Memorandum: Re: Japanese work camps on the Blue River Highway [July 14th]

Memorandum: Re: Japanese work camps on the Blue River Highway [July 14th]

Description

Title Proper RG2 A-5-B REEL C-04874 FILE D ITEM 4
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1942
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This item is a memorandum, dated 14 July 1942, that concerns Japanese Canadian labour on Blue River Highway. This notice is a response to anxieties about possible Japanese dissent and sabotage due to the labourers' close proximity to the railroads. It calls for the removal of these workers in the area.
Name of creator
Canada. Privy Council Office 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: Re: Japanese work camps on the Blue River Highway [July 14th]
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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.