File 3363-40C, Part 5: Exchange of nationals other than diplomatic or official personnel between Canada and Japan. 1942/02/13-1953/11/03.

File 3363-40C, Part 5: Exchange of nationals other than diplomatic or official personnel between Canada and Japan. 1942/02/13-1953/11/03.

Description

Title Proper RG25 VOLUME 2974 FILE 3363-40C-5
Date(s) 1942
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file includes correspondence and documentation pertaining to the exchange of nationals between Canada and Japan (predominantly, the file discusses the "repatriation" of Japanese nationals from Canada). It includes the following: correspondence regarding questions of citizenship and passport cases; requests for "repatriation"; a copy of Privy Council appeal no. 58 of 1946 of the CCJC v. Attorney General of Canada on the validity of P.C. 7355, 7356, 7377; correspondence regarding the “voluntary” nature of repatriation and the implications of those withdrawing their decisions; discussions of the children repatriated from Far East living in Vancouver area; correspondence on the "exchange" of repatriates; lists of seized passports and naturalization certificates; and reports on the repatriation procedure.
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 selectively.

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File 3363-40C, Part 5: Exchange of nationals other than diplomatic or official personnel between Canada and Japan. 1942/02/13-1953/11/03.
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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.