Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Coming to Canada Seeking a Better Future Who Were the Immigrants? Why Canada? A Very British Society Chapter 2: Japanese Canadians in BC, 1900-1939 Starting Out Women's Work Success and Independence Fear of Immigrants Racist Treatment Racial Segregation Steveston Powell Street, Vancouver Sticking Together A Visible Minority Japanese Culture Language Schools Chapter 3: War Canada Goes to War Japanese Canadians Join the War Effort Canada Goes to War Against Japan Chapter 4: Enemy Allies Japanese-Canadian Citizens Lose Their Rights Normal Life Comes to a Halt The New Canadian The Decision to Intern Forced Removal Women and Children Held in Livestock Stables Property Seizure Chapter 5: Internment and Forced Labour Internment Camps Twelve Years Old in Lemon Creek A High-School Student in Greenwood New Denver Road Camp and Prison Camp Camp Baseball Forced Labour on the Prairies Speaking Out Against Internment Japanese Canadians Join the War Chapter 6: Aftermath Voluntary Deportation Relocation East of the Rockies Return to the Coast Post-war Life for Japanese Canadians Chapter 7: Acknowledging the Past Fight for Apology and Redress Permanent Acknowledgements Timeline Glossary For Further Reading Visual Credits Index.