text: Tomekichi Homma Ted Itani
  Robert Ito
  Mary Kitagawa
  Joy Kogawa
  Nobuo Kubota
  Art Miki
  Roy Miki
  Masumi Mitsui
  Kenzo Mori
  Raymond Moriyama
  Kazuo Nakamura
  Gordon Goichi Nakayama
  Jesse Nishihata
  Shigetaka Sasaki
  Hide Hyodo Shimizu
  Masaru Shintani
  Thomas Shoyama
  David Suzuki
  Masao Takahashi
  Takao Tanabe
  Grace Eiko Thomson
  Kenryu Takashi Tsuji
  Masami Tsuruoka
  Irene Uchida
  Herb Wakabayashi
  Mel Wakabayashi
  Yuki Yoshida
  Redress
  In 1947 the first "nationwide organization of Japanese Canadians", the National Japanese Canadian Citizens Association (NJCCA) was founded in Toronto on Labour Day weekend. The NJCCA carried on the work begun by the Japanese Canadian Citizens for Democracy (JCCD). The NJCCA was renamed the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) in 1980. In 1977, during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrant to Canada, discussions of redress began to have an effect. Meeting in basements and coffee houses, Japanese Canadian anger arose again, and the sense of shame was gradually replaced by one of indignation. This encouraged Japanese Canadians to fight for their rights and to gain compensation for what they had been through during the war.
  In 1983, the NAJC mounted a major campaign for redress which demanded, among other things, a formal government apology, individual compensation, and the abolition of the War Measures Act.