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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Unveiling of Hastings Park 1942 signs
Untold stories remembered
In early 1942 over 8,000 Japanese Canadians were detained in Hastings Park before being sent to internment sites in the BC interior or to work camps across the country. It’s a part of Japanese Canadian history that is little talked about particularly by those who experienced dispossession and removal directly. A new outdoor exhibit and related website on Hastings Park 1942 preserve the stories and images of this important history.
Come to the unveiling on April 26 from 1 - 3pm. The interpretative panels were developed by a coalition of Japanese Canadian community groups, including the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Community Association (GVJCCA), the Nikkei National Museum & Community Centre (NNMCC), Tonari Gumi, the Powell Street Festival (PSF), and the Vancouver Japanese Language School (VJLS). Funding for this project was provided by the BC Arts Council, the City of Vancouver, the National Association of Japanese Canadians, the NNMCC and the JCCA.
Sunday April 26, 2015 1pm - 3pm
The Hastings Room in Hastings Park
Free event - everyone welcome!
Directions to the event: go through Gate 2 off Renfrew Street, next to the PNE Administration Offices.
Tour: meet at 1pm at the Hastings Room for a tour of the new signs
Reception: from 2pm, following the tour, return to the Hastings Room for a short program and light refreshments
Website: www.hastingspark1942.ca
https://www.facebook.com/events/819579881456104/
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Related exhibitions and programs
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Exhibition at the Nikkei National Museum
Registered
The Japanese Canadian Experience During World War II
April 11 – June 7
Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm.
Gallery admission by donation.
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Photographs by Leslie Hossack explore the experience of Japanese Canadians during World War II when they were registered, rounded up and removed. REGISTERED includes newspaper clippings from the 1940s, authentic registration cards, and interpretive photographs of buildings where the story unfolded. This exhibition, which looks at the people, the places and the press, was recently shown at the Shenkman Arts Centre in Ottawa. Leslie Hossack has previously completed major studies of iconic architecture in Paris, Berlin, Jerusalem, Moscow, Kosovo and London.
Sponsored by the BC Arts Council, the Government of British Columbia and the Deux Mille Foundation.
REGISTERED is part of the Capture Photography Festival. www.capturephotofest.com
Walking Tours
Visit sites that appear in the Registered exhibit on two walking tours. The Powell Street Walking Tour on Saturday, May 16, 10am-12:00pm guides you around Powell Street where Japanese Canadians lived and worked before the war, and includes the Maikawa Store, Tamura Building and the Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall. The Hastings Park Walking Tour on Saturday, May 23, 10am-12:00pm introduces you to the early days of Japanese Canadian internment and the Hastings Park commemoration project; this tour includes buildings which were used for the men’s and women’s dorms, and children’s classrooms.
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Internment Bus Tour 2015
Nikkei National Museum is pleased to announce the upcoming Internment Bus Tour from July 13 to 17, 2015. On this bus tour you will visit WWII Japanese Canadian internment sites as well as some current Nikkei communities: Hastings Park, Tashme, Greenwood, Christina Lake, Lemon Creek, Popoff, Slocan, New Denver, Kaslo, Sandon, Rosebery, Kamloops and Lillooet. Application deadline April 30.
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The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre's mission is to honour, preserve, and share Japanese Canadian history and culture for a better Canada.
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