UPCOMING:
Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution
By Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross
Publisher: UBC Press
In September 1945, Canadian democracy faced a fundamental question of constitutional law: Could citizens be expelled on the basis of race? Canada proposed exiling Japanese Canadians to Japan, a country devastated by war. Thousands who had already experienced uprooting, internment, and dispossession were now at risk of banishment. Challenging Exile investigates the origins, administration, litigation, and aftermath of this attempt at gross injustice, and shares the stories of resilience of those who faced it.
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PAST TALKS
The Teachings of Mutton
By Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa with Coast Salish contributors
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
Join author Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa and contributing author Andrea Fritz for an engaging presentation about Mutton, a Coast Salish Woolly Dog whose pelt lay forgotten in a Smithsonian drawer for 150 years until it was uncovered by an amateur archivist. According to Indigenous Oral Histories of the Pacific Northwest, this small dog was bred for thousands of years for its woolly fibres, which were woven into traditional blankets, robes and regalia. The book brings together narratives of science, post-contact history, and the profound effects of colonization, all grounded in Mutton’s journey—a tale of research, reawakening, and resurgence that will interest Pacific Northwest history buffs, textile and fiber enthusiasts, and dog lovers.
Books will be available for signing after the presentation.