File C-315-36-3 Vol. 5: Repatriation of Japanese in Canada. 1945-1954.

File C-315-36-3 Vol. 5: Repatriation of Japanese in Canada. 1945-1954.

Description

Title Proper RG18 VOLUME 3567 FILE C315-36-3-5
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 and pertains to the following: correspondence concerning requests and cancellations for "repatriation"; records regarding medical care for "repatriates" and maintenance costs; details of transportation and RCMP responsibilities (e.g., escorting those being forcibly exiled); news clippings regarding coercion allegations and court case under consideration; discussions of citizenship (Bill 15) in the context of the deportation and the revocation of nationality; correspondence regarding RCMP protocol (e.g., baggage searches, transfer of personal and household effects); and petitions against the deportation. This file highlights the "co-operation between the Department of Labour and the RCMP in the administration of the provisions of the [deportation] Order."
Name of creator
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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Title

File C-315-36-3 Vol. 5: 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.