File 60812: Reports to Veterans Land Administration - Veterans settled on VLA lands in British Columbia which formerly belonged to Japanese residents of the province. - McLaren, Robert Craig, BC-1906-B. 1946-1960.

File 60812: Reports to Veterans Land Administration - Veterans settled on VLA lands in British Columbia which formerly belonged to Japanese residents of the province. - McLaren, Robert Craig, BC-1906-B. 1946-1960.

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Title Proper RG38 VOLUME 405 FILE 60812
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 correspondence among the Veterans' Land Act (Securities and Properties division) and the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the procedure to obtain title to a formerly Japanese Canadian–owned property in Haney by an undisclosed veteran in the later 1950s to early 1960s, several years after his settlement on the property in the late 1940s. This procedure included repaying debts to the VLA. Also included are reports detailing the "progress" of said veteran since his settlement on the property in Haney in the 1940s, correspondence regarding the leasing of the property during his absence (due to work in Kitimat) by the VLA in the early 1950s, and his initial application for assistance and his history of service.
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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 selectively.

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File 60812: Reports to Veterans Land Administration - Veterans settled on VLA lands in British Columbia which formerly belonged to Japanese residents of the province. - McLaren, Robert Craig, BC-1906-B. 1946-1960.
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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.