori, fishing, housing, living conditions, logging, nuns/sisters, radio, detention camps |
Interview with Hisako Shin Shinkoda | 2010.038 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s | English | World War II | Japan, Britannia Beach, Squamish, BC, Whonnock, BC, Mission, BC, Montreal, QC, Tashme, BC, Kaslo, BC, Vancouver, BC, Hope, BC | logging, housing, family, education, farming, health, marriage, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), odori, volunteer, boat works, food, language, discrimination, music, bathhouse, sports, clothing, religion, Buddhism, United Church, travel, The Great Depression, transportation, children, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), community, Christianity |
Interview with Jean Nagata (nee Nobuko) | 2010.031 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s | English, Japanese | World War II | Alberta, Canada, Vancouver, BC, Japan, Toronto, ON, Kitsilano, BC, Shaughnessy Heights, BC, Vancouver, BC | family, travel, education, church, food, gardening, agriculture, fishing, festivals, temple, living conditions, music, discrimination, bathhouse, Buddhism, family, immigration, Japan, living in Japan, propaganda, social life, travel, United Church, work |
Interview with Josie Yoshioka (nee Yano) | 2011.231 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Tashme, BC, Toronto, ON, Kelowna, BC, Slocan City, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Montreal, QC, Vancouver, BC, Greenwood, BC, Japan | travel, education, housing, discrimination, family, employment, immigration, marriage, children, health, food, language, volunteer, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), education, religion, bathhouse, Buddhism, church, transportation, The Great Depression, farming, housing, clothing, United Church, men-only work camps, radio, music, newspaper, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), career |
Interview with Kathryn 'Kay' Honda (nee Yamamoto) | 2010.043 | Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Internment | Japan, USA, Vancouver, BC, Lulu Island, BC, Steveston, BC, New Denver, BC, Hamilton, ON, London, ON, Sandon, BC, New Denver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Toronto, ON, Fingal, ON, Neys, ON | farming, agriculture, family, Buddhism, church, employment, education, nuns/sisters, church, festivals, dance, odori, Momiji, community, food, housing, gardening, internment camps, sports, photography, road camps, transportation, language, boat works, discrimination, fishing, War Measures Act, Prisoner of War (POW), Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), military, teaching, living conditions, health, road camps, issei, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), radio, fishing, boat works, children, discrimination, language, radio, ghost towns, nisei, dance, immigration, language, marriage, discrimination, picture bride, photography, church, employment |
Interview with Keo Shibatani | 2010.075 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Deportation | Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Hope, BC, Tashme, BC, Japan, Toronto, ON | family, nisei, education, clothing, deportation, boat works, immigration, The Great Depression, health, language, education, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), children, military, housing, marriage, transportation, Jewish community, food, bathhouse, discrimination, religion, Christianity, Buddhism |
Interview with Kunio Suyama | 2011.235 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver Island, BC, Japan, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Lemon Creek, BC, Toronto, ON, Angler, ON | farming, mining, logging, immigration, education, marriage, food, children, social activity, baseball, Japanese language school, community, housing, living conditions, internment camp, Asahi Baseball Team, bathhouse, newspaper, relocation centres, military, language, employment, work, Buddhism, temple, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), festivals, martial arts, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan), Japan town, community |
Interview with Laiko Matsubayashi (nee Miyake) | 2010.049 | World War II, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Slocan City, BC, Toronto, ON, USA, Japan, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC | family, discrimination, living conditions, children, education, Japanese language school, dance, United Church, travel, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), bathhouse, nuns/sisters, sports, housing, photography, detention camps, agriculture, church, Buddhism, employment, career, social activity, education, discrimination, relocation centres, health, British Columbia Security Commission, Asahi Baseball Team, clothing, small business |
Interview with Margaret Lyons | 2010.036 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Deportation, Internment | Japan, Mission, BC, Vancouver, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Hope, BC, Hamilton, ON | family, religion, Buddhism, farming, The Great Depression, travel, marriage, employment, radio, volunteer, War Measures Act, children, education, discrimination, Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), language, children |
