Accession 2023.15 - Mika Fukuma accession

1 bankers box (0.4 linear meters)

Material was collected by Mika Fukuma when The Nikkei Voice cleared out it’s office in Toronto. The material was created and originally collected by staff at The New Canadian, a weekly publication for Japanese Canadians, published in both English and Japanese beginning in 1938 and running until 2001. She housed the material until donating it to the University of Toronto in 2023.

Donated by Mika Fukuma, 2023.

Material comes from multiple editors of The New Canadian, and operations of the newspaper. This includes material sent to the newspaper from The Japanese Canadian Committee for Democracy and other similar groups. Material from Thomas Shoyama date from WWII when he joined the Canadian Army. This material is from the Department of National Defence and are education material for learning Japanese, Japan’s military structures, and political history. Other material, collected and created by Kenzo Mori, relate to the Japanese Evacuee Committee, which he helped organize during Japanese Canadian internment. Kenzo Mori collected many publications, which have been collected here. Lastly, news and press clippings have been collected regarding the treatment of Japanese Canadians and Japanese Americans, along with Japanese soldiers during WWII. They date primarily from 1942 and cover both the USA and Canada.

No future accruals are expected.

• English
• Japanese

The creation of this finding aid was made possible with generous funding from the Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation, as well as other grants and donations.

Created January 9, 2024 by E. Carroll.