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Exhibit: Broken Promises
the Courtenay and District Museum 207 4th St, Courtenay, BC, COURTENAYThe Courtenay and District Museum is pleased to present the travelling exhibition Broken Promises from the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Grounded in research from Landscapes of Injustice – a 7 year multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, community engaged project, this exhibit explores the dispossession of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s. It illuminates the loss of home […]
Lecture: Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution
the Courtenay and District Museum 207 4th St, Courtenay, BC, COURTENAYLocation: Rotary Gallery of the Courtenay and District Museum Speaker: UVic Professor of History Dr. Jordan Stanger-Ross Dr. Stanger-Ross’ illustrated talk will explore the government’s attempted mass banishment of Japanese Canadians after the close of the Second World War. Stanger-Ross was the lead researcher for the Broken Promises travelling exhibit from the Nikkei National Museum […]