Interview with Mary Akiko Kawasaki (nee Mori) | 2011.259 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Fairview, BC, Angler, ON, Sandon, BC, Hamilton, ON, Toronto, ON, Japan, New Denver, BC, Greenwood, BC | immigration, employment, small business, marriage, children, education, family, community, Buddhism, housing, Japanese language school, social activity, festivals, The Great Depression, transportation, Christianity, baseball, food, Jewish community, volunteer, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), social life, Prisoner of War (POW), sports, recreation, religion, farming, fishing, discrimination, newspaper |
Interview with Mary Setsuko Katsuno (nee Ishii) | 2011.153 | Pre War, Post War | English | Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Japan, Vancouver, BC, Victoria, BC, Popoff, BC, Montreal, QC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, USA, Toronto, ON, Slocan City, BC, New Denver, BC | family, children, immigration, newspaper, United Church, transportation, odori, church, Buddhism, employment, food, marriage, language, discrimination, education, The Great Depression, religion, farming, Christianity, odori, language, education, The Great Depression, Asahi Baseball Team, teaching, volunteer, health, military, food, sports, bathhouse, radio, music, photography, transportation, housing, church, sports, language, travel, clothing |
Interview with Masako Okawara (nee Isoshima) | 2011.196 | Pre War, Post War | English | Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Haney, BC, Toronto, ON, New Denver, BC, USA, Japan | teaching, immigration, United Church, Buddhism, family, travel, language, bathhouse, Ikebana, religion, immigration, education, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, clothing, travel, music, odori, housing, food, marriage, health, children, travel, transportation, farming, employment, boat works |
Interview with Masashi "Mas" Shin | 2011.019 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Whonnock, BC, Japan, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Revelstoke, BC, Chatham, ON, Toronto, ON, Mission, BC, Tashme, BC | education, sports, family, employment, The Great Depression, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, discrimination, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), housing, language, travel, farming, food, odori, music, bathhouse, sports, religion, Buddhism, United Church, logging, Kika (Nikkei educated in Japan) |
Interview with Mickey Matsubayashi | 2010.030 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | World War II, Relocation, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Toronto, ON, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Bay Farm, BC, Montreal, QC, Guelph, ON, Slocan City, BC, Popoff, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC | family, nisei, Buddhism, health, education, employment, career, marriage, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), children, travel, Japanese language school, men-only work camps, living conditions, food, radio, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), sports |
Interview with Mitsu Ito | 2010.008 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Deportation, Internment | Japan, Mission, BC, Haney, BC, Alberta, Canada, Hiroshima, Japan, Toronto, ON | farming, work, Buddhism, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) |
Interview with Miyoko "Miyo" Nakamura (nee Fujita) | 2011.021 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour | New Westminster, BC, Ruskin, BC, Tashme, BC, Kingston, ON, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Whonnock, BC, Hope, BC, Toronto, ON | family, farming, curfew, education, housing, employment, food, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), marriage, Buddhism, radio, photography, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), religion, language, United Church, immigration, travel, discrimination |
Interview with Ross Hiroshi Shin | 2010.046 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Deportation, Internment | Tashme, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Toronto, ON, Guelph, ON, Vancouver, BC, Japan | agriculture, farming, employment, education, social activity, martial arts, living conditions, family, bathhouse, logging, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), fishing, baseball, music, religion, Buddhism, clothing, Japanese language school, community, dance, marriage, music, travel, nisei |
Interview with Roy Matsui | 2010.047 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | USA, Vancouver, BC, Japan, Marpole, BC, Sandon, BC, Montreal, QC, New Denver, BC, Ottawa, ON, Etobicoke, ON, Lemon Creek, BC, Angler, ON, Toronto, ON | immigration, marriage, employment, family, travel, education, mining, relocation centres, ghost towns, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), nisei, community, Prisoner of War (POW), career, housing, internment camps, police, photography, discrimination, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), military, British Columbia Security Commission, curfew, mining, language, social activity, living conditions, music, boat works, language, sports, Asahi Baseball Team, radio, health, food, Momiji, transportation, language, religion, Buddhism, Anglicanism |
