{"id":6944,"date":"2026-01-14T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/?p=6944"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:06:29","slug":"japanese-canadian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/japanese-canadian\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Canadian Incarceration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6944\" class=\"elementor elementor-6944\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1620181a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1620181a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32608bdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32608bdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">During WWII, America\u2019s friendly neighbor to the north, wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2151e6b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2151e6b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">January 14, 1942: Canada ordered the removal of Japanese men between the ages of 18 and 45 from a 100-mile \u201cprotected area\u201d along the British Columbia coast.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28604147 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28604147\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20cf925f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"20cf925f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52aefca1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52aefca1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">It was only the beginning.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/pearl-harbor\/\">Pearl Harbor<\/a> and Canada\u2019s declaration of war on Japan the following day, Japanese Canadians faced a wave of suspicion and hostility similar to what Japanese Americans experienced in the United States: public hysteria, racial profiling, confiscation of property, and <a href=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/executive-order-9066\/\">forced removal<\/a> to hastily built camps.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">But to their credit, Canada went even further.<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph 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Canada declared war on Japan the next day, and began policies that led to the mass incarceration of Japanese Canadians.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Japanese Canadian incarceration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-incarceration-Tak-Toyota-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                        <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-sub-title\">\n                Tak Toyota, National Archives of Canada            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Japanese Canadians being forcibly removed from their homes, 1942. Families were separated, many of them weeks before their American counterparts.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-arrows-dots-container bdt-slidenav-container \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-visible@m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-prev bdt-slidenav-previous bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-left-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-visible@m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-next bdt-slidenav-next bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-right-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-dots-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10917088 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10917088\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74c783c7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74c783c7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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.bdt-navigation-next&quot;,&quot;prevEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-32ccd199 .bdt-navigation-prev&quot;},&quot;pagination&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-32ccd199 .swiper-pagination&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;clickable&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;dynamicBullets&quot;:false},&quot;scrollbar&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-32ccd199 .swiper-scrollbar&quot;,&quot;hide&quot;:&quot;true&quot;},&quot;coverflowEffect&quot;:{&quot;rotate&quot;:50,&quot;stretch&quot;:0,&quot;depth&quot;:100,&quot;modifier&quot;:1,&quot;slideShadows&quot;:true}}\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-carousel swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Static Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Hastings Park\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Dormitory-at-Hastings-Park-May-13-1942_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Dormitory at Hastings Park, Vancouver, May 1942. Many Japanese Canadian men were first confined here before being sent to labor camps and interior incarceration sites.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"mother and children\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/family-of-Japanese-Canadians-being-relocated-in-British-Columbia-1942-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>A Japanese Canadian mother and children during forced removal in British Columbia, 1942. Many husbands had already been separated and sent away.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"S-20 students\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/students-of-the-S-20-Japanese-Language-School-in-West-Vancouver-c1945-courtesy-Yatabe-Family-Collection_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>S-20 Japanese Language School students in West Vancouver, c1945. Few Japanese Canadians were allowed to serve Canada while their families remained displaced.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-arrows-dots-container bdt-slidenav-container \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-visible@m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-prev bdt-slidenav-previous bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-left-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-visible@m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-next bdt-slidenav-next bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-right-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-dots-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30647b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"30647b56\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46948585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46948585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>Citizens, And What Little That Meant<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">Nearly 80 percent of the 29,000 people of Japanese ancestry living in British Columbia were Canadian citizens, not foreign nationals. Citizenship did not protect them.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Families were systematically broken apart. Husbands were separated from wives. Fathers from their own families. In some cases, mothers from her children. Thousands were deported to Japan \u2014 including Canadian-born citizens who had never lived there.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Unlike in the United States, Japanese Canadians were not allowed to prove their loyalty through military service. With rare exceptions of roughly 200 men permitted to serve as interpreters in intelligence units, most were barred entirely. Some who volunteered were discharged, only to later discover they were still prohibited from returning home or reclaiming their rights.<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a86e56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37a86e56\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3745963c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3745963c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a73794 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a73794\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>Seven Years of Exile<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">In the United States, mass incarceration officially lasted from 1942 to 1945. In Canada, exclusion and detention stretched from 1942 to 1949 \u2014 more than double the duration.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Homes, fishing boats, businesses, and personal property were seized and sold by the government. Entire communities were erased. When the war ended, many Japanese Canadians were still forbidden from returning to the coast where they had lived for generations.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Rebuilding was not just difficult. For many, it was impossible. In total, 27,000 people were detained without charge or trial, more than 90 percent of all people of Japanese ancestry in Canada at the time.