Teacher Education is a key output of the Japanese Canadian Legacies Society (JCLS), a society set up to implement programs that honour the legacies of Japanese Canadians in BC. The Society was set up in June 2022 following a BC Government announcement on May 21, 2022, wherein former BC Premier John Horgan acknowledged the historical wrongs that impacted Japanese Canadians in the 1940s.
The work was completed over a three-year period. Learn more about Japanese Canadian Legacies Society’s Six Pillars.
The Education resource website was developed with input from eighteen teachers from across British Columbia, who joined an experienced group of community members to develop a digital learning hub for K – 12 teachers and students. JapaneseCanadianHistory.com is a curated collection of teaching materials, reference materials, and source material focused on teaching the history of Japanese Canadians.
We acknowledge and thank all of the community members, teachers, and organizations whose tireless support, dedication, and work contributed to the design, development, and construction of this digital learning portal. Special thanks to Kevin Fukawa for the URL japanesecanadianhistory.com. We also that Mary Kitagawa and Tosh Kitagawa for providing guidance and grounding the project in a historical context.
We are grateful to be doing this work on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples.
Japanese Canadian Legacies Society Susanne Tabata, CEO
Project Director 2022 – 2025
Mike Perry-Whittingham, Richmond School District
Project Outreach & Engagement 2025 – 2027
Susanne Tabata, John Endo Greenaway, Mike Perry-Whittingham
Website Content Design + Navigation
John Endo Greenaway
Content Writing and Editing
Kaitlin Findlay
Raymond Nakamura
John Endo Greenaway
Susanne Tabata
Advisory Board
Mas Fukawa, Connie Kadota, Greg Miyanaga, Vivian Rygnestad
Web Builder FUSE Interactive
Desktop Publishing Rayola Creative
Preliminary Copy Editing Merrie-Ellen Willcox
Teachers/Educators
Nicholas Allan, Vancouver School District
Janis Bridger, New Westminster School District
Kelly Ens, Vancouver School District
Mori Hamilton, Vancouver School District
Sachia Hussey, Okanagan Skaha School District
Debbie Jiang, Heritage Christian Online School
Makiko Johnston, Cowichan Valley School District
Larissa Kondo, Langley School District
Tawnya Kozuki, Coquitlam School District
Tami Lyon, Collingwood School
Melanie Miki, Surrey School District
Kaitlin Minato, Richmond School District
Tamiko Nicholson, Abbottsford School District
Mika Phillips, Central Okanagan School District
Karen Reid, Delta School District
Tetsuro Shigematsu, University of British Columbia
Carole Wilson, Richmond School District