About BC ALPHA
BC ALPHA (Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WW II in Asia) was established in January 1997.
Through the dedication of volunteers and supporters, B.C. ALPHA has come a long way in promoting awareness of crimes against humanity committed during WWII in Asia. This has been done by way of several educational initiatives. Since its establishment, B.C. ALPHA has cooperated with many ethnic and community organizations on these initiatives. In 2000, B.C. ALPHA began working with the B.C. Ministry of Education and with Canadian educators in an attempt to integrate this important but seldom known chapter of history and human rights into the provincial secondary school curriculum. B.C. ALPHA also supports just and honorable redress for victims of the Asian Holocaust. Our program and project funding come entirely from individual donors and charity foundations.
Our Mission
The mission of BC ALPHA is to foster understanding, redress, and reconciliation related to the tragedies of WW II in Asia. In co-operation with other ethnic groups, including Canadians of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Dutch, and Jewish descent, we organize and participate in projects and events that facilitate education about war crimes and crimes against humanity that were committed during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945). We also support the long-overdue redress for victims of the Asian Holocaust. The ultimate aim of ALPHA is to work for peace and justice.
Our Mandate
- to promote peace, justice, fundamental human rights and freedoms, multiculturalism and racial harmony;
- to educate Canadian society about war crimes and crimes against humanity that were committed during World War II in Asia;
- to foster and support the teaching, within the Canadian education system, of the atrocities and human rights violations that occurred during World War II in Asia, and to learn lessons on humanity from this dark chapter of history.
Award
On March 19, 1999, “A Glimpse of Reconciliation – Confession of a Unit 731 Soldier & Photo Exhibition on Japan’s Germ Warfare in WW II”, a joint project by B.C. ALPHA and the JCCA Human Rights Committee, received the 1999 End Racism Award from the BC Ministry of Multiculturalism.
Work Reports
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