File 23-2-17-23, Part 1: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Department [Deportation] of Japanese by Immigration Branch. 1946.

File 23-2-17-23, Part 1: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Department [Deportation] of Japanese by Immigration Branch. 1946.

Description

Title Proper RG27 O1 VOLUME 0661 FILE 23-2-17-23-P1
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1946
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file includes correspondence, memoranda, and records pertaining to the deportation of Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals by the Department of Mines and Resources, Immigration Branch in 1946. It includes: applications for repatriation (e.g. of prominent Buddhist priests) as well as several requests for cancellations of applications for repatriation; discussions of “potentially disastrous” situation resulting from the deportation of Japanese Canadian farmers in Alberta; correspondence concerning questions of "loyalty"; and discussions about the arrangements made for shipping deportees. Notable are petitions requesting the stay of Buddhist priests and protest letters from numerous Buddhist associations. Of particular interest is extensive correspondence regarding the fate of Rev. Shinjo Ikuta. There is discussion of Ikuta possibly becoming a settlement advisor and concerns over his deportation as negatively affecting morale among Japanese Canadian farmers (and therefore affecting harvest).
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.
This record was digitized in full.

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File 23-2-17-23, Part 1: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Department [Deportation] of Japanese by Immigration Branch. 1946.
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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.