Asian Heritage Month (May)

Beginning in early 1942, the Canadian government detained and dispossessed more than 90 per cent of Japanese Canadians, some 21,000 people, living in British Columbia. They were detained under the War Measures Act and were interned for the rest of the Second World War.

This AR narrative by Joy Kogawa tells a story from the perspective of Yuki, a 17-year-old girl interned in Canada

The story of Vancouver Asahi, a baseball team that won multiple league titles from 1914-1941 and were interred during WWII.

This documentary (from 1975) tells the story of Japanese Canadians who fought to be accepted as Canadians. Hear the personal stories of Japanese Canadians who were interned in camps during WWII.

Hear the story of Minoru who was branded as an enemy of Canada, sent to an internment camp, and deported to Japan.

A collection of photographs related to Japanese internment camps in BC.