Sedai Corner - January 2012
January 26th, 2012
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.
As of December 31, 2011, the Sedai Project is pleased to announce 133 individuals have documented their stories with us in a Sedai interview, totalling approximately 322 hours. We would like to extend our heartfelt thank you to Kay Mitsui, Kaz Nishio, Paul Omoto, Tin Goto, Arthur Kobayashi, Kuni Fukusaka, Nana Nishimura, and Sam Baba for allowing us to preserve their unique stories.
A special thank you is given to Joe & Fumi Ohori and to Dr. Henry & Joanne Sugiyama for their kind donations to the Sedai Project. We are happy to congratulate Dr. Henry & Joanne Sugiyama who recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. In lieu of gifts, the Sugiyama’s asked friends and family to donate to the Sedai Project. A sincere thank you is extended to them and to their friends and family for their generosity.
We greatly appreciate and understand that every contribution made to the Sedai Project helps us create a lasting legacy for the younger generations. We hope you will help us create a lasting archive for the younger generations by continuing to support Sedai through your donations and by sharing your stories, photographs and memoirs with us.
We are pleased to announce that our Sedai Project coordinator, Lisa Uyeda, has been selected as the Toronto delegate for this year’s Japanese Canadian Leadership Program, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Following in the footsteps of Sharon Marubashi (Secretary, JCCC Board Member, and Toronto delegate 2011) and Lorene Nagata (Chair of Sedai, JCCC Board Member, and Toronto delegate 2010), Lisa will be travelling to Japan in February 2012 and for the first time, will experience Japan. Lisa looks forward to visiting Japan where she awaits experiencing the Japanese culture, traditions, people, food, and reconnecting with her heritage roots.
The Sedai Project continues to collect the Issei & Nisei story, 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 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!