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

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

Description

Title Proper RG36-27 VOLUME 17 FILE 622-1T
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1944
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
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.
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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 in full.

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