Repatriation of Japanese in Canada. 1945-1954.

Repatriation of Japanese in Canada. 1945-1954.

Description

Title Proper RG18 VOLUME 3567 FILE C315-36-3-3
Date(s) 1945
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file consists of assorted correspondence, memoranda, and records pertaining to the "repatriation" (or deportation) of Japanese nationals and Japanese Canadians from 1945 to 1954. It includes the following: news clippings criticizing and advocating for expulsion of Japanese Canadians; correspondence between RCMP officials on the deportation; records that illuminate public opinion at the time (particularly with regards to the validity of deportation forms); correspondence of organizations and other Japanese Canadians against the deportation policy; and RCMP correspondence dealing with the mounting requests to cancel "repatriation." Notable is correspondence and news clippings discussing two deportation test cases - those of Toyosaki Shigemitsu and Taniwa Norimichi. This file highlights the "co-operation between the Department of Labour and the RCMP in the administration of the provisions of the [deportation] Order."
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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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Repatriation of Japanese in Canada. 1945-1954.
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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.