File 629: Repatriation. 1946.

File 629: Repatriation. 1946.

Description

Title Proper RG36-27 VOLUME 17 FILE 629
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1946
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file includes an assortment of correspondence, memoranda, and records relating to the deportation and "repatriation" procedure in 1946. It includes the following: correspondence with the Department of Treasury and Custodian of Enemy Property office regarding claims made against Japanese Canadian and national individuals being deported, assets held by the office of deportees, and transfer of funds (yen exchange rate and receipts); discussions of the regulations and procedure with respect to the sale of securities of deportees; correspondence regarding the Supreme Court Reference case concerning the validity of the deportation orders; concerns over cancellations of requests for "repatriation" and circumstances when husbands and wives differed in signing for "repatriation"; discussion of a proposed Loyalty Tribunal; logistical considerations of the procedure (e.g., RCMP escorts, dates of departure, maintenance provisions); correspondence regarding baggage storage and transfer of property); petitions and letters requesting the cancellation of "repatriation" (e.g., from employers); and statistics regarding those being deported. Also includes correspondence within the Department of Labour regarding the regulations and restrictions on property transfer and storage.
Name of creator
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 selectively.

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File 629: Repatriation. 1946.
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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.