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Relocation to Redress: The Internment of the Japanese Canadians
As Canadian soldiers were fighting overseas in the name of democracy, at home the federal government was staging the largest mass exodus in Canadian history. During the Second World War, roughly 22,000 Japanese Canadians were forcibly evacuated from the west coast and resettled in other parts of the country. Their struggle continued after the war as they fought for an apology and redress for their loss. CBC Television and Radio covered the crucial issues in their journey from relocation to redress.
Photo of Japanese woman and kids from Library and Archives Canada - C046355
10 television clips
14 radio clips
The long journey home
Broadcast Date: March 21, 1997
They were separated, removed from their home on Salt Spring Island and placed in separate internment camps. This CBC Television report tells the story of how the Murakami family struggled to find each other and their way back to their beloved home. What they find are painful memories, changed attitudes and some resentments that still linger.The long journey home
• Members of the Chinese, German, Italian, and Ukrainian communities have also sought redress from the Canadian government for injustice. The Chinese Canadian National Council seeks restitution for the discriminatory Head Tax placed on Chinese immigrants until 1923. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress sought compensation for their internment during the First World War. The National Congress of Italian Canadians and the German Canadian Congress also sought redress for their internment during the Second World War.The long journey home
Medium: Television
Program: Broadcast 1
Broadcast Date: March 21, 1997
Guest(s): Kimiko Okano Murakami, Mary Murakami Kitagawa
Reporter: Kelly McClughan
Duration: 9:15
Last updated:
Oct. 21, 2004
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Television
4:29
Sept. 22, 1988
A formal apology and compensation package are offered to the Japanese Canadian community.
Radio
4:01
Dec. 13, 1950
Bill Herbert reports on the arrival in Japan of the first Canadian soldiers heading for action with United Nations forces in Korea.
Topic from Radio-Canada
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External sites
- National Association of Japanese Canadians
- University of Washington Libraries: Japanese Canadian Internment
- Internment of Ukranians in Canada 1914-1920
- Japanese Canadian History
- Japanese Canadian National Museum
- Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
- History of The New Canadian
- National Archives: Living Memory: Muriel Kitagawa
The long journey home.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Oct. 21, 2004.
[Page consulted on Feb. 9, 2010.]