Mike will give a short overview of the Landscapes of Injustice and how the archives and records the forced dispossession of Japanese Canadians during the 1940’s has sparked interest and discovery of family history and heritage in the current generation.
Mike will also talk about how the database helped inform the curation of the JC monument recently unveiled in Victoria.
More information at
https://www.landscapesofinjustice.com/
Michael Kenji Abe, a Nikkei (of Japanese descent) Sansei (third generation) was born and raised in Ontario and lived in Japan for six years before settling in Victoria in 1993. He was the project manager for Landscapes of Injustice, a project that focussed on the dispossession of Japanese Canadians during the 1940’s and is currently the project manager for Past Wrongs, Future Choices, a research project that explores the treatment of Nikkei civilians by their governments in Brazil, US and Australia during the Second World War. Mike is currently the president of the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society (VNCS) and has experience working on research projects in the Nikkei diaspora, the monument database, and the VNCS heritage committee. He is also the tour manager and guide for the Nikkei National Museum’s Tomoshibi Sites of Internment bus tours.
Mike is married to Izumi with two children, Kento and Natsuki. He enjoys golf, shodo, sumi-e and studying the Japanese language. He holds a third-degree black belt in Yoshinkan Aikido.
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