Japanese Internment — Articles

In Enemy Lines, Mayumi Lashbrook unearths a history she was never told

At the Firehall Arts Centre, the Toronto-based choreographer reckons with the forced displacement of Japanese Canadians and the cycles of fear-based thinking that still echo today

DANCE, CULTUREJanet SmithApril 28, 2026Firehall Arts Centre, Japanese Internment, Powell Street Festival, Homepage feature

Humour meets dark history in Sansei: The Storyteller, April 27 to 29

Kunji Mark Ikeda explores Japanese-Canadian internment through light comedy in the solo coming to Vancouver

WHAT'S STIRRING, THEATREGail JohnsonApril 21, 2023Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Japanese Internment

Sansei: The Storyteller looks at Japanese-Canadian internment with a light heart

Kunji Mark Ikeda’s multidisciplinary solo show draws on his family’s history

THEATRE, DANCEGail JohnsonApril 19, 2022SPRING, Spring Arts Guide, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Chan Centre, Japanese Internment, Homepage feature

Stir Q&A: VIFF Immersed's Randall Okita talks about virtual world of The Book of Distance

The writer-director uses handmade art and high tech to tell the true story of his grandfather and Japanese internment.

SCREEN, FESTS, CULTUREJanet SmithSeptember 28, 2020VIFF, Japanese Internment, History, VR, XR

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