By Elysha Rei From 15-17 November 2024, I had the privilege of attending the first Past Wrongs Future Choices (PWFC) project international conference in Banff. This trip was a whirlwind of meaningful engagement, creative exploration, and moments of light-hearted...
On 4 May 2024, we held an in-person meeting in Sydney to discuss our partnership in PastWrongs Future Choices (PWFC), a seven year (2022-29) project with collaborators such asuniversities, museums, and Nikkei community organisations in Canada, US, Brazil, Japan, and...
By Andrew Hasegawa When I applied for the Past Wrongs Future Choices scholars’ residency in 2023, I knew my research topic would be of interest to the Project, but I didn’t have much confidence that I’d be awarded a residency. Surely there would be a long line of...
By Sophie Constable In July I flew over to Canada to be part of the University of Victoria Past Wrongs Future Choices Internment Era Field School, representing Nikkei Australia. The Field School gathered educators and history students together for two activities:...
By Andrew Hasegawa Over the past few months I’ve been digitising documents at the National Archives of Australia’s (NAA) Melbourne reading room for the Past Wrongs Future Choices (PWFC) project. The documents are transcripts of objections given by Japanese...
by Elysha Rei Read Blog 1 here. The halfway point of my residency was marked with a ‘nori tori’ adventure with the Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society, harvesting seaweed off Gabriola Island. Travelling with Japanese-Canadian artist Bradley Kurushima and his wife Annika,...
SBS Radio story featuring Nikkei Australia members25 April 2025
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