Nikkei Legacy Project
We are happy to share with you a little more detail about this upcoming initiative.
Gathering Oral Histories
Nikkei Place Foundation recently received a generous New Horizons for Seniors grant for the Nikkei Legacy Project. We are happy to share with you a little more detail about this upcoming initiative.
The goal of this project is to gather oral histories from founding leaders of Nikkei Place, in order to create a record of understanding surrounding the challenges and successes of creating a culturally specific campus like Nikkei Place.
We will be interviewing founding leaders, and compiling personal historical accounts of the community efforts made by our Japanese Canadian elders. Individuals will be asked to recount the challenges and successes in the early days of establishing Nikkei Place, as well as its commitment to senior care.
From these interviews, we will draw out the distinctive strengths of the programming and senior care found at Nikkei Place. We will document these best practices so that other ethnically or culturally specific societies and communities can learn and adapt from our experiences, and establish their own unique programming and senior care that addresses the needs of their communities.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Minister Tassi Visits with Seniors at Robert Nimi Nikkei Home
Nikkei Place Foundation recently received grant funding through the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP). The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors, got to see first-hand the positive impact that this grant will have in the lives of seniors at Nikkei Place
Nikkei Place Foundation recently received $24,000 in grant funding through the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP). Through the Nikkei Legacy Project, we will purchase recording equipment to conduct interviews with Japanese Canadian seniors, in order to document their knowledge and experiences about their history and origins.
On Monday, July 8, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors, was welcomed on a visit to Robert Nimi Nikkei Home by Nikkei Legacy Project leader Naomi Kawamura, Executive Director at Nikkei Place Foundation, as well as partners at Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society, Cathy Makihara, Executive Director, and Ruth Coles, President of the Board. Her visit included meeting seniors, and sitting in on programs — seeing first-hand the positive impact that this grant will have in the lives of seniors at Nikkei Place.
"We continue to build on measures that will improve the lives of Canadian seniors. In Budget 2019 our government made key investments that will help seniors enjoy a smooth transition into a financially secure, healthy and socially inclusive retirement. Through the New Horizons for Seniors Program, we are taking more steps to empower seniors by supporting opportunities where they can benefit from and contribute to the quality of life in their communities."
– The Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister of Seniors
Stay tuned for more information about the Nikkei Legacy Project.