As letters of support come in, we have not been able to do them proper justice in the
format we first adopted.
From now on, we will list the writer with a brief description of who they are.
To read what they have to say, simply click on their names to link to the full
text of their letter.
Tim Nakayama: retired Anglican priest, parishes have included churches in
Seattle and Okinawa, Joy Kogawa's brother
ORGANIZATIONS
National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC): The NAJC is that national voice of the Japanese Canadian community with fourteen chapters across the country. It was the NAJC which assumed the primary leadership role in the struggle for Japanese Canadian redress which was successfully concluded in September of 1988.
National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre: the national museum for Japanese Canadians
INDIVIDUALS
Priscilla Galloway: author and educator
Gwyn Griffith: historian, Centre for Christian Studies
Pamela Harris: photographer and writer (Hot, Cold, Shy, Bold: Looking at Opposites,
Another Way of Being and Faces of Feminism)Sook C. Kong: Vancouver writer
Tim Louis: Vancouver City Councillor
Roy Miki: Scholar and writer, winner of the 2002 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry
Art Perry: Professor of Critical and Cultural Studies, Emily Carr Institute
Robert Priest: artist, poet, song-writer, novelist
Kyle Rae: Toronto City Councillor
Gloria Sawai: writer and educator, winner of 2002 Governor General's Literary Award
for English Fiction
Margaret Steffler: Assistant Professor of literature, Trent University
Ellen Woodsworth: Vancouver City Councillor
