Memorandum: Enlistment of Canadian Born Japanese

Memorandum: Enlistment of Canadian Born Japanese

Description

Title Proper RG2 A-5-B REEL C-04876 FILE D ITEM 2
Date(s) 1944
General material designation
This item contains a textual record.
Scope and content
This item contains a memorandum dated 03 July 1944 concerning the enlistment of Canadian-born Japanese Canadians. This memorandum outlines the so-called advantages and disadvantages of having Nisei join the Australian attachment of the Canadian army after requests from Australia.
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: Enlistment of Canadian Born Japanese
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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.