Exiles in Our Own Country: Japanese Canadians in Niagara | Digital Museums Canada
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Exiles in Our Own Country: Japanese Canadians in Niagara

Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre 2022
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Between 1942 and 1949, some 21,000 Japanese Canadians were stripped of homes and property, and forcibly relocated far from coastal British Columbia. Thousands remade their lives in Ontario, often working in Niagara farms and factories. The story of Japanese Canadians in Niagara is one of hardship, but also great resilience.  

Credits

Text

English writers

Lynn Kobayashi
Les Takahashi
Jasmine Proteau

Translation

French translator

Nina Kirkegaard

Comparative editor

Ian McKechnie

Production

Videographer

Erin Kelly
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