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Visitors can search the archival collection by keywords and phrases. Because the information
presented in these records is largely metadata, it is recommended that searchers not
only use terms specific to the history of Japanese Canadians or names of ancestors
but to also think about the creator of the records as well. Searches for specific
departments such as the BC Security Commission or the Office of the Custodian of Enemy
Property will find not only references to these departments in the descriptions but
also sets of records created by the department that could be of interest. The same
goes for individuals such as Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King or MP Ian
Mackenzie. Searches for places within the archives are also useful.
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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.