<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c7edf2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"58c7edf2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b29033e bdt-navigation-type-both bdt-item-match-height--yes bdt-carousel-style-carousel elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-static-carousel\" data-id=\"6b29033e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-static-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div id=\"bdt-static-carousel-6b29033e\" class=\"bdt-arrows-dots-align-center bdt-static-carousel\" data-settings=\"{&quot;autoplay&quot;:{&quot;delay&quot;:5000,&quot;disableOnInteraction&quot;:false},&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;carousel&quot;,&quot;breakpoints&quot;:{&quot;767&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:2,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:0,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1},&quot;1023&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:35,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1}},&quot;navigation&quot;:{&quot;nextEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-6b29033e .bdt-navigation-next&quot;,&quot;prevEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-6b29033e .bdt-navigation-prev&quot;},&quot;pagination&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-6b29033e .swiper-pagination&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;clickable&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;dynamicBullets&quot;:false},&quot;scrollbar&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-6b29033e .swiper-scrollbar&quot;,&quot;hide&quot;:&quot;true&quot;},&quot;coverflowEffect&quot;:{&quot;rotate&quot;:50,&quot;stretch&quot;:0,&quot;depth&quot;:100,&quot;modifier&quot;:1,&quot;slideShadows&quot;:true}}\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-carousel swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Static Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Japanese Canadian fishing boats\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1000-Japanese-Canadian-fishing-boats-impounded-to-Annieville-Dyke-and-sold-later-December-10-1941-by-Leonard-Juda-Frank-courtesy-Library-and-Archives-Canada_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                        <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-sub-title\">\n                Leonard Juda Frank, courtesy Library and Archives Canada            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Japanese Canadians made up half of the fishing industry, which many saw as a threat. All, nearly 1,000 of the Japanese Canadian fishing boats were confiscated and sold.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"children&#039;s dining room\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/childrens-dining-room-in-former-livestock-building-Hastings-Park_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Children eat meals without their fathers inside a former livestock building at Hastings Park, repurposed as a dining hall during incarceration.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Japanese Road Camp crew\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese_road_camp-crew-building-the-Yellowhead-Highway_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Japanese road camp crew building the Yellowhead Highway. Men were often sent to labor camps to build roads and infrastructure, separated from their wives and families.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Angler Ontario POW Camp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Angler-Ontario-POW-Camp-c1942-1943-courtesy-Archives-of-Ontario_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                        <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-sub-title\">\n                Courtesy Archives of Ontario            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Angler Ontario POW Camp, c1942-1943. Northern winters were brutal and unforgiving. The barracks were uninsulated and never meant to protect those inside.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-arrows-dots-container bdt-slidenav-container \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-visible@m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-prev bdt-slidenav-previous bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-left-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-visible@m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-next bdt-slidenav-next bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-right-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-dots-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d12dcc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d12dcc0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d7eca8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37d7eca8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2072fff6 bdt-navigation-type-both bdt-item-match-height--yes bdt-carousel-style-carousel elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-static-carousel\" data-id=\"2072fff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-static-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div id=\"bdt-static-carousel-2072fff6\" class=\"bdt-arrows-dots-align-center bdt-static-carousel\" data-settings=\"{&quot;autoplay&quot;:{&quot;delay&quot;:5000,&quot;disableOnInteraction&quot;:false},&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;carousel&quot;,&quot;breakpoints&quot;:{&quot;767&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:2,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:0,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1},&quot;1023&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:35,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1}},&quot;navigation&quot;:{&quot;nextEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-2072fff6 .bdt-navigation-next&quot;,&quot;prevEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-2072fff6 .bdt-navigation-prev&quot;},&quot;pagination&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-2072fff6 .swiper-pagination&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;clickable&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;dynamicBullets&quot;:false},&quot;scrollbar&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-2072fff6 .swiper-scrollbar&quot;,&quot;hide&quot;:&quot;true&quot;},&quot;coverflowEffect&quot;:{&quot;rotate&quot;:50,&quot;stretch&quot;:0,&quot;depth&quot;:100,&quot;modifier&quot;:1,&quot;slideShadows&quot;:true}}\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-carousel swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Static Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Glenn McPherson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ephraim-Herbert-Coleman-left-and-Glenn-Willoughby-Mc-Pherson-right_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Glenn W. McPherson (right), oversaw the forced sale of Japanese Canadian homes, businesses, and land, despite promising the properties would be returned.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"William Lyon Mackenzie King\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King_1942-Dutch-National-Archives_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1942. Not widely viewed as racist during the war \u2014 his private diaries told a different story.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Hiroshima\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Firestorm_cloud_over_Hiroshima_from_Matsuyama_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>After Hiroshima, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King wrote that he was grateful the atomic bomb had not been used on \u201cwhite races of Europe.\u201d<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Grace MacInnis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Grace-MacInnis-BC-NDP-History-Group_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Not everyone supported injustice. Grace MacInnis was one of the few white Canadian politicians to publicly oppose the incarceration of Japanese Canadians.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n        \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-arrows-dots-container bdt-slidenav-container \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-flex-middle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-visible@m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-prev bdt-slidenav-previous bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-left-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-visible@m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-navigation-next bdt-slidenav-next bdt-icon bdt-slidenav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"ep-icon-arrow-right-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-position-z-index bdt-position-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bdt-dots-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d94db3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76d94db3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a8a65c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a8a65c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>The Thinking Behind the Policy<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">The racial logic driving these policies was not hidden.