The JAPANESE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE with Carolyn Nakagawa, Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre
Carolyn Nakagawa--Culture, Education and Programs Coordinator for the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Bernaby (near Vancouver), British Columbia--was in the area and in a serendipitous meeting with Jim Nagareda, ED of JAMsj, agreed to present a quickly put together program featuring the similarities and distinct differences between the Japanese Canadian and Japanese American experiences. Recorded at JAMsj on March 27, 2018.
G Day Vancouver April 2019
On April 29, 2019, over 200 girls and adults gathered for the 11th G Day at the beautiful Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby BC.
Featured presenters:
Uzume Taiko
Jocelyn MacDougall
Kirsten Sharp
Rebecca Duncan
Ruby Smith Diaz
Tamara Taggart
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Video by Amanda Palmer
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Vancouver Japanese Nikkei Matsuri 2018
The Nikkei Matsuri is an annual festival celebrating Japanese culture that is held early in September at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. This year marked its sixth anniversary.
With various performances such as Japanese taiko drumming, portable shrine-carrying, traditional buyo and obon dances, a kimono try-on corner, venders, food stalls and more, one can enjoy a true Japanese summer festival right in Metro Vancouver.
As the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver, we cooperate with other bodies to help introduce Japanese culture. This year, we were able to bring Ninja Tomonosuke from Iga City in Mie Prefecture to show us his authentic ninjutsu skills.
日系祭りは毎年9月の上旬、バーナビー市にある日系博物館・文化センターで開催される日本文化を祝うお祭りです。今年で6回目を迎えました。和太鼓やお神輿や日本舞踊などのパフォーマンス、盆踊り、着付け体験、出店、屋台フードなど様々な企画があり、日本の夏祭りをバンクーバーの地にいながら楽しむことができます。
在バンクーバー総領事館としても様々な日本文化を紹介できるようご協力させていただいています。今年は三重県伊賀市より伊賀忍者の知之助さんが参上し、忍者や忍術について紹介してくださいました。
Arts BC 2018 Conference
Highlights from the 2018 Arts BC Annual Conference Engagement in A New Arts Era held May 10-12 at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby BC. #NewArtsEra
JAPANESE FOOD! NIKKEI MATSURI FESTIVAL 2019 BURNABY | Vancouver Food Guide Reviews - Gutom.ca
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Nikkei Matsuri Festival is a large 2-day celebration of Japanese culture and history located at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. It is a smaller celebration in comparison to Powell Street Festival but has much to offer in a very well planned, well designed venue.
Nikkei Matsuri took place August 31 and Sept 1.
It is a little different from Powell Street Festival. Entertainment outside the building is free. Events inside the Culture Centre you need to pay admission fee of $4.
Inside the Culture Centre you will find vendors, a kids play area, Martial Arts demonstrations, performances on stage and most importantly the Museum.
Oden $5
One-Pot Stew with Fish cake, radish, egg.
Okonomiyaki $8
Pancake with cabbage, onion, bonito flakes.
Takoyaki $7
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Total Spent at Nikkei Matsuri
Admission $4
Oden $5
Okonomiyaki $8
Takoyaki $7
TOTAL $24
And now a message from Princess Takamado…
Princess Takamado of Japan made a special visit to this event on her Canada tour.
PRICE:
$ CHEAP. Less than $10 for dishes.
QUALITY:
Good.
Oden was small for $5.
Takoyaki was good. Same Takoyaki vendor as at Powell Street Festival.
Okonomiyaki was delicious.
SERVICE:
Good. Water fountains and washrooms inside Nikkei Centre. Fans handed out by table vendors.
VERDICT:
Nikkei Matsuri is a fantastic event. Lots of familiar food vendors. Okonomiyaki was not at Powell Street Festival but you can find it here at at Nikkei Matsuri.
BRING CASH. LOTS OF CASH. LIMITED CARD. PAY PARKING. LIMITED STREET PARKING.
Address:
6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7
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Vancouver Kikisake Matsuri @ Nikkei Matsuri 2016
On Sept. 5, 2016, The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre threw a Japanese summer fest called Nikkei Matsuri where a lot of Japanese food vendors, organizations and Japan lovers gatherd together to celebrate Japanese culture in Burnaby. We were there to check out the sake tasting activity, Kikisake Matsuri.
