Author of the article: Lynn Saxberg
Publishing date: Mar 12, 2021 • March 12, 2021 • 4 minute read • OTTAWA Carla Ayukawa s mother s family had their property seized and were sent to a Japanese interment camp in British Columbia during the Second World War. Photo by Errol McGihon /Errol McGihon
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Carla Ayukawa’s mother was 12 years old when her family, along with some 22,000 other Japanese-Canadians in British Columbia, was forced by Mackenzie King’s government into an internment camp during the Second World War. The overtly racist policy was enacted out of fear of a Japanese invasion.