A Degree of Justice: Japanese Canadian UBC Students of 1942

70 years ago, 76 Japanese Canadian students who were attending the University of British Columbia were forcibly removed and exiled from the B.C. coast. They were unable to complete their degrees or to graduate at convocation with their classmates.
In 'A Degree of Justice', 6 of these students recall growing up in Vancouver, attending UBC, the many hardships caused by their removal from the coast in 1942, and their thoughts on finally being recognized.
33 minutes. Funded by the UBC Library.
Directed by Alejandro Yoshizawa
Production Coordinator Elena Kusaka
Produced by Mary Kitagawa, Tosh Kitagawa, Henry Yu, and Shirin Eshghi.

[@Inkhart]

Amazing. As a fourth-year UBC student preparing to graduate in the spring, this made me tear up. I think I'm more ecstatic for them to receive their degrees than I am to receive mine.

[@laroccavlogga]

Wow, i will thumb this up easy! I did a short story on this subject but this is just wonderful. Amazing stuff.

[@TheMidlakes]

As a Japanese American, I was proud of what the University of British Columbia did. The American colleges and universities had already done this, so I was wondering when UBC was planning to do something similar. I was glad to have lived to see this day.