Resources

For More Information:

Bangarth, Stephanie "The long, wet summer of 1942: the Ontario Farm Service Force, small-town Ontario and the Nisei." (2005) Canadian Ethnic Studies.  Vol. 37, no. 1.

Chatham-Kent Japanese internment camps to be commemorated with heritage markers. (Aug. 13, 2018). CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/chatham-kent-japanese-internment-camps-wwii-1.4783002

Hester, Jessica Leigh "The town that forgot about its Japanese internment camp." (Dec. 9, 2016) CityLab. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2016/12/should-this-town-save-its-japanese-internment-camp/509933/

Hind, Jerry "Japanese-Canadian internment a less-than-glorious part of our history". (Nov. 15, 2013). Chatham This Week. https://www.chathamthisweek.com/2013/11/15/japanese-canadian-internment-a-less-than-glorious-part-of-our-history/wcm/f2f5031d-3bb7-cd7d-1e5b-7b19ad9ffc3c/

Japanese History in Ontario: World War II: Discrimination and Internment. (2018).  VITA Toolkit - OurDigitalWorld. http://help.vitatoolkit.ca/480/exhibits/3

On the Passing of Yoshio (Yon) Shimizu 1924 – 2016. National Association of Japanese Canadians. http://najc.ca/on-the-passing-of-yoshio-yon-shimizu-1924-2016/

Rhyno, Art "The Nisei farm camps of Southwestern Ontario" (Winter 2010). Spotlight on Essex County. https://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka-s/s/nisei/media/4527

Shimizu, Yon "Exiles: An Archival History of the World War II Japanese Road Camps in British Columbia and Ontario" (1993). SWODA: Windsor & Region Publications. 9. https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/swoda-windsor-region/9 

Vic High Grad Receives Diploma 70 Years Late. (2012). CTV News story on Yon Shimizu receiving Grade 12 Diploma that could not be given in 1942. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4GfSUPHsZw

Images

Yon Shimizu kindly allowed the Leddy Library to scan photos from his collection which can be found in the Southwestern Ontario Digital Archive (SWODA). http://swoda.uwindsor.ca/search/node/shimizu

Period Sources

"An Unfortunate Occurrence".  The Essex Free Press June 11, 1943. https://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka-s/s/nisei/media/4543

"Chatham Juveniles Crush Japanese Softballers 15-0". The Chatham Daily News Sept. 12, 1942. https://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka-s/s/nisei/media/4553

"Kent Farms Plan to Hire Jap Families". The Chatham Daily News June 19, 1942. https://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka-s/s/nisei/media/4551

"Japanese Riots". The Windsor Star June 8, 1943. (Editorial) https://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka-s/s/nisei/media/4567

"Music to Their Ears". Petrolia Advertiser Topic July 20, 1942. (War Bond Ad) https://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka-s/s/nisei/media/4549

"Police rush to Essex, disperse anti-Jap crowd".  The Windsor Star June 7, 1943.  https://cdigs.uwindsor.ca/omeka-s/s/nisei/media/4541