Obasan Resources

Japanese Canadians weren't the only ones considered enemy aliens. This Web site tells the story of Italian Canadian struggles.

This Web site collects information, movies, books, and events about Nikkei, or the Japanese diaspora.

Okay, so there is no Obasan movie, but there is a movie about an obaasan. Close enough?

This movie is about a boy living in an internment camp. He uses glasses to see the world in a different way.

John M. Ewig argues that Japanese Canadians will never assimilate in this historical video.

Saltspring (that city Grandma and Grandpa visited) celebrates the story of someone who actually returned after the war.

Browse through the archives of The New Canadian, the only Japanese Canadian newspaper to run throughout the war.

A group of high school students retell the story of Obasan, including historical footage. In case you wanted to know what it looked like if Mounties were kids wearing leather jackets.

George Takei speaks about his experience as a child at an American internment camp.

This cartoon explores the experience of young Japanese Canadian boy caught up in the middle of the Japanese Canadian Internments.

Kimiko Murakami (part of one of the most famous families in the area) and her daughter talk about the war.

A huge collection of interviews with Japanese Canadians, many of them discussing the internment.