Winifred J Awmack (nee McBride) fonds

Winifred J Awmack (nee McBride) fonds

Description

Title Proper Winifred J Awmack (nee McBride) fonds
Date(s) 1944–1997
General material designation
This fonds contains 57 textual records and other records.
Scope and content
The fonds contains twenty one series and twenty four subseries of information pertaining to Winifred Awmack's experiences teaching in Tashme, and to her interest and involvement in Japanese Canadian internment, repatriation and relocation.
Name of creator
Winnifred (McBride) Awmack is the author of "Tashme - A Japanese Relocation Centre, 1942-1946" which describes in good detail the activities of the school and the impact the United Church staff had on the community of young adults in Tashme. It describes building 'D' in Tashme where the classes were held.
Immediate source of acquisition
No digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

Structure

Repository Nikkei National Museum

Metadata

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Winifred J Awmack (nee McBride) fonds
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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.