Why volunteer?

We want to educate youth about Japanese Culture and History, but the Education Department relies solely on volunteers to do so. We need you to pass on your expertise, knowledge, skills, stories and wisdom.  It is fun to work with youth, and it feels good to give the gift of knowledge! It also feels good to contribute to the Nikkei community, so as to keep alive the rich aspect of our culture and heritage.

For more information or to become a volunteer contact Naomi Horii at: 604.777.7000 ext 110 or learning@nikkeiplace.org.

これまで組織の正式呼称は、ナショナル日系博物館・ヘリテージセンター、そしてカナダ日系博物館として知られてきましたが、新たに日系文化センター・博物 館へと統一します。「日系センター」を通常のアクティビティや施設全体、「日系博物館」を博物館独自のアクティビティの呼称とするのが目的です。4月に行 われる年次総会において日系文化センター・博物館という新たな名称に生まれ変わります。

日系センターは、BC州バーナビーに、世界的に著名なカナダ人建築家レイモンド・モリヤマ氏によって美しくデザインされた多目的施設で、2000年9月 22日正式にオープンしました。Nikkeiという言葉には「日本人の子孫」という意味があります。日系文化センター・博物館は地域社会に基づいた非営利 法人・慈善団体で、主にボランティアによって運営されています。

組織の目的：活気に満ちたプログラムや展示を通じて異なる世代を結びつけ、様々な方に興味をもっていただくことで、日系カナダ人の歴史・芸術・文化を守り、広めること。

日系博物館は毎年、数件の展示（伝統芸術と現代芸術のバランスを考慮した歴史的内容）を開催しています。また、日系カナダ人の伝統に関連した古文書、芸術 品、遺品を蒐集・維持し、身近に親しんでいただけるよう努めています。現在、写真4500点以上、歴史証言口述テープ350点以上、25メートル以上にも 及ぶ古文書の原文、そして物品2000点以上を所蔵しており、これらのコレクションは、学者やコミュニティ研究者によって定期的に研究されています。ま た、毎年1000人以上の生徒が当博物館の教育プログラムに参加しています。

日系センターでは公開プログラムや展示に加えて、コミュニティ・サービスや週間文化プログラムの提供、広報誌の発行、また、一般の方々や特別イベントのた めの施設提供も行っており、結婚式、各種パーティー、企業会議に適した「ブティック」様式のレンタル施設としてよく知られています。全国の日系カナダ人に 向けたサービスを提供すると共に、他のコミュニティの方々に日系カナダ人の経験を学んでいただく上での重要な役割を担っています。

日本人が初めてカナダに移住してから100年以上。その歴史の遺産である日系プレースは、私たちの過去と次世代のカナダ人を結ぶ支援を行っています。
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日系センターは、日系カナダ移民1世の不屈の忍耐を敬い心に留めるために、コミュニティ・プロジェクトとして創設されました。第二次世界大戦における抑留 から70年もの月日が経った現在でも、コミュニティや次世代にまで強制退去の傷跡が残っています。日系カナダ人はカナダ各地に在住し、国際結婚率はカナダ の民族集団の中で最も高いコミュニティとなっています（約95％）。

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Nikkei Centre officially opened on September 22, 2000 in a beautiful multi-use facility in Burnaby, BC, conceptually designed by renowned Canadian architect Raymond Moriyama. The term Nikkei translates as “of Japanese descent.” Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre is an incorporated non-profit and charitable society which is community-based and primarily volunteer-run.

Our mission is to preserve and promote Japanese Canadian history, arts and culture through vibrant programs and exhibits that connect generations and inspire diverse audiences.

Nikkei National Museum produces several exhibits each year (balancing historical content with traditional and contemporary art) and collects, preserves and makes accessible archives, art and artifacts related to Japanese Canadian heritage. Currently the collection includes more than 3000 photographs, 350 oral history recordings, over 25 metres of archival and textual materials, and 1000 artifacts. The collections are accessed by scholars and community researchers on a regular basis. Each year, over 1000 students participate in our educational programs.

In addition to public programs and exhibits, Nikkei Centre provides community services, weekly cultural programs, produces several publications, and makes our facilities available for public use and special events. We are a well-known “boutique”-style rental facility for weddings, parties and corporate meetings.  Nikkei Centre serves all Japanese Canadians across the country, and is an important resource for other communities to learn about the Japanese Canadian experience.

Nikkei Place is the legacy of over 100 years of Japanese presence in Canada, helping to connect our past with future generations of Canadians.

