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Remaking an institution and community : the Vancouver Japanese Language School after the warOtsuka, Chihiro 11 1900 (has links)
This present thesis is a study of the re-establishment of the Vancouver Japanese
Language School (first established in 1906), and the Japanese Canadian community in
Vancouver after World War II. Focusing on the reopening of the school in 1952, this
study attempts to discuss how the school's reopening influenced the rebuilding of the
Japanese-Canadian community in post-war Vancouver, where Japanese Canadians had
had a large ethnic community before 1941. B y regarding the Japanese-language school as
a means to comprehend trends in the lives of Japanese Canadians, this study seeks to
understand how and to what extent the Japanese Canadians in Vancouver were able to
reconstruct their ethnic identity: how much they acculturated into anglo-Canadian society
after the devastation of their ethnic community; and how differently each successive
generation has perceived the significance of ethnic cultural retention, such as the Japanese
language.
Until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, the Vancouver Japanese
Language School was the largest such school on the Pacific coast of North America, and
served the Japanese Canadian community as a transmitter of their ethnic culture and
traditions to the next generation. However, after the destruction of the ethnic community
by the World War II evacuation of Japanese Canadians in 1942, the leadership of the
Japanese Canadians shifted from culturally "Japanese-oriented" issei (first generation) to
"more-Canadianized" nisei (second generation). Consequently, demand for fluency in the Japanese language and an understanding of the ethnic culture was replaced with the
demand for English and the anglo-Canadian culture. Despite such a huge change in the
community, the Vancouver Japanese Language School was reopened, though reduced in
size, and continues to operate to the present.
This study draws evidence from several works by a long-time principal and teacher
of the school, Tsutae Sato, and his wife Hanako, a variety of primary sources from the
Sato Collection at the University of British Columbia, and the Japanese ethnic press, as
well as the author's interviews with six people who have historical connections to the
school reopening and management. By using these sources, this study attempts to
examine what the meaning of the school reopening was for the Japanese Canadians after
the devastation of their pre-war communities; how the school's function and roles
changed from the pre-war to the post-war period; how language education and the
Japanese language influenced the formation of Japanese Canadians' particularly that of
the nisei ethnic identity as heirs to a Japanese tradition in Canada.
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A place for memory, history and community : a study of identity at the Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolAnzenavs, Lori Kathleen Ann 05 1900 (has links)
This study discusses the influence of history on identity for those who are involved with
the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall (also know as the VJLS). The
historical significance of a recognized landmark such as the VJLS creates a unique atmosphere
that allows the past to be very much part of the present. In addition to many types of
commemoration, memory and imagination provide links to the past. The community at the
VJLS was very diverse including both recent immigrants and those with family connections to
the Internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II. As a result, the feeling of a
connection to the past was discussed in many different ways. These discussions are used in this
study to explore the question of what it means to be Japanese Canadian and to be Canadian. At
the VJLS, the history of Japanese Canadians is shown to belong to all Canadians rather than just
to a separate ethic group within Canada.
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Remaking an institution and community : the Vancouver Japanese Language School after the warOtsuka, Chihiro 11 1900 (has links)
This present thesis is a study of the re-establishment of the Vancouver Japanese
Language School (first established in 1906), and the Japanese Canadian community in
Vancouver after World War II. Focusing on the reopening of the school in 1952, this
study attempts to discuss how the school's reopening influenced the rebuilding of the
Japanese-Canadian community in post-war Vancouver, where Japanese Canadians had
had a large ethnic community before 1941. B y regarding the Japanese-language school as
a means to comprehend trends in the lives of Japanese Canadians, this study seeks to
understand how and to what extent the Japanese Canadians in Vancouver were able to
reconstruct their ethnic identity: how much they acculturated into anglo-Canadian society
after the devastation of their ethnic community; and how differently each successive
generation has perceived the significance of ethnic cultural retention, such as the Japanese
language.
Until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, the Vancouver Japanese
Language School was the largest such school on the Pacific coast of North America, and
served the Japanese Canadian community as a transmitter of their ethnic culture and
traditions to the next generation. However, after the destruction of the ethnic community
by the World War II evacuation of Japanese Canadians in 1942, the leadership of the
Japanese Canadians shifted from culturally "Japanese-oriented" issei (first generation) to
"more-Canadianized" nisei (second generation). Consequently, demand for fluency in the Japanese language and an understanding of the ethnic culture was replaced with the
demand for English and the anglo-Canadian culture. Despite such a huge change in the
community, the Vancouver Japanese Language School was reopened, though reduced in
size, and continues to operate to the present.
This study draws evidence from several works by a long-time principal and teacher
of the school, Tsutae Sato, and his wife Hanako, a variety of primary sources from the
Sato Collection at the University of British Columbia, and the Japanese ethnic press, as
well as the author's interviews with six people who have historical connections to the
school reopening and management. By using these sources, this study attempts to
examine what the meaning of the school reopening was for the Japanese Canadians after
the devastation of their pre-war communities; how the school's function and roles
changed from the pre-war to the post-war period; how language education and the
Japanese language influenced the formation of Japanese Canadians' particularly that of
the nisei ethnic identity as heirs to a Japanese tradition in Canada. / Arts, Faculty of / History, Department of / Graduate
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A place for memory, history and community : a study of identity at the Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolAnzenavs, Lori Kathleen Ann 05 1900 (has links)
This study discusses the influence of history on identity for those who are involved with
the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall (also know as the VJLS). The
historical significance of a recognized landmark such as the VJLS creates a unique atmosphere
that allows the past to be very much part of the present. In addition to many types of
commemoration, memory and imagination provide links to the past. The community at the
VJLS was very diverse including both recent immigrants and those with family connections to
the Internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II. As a result, the feeling of a
connection to the past was discussed in many different ways. These discussions are used in this
study to explore the question of what it means to be Japanese Canadian and to be Canadian. At
the VJLS, the history of Japanese Canadians is shown to belong to all Canadians rather than just
to a separate ethic group within Canada. / Arts, Faculty of / Anthropology, Department of / Graduate
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