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Title: Childhood Memories in Japantown - Interview with Mary Kawamoto:
Contributor(s): Kawamoto, Mary (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Mary recalls her earliest memories in Japantown as well as weekend trips to Kitsilano and Stanley Park.
Extent: 00:02:04
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Culture and Language Loss Due to Internment - Interview with Judy Hanazawa
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy talks about the impact of the Japanese internment during the Second World War, two of the most impactful being the loss of language and culture.
Extent: 00:01:07
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Racism, World War, 1939-1945, Japanese Canadian Internment
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Doing Something Tangible to Address Past Wrongs - Interview with Grace Eiko Thomson
Contributor(s): Thomson, Grace Eiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Grace talks about how society can address past wrongs through education.
Extent: 00:01:49
Subject(s): Reparations for historical injustices, Japanese Canadians, World War, 1939-1945, Japanese Canadian Internment, Education
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: Japantown Was a Thriving Community - Interview with Grace Eiko Thomson
Contributor(s): Thomson, Grace Eiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Grace describes what Japantown was like before the Second World War and some of the issues facing this neighbourhood today.
Extent: 00:01:27
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Powell Street Festival, Gentrification, Volunteers
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Powell Street Public Bath - Interview with Akira Horii:
Contributor(s): Horii, Akira (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Akira recalls using a public bath on Powell Street, part of the Japantown Business District.
Extent: 00:00:30
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Bathhouses, Central business districts
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Understand Your Past - Interview with Grace Eiko Thomson:
Contributor(s): Thomson, Grace Eiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Grace talks about how younger people today are working to understand and address issues of the past, especially in areas like the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:00:54
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Education, Youth, Volunteers
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City