An Evening with Acclaimed Canadian Authors Joy Kogawa and Maggie DeVries

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Sponsored by the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) and Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable. Joy Kogawa (Naomi’s Tree) and Maggie DeVries (Hunger Journeys and Chance and the Butterfly) will discuss the ways in which contemporary children’s literature can address the effects of social conflict in the world, and at the same time inspire hope and a desire to bring about positive change. This event, presented in conjunction with MOA’s exhibition ひろしま hiroshima.Arts, Faculty ofOther UBCUnreviewedResearche

Shikata Ga Nai : Contemporary Art by Japanese Canadians

Foster provides a brief history of the Japanese-Canadians and their internment during World War II and describes the works, exploring the relationship of that history to ten artists' identity. Artists' statements. Biographical notes. 50 bibl. ref