1. Japanese Internment

2. Canada and Japan are Enemies December 7 th 1941 – Japanese Air Force attacks Pearl Harbour December 8 th – 26 th 1941 – Japanese Army invades Hong Kong. News of bad treatment of Allied Prisoners of War in Newspapers in Canada and Britain.

3. Japanese Internment December 1941 – All Canadians of Japanese descent had to register with RCMP. January 1942 – Japanese boats and fishing banned) Japanese Canadians placed in ‘protected Areas’ in BC and Alberta Countryside 22,000 Japanese Canadians were put into these camps All property and belongings of these people was taken by Canadian Government Money was used to pay for the camps

4. After The War After World War Two, Japanese Canadians had a choice: Moving to Eastern Canada or back to Japan. No property, belongings or money was returned to them

5. Japanese Canadians 1949 – Japanese Canadians given full Canadian Citizenship for the first time 1988 – Canadian Government formally apologises and offers compensation to surviving victims ($21,000 each) 2012 – BC Government formally apologises for their role in Japanese Internment