Sedai Corner - May 2011
June 10th, 2011
Sedai Corner
The Sedai Project is committed to collecting, documenting, preserving and sharing the history of the Japanese Canadians. We, the Sedai Committee, collect and preserve the Japanese Canadian history through audio and video recordings in a relaxed interview format. We continue to search for all Japanese Canadians who were born in the pre-war and war years to come and share their stories with us.
The Sedai Project is pleased to report that as of April 30, 2011, 97 individuals have assisted us in documenting and preserving the Japanese Canadian history by sharing their stories with us in a Sedai interview. We would like to extend our heartfelt thank you to Patricia Adachi, Mickey Maikawa, and Akio Oda for allowing us to preserve their unique stories. A special thank you goes to our oldest Sedai interviewee, Mickey Maikawa. We congratulate Mickey on celebrating his 100th birthday later this year!
Here are a few more questions to help you continue to develop and compose your story. Did you attend Japanese language school? Did you learn Japanese in Canada or did you go to Japan to learn? Who was your teacher? How many children were in your class? What did your non-Japanese friends think about Japanese school? Did your siblings and friends attend Japanese language school?
We look forward to completing our goal of 100 individuals soon! Remember, every story and life experience is unique to each individual and every story is important to our cultural heritage. We would like to ask those who have a story to please help us reach our goal and preserve the Japanese Canadian history for our future generations. Anyone who wishes to share their story or who wishes to learn more about our history as Japanese Canadians please contact Lisa Uyeda at 6 Garamond Court, Toronto, ON, M3C 1Z5 or lisa.uyeda@jccc.on.ca or info@sedai.ca or by telephone at 416-441-2345 ext 303. In the meantime you can also find more information about the project at www.sedai.ca.
We look forward to hearing from you!