File 622, Part 1: Tribunal and Provincial Advisory Committee. 1944-1945. Part 1.

This file contains a textual record.

This file consists of records relating to Tribunal and Provincial Advisory Committees and other organizations, primarily concerning the deportation, segregation, and forced dispersal post-war policies undertaken by the government. It includes the following: several correspondence and petitions from organizations (i.e., the National Interchurch Advisory Committee, the United Church); discussions on the injustice of these policies (e.g., coercion in the signing of the "voluntary repatriation" forms is discussed as well as reasons for which those did sign, such as wanting to stay in British Columbia); discussions of the unemployment and placement of those being deported; general correspondence on the "repatriation" and "relocation" procedures (e.g., maintenance, transportation); drafts of the Prime Minister's statement on these policies; letters refusing "repatriation"; correspondence regarding the legal test cases for the validity of the signed forms for "repatriation"; data of "repatriation" survey results.

Canada. Department of Labour Japanese Division created this archive.

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.