Interview with Roy Sato | 2012.006 | Pre War, Post War, World War II, World War I | English | World War I, World War II, Forced Removal, Internment | Japan, Royston, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Sandon, BC, Slocan City, BC, New Denver, BC, Petawawa, ON, Vancouver Island, BC | issei, immigration, family, farming, agriculture, road camps, ghost towns, health, buildings, internment camps, clothing, food, children, nisei, mining, buildings, teaching, recreation, children, detention camps, communities, education, agriculture, community, police, transportation, logging, health, communities, Buddhism, temple, religion, internment camps, Jewish community, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) |
Interview with Roy Takumi Honda | 2010.044 | Post War, World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Relocation, Forced Removal, Attack on Pearl Harbour | Japan, USA, Whiterock, BC, Vancouver, BC, Cloverdale, Surrey, BC, Chapleau, ON, Hamilton, ON, London, ON, 11 Mile, BC, Woodfibre, BC, Tashme, BC, Hiroshima, Japan | immigration, family, employment, picture bride, marriage, National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC), communities, language, music, dance, social activity, children, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), church, transportation, discrimination, health, Jewish community, gardening, Trans Canada Highway, travel, road camps, farming, fishing, sports, festivals, living conditions, food, Buddhism, religion, Anglicanism, farming, education |
Interview with Shizuye Matsui (nee Kosaka) | 2011.048 | Pre War, Post War | English | Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Japan, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Kitsilano, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Lemon Creek, BC, Slocan City, BC, Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON, Kingston, ON, Kaslo, BC | immigration, education, language, marriage, employment, United Church, gardening, ghost towns, family, road camps, food, children, housing, discrimination, music, religion, Buddhism, travel |
Interview with Shoji Takahashi | 2010.033 | World War II | English | Redress, World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Vancouver, BC, Japan, Bridge River, BC, Angler, ON, Toronto, ON, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Winnipeg, MB, Montreal, QC, Manitoba, Canada, Ukraine, New Denver, BC, Kelowna, BC, Slocan City, BC | immigration, transportation, discrimination, education, family, road camps, self-supporting camps, Prisoner of War (POW), family, ghost towns, health, food, children, Japan town, Japanese language school, Buddhism, festivals, children, internment camps, police, photography, Asahi Baseball Team, logging, travel, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), volunteer, language, dance, religion, church, farming, agriculture |
Interview with Tak and Pollie Nishino (nee Onishi) | 2011.010 | Pre War, Post War, World War II | English | Redress, Attack on Pearl Harbour, Internment | Victoria, BC, Japan, Sandon, BC, Bay Farm, BC, Toronto, ON, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Lemon Creek, BC, Angler, ON, Hamilton, ON, Petawawa, ON, Schreiber, ON | family, Asahi Baseball Team, travel, radio, music, road camps, military, ghost towns, clothing, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), odori, health, children, censorship, housing, bathhouse, sports, employment, marriage, religion, Buddhism, volunteer, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), language, education, British Columbia Security Commission, food, Prisoner of War (POW) |
Interview with Tokugi "Tok" Suyama | 2010.041 | Post War | English | World War II, Relocation | Japan, Cumberland, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Lemon Creek, BC, Hope, BC, Slocan City, BC, Vancouver Island, BC | family, mining, education, religion, nisei, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Jewish community, Buddhism, marriage, social activity, dance, Japanese language school, social activity, baseball, martial arts, logging, employment, community, military, relocation centres, road camps, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), living conditions |
Interview with Tosh Uyeda | 2010.040 | World War II | English | Redress, World War II | Vancouver, BC, Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Hastings Park, Vancouver, Japan, Slocan City, BC, Lemon Creek, BC, Popoff, BC, Toronto, ON, New Denver, BC, Kitsilano, BC | education, transportation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Buddhism, Japanese language school, family, Asahi Baseball Team, food, housing, living conditions, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), work, employment, festivals, children, travel, health, sports, language, Chinatown, marriage, gardening, church, dance, teaching, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC), Japan town |