Interview with Sue Kai (nee Matsugu)

タイトル
Interview with Sue Kai (nee Matsugu)
Accession number
2010.021
Interviewer
Peter Wakayama
Videographer
Unknown
Date of Interview
Language
English
Description

Sue Kai (nee Matsugu) was born on January 26th, 1925, in a small, small town in Alert Bay, British Columbia, which is on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. Her family moved to Vancouver, BC and she discusses her childhood growing up in the Powell Street Area in Vancouver, BC. She recalled the day Pearl Harbour was bombed and how the community reacted at church. Her father was sent to work camp while the rest of the family was sent to Kaslo, BC where her father would reunite with them. After the war, they moved to Toronto, ON. She met and married her husband Sam Kai. She talked about her work at the Facelle Tissues Company, social life, and volunteer work at the United Church and Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.

This Is My Life autobiography of Sumi (Matsugu) Sue Kai

This is My Life - In My Own Words by Sue Kai (a compilation of an oral history interview with Sue Kai and recordings of family zoom conversation) 

Short clips from this interview: https://vimeo.com/411035710https://vimeo.com/411552081

Format
Videotape
Video File
Length of Interview
46 min
Period
Pre War
Post War
World War II
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Event
World War II
Relocation
Forced Removal
Attack on Pearl Harbour
Internment
Location
Vancouver, BC
Kaslo, BC
Chatham, ON
Toronto, ON
Topic
Asahi Baseball Team
family
food
housing
newspaper
dance
nisei
internment camp
church
volunteer
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC)
community
Number of Physical Tapes
0
Permission
For uses other than research or private study, researchers must submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast form.
Citation
Sue Kai, interview by Peter Wakayama, December 17, 2009, 2010.021, Sedai: The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project Collection, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.