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Telling the Stories of the Nikkei - New Denver
Learning can be both a very personal experience and a collective endeavour. Whether carried out in a classroom or throughout the experiences of our daily lives, we rarely learn in isolation. Here you can find out how others view education a...
Learning can be both a very personal experience and a collective endeavour. Whether carried out in a classroom or throughout the experiences of our daily lives, we rarely learn in isolation. Here you can find out how others view education and learning, and share your stories too.
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Nobuyoshi (Nobby) Hayashi - Nikkei Stories (New Denver)

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Director:

Catrina Megumi Longmuir

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Producer:

Terry Taylor, Moira Simpson, Catrina Megumi Longmuir

Elder Nobuyoshi (Nobby) Hayashi still lives in New Denver BC, a former internment site for Japanese Canadians during WWII. Here he shares stories of growing up on Powell Street in Vancouver playing baseball prior to the war, and then the forced relocation of his family to the interior during the war. To this day, Nobby volunteers at the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre in New Denver, a museum which recently gained recognition as a National Historic Site.

Topics: Education, Human Rights, Racial Justice, War & Peace
Dossiers: Telling the Stories of the Nikkei - New Denver
Keywords: human rights violation, Japanese Canadian, New Denver, Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, racial injustice, WWII
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