File 773-B-1-40 Part 2: Treatment of Japanese in Canada – Proposals

File 773-B-1-40 Part 2: Treatment of Japanese in Canada – Proposals

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Title Proper RG25 VOLUME 2798 FILE 773-B-1-40-2
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1941
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file contains representations and resolutions from individuals and organizations to the Government of Canada regarding the treatment of Japanese Canadians during wartime. Records in this file are concerned with implementing internment procedures and a repatriation policy (e.g., newspaper clippings). Also includes correspondence expressing suspicions of Japanese Canadian loyalty and calling for their removal (much of which demonstrates the fervent anti-Japanese sentiments of the time), as well as correspondence advocating against unjust treatment and any actions that might "invite hostile attention to our shores."
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Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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File 773-B-1-40 Part 2: Treatment of Japanese in Canada – Proposals
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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.