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Are you new to Japanese Canadian history? Would you like to feel more confident about your knowledge of Japanese Canadian history before you teach your students? A greater understanding of the history we teach leads to powerful lessons and more impactful classroom engagement for our students.

Take our course, Introduction to Japanese Canadian History, to build your understanding of Japanese Canadian history and your confidence in what you know. The course covers the history of Japanese Canadians, from the arrival of the first immigrants to the injustices of the 1940s, the fight for redress, and contemporary issues. Each module contains a short quiz, so challenge yourself and enjoy learning more about this Canadian story.

Introduction to Japanese Canadian History OLD2

This course is divided into three modules

  1. Arrival and Settlement
    1. Finding Work

Confronting Discrimination

Building communities

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Introduction to Japanese Canadian History - OLD

Learn about the early pioneers and builders of the Japanese Canadian community.

Understand the challenges faced by Japanese Canadians in overcoming systemic and institutional racism.

Read about the injustices wrought upon the community during the 1940's through uprooting, incarceration, dispossession, and exile.

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Introduction to Japanese Canadian History OLD

Learn about the early pioneers and builders of the Japanese Canadian community.

Understand the challenges faced by Japanese Canadians in overcoming systemic and institutional racism.

Read about the injustices wrought upon the community during the 1940's through uprooting, incarceration, dispossession, and exile.

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