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ACAM 320D: An Interview with Dr. Danielle Wong
To promote our upcoming course ACAM 320D – Race and New Technology, we interviewed Dr. Danielle Wong who will be teaching it this upcoming fall! Learn more about Danielle and her thoughts behind the course here. How did you arrive at your current teaching and research interests? My entrance into research and writing was first […]
ACAM Tote Bag Design Contest – Call for Submissions!
The ACAM team is excited to announce our community design contest for our new tote bags! We know the extended ACAM community is full of amazing artists, writers, and activists, and we’d love to feature your artwork on the new tote bags. We welcome submissions from everyone, whether you’re a current or previous ACAM […]
Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society honours Mary Kitagawa
A Crusader for Human Rights Vancouver-based Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society honours Mary Kitagawa On January 20, the Vancouver-based Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Society will present the 2019 Wallenberg-Sugihara Civil Courage Award to Mary Kitagawa, who raised awareness of the injustices suffered by Japanese-Canadian students during the Second World War. Among other things, her fight against discrimination […]
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The Heritage of Asian Canadian Migrations
Alice Kudo (1924-2018)
The faculty, staff and students of the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program are deeply saddened by the passing of Alice Kudo on September 7, 2018. Ms. Kudo was one of the 76 Japanese Canadian students at UBC who were forcibly removed in 1942. Ms. Kudo and her family relocated to Southern Alberta during […]
Minoru Yatabe (1922-2018)
The faculty, staff and students of the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program are deeply saddened by the passing of Minoru Yatabe on October 12, 2018. Mr. Yatabe was one of the 76 Japanese Canadian students at UBC who were forcibly removed in 1942. After Japanese Canadians were forcibly removed from the West Coast, […]