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">It was recorded.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Glenn Willoughby McPherson, a young bureaucrat who established and directed the Vancouver Office of the Custodian, once said that \u201cthe only way the Yellow Race can obtain their place in the sun is by winning the war.\u201d He believed skin color determined loyalty. He also oversaw the forced sale of Japanese Canadian\u2013owned properties.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The day Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945, William Lyon Mackenzie King, the prime minister who approved mass incarceration, wrote in his diary that it was \u201cfortunate\u201d the atomic bomb had been used on Japan rather than on \u201cthe white races of Europe.\u201d The camps, the deportations, the family separations \u2014 none of it was accidental.<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70a90065 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70a90065\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed051bd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ed051bd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4609ab5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4609ab5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>Redress, A Month After America<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">Canada would eventually acknowledge the injustice. In September of 1988, survivors began receiving $21,000 in redress, along with a formal apology \u2014 $1,000 more than the $20,000 approved in the United States under the Civil Liberties Act a month earlier.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Citizenship was also restored to Japanese Canadians who had been stripped of it and deported.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">But by then, many families had already been destroyed. Many never returned home. And many never lived to hear the apology at all.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The camps did not end when the war did.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">For Japanese Canadians, the punishment lasted much longer.<\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p><p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d9dfefc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2d9dfefc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6607699f bdt-navigation-type-both bdt-item-match-height--yes bdt-carousel-style-carousel elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdt-static-carousel\" data-id=\"6607699f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdt-static-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t        <div id=\"bdt-static-carousel-6607699f\" class=\"bdt-arrows-dots-align-center bdt-static-carousel\" data-settings=\"{&quot;autoplay&quot;:{&quot;delay&quot;:5000,&quot;disableOnInteraction&quot;:false},&quot;loop&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;carousel&quot;,&quot;breakpoints&quot;:{&quot;767&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:2,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:0,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1},&quot;1023&quot;:{&quot;slidesPerView&quot;:1,&quot;spaceBetween&quot;:35,&quot;slidesPerGroup&quot;:1}},&quot;navigation&quot;:{&quot;nextEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-6607699f .bdt-navigation-next&quot;,&quot;prevEl&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-6607699f .bdt-navigation-prev&quot;},&quot;pagination&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-6607699f .swiper-pagination&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;clickable&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;dynamicBullets&quot;:false},&quot;scrollbar&quot;:{&quot;el&quot;:&quot;#bdt-static-carousel-6607699f .swiper-scrollbar&quot;,&quot;hide&quot;:&quot;true&quot;},&quot;coverflowEffect&quot;:{&quot;rotate&quot;:50,&quot;stretch&quot;:0,&quot;depth&quot;:100,&quot;modifier&quot;:1,&quot;slideShadows&quot;:true}}\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-carousel swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Static Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                    \n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"POW funeral\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/burial-of-POW-Masano-Shirakawa-Anglre-ON-c1942-with-red-circles_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                                                                            <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>A Japanese Canadian POW funeral, c1942. The red circles on POW uniforms were not symbols of Japan, but targets, meant to be used if prisoners tried to escape.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Deported\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Japanese-Canadian-deportation-train-at-Slocan-City-1946-courtesy-Addie-Kobayashi_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                        <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-sub-title\">\n                Courtesy Addie Kobayashi            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Japanese Canadians board a train for deportation to Japan, 1946. Thousands were expelled from Canada after the war, many to a country they had never known.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Loyalty class\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Nisei-and-Sansei-at-incarceration-camp-in-British-Columbia-c1942-CP-Photo-Jack-Long-National-Archives-of-Canada_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                        <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-sub-title\">\n                CP Photo, Jack Long National Archives of Canada            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Children attending a \u201cloyalty\u201d class at a Japanese Canadian incarceration camp in British Columbia, c. 1942. It didn\u2019t change their situation one bit.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Mika Masaoka\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-560x560.jpg 560w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mike-Masaoka-first-conference-of-National-Japanese-Canadian-Citizens-Association-September-1947-courtesy-Japanese-Canadian-Cultural-Centre_1080x1080.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n            \n        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-content\">\n                                        <h4                class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-sub-title\">\n                Courtesy Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre            <\/h4>\n                                                                        <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-text\">\n                <p>Japanese American and Japanese Canadian leaders meeting together at the first National Japanese Canadian Citizens Association conference, September 1947.<\/p>            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore-wrap\">\n                <a class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-readmore \" href=\"#\">\n                                                        <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"bdt-ep-static-carousel-item swiper-slide\">\n                        <div class=\"bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image bdt-flex bdt-ep-static-carousel-image\">\n\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"930\" src=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Prime-Minister-Brian-Mulroney-and-NAJC-President-Art-Miki-signing-the-Japanese-American-Redress-Agreement-September-22-1988_John-Flanders_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Redress\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quietamericans.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Prime-Minister-Brian-Mulroney-and-NAJC-President-Art-Miki-signing-the-Japanese-American-Redress-Agreement-September-22-1988_John-Flanders_1080x1080-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, 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