Memorandum: Re: British Columbia Security Commission Order No. 1 (New Series) entitled Travel of Japanese in Canada, dated 30th July, 1943

Memorandum: Re: British Columbia Security Commission Order No. 1 (New Series) entitled Travel of Japanese in Canada, dated 30th July, 1943

Description

Title Proper RG2 A-5-B REEL C-04875 FILE D ITEM 2
Date(s) 1943
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This item is a memorandum, dated 18 September 1943, with an attached amendment to British Columbia Security Commission Order No. 1 (New Series), dated 30 July 1943. This proposed amendment places extensive restrictions on the travel of Japanese persons in Canada (requiring a permit for "travel for any purpose whatsoever, in British Columbia, a distance of more than five (5) miles from their place of residence").
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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Title

Memorandum: Re: British Columbia Security Commission Order No. 1 (New Series) entitled Travel of Japanese in Canada, dated 30th July, 1943
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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.