Justice in Our Time: The Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement Contributor(s): Miki, Roy (Author), Kobayashi, Cassandra (Author) |
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ISBN: 0889222924 ISBN-13: 9780889222922 Publisher: Talonbooks
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 1991 Annotation: Preface by Art Miki, President, National Associaton of Japanese Canadians "A powerful and moving testament to the successful efforts of the NAJC". -- Globe & Mail, Editor's Choice |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - History | Social History |
Dewey: 305.8 |
LCCN: 92204010 |
Physical Information: 0.71" H x 9.37" W x 11.35" L (1.83 lbs) 160 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: From 1942 to 1949, a group of innocent Canadians were uprooted from their homes and businesses on the west coast, dispossessed, and forced to disperse across Canada, merely on the basis of their Japanese ancestry. Some 4,000 were even exiled to wartorn Japan. These injustices remained unresolved for nearly forty years. Then in the 1970s, a handful of Japanese Canadians began a movement to seek redress for these wrongs, through a negotiated settlement with the Government of Canada. What began as the dream of a few became a national movement that captured the attention of the entire Canadian public by the mid-1980s. The Redress Settlement signed on September 22, 1988 by the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) and the Prime Minister of Canada was hailed as a major victory for human rights. The substantial Redress Settlement negotiated by the National Association of Japanese Canadians offered: Individual compensation to Japanese Canadians directly affected by the injustices A community fund to assist in rebuilding the community that was destroyed pPrdons for those wrongfully convicted under the War Measures Act The offer of citizenship to those exiled and to their descendants The establishment of a Canadian Race Relations Foundation to combat racism Justice in Our Time celebrates Japanese Canadian redress. From the historic injustices, through the redress movement, to the final events leading up to the settlement day on September 22, 1988--the dramatic story of redress is told through a rich interweaving of commentary, photographs, quotations, and historic documents. |
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