Canadian People Helped Japanese Canadians: Focusing on activities by the Anglican Church of Canada

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  • 日系人を助けたカナダの人びと : カナダ聖公会の活動を中心に
  • ニッケイジン オ タスケタ カナダ ノ ヒトビト カナダ セイコウカイ ノ カツドウ オ チュウシン ニ

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Christian groups helped Japanese Canadians who immigrated to the west coast areas of Canada before World War II. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese Canadians were forced to go inland from the coastal areas. Most of them moved into the housing settlements of the former mining areas at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. There were about 2,700 children of compulsory education age. The Canadian government provided them with only textbooks, minimal facilities and teachers of older Japanese Canadians who had no teachers’ certificates. The government refused to provide kindergarten and high school education. The Christian groups ― the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church and the United Church ― helped them by organizing kindergartens and high schools in nine camps. In this paper, I would like to discuss the activities of the Anglican Church of Canada.

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