Stuff contributed by Masaji

In Canada, May is Asian Heritage Month: Banzai!

Norm Masaji Ibuki

I recently arrived back home after an intense four days in Victoria, BC where I attended as a member of the Landscapes of Injustice Community Council.

Canadian Nikkei Series

Equitably Speaking ... Lethbridge Nisei Rev. George Takashima - Part 2

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Equitably Speaking ... Lethbridge Nisei Rev. George Takashima - Part 1

Norm Masaji Ibuki

With May being Asian Heritage Month, I am wondering how our Nikkei voices will in fact be heard?

Canadian Nikkei Series

Toronto Nisei "Mush" Arima - Part 2

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Toronto Nisei "Mush" Arima - Part 1

Norm Masaji Ibuki

As the 75th anniversary of the internment came and went last year, I have promised myself to get more of the stories of the Nisei recorded in 2018 while I can.

The 75th Anniversary of Internment - 16 Voices... A Time for Atonement - Part 2

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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*Sansei *Born in Toronto *Grandparents are from Shiga and Kumamoto kens* Families were interned in Kaslo, Bayfarm and on a Manitoba beet farm * Lived in Sendai, Japan from 1994 to 2004 * Teacher in Brampton, ON * Aikidoka * Writer for the Nikkei Voice for close to 20 years * Writer of "Canadian Nikkei series" which aims at preserving Canadian Nikkei stories. Future of the community? It depends on how successful we are in engaging our youth. The University of Victoria's (BC) Landscapes of Injustice project is a good one.... gambatte kudasai!

Nikkei interests

  • community history
  • family stories
  • festival/matsuri
  • Japanese/Nikkei food
  • Japantowns
  • taiko
  • aikido

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