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Revisiting B.C.’s Japanese-Canadian internment camps

Interested in what happened to Japanese Canadians when the Canadian government invoked the War Measures Act in 1942 and stripped their citizenship rights, categorizing them as enemy aliens and sending them to internment camps throughout the B.C. interior? SFU Library Special Collections recently obtained a large collection of materials from one of these camps, the … Continue reading

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How can we become a more united and inclusive community?

UBC Dialogues: North Shore The North Shore, like other Lower Mainland communities, attracts people from all over the world. In recent decades, significant Chinese, South Asian, Persian and Filipino populations have settled in the area, with many forming cultural communities alongside what previously existed. Although challenges occasionally arise, the resulting cultural mosaic has led to … Continue reading