File 5-1-128 Sub.: [Staff Officer Intelligence, West Coast] - Japanese activities in BC - General correspondence re suspected Japanese. 1933-1939. [Part 1]

File 5-1-128 Sub.: [Staff Officer Intelligence, West Coast] - Japanese activities in BC - General correspondence re suspected Japanese. 1933-1939. [Part 1]

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Title Proper RG24 VOLUME 11917 FILE 5-1-128-1
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1933
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From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
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This file includes an "Annual Report on Japanese in British Columbia" (October 1933) which gives an overview of Japanese immigration, employment of Japanese Canadians, and "anti-Oriental sentiment and activity" in B.C. In addition, this file contains inquiries into Japanese Canadians' role in the fishing industry in B.C., largely to do with their proportional share of the industry over time. There are also a number of Department of National Defence reports on fishing boats displaying "suspicious activity." These reports demonstrate the prevalence of racism and paranoia prior to World War II.
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The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized selectively.

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File 5-1-128 Sub.: [Staff Officer Intelligence, West Coast] - Japanese activities in BC - General correspondence re suspected Japanese. 1933-1939. [Part 1]
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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.