Correspondence between Child Welfare and British Columbia Security Commission

Correspondence between Child Welfare and British Columbia Security Commission

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Title Proper F0 GR0883 BOX 04 FILE 08
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1942
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Correspondence between lawyer R.J. McMaster and Superintendent of Child Welfare Ruby McKay regarding Teruaki Tamura and Sadan Shimoji, two boys who did not want to sign on for exile; Memo from Assistant Deputy Provincial Secretary E.W. Griffith, advising Director of Welfare C.W. Lundy to refer all questions concerning this matter to the federal department; Letter from McKay concerning the separation of Japanese children from their families during "repatriation" process in which she states that this is “contrary to the principles of child welfare”; Letter to McKay from McMaster regarding Tamura and Shimoji cases; Letter from BCSC General Manager W.A. Eastwood to Superintendent of Neglected Children Isobel Harvey regarding Japanese children without guardianship; Letter from BCSC secretary W. Morrison to Harvey regarding initial incarceration in April 1942.
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The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
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Correspondence between Child Welfare and British Columbia Security Commission
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.