File C-315-36-3 Vol. 7: Repatriation of Japanese in Canada. 1945-1954.

File C-315-36-3 Vol. 7: Repatriation of Japanese in Canada. 1945-1954.

Description

Title Proper RG18 VOLUME 3567 FILE C315-36-3-7
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1945
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
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: records concerning the "Continuation of Transitional Measures Act - Revocation of Certain Orders-in-Council re the Japanese"; correspondence regarding those Japanese Canadians ‘deprived of their status as Canadian nationals and British subjects’ (lists of individuals); discussions of P.C. 10773 and other Orders-in-Council (P.C. 268, 269) on the legalities of the "repatriation"; records of the War Cabinet revoking "assisted" "repatriation"; documentation regarding "repatriation" expenses and the logistics of transportation of persons and baggage/property; and correspondence regarding the care needed from the RCMP in obtaining "voluntarily signed" declaration forms. 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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File C-315-36-3 Vol. 7: 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.