Vancouver J-fest 2015: Cosplay Videography
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J-fest is an annual 1 day event that celebrates Japanese Culture at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby BC Canada. It has live taiko drumming, musical performances and dancing.
It's also an event that attracts cosplayers doing costumes of various types. With such beautiful scenery as a backdrop it made for a lot of really great shots. The sun helped a lot to brighten everything up.
This video is the 10th in my cosplay video series. A huge round of applause for me and all of the cosplayers who participated in this video and in previous videos.
See everyone at Fan Expo next month.
カナダで日本のお祭り!? ~Nikkei Matsuri~ #ちか友留学生活
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Vancouver ART SCENE: BLOSSOM AT METROPOLIS Art Installation at Metrotown Mall, Burnaby, March 5-31
BLOSSOM AT METROPOLIS
Art Installation at the Metrotown Mall Grand Court
March 5-31, 2019
A one-of-a-kind art installation that includes more than 250,000 cherry blossoms.
From the Metropolis at Metrotown website:
Celebrate the start of Spring with an exciting new art installation at Metropolis at Metrotown!
Blossom at Metropolis at Metrotown takes place March 5-31, 2019 and brings the beautiful cherry blossoms indoors for a month-long installation in Grand Court. Stop by and take some photos of this unique one of a kind cherry blossom experience created by Vancouver creative arts studio Hfour.
Enjoy weekday evening performances and workshops by Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre on Tuesdays & Thursdays including hands-on arts & crafts to make your own sakura artwork, learn to play Japanese chess, or learn to dance a traditional Japanese dance. Sign up for a Workshop Wednesday class with MUJI to learn how to make your own origami sakura blossom or to learn the modern art of brush calligraphy.
Visit Grand Court and enter for a chance to win a $1000 shopping spree daily!
Also don't forget to share your photos and videos of your visit using #METBlossom and @metropolisatmet for a chance to win a weekly Blossom prize package or the grand prize $500 Metropolis at Metrotown gift card.
Blossom is open during mall hours daily March 5-31, 2019 and is a free experience for everyone to enjoy.
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Please watch: Vancouver WALK: EDITED STROLL ALONG LAFARGE LAKE Late Afternoon, Fall 2019
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Vancouver Okinawa Taiko @ Japanese Festival - 2016 Nikkei Matsuri Vancouver 日系祭り
Drumming performance by Vancouver Okinawa Taiko at Japanese Festival - 2016 Nikkei Matsuri on 04 Sept ,Nikkei national museum & culturai centre, Burnaby,Vancouver,BC
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Beta Vulgaris: The Sugar Beet Projects
Exhibit opening BETA VULGARIS: THE SUGAR BEET PROJECTS by Kelty McKinnon with music by Keri Latimer. Saturday Feb. 10, 2pm. Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, Canada
Nikkei National Museum’s gallery will be transformed into a Japanese dry garden, punctuated by large sculptural ‘boulders’ made of molten, burnt, and sculpted sugar. A wooden boardwalk will traverse overtop of this landscape conflating the “hills of Mission” to the flat, striated furrows of the sugarbeet fields in southern Alberta.Beta Vulgaris: The Sugar Beet Projects explores the relationship between an apparently benign material, sugar, and the hard times the Japanese community went through. Audiences will be invited to a multimedia Zen garden made of granulated sugar and punctuated by large boulders sculpted out of molten and burnt sugar.
“The traditional Zen garden is an enclosed, meditative space of raked sand and strategically placed boulders. Historically the white sand symbolizes purity, and in the Zen garden it represents water, emptiness, and distance,” explains McKinnon. “Contrasting the expression of sugar’s purity, generosity and neutrality is its history and conditions of labour.”
For most Japanese-Canadians, the sugar beet fields stood for gross injustice during the Second World War, when the BC Security Commission Council organized the Sugar Beet Projects. Due to the labour shortage and the need to supply troops overseas with cheap sugar, Japanese-Canadian internees had no choice but to move to the Prairies or Ontario and work on the sugar beet fields. They were told only if they did so would they be able to live with their families. The evacuees at the time supplied the labour for 65 percent of Alberta’s sugar beet acreage.
