Interview with Susan Hidaka

Title
Interview with Susan Hidaka
Accession number
2011.038
Interviewer
Lisa Uyeda
Videographer
Lisa Uyeda
Date of Interview
Language
English
Description

The interview is about Susan Hidaka, detailing life in the Okanagan Valley, including music lessons, her father sponsoring Japanese farm workers, and her mothers work as a self-taught midwife. She also covers her education during the war and her later employment at Imperial Oil. The later half of the interview describes interactions between Japanese Canadian communities post war, her role as one of the 75 guarantors for the JCCC's mortgage, her time living the Washington D.C. in the 1960's, and the founding of Momiji.

Format
Videotape
Video File
Length of Interview
2 hr 5 min
Period
Pre War
Post War
Event
Redress
Location
Okanagan, BC
Japan
Calgary, AB
Toronto, ON
USA
Topic
housing
family
music
education
farming
food
language
Momiji
volunteer
clothing
discrimination
religion
sports
fishing
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC)
National Association of Japanese Canadian (NAJC)
employment
travel
Number of Physical Tapes
3
Permission
For uses other than research or private study, researchers must submit a Request for Permission to Publish, Exhibit or Broadcast form.
Citation
Susan Hidaka, interview by Lisa Uyeda, February 7, 2011, 2011.038, Sedai: The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project Collection, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.