File 55908 Part 3: Japanese Property Claims Commission

File 55908 Part 3: Japanese Property Claims Commission

Description

Title Proper RG117 A-3 Volume 2817 File 55908-3
Date(s) 1947
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file contains correspondence pertaining to the formation of the Bird Commission and the terms of reference for the Commission, including letters written to William Lyon Mackenzie King from various organizations stating their views about the Commission and its terms of reference. Some of these organizations include the Hamilton Younger Nisei Organization and the British Columbia Japanese Canadian Citizen Association, among others.
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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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File 55908 Part 3: Japanese Property Claims Commission
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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.