Vancouver Sakura Kai at Nikkei Centre
Vancouver Sakura Kai at Nikkei Centre
Participating the Craft and Bake Fair
Nov 18, 19 2017
Kimono Show 2016 at Nikkei Cultrual Centre: Fashion show
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A Kimono fashion show seen at the Nikkei Cultural Center in Burnaby BC Canada. Features Kimonos for all seasons, Pan-Asian Wedding Attire, and Kimono inspired couture.
倡南京大屠殺紀念日 國會議員關惠貞惹日總領事不滿-13 July 2018 (廣東話）
日本駐溫總領事向關慧貞表達不滿
有日裔組織反對南京大屠殺紀念日
國會議員關慧貞去年11月在國會發表紀念南京大屠殺聲明，並且倡議聯邦政府訂立全國纪念日。在今年4月她再次在國會提出，隨後更推出社區請願運動，這件事已經觸動了日本的神經。
根據日本媒體的報導，日本內閣官房長官菅義偉(Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshide) 7月2日在記者會上被問及加拿大有國會議員倡議訂立南京大屠殺紀念日和多倫多建造紀念碑的事。菅義偉説：＂正當兩國政府在努力促進關係的同時，看到這些行動(紀念南京大屠殺)令人失望。身為日本政府，我們強烈希望能夠建立一個環境讓世界上不同背景的人能夠和平及和諧共處。＂
菅義偉表示日本政府會採取行動，包括透過不同方式提供資訊，但目前他不便提供細節。
本地日語媒體《溫哥華新報》(Vancouver Shinpo)曾刊登多篇文章，報導日裔加人為了阻止關慧貞尋求政府訂立南京紀念日而成立名為【加拿大日裔民族團結聯盟】的組織，該聯盟主席是Gordon Kadota。數年前韓裔社群計劃在本拿比樹立＂慰安婦＂紀念像，當時日裔社群也成立了由Kadota所領導的委員會反對建造，令計劃無法實現。
該聯盟認為，訂立南京大屠殺紀念日會令日裔人士每年看日曆時感到煩厭，亦會對其後代造成傷害的效果。他們呼籲並且會協助日裔向關慧貞、其他國會議員和總理杜魯多發信表達反對意見。
【加拿大日裔民族團結聯盟】在11日晩在本拿比的日本文化中心及博物館(Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre）召開第二次大會，有逾百人和多個日語媒體參加，討論如何阻止關慧貞把12月13日訂立為南京大屠殺紀念日。當晚發言者包括否認及不相信南京大屠殺有發生過的人。
回應此日裔反對組織，另一批加拿大日裔人士成立了名爲【日裔加拿大人支持訂立南京大屠殺紀念日】的組織，成員分佈加拿大各地，包括獲得加拿大勛章作家小川樂（Joy Kogawa）、全國日裔加人協會前任會長Grace Thomson、大學教授、中小學教師、學生、醫生、藝術家、商界人士、和平活動人士等等。
關慧貞日前接受媒體訪問時，曾被問及日本駐溫哥華總領事是否就訂立紀念日一事向她表達不滿，關慧貞承認確有其事。
關慧貞說：＂倡議政府訂立南京大屠殺紀念日並非針對日本或日裔加拿大人，就正如【日裔加拿大人支持訂立南京大屠殺紀念日】組織的發言人乘松聰子所說，紀念日並不是針對或抹黑日本或日裔人士，這是關乎紀念受害人和提醒世人不要讓歷史重蹈覆轍。對於有人把紀念南京大屠殺說成破壞社區和諧，試圖挑起日裔加拿大人的情緒，實在令人遺憾。日裔加人每年都有就二戰原爆進行紀念活動，我未曾聽聞有人批評此等紀念會傷害美國人。此外，加拿大亦有訂立納粹大屠殺的紀念日，人們也不會認為這樣會針對或傷害德裔加拿大人。＂
關慧貞說她日前召開記者招待會，邀請日裔、韓裔、菲律賓社群和荷蘭裔的二戰受害人的家屬出席發言，便是希望令大家明白，紀念南京大屠殺的意義是跨越種族的，就正如史維會的列國遠所說，南京大屠殺是二戰日軍暴行的象徵，因此，紀念日所悼念的是二戰日軍的所有受害人而不獨是南京大屠殺的受害者。
關慧貞呼籲公衆大力支持訂定南京大屠殺紀念日的請願。網上簽署的網址為：
大溫地區的四個固定簽名蒐集站地址如下:
1. 關慧貞國會議員辦公室2572 E Hastings St, Vancouver
2. 華埠中華文化中心 50 East Pender Street, Vancouver
3. 列治文中華文化中心 860-- 4400 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond
