Papers Relating to the Japanese Relocation Centre at Tashme

Papers Relating to the Japanese Relocation Centre at Tashme

Description

Title Proper Papers Relating to the Japanese Relocation Centre at Tashme
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1945-1947
General material designation
From this series, LOI has digitized 13 textual records or images.
Scope and content
This series contains one sub-series discussing Winnifred Awmack's time as a school teacher in Tashme, British Columbia. The sub-series includes letters, speeches, correspondence that voice her disappointment with the treatment of Japanese Canadians.
Name of creator
Awmack, Winifred J. , a teacher at Tashme High School, 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.

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Papers Relating to the Japanese Relocation Centre at Tashme
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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.