Reginald Symes memo

Reginald Symes memo

Description

Title Proper Reginald Symes memo
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1945
General material designation
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Scope and content
A memorandum, written December 11, 1945 by Reginald Symes, of Robertson, Douglas & Symes, Barristers and Solicitors. It refers to an inquiry by “Miss Wakabayashi” and notes that there is not yet any clear evidence whether the government will allow those who volunteered to return to Japan to revoke that agreement. It also states that people leaving B.C. should not be in too much of a hurry to decide which part of Canada to relocate to.
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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Reginald Symes memo
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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.