4. 本拿比中信中心 Crystal Mall, 2nd Floor, 4533 Kingsborough St. , Burnaby
5. 列治文中信中心 Unit 2320-2330, Richmond Public Market, 8260 Westminster Hwy, Richmond
本地日裔組織 反對關慧貞簽名運動 –JUL 13, 2018 OMNI BC Cantonese
日本駐溫總領事向關慧貞表達不滿
有日裔組織反對南京大屠殺紀念日
國會議員關慧貞去年11月在國會發表紀念南京大屠殺聲明，並且倡議聯邦政府訂立全國纪念日。在今年4月她再次在國會提出，隨後更推出社區請願運動，這件事已經觸動了日本的神經。
根據日本媒體的報導，日本內閣官房長官菅義偉(Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshide) 7月2日在記者會上被問及加拿大有國會議員倡議訂立南京大屠殺紀念日和多倫多建造紀念碑的事。菅義偉説：＂正當兩國政府在努力促進關係的同時，看到這些行動(紀念南京大屠殺)令人失望。身為日本政府，我們強烈希望能夠建立一個環境讓世界上不同背景的人能夠和平及和諧共處。＂
菅義偉表示日本政府會採取行動，包括透過不同方式提供資訊，但目前他不便提供細節。
本地日語媒體《溫哥華新報》(Vancouver Shinpo)曾刊登多篇文章，報導日裔加人為了阻止關慧貞尋求政府訂立南京紀念日而成立名為【加拿大日裔民族團結聯盟】的組織，該聯盟主席是Gordon Kadota。數年前韓裔社群計劃在本拿比樹立＂慰安婦＂紀念像，當時日裔社群也成立了由Kadota所領導的委員會反對建造，令計劃無法實現。
該聯盟認為，訂立南京大屠殺紀念日會令日裔人士每年看日曆時感到煩厭，亦會對其後代造成傷害的效果。他們呼籲並且會協助日裔向關慧貞、其他國會議員和總理杜魯多發信表達反對意見。
【加拿大日裔民族團結聯盟】在11日晩在本拿比的日本文化中心及博物館(Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre）召開第二次大會，有逾百人和多個日語媒體參加，討論如何阻止關慧貞把12月13日訂立為南京大屠殺紀念日。當晚發言者包括否認及不相信南京大屠殺有發生過的人。
回應此日裔反對組織，另一批加拿大日裔人士成立了名爲【日裔加拿大人支持訂立南京大屠殺紀念日】的組織，成員分佈加拿大各地，包括獲得加拿大勛章作家小川樂（Joy Kogawa）、全國日裔加人協會前任會長Grace Thomson、大學教授、中小學教師、學生、醫生、藝術家、商界人士、和平活動人士等等。
關慧貞日前接受媒體訪問時，曾被問及日本駐溫哥華總領事是否就訂立紀念日一事向她表達不滿，關慧貞承認確有其事。
關慧貞說：＂倡議政府訂立南京大屠殺紀念日並非針對日本或日裔加拿大人，就正如【日裔加拿大人支持訂立南京大屠殺紀念日】組織的發言人乘松聰子所說，紀念日並不是針對或抹黑日本或日裔人士，這是關乎紀念受害人和提醒世人不要讓歷史重蹈覆轍。對於有人把紀念南京大屠殺說成破壞社區和諧，試圖挑起日裔加拿大人的情緒，實在令人遺憾。日裔加人每年都有就二戰原爆進行紀念活動，我未曾聽聞有人批評此等紀念會傷害美國人。此外，加拿大亦有訂立納粹大屠殺的紀念日，人們也不會認為這樣會針對或傷害德裔加拿大人。＂
關慧貞說她日前召開記者招待會，邀請日裔、韓裔、菲律賓社群和荷蘭裔的二戰受害人的家屬出席發言，便是希望令大家明白，紀念南京大屠殺的意義是跨越種族的，就正如史維會的列國遠所說，南京大屠殺是二戰日軍暴行的象徵，因此，紀念日所悼念的是二戰日軍的所有受害人而不獨是南京大屠殺的受害者。
關慧貞呼籲公衆大力支持訂定南京大屠殺紀念日的請願。網上簽署的網址為：
大溫地區的四個固定簽名蒐集站地址如下:
1. 關慧貞國會議員辦公室2572 E Hastings St, Vancouver
2. 華埠中華文化中心 50 East Pender Street, Vancouver
3. 列治文中華文化中心 860-- 4400 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond
4. 本拿比中信中心 Crystal Mall, 2nd Floor, 4533 Kingsborough St. , Burnaby
5. 列治文中信中心 Unit 2320-2330, Richmond Public Market, 8260 Westminster Hwy, Richmond
2010 Japanese Kimono Show (Nikkei Heritage Centre)
The Japanese Kimono Show was held at Nikkei Place on Aug 4th, 2010 in Burnaby, BC, Canada.
