Department of National Defence “JAP”

Department of National Defence “JAP”

Description

Title Proper Dept. National Defense
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1942
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file contains correspondence between Star Shipyard and the Royal Canadian Navy concerning the repair of seized vessels that the Navy appropriated, notably the “Departure Bay.” Also in this file is a letter from the Japanese Fishing Vessels Disposal Committee delineating the plan for these vessels which included transferring the vessels to new owners as soon as possible in order to avoid impairing the fishing industry. There is also a list of ships received by Star Shipyard.
Name of creator
Star Shipyard (Mercers) Ltd. created this archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Department of National Defence “JAP”
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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.