John Shirras

Assistant Commissioner of the BC Provincial Police at the start of the war, and one of three leading committee members of the British Columbia Security Commission

Metadata

Surname	Shirras
Forename	John
Regularized Name	John Shirras

Collections

Miscellaneous (1)

History of Haney Nokai (Farmer's Association)

Oral Histories (3)

Rintaro Hayashi, interviewed by Ann Sunahara, 04 December 1977

Leslie Barnwell, interviewed by Kaitlin Findlay , 28 February 2019

Tom Shoyama, interviewed by Ann Sunahara, 27 August 1990

Other Archival Files (2)

Japanese - Re: B.C. Security Commission; 1944-1945

A.R.P Personal [Personnel]

Data

Organizations (1)

British Columbia Security Commission

Places (1)

Tashme

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.