Reshaping Memory, Owning History: Through the Lens of Japanese Canadian Redress 日本語 cherry blossoms are such a

cherry blossoms are such a powerful motif in Japan that it is customary for people to participate in ohanami ("flowering viewing") at the beginning of every spring

volunteering

prayer or a variety of creative acts

worked for the Ontario Ministry of Health

Reshaping Memory, Owning History: Through the Lens of Japanese Canadian Redress 日本語 cherry blossoms are such aThe Canadian governments acknowledgement of injustice and compensation on September 22, 1988 redressed this terrible wrong in Canadas past. Layers of voices, drawn from documents of internment, newspapers, books, poetry, diaries, letters, and oral histories, together with poignant photographic images and memory laden artifacts, speak to losses and absences, and of issues of community, identity, representation, and human rights. Text by Roy Miki, Yuko