a process by which a minority or immigrant group is through contact absorbed into the culture of another group or groups.

A mental tendency, preference or prejudgment. Could be positive or negative.

The action of suppressing in whole or in part something that is considered politically or morally objectionable. Letters written by Japanese Canadians were opened, read and in many cases pieces were b [..]

A police or military regulation requiring persons to keep off the streets after a designated hour. Order-in-Council of Feb. 24, 1942 restricted all Japanese Canadians to their homes from sunset to sun [..]

A term used by many Nisei during the war to describe interior settlements. At their peak in the spring of 1943 these camps held 12,177 Japanese Canadians. This figure does not include an additional 69 [..]

Actions resulting from a particular mindset or prejudice. A means of treating people negatively because of their group identity. Discrimination may be based on age, ancestry, gender, language, race, r [..]

An alien (foreigner) living in a country that is at war with his country of ancestry. A term used in government notices and in the media to describe all Japanese Canadians as enemies of the state. The [..]

The work of spies. Politicians and some people in British Columbia said that Japanese Canadians would not be loyal to Canada and would become spies and saboteurs. The RCMP and the military said that t [..]

To move out or remove from a threatened area or place. The term used for the removal of all people of Japanese ancestry from the “protected area” on the Pacific coastline to places at least 160 kilome [..]

To force a person to leave one's country, community, or province as punishment. Banishment. Japanese Canadians were forced to leave the coast of British Columbia and later were told to prove thei [..]