Nikkei Matsuri Returns this Summer with Mini Matsuri – September 4 & 5, 2021

Nikkei Matsuri Returns this Summer with Mini Matsuri – September 4 & 5, 2021

Mini Matsuri is just one of the many ways the NNMCC is working to fulfil its mission to honour, preserve, and share Japanese culture and Japanese Canadian history and heritage for a better Canada. All proceeds from Mini Matsuri will support the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.

You can help Nikkei Place win $20,000 in the 2021 Great Canadian Giving Challenge!

Throughout the month of June, you can help Nikkei Place win $20,000 simply by making an online donation

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is back! From June 1-30, every dollar donated (*Minimum donation of $3 required) to Nikkei Place online through Canada Helps gives us the chance to win the $20,000 grand prize. Imagine what we could do for our community! Donate today and help make an impact: 

  • Designate your gift to Nikkei Place Foundation to help ensure the future of Nikkei Place, and leave a lasting legacy for the next generation.

  • Designate your gift to Nikkei Seniors Health Care & Housing Society to help ensure independence, respect, dignity, privacy, and choice for seniors at Nikkei Place. Your support can provide funding from programs that help seniors remain socially, mentally, and physically engaged, and promote Kenko de nagaiki - a long and happy life!

  • Designate your gift to Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre to help preserve and promote Japanese Canadian history, arts, and culture. Your support can provide vital funding for vibrant programs, exhibits, and events that connect, educate and inspire all generations.

Thank you for helping build a strong and vibrant community at Nikkei Place!

Contest Terms & Conditions: *Donations must be made via www.CanadaHelps.org. Minimum $3 donation required. Contest runs from June 1, 2022 at midnight Newfoundland Daylight Time (NDT) to June 30, 2022 at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). See full rules at: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/givingchallenge-rules.

Spotlight on Marcia Carr: Nursing career, the pandemic’s effect on seniors, and more

Spotlight on Marcia Carr: Nursing career, the pandemic’s effect on seniors, and more

We recently caught up with Marcia Carr (nee Hirano), an accomplished healthcare professional of nursing, and board member, donor, and friend of Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society. In this article, we talk with her about her career, the pandemic’s effect on seniors, and her own experiences with having a family member in the Nimi Nikkei Home assisted living residence.

Province takes step to acknowledge historical wrongs against Japanese-Canadians

Province takes step to acknowledge historical wrongs against Japanese-Canadians

The Province is providing the Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society with $2 million as part of its commitment to honour the traumatic internment of almost 22,000 Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War.