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CBC Books Canada Reads 2018: Mark Sakamoto on Forgiveness
Mark Sakamoto's grandparents endured much hardship during the Second World War. His maternal grandfather Ralph MacLean was a Canadian soldier, who spent years as a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp. His paternal grandmother Mitsue Sakamoto was one of thousands of Japanese‐Canadians interned by the Canadian government during the war. But instead of being bitter about their experiences, they ...
- 2018
- 00:04:27
- 13-14
- Added on: 03/05/2018
The Fifth Estate Throwaway Citizens
This documentary picks up pages of the bureaucratic paper trail which led to the ethnic cleansing of British Columbia – the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II. There was never any legitimate security risk involved. Motive for the internment and confiscation of their property had everything to do with commercial jealousy and racism mixing with politics. After the ...
- 1995
- 00:32:15
- 9-12
- Added on: 06/14/2013
News in Review - September 2003 The Asahi Baseball Team Remembered
In the 1930s the Asahi baseball team was the pride of Vancouver’s Little Tokyo. In a David vs. Goliath triumph over bigger Caucasian teams, the upstart Japanese-Canadian players became unbeatable, winning the prestigious Pacific Northwest Championship for five consecutive years. But by 1942 Canada was at war with Japan and soon everyone of Japanese descent, whether born in Canada or ...
- 2003
- 00:16:55
- 13-14
- Added on: 09/15/2003
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