File 23-2-18: Japanese Division. Inquiries concerning Japanese. Returning to Canada from Japan. 1946/04 - 1950/05.

File 23-2-18: Japanese Division. Inquiries concerning Japanese. Returning to Canada from Japan. 1946/04 - 1950/05.

Description

Title Proper RG27 O1 VOLUME 0661 FILE 23-2-18
Date(s) 1946
General material designation
This file contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This file includes correspondence, memoranda, and records pertaining to the possible return to Canada of Japanese Canadians who were deported. It includes: correspondence discussing resistance to repatriation (e.g. for reasons including the need of labourers in sugar beet farms); discussions of the return of Japanese Canadian individuals and the question of compensating the government for the expenses spent on their repatriation; and broader considerations of re-entry into Canada of Japanese Canadians.
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 selectively.

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Title

File 23-2-18: Japanese Division. Inquiries concerning Japanese. Returning to Canada from Japan. 1946/04 - 1950/05.
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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.