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Historian Frank Schowler
Frank Schowler, a World War ll conscious objector, chose to teach interned Japanese people in Lemon Creek, British Columbia during 1945-46.
Frank Schowler, objecteur de conscience pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, a choisi d'oeuvrer comme enseignant auprès des Japonais internés à Lemon Creek, en Colombie Britannique, en 1945 et 1946.

“I know the Japanese people (on) the west coast had been moved into the interior in B.C. because there was a war on with Japan and there was a fear of what these people might do, although there was never a case of sabotage by Japanese in Canada.

“I had never taught before. This was a totally new thing for me. I taught English, math and social studies. The kids were all born in Canada. Their background was Japanese. Their parents were Japanese. Their parents had (arrived) here as immigrants many years earlier and lived in Canada for a long time.

“I look back on it as one of the most interesting years of my life.”
Historian Frank Schowler
Source Material/Documentation
  1. Canadian Race relations Foundation. Phone: 1-888-240-4936. www.crr.ca
  2. From Racism to Redress, The Japanese Canadian Experience. The National Association of Japanese-Canadians.