Canadians inherit a Landscape of Injustice
Date
2021
Authors
Stanger-Ross, Jordan
Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective
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Publisher
Research Partnerships and Knowledge Mobilization
Abstract
Can you imagine someone taking your home, all your possessions, and your freedom? In 1942, Canada forcibly removed and interned 21,460 Japanese Canadians from British Columbia (BC). They could bring only what they could carry. Officials promised to protect the rest. Instead, Japanese Canadians were dispossessed: everything was stolen or sold.
This chapter of a book on the dispossession focuses on 1,700 parcels of real estate sold without the consent of Japanese Canadian owners.
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Keywords
Japanese Canadians - Canada - History - 20th century, Japanese Canadians - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, Japanese - Canadians - Economic conditions - 20th century, Racism – anti-Japanism, Canada - History - 20th century
Citation
Stanger-Ross, J. & Landscapes of Injustice Collective. (2021). Canadians inherit a Landscape of Injustice. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria.