B.C. J.C.C.A. Convention

B.C. J.C.C.A. Convention

Description

Title Proper B.C. J.C.C.A. Convention
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1975
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
This image is from a negative film. The image shows the B.C. J.C.C.A. Convention in Greenwood, B.C. on February 22, 23, 1947. There is a group of men and women sitting around tables on both the left and right sides of the image. At the very back of the room is another table with more sitting around it. Behind this table is a flag with the Union Jack in the upper left hand corner and a scepter-like object in the bottom right. Similar flags can be found along the walls. There is also a Union Jack flag on the left wall.
Name of creator
John Mark Read was born on June 8, 1945 in Kelowna, British Columbia. He graduated (from Delbrook Senior Secondary School?) and continued with his education by studying Geography at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He graduated from UBC in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts. John went on to pursue a Master of Arts in the Department of Geography at UBC. He submitted his thesis, "The Pre-War Japanese Canadians of Maple Ridge: Landownership and the Ken Tie," in 1975. While pursuing his Masters, John married his wife, Karen Kiyiomi Mizuno, on July 14, 1973. John went on to work as H.Y. Louie for thirty years and retired in 2005.
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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B.C. J.C.C.A. Convention
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Terminology

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