Department of Labour Announcement

Department of Labour Announcement

Description

Title Proper Department of Labour Announcement
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1945
General material designation
From this item, LOI has digitized a textual record.
Scope and content
A notice, titled “Department of Labour Notice to All Persons of Japanese Racial Origin Having Reference to Making Application for Voluntary Repatriation to Japan,” dated February 13, 1945, written by Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of Labour and signed by T.B. Pickersgill, Commissioner of Japanese Placement. The notice instructs all persons of Japanese ancestry living in Canada and desiring to return to Japan that the proceeds from the sale of their property will be secured and returned to them in Japan, and that the Canadian Government will provide them with free passage to Japan, along with their personal belongings.
Name of creator
Henry Wakabayashi is the founder of Pacific Liaicon Ltd., he has helped many major projects such as the Vancouver Sky Train, the expansion of the Vancouver International Airport and the Metro Vancouver drinking water treatment program.
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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Department of Labour Announcement
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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.