A group of kimono teachers and students lead by Mineko Ukai from Nishinomiya, Japan are travelling specially to the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre to present Beauty of Japan -- Japanese Kimono Show on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, at 7pm. Experience the virtues of wearing a kimono and expect to see myriads of kimono worn for different occasions and seasons.
More information can be found at:
nikkeiplace.org/past-events/kimono-show-aug-4/
*Music:
Sorezore Ni by Atari Kousuke
**Translation for the Japanese characters in the video:
日本の美: Beauty of Japan
きもの: Kimono
「J-Fest 2014｣ 『Kagerou Project: Unplugged』 【＊ageha LIVE】
--uploaded more for my friends who couldn't make it to the show--
(to be quite honest, I'm not 100% proud of this show, but it's been a while since I got back onto a large stage on my own (now that Ryouko has disbanded), so it's a good thing for me to upload it for future reference, too.)
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I performed a concert panel at this past weekend's J-Fest by Anime Evolution at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada on March 8th, 2014.
Special thanks to my camera assistants in the audience, Charleston Dung and Suparna member, Lyri! My camcorder can be so finicky sometimes... OTL
Thank you for those that showed up to my live show!
It wasn't my best, I know, and I promise to do better next time!
It's been a year and a half since I had my last solo acoustic performance, ever since I started Ryouko in August 2012. Now that Ryouko has finally come to a close, I decided to get back onto the music scene.
Thank you so much to Anime Evolution for having given me that chance!
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There was a miscommunication malfunction between my plug-in acoustic guitar and the centre's sound board, and we had no mic stands for use for the guitar, either. That's why the second microphone is taped onto the music stand. Unfortunately, we overestimated how tall I really was (OTL), so the microphone ended up being taped up too high for the duration of the show.
But, you know what they say: THE SHOW MUST GO ON!
...I should really get my wires and guitar checked, just in case...;;; OTL
I'll be uploading a series of clips from J-Fest onto my vlog channel soon!
＊ageha
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ALL SONGS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY:
Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) of IA Project/1st Place Ltd.
from Kagerou Project (Mekaku City Actors)
PLAYLIST:
1 - Children Record / sound check (NOT SHOWN DUE TO POOR PERFORMANCE QUALITY) - eng. lyrics by ＊ageha
2 - Ayano no Koufuku Riron
3 - Souzou Forest (Imagination Forest) - eng. lyrics by ＊ageha
4 - Shounen Brave (Brave Boy) - eng. lyrics by ＊ageha
5 - Summer Time Record
Performance/Guitar Arrangement:
＊ageha
Special Thanks for helping with filming:
Charleston Dung
Lyri (Suparna)
Special Thanks for hosting me!
