Hamade, Bill (8/19/2017)

Hamade, Bill (8/19/2017)

Bill Hamade is a third and fourth generation (Sansei/Yonsei) Japanese Canadian. A retired librarian with 31 years of service in the Toronto Public Library stem, he discusses his lifelong interest in Japanese Canadian history and family history. He describes his paternal and maternal families' immigration histories, their incarceration at Lemon Creek during World War II, and his own experiences growing up in Toronto in the 1950s and 60s. He also describes the difficulties he has encountered in researching these histories both in Canada and in Japan, and his motivations for pursuing this research.

2017-08-19

video

Takada, Anna

Hamade, Bill

Japanese Canadian

Toronto

Vancouver

Vancouver Island

Lemon Creek

Jasper

Duncan

Hillcrest Lumber

Sansei

Yonsei

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