Craig Ngai Natsuhara, President

Nikkei Centre was built as a community project to remember and honour the perseverance of the first generation of Japanese Canadian immigrants. Although 70 years have passed since the internment during the Second World War, the effects of displacement continue to resonate within the community and subsequent generations. The Japanese Canadian population is scattered across the country, and the community has the highest intermarriage rate of any ethnic group in Canada (almost 95%).

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The Japanese immigrants who arrived in the North American West in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries included people with historical ties to Japan’s outcaste communities. Andrea Geiger examines the history of these and other Japanese immigrants in the United States and Canada and their encounters with two separate cultures of exclusion, one based in caste and the other in race.

Andrea Geiger’s book Subverting Exclusion: Transpacific Encounters with Race, Caste, and Borders, 1885-1928 will be available at the event.

Geiger reveals that the experiences of Japanese immigrants in North America were shaped in part by attitudes rooted in Japan’s formal status system, mibunsei, decades after it was formally abolished. In the North American West, however, the immigrants’ understanding of social status as caste-based collided with American and Canadian perceptions of status as primarily race-based. Geiger shows how the lingering influence of Japan’s strict status system affected immigrants’ perceptions and understandings of race in North America and informed their strategic responses to two increasingly complex systems of race-based exclusionary law and policy.

Andrea Geiger is assistant professor of history at Simon Fraser University.

REVIEWS of Andrea Geiger’s book Subverting Exclusion: Transpacific Encounters with Race, Caste, and Borders, 1885-1928

“Examining the tangled convergence between North American racial prejudice and the Japanese denigration of outcastes, this book is strikingly innovative and intensely thought-provoking. Andrea Geiger’s work sets a model of historical research and analysis practiced as an extraordinary—and courageous—art.”—Patty Limerick, author of The Legacy of Conquest

“This is a deeply researched, well written and also deeply felt book that will become an important text on Asian American history in North America. The author has a sensitive, knowing stance toward her material that is much superior to a lot of the literature in Asian American history.”—Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago

“Refusing historiographical silences and caricatures of homogeneity and stasis, Subverting Exclusion insists upon the diversity and movement of Japanese migrants in a trans-Pacific, transnational world. In the process, this superbly conceived study succeeds in rendering its subjects as emphatically human.”— Gary Y. Okihiro, author of Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones

“Elegantly written and deeply insightful, Geiger deftly combines an understanding of the law and racial formation and has offered a truly transnational history that blends Asian, Asian American, and broader issues of American immigration history.”—K. Scott Wong, Williams College

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contact Nichola Ogiwara with any questions. 604.777.7000 ext 109

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Changing Tides Photography Exhibition

Changing Tides Silent Auction
Saturday February 18th, 6-9pm
Tickets $10 at tickets@jetaabc.ca
www.jetaabc.ca/changing-tides

The Changing Tides photo exhibit upstairs showcases the efforts of a group of former teachers who worked in Japan and who are now working to raise awareness and funds following the devastating disasters of March 2011. The former teachers participated in the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program and lived in towns, villages and cities across Japan working in public schools and city halls. Some of these places included areas that were struck by the disasters.

Megumi Johns, one of the event coordinators and board members of the JET Alumni Association of BC lived and worked in Sendai. She says, “Japan, and especially Tohoku, hold a special place in my heart. We wanted to do something to show our support, and also to show the beauty, spirit and character of this special part of Japan.”

The photo exhibit opens January 14 and runs until the weekend of March 10, a day before the one year anniversary of the earthquake. The exhibit features photos from JET participants that highlight the natural and cultural beauty of Tohoku, while other photos capture the chaos following the disaster and the ongoing efforts to rebuild and restore the area. The exhibit also includes anecdotes from former JET participants who share their experiences and connections to their Japanese “home away from home”.

A silent auction event will be held Saturday, February 18, from 6-9pm at the Nikkei Centre to raise funds to support Japanese NGOs who are actively working in Tohoku. Thomas Law, another event coordinator and JETAABC board member explains, “This event will feature live performances, refreshments, and the chance to bid on some amazing items such as a ride-along on a police patrol, unique Japanese crafts and Japanese language classes. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”  Tickets to the silent auction are $10 and are available at the front desk and can also be requested through tickets@jetaabc.ca.

Visit www.jetaabc.ca/changing-tides for more information.

To donate auction items please contact social@jetaabc.ca.