Anime Evolution / VJSA
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Thumbnail Image: Alkun Photography
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本地日裔組織反對成立南京大屠殺日 活動發起人回應-13 July 2018 OMNI-Mandarin
日本駐溫總領事向關慧貞表達不滿
有日裔組織反對南京大屠殺紀念日
國會議員關慧貞去年11月在國會發表紀念南京大屠殺聲明，並且倡議聯邦政府訂立全國纪念日。在今年4月她再次在國會提出，隨後更推出社區請願運動，這件事已經觸動了日本的神經。
根據日本媒體的報導，日本內閣官房長官菅義偉(Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshide) 7月2日在記者會上被問及加拿大有國會議員倡議訂立南京大屠殺紀念日和多倫多建造紀念碑的事。菅義偉説：＂正當兩國政府在努力促進關係的同時，看到這些行動(紀念南京大屠殺)令人失望。身為日本政府，我們強烈希望能夠建立一個環境讓世界上不同背景的人能夠和平及和諧共處。＂
菅義偉表示日本政府會採取行動，包括透過不同方式提供資訊，但目前他不便提供細節。
本地日語媒體《溫哥華新報》(Vancouver Shinpo)曾刊登多篇文章，報導日裔加人為了阻止關慧貞尋求政府訂立南京紀念日而成立名為【加拿大日裔民族團結聯盟】的組織，該聯盟主席是Gordon Kadota。數年前韓裔社群計劃在本拿比樹立＂慰安婦＂紀念像，當時日裔社群也成立了由Kadota所領導的委員會反對建造，令計劃無法實現。
該聯盟認為，訂立南京大屠殺紀念日會令日裔人士每年看日曆時感到煩厭，亦會對其後代造成傷害的效果。他們呼籲並且會協助日裔向關慧貞、其他國會議員和總理杜魯多發信表達反對意見。
【加拿大日裔民族團結聯盟】在11日晩在本拿比的日本文化中心及博物館(Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre）召開第二次大會，有逾百人和多個日語媒體參加，討論如何阻止關慧貞把12月13日訂立為南京大屠殺紀念日。當晚發言者包括否認及不相信南京大屠殺有發生過的人。
回應此日裔反對組織，另一批加拿大日裔人士成立了名爲【日裔加拿大人支持訂立南京大屠殺紀念日】的組織，成員分佈加拿大各地，包括獲得加拿大勛章作家小川樂（Joy Kogawa）、全國日裔加人協會前任會長Grace Thomson、大學教授、中小學教師、學生、醫生、藝術家、商界人士、和平活動人士等等。
關慧貞日前接受媒體訪問時，曾被問及日本駐溫哥華總領事是否就訂立紀念日一事向她表達不滿，關慧貞承認確有其事。
關慧貞說：＂倡議政府訂立南京大屠殺紀念日並非針對日本或日裔加拿大人，就正如【日裔加拿大人支持訂立南京大屠殺紀念日】組織的發言人乘松聰子所說，紀念日並不是針對或抹黑日本或日裔人士，這是關乎紀念受害人和提醒世人不要讓歷史重蹈覆轍。對於有人把紀念南京大屠殺說成破壞社區和諧，試圖挑起日裔加拿大人的情緒，實在令人遺憾。日裔加人每年都有就二戰原爆進行紀念活動，我未曾聽聞有人批評此等紀念會傷害美國人。此外，加拿大亦有訂立納粹大屠殺的紀念日，人們也不會認為這樣會針對或傷害德裔加拿大人。＂
關慧貞說她日前召開記者招待會，邀請日裔、韓裔、菲律賓社群和荷蘭裔的二戰受害人的家屬出席發言，便是希望令大家明白，紀念南京大屠殺的意義是跨越種族的，就正如史維會的列國遠所說，南京大屠殺是二戰日軍暴行的象徵，因此，紀念日所悼念的是二戰日軍的所有受害人而不獨是南京大屠殺的受害者。
關慧貞呼籲公衆大力支持訂定南京大屠殺紀念日的請願。網上簽署的網址為：
大溫地區的四個固定簽名蒐集站地址如下:
1. 關慧貞國會議員辦公室2572 E Hastings St, Vancouver
2. 華埠中華文化中心 50 East Pender Street, Vancouver
3. 列治文中華文化中心 860-- 4400 Hazelbridge Way, Richmond
4. 本拿比中信中心 Crystal Mall, 2nd Floor, 4533 Kingsborough St. , Burnaby
5. 列治文中信中心 Unit 2320-2330, Richmond Public Market, 8260 Westminster Hwy, Richmond
Relocation centers in California and Canada - Exhibition Two Views 2013
In time for the 25th Anniversary of Japanese-Canadian Redress Celebration. the Ottawa War Museum is holding the exhibition Two Views -- Photographs by Ansel Adams and Leonard Frank. The sound is from the moving presentation given by Sachiko Okuda.
After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, both the Canadian and American governments forced the relocation of citizens of Japanese ancestry from the coastal regions of western North America.
A travelling exhibition from the Nikkei National Museum, Burnaby, British Columbia.