News & Updates

Intergenerational Wellness and Sports Deadlines

Community Fund • May 10, 2024

Applications for Intake 2 of Intergenerational Wellness and Sports are closing soon. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWith the second intake of Intergeneration Wellness applications due to close on May 20, we have put together a Q&A to help address questions families may have about what can be funded and how to get help with your applications. Q: […]

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Intergenerational Wellness Application Deadline May 20

Community Fund • April 30, 2024

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSWith the second intake of Intergeneration Wellness applications due to close on May 20, we have put together a Q&A to help address questions families may have about what can be funded and how to get help with your applications. Q: What is Family Sharing & Healing, and who can apply? A: Family Sharing & […]

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Community Fund Arts Recipients Announced

Arts • April 23, 2024

The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is pleased to announce the results of the Community Fund Arts stream. We were extremely gratified by the interest shown across the country and the broad range of applications we received across many disciplines. We thank the artists – all of them Descendants – and their collaborators for their thoughtfulness, care, and creativity in putting together their applications.

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Intergenerational Wellness & Sports Now Open For Second Intakes

Community & Culture • April 22, 2024

As an original program subset of seniors health and wellness, IG Wellness was first championed by Dr. Karen Kobayashi to the BC Government in 2021. Karen did not live to see the results of her advocacy work. In her honour, and in honour of our elders past and present, we continue this work.

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BC Redress: Confronting Race, Economics, and Power

JCLS News • April 7, 2024

“The Government of British Columbia acknowledges the hardships and trauma people suffered because of government inaction and action before, during and after the war. We know that healing the wounds of the past is a long process. Across government and together with our partners, we are focused on honouring the diversity and contributions of all […]

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Infrastructure Funding Recipients Announced

Community & Culture • April 7, 2024

The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is pleased to announce the results of the Infrastructure stream of the Community Fund. Thank you to the organizations and groups from across the country who applied in this important stream.

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JC Legacies Job Postings

Job Postings • April 3, 2024

The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is hiring! The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is a British Columbia-based society set up to oversee the implementation of legacy initiatives created under the umbrella of the National Association of Japanese Canadians from 2020 – 2022 in conjunction with Japanese Canadian communities and based on a March 30, 2022 $100Million […]

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Japanese Canadian Survivors Health & Wellness Fund Update

Seniors Health & Wellness • March 5, 2024

Teams of Outreach Workers have been hired and have begun working with seniors and their families across four areas of the country: British Columbia; Alberta; Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Northern Ontario; and Ontario, Quebec, and Eastern Canada.

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JC Legacies Update March 2024

JCLS News • March 5, 2024

With the heart and purpose of honouring our elders past and present, who endured and persevered despite hardships, are we doing enough? We have the duty to ensure their legacies are not forgotten and to fully acknowledge Japanese Canadians outside of BC who were pushed far away from their west coast roots. It has been […]

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Sports Funding Recipients

Community & Culture • March 1, 2024

The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is pleased to announce the results of the first intake of the Community Fund Sports stream. Thank you to the elite level athletes and coaches from across the country who applied in this grant stream. JCLS is grateful for the highly accomplished and experienced Assessment Team who the evaluated the applications. Deep thanks to Gary Kawaguchi, […]

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Intergenerational Wellness Recipients Announced

Community Fund • March 1, 2024

The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society is pleased to announce the results of the Intergenerational Wellness stream of the Community Fund. Thank you to the families, groups and organizations from across the country who applied in this important stream. We were moved by the many project applications that spoke to the need for intergenerational healing, collaboration, […]

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BC Heritage Sites – Greenwood

BC Heritage Sites • February 6, 2024

Sitting, left to right: Johnny Ikari (95 years old), Fumio Izuka (90) and Shig Uyeyama (90). Standing, left to right: Chuck Tasaka, George Yamaguchi, Audrey (Higashi) Stewart, Sylvia Oye, Seiji and Sachi Matsuo, Gail Shimizu, Clare (Tanaka) Folvik, Boyd Higashi, Ken and Cec Hamanishi, Irene Terada, AG Niki Sharma and MLA of Boundary-Similkameen Roly Russell. […]

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Japanese Canadian Legacies are initiatives that honour our elders past and present. We are grateful to be doing this work on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples.