Memorandum: The Japanese Problem in British Columbia

Memorandum: The Japanese Problem in British Columbia

Description

Title Proper RG27 B1 REEL T-10137 ITEM 27
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1942
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual records or images.
Scope and content
This item is a memorandum titled "The Japanese Problem in British Columbia," addressed to Mr. Robertson and dated 27 January 1942. The document, which is labelled as being secret and confidential, details a meeting with Ian Mackenzie and Humphrey Mitchell and concerns a recommendation to dissolve of the Standing Committee in regards to the Government's policy on Japanese Canadians in British Columbia and contains the conclusions to forcibly move Japanese nationals and allow Canadian nationals to enlist in the civilian corps, with the possibility to resort to compulsive measures. No author of the memorandum is listed in the file.
Name of creator
Canada. Department of Labour created this archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
The digitization level of this record is unknown.

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Memorandum: The Japanese Problem in British Columbia
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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.