Sedai Corner - September 2011
December 14th, 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 August 31, 2011, 112 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 Bert Mendelson, Frank Shimada, Umeko Kuba, Josie Yoshioka, John Yoshioka, Kunio Suyama, and Fumi Kono for allowing us to preserve their unique stories. A special thank you goes to Sam Baba and Sam Nishiyama for providing a copy of their written memoirs to the Sedai Project. The Sedai Project looks forward to continuing to collect the history of the Japanese Canadians through stories, documents, and photographs over the next year.
Over the past month, Natalie Higashi has been tirelessly assisting the Sedai Project with the monstrous task of editing, digitizing, organizing, encoding and converting the video footage from the memorable Japanese Canadian Experience Conference: Sharing your experiences of the war years, November 2010. Natalie’s expertise in the field is greatly appreciated and because of her help we look forward to updating the Sedai website with the stories collected at the November 2010 Conference. Please check the Sedai website – Sedai Archive (www.sedai.ca) for our “JCCC Conference Report” by Natalie Higashi and Ross Halliday.
We greatly encourage you to leave your legacy by sharing your stories and your family’s stories with the Sedai Project. The Sedai Project is devoted to creating the Japanese Canadian legacy for the younger generations and we can’t do it without you. Anyone who wishes to share their story or who wishes to learn more about Sedai 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!