The Royal Commission on Japanese Claims

See Japanese Property Claims Commission.

Metadata

OrgName	The Royal Commission on Japanese Claims
Desc	Also known as the Bird Commission. From 1947-1951, this commission, run by Henry Irving Bird, investigated and offered compensation to Japanese Canadians for their losses of property during the 1940s.

Collections

Oral Histories (2)

Rintaro Hayashi, interviewed by Ann Sunahara, 04 December 1977

Leslie Barnwell, interviewed by Kaitlin Findlay , 28 February 2019

Other Archival Files (3)

File 4606-C-13-40: Treatment of Assets and Property of Japanese Nationals in Canada

File 773-B-1-40 Part 5: Treatment of Japanese in Canada – Proposals of Various Persons

RG25 VOLUME 3554

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.