Credits/Acknowledgements
Japanese Canadian Monument
KPMB Architects (Prime Consultant)
- Bruce Kuwabara, Founding Partner
- Olga Pushkar, Principal
PFS Studio
- Kelty Miyoshi McKinnon, Partner Principal
Project Manager
- Maureen Hetzler, Senior Associate, PFS Studio
Environmental Graphics
- Susan Mavor, Principal, Lost & Found
JCLS Consultant Architect & Pre-Design
- Jack Kobayashi
Chandos Construction
- Muhammad Saleem, Senior Project Manager
- Alex Chambers, Superintendent
- Matt Fraser, Superintendent
- UCC Group
- Scorpio Masonry
Interpretive Design
- Susanne Tabata
- John Endo Greenaway
- Lost & Found
Interpretive Text
- Susanne Tabata
- John Endo Greenaway
- Jordan Stanger-Ross
- Raymond Nakamura
- Rev. Grant Ikuta
Dedication Boulder
- Songhees First Nation
JCLS Project Lead
- Susanne Tabata
Ground Blessing
Esquimalt Elder
- Mary Ann Thomas
Esquimalt Hereditary Chief
- Edward Thomas
Songhees Speaker
- Carmen Dick
Indigenous Protocol Liaison
- Florence Dick
Honourary Japanese Canadian Elder
- Henry Shimizu
Witnesses
- Natsuke Abe
- Maureen Bird
- Grace Kamitakahara
- Amy Kawano
- Lisa Nakamura
- Tony Ibaraki
- Patti Ayukawa
Attendees
- Japanese Canadian Legacies Society
- Victoria Nikkei Cultural Society
Original Monument Research
Project Director
- Michael Abe
HCMC Database Programmer & Consultant
- Martin Holmes
Researchers
- Stacey Inouye
- Kikuye Inouye
- Maureen Bird
- Natsuki Abe
- Aya Timmer
- Megan Koyanagi
- Sakura Taji
Additional Assistance
- Yukari Peerless
- Miyuki Hatogai
- Don and Mieko Fedrau
- Kimi Chalmers
- Lindy Marks
- Alexis Moore
- Skye Rohani
- Rachel Kobayakawa
- Djuna Nagasaki
- Kento Abe
Advisory
- David Mitsui
- Linda Kawamoto Reid
- Lisa Uyeda
- Jan Nobuto
- Kaz Shikaze
Library and Archives Canada
- Gabrielle Nishiguchi
- Marie Blake
Special thanks to the Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC) at UVic, Stewart Arneil, and Janelle Jenstad.
Database Website — Humanities Computing and Media Centre
Academic Director
- Janelle Jenstad
Project Coordinator/Administrative Assistant
- Marla MacKinnon
Programmer/Consultants
- Martin Holmes
- Pat Szpak
- Greg Newton
- Illya Nokhrin
Translator
- Aya Nomura
Researchers
- Kyra Hetherington
- Alexandria Brooks
Database Website — Japanese Canadian Legacies Society
Project Concept & Producer
- Susanne Tabata
Writers
- Susanne Tabata
- John Endo Greenaway
- Linda Kawamoto Reid
Design Elements
- Roddy Tasaka
Project Executive Board
Ministry of Attorney General
- Haiqa Cheema (Co-Chair), Assistant Deputy Minister (MARB)
- Alex Chandler, Assistant Deputy Minister and EFO (CSMB)
- Dara Landry, CFO, Executive Director (CSMB)
- Mariam Okwengu, Executive Director (MARB)
- Navpreet Dua, Director, Programs and Grants (MARB)
- Cenit Munoz, Acting Program Advisor (MARB)
Ministry of Infrastructure
- Miguel Morrissette (Co-Chair), Assistant Deputy Minister
- Amy Miller, Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Capital Development
- Del de Medeiros, Executive Director, Project Delivery Services
- Chris Seltenrich, Executive Director, Portfolio
- Michael Masson (Secretary), Director, Project Delivery Services
- Tracy Aitchison, Director, Portfolio
- Graeme Sykes, Real Estate Manager, Portfolio
- Caterina Bova, Development Manager, Project Delivery Services
Japanese Canadian Legacies Society
- Susanne Tabata, Chief Executive Officer
- Larry Okada, Treasurer
- John Endo Greenaway, Communications and Content Coordinator
Japanese Canadian Legacies Society
The Japanese Canadian Legacies Society (JCLS) was created in 2022 to deliver on priorities established by the Japanese Canadian community with a framework written under BC Redress.
JCLS’s mandate comes from community consultations held across Canada in 2019 and 2020, which set out a framework for what a full accounting by British Columbia would require. In May 2022, the Province committed to funding those pillars—Education, Seniors’ Health and Wellness, Community Fund, Heritage Preservation and the Monument.
JCLS funding supports Japanese Canadian Survivors and their Descendants, and strengthens our community’s organizations and infrastructure. Through the interconnected work of intergenerational healing and learning, historical recognition, and community renewal, the work of JCLS will leave a lasting legacy for Japanese Canadians, for British Columbians, and for all Canadians.
Board of Directors
- Paul Kariya, President
- Brian Tsuji, Secretary
- Larry Okada, Treasurer
- Les Kojima, Director
- Karen Nishi, Director
- Fred Yada, Director
Partners and organizations
