An innovative project that shares the histories of Japanese Canadians in the post-war era has been shortlisted for an international award.
Japanese Canadian Histories in Southern Alberta: Time Map, Audio Journey, Memory Booth is a collaborative project between Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden and the Nikkei Memory Capture Project (NMCP), itself a joint initiative between the University of Plymouth and the University of Lethbridge.
It is in the running for a Governor General's History Award for Excellence in Community Programming, part of a wider award scheme that recognises the work of community organisations across Canada.
Launched in 2017, the NMCP is a transnational oral history collaboration exploring the stories which seeks to analyse the cultural and social history of Canadian Nikkei (people of Japanese descent) in the second half of the 20th century.
It is co-led by Dr Darren Aoki, Associate Professor in World History and Oral History at the University of Plymouth, and himself a southern Alberta-born Nikkei.
He first initiated a pilot oral history project in 2011 to explore the post-war experience of 'nisei', (second generation Japanese Canadians) following the destruction of their communities and livelihoods as a result of the Canadian government's systematic programme to forcibly remove them from their homes and dispossess them of their property.
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