4 May 2005
As a member organization of the
British Columbia Committee
Against Japan’s Bid for UN Security Council Permanent Seat
organized and participated the May 4
Rally to
oppose Japan's bid for permanent seat on UN Security
Council and to protest
18 May 2005
Issued the
Multi-Ethnic Joint Position on the Recent Tension in East Asia
- For Redress, Reconciliation and Peace in the Asia-Pacific
to urge the Canadian government to support redress for victims of WWII in Asia
and to take action to
assure Canadians have an equal opportunity to learn lessons from World War II in
Asia as well as in Europe. http://www.alpha-canada.org/multiethnic
28 & 29 May 2005 A fundraiser film show “Go Home” was organized in support of the 2005 Peace & Reconciliation Study Tour to China for Canadian Teachers to be held from July 11 - 24. www.alpha-canada.org/StudyTour.
11 – 24 July 2005
The
2nd Peace & Reconciliation
Study Tour to
10 August 2005
Commemoration
of the 60th Anniversary of the End of WWII in Asia cum
Global Day of Action in Support of
Redress for "Comfort Women" and other Asian Holocaust Victims
was organized in front of the Japanese Consulate in Vancouver.
At this occasion, Vancouver City Council proclaimed August 15, 2005 as
Day of Peace in the Pacific.
Representative from the 3 levels of governments also attended and addressed in
this event.
http://www.alpha-canada.org/commemoration
15 August 2005
President of BC ALPHA has been invited to be a guest of honor to speak at the
Commemorative event for the
60th Anniversary of the End of WWII in Asia
hosted by the Lieutenant Governor of BC at the Government House in
20 August – 23
September 2005 To commemoration the 60th Anniversary of the end
of WWII in Asia, BC ALPHA was invited by the Chinese Consulate in
29 October 2005 Launching of the Oral History DVD, Witness To History: Canadian Survivors Of Wwii In Asia was held at the Vancouver City Council. The documentary features the story of four Asian Holocaust survivors, namely Miriam, Tang Yongjiang, Tony Cowling and Marius van Dijk van Nooten. Three of them were in their childhood at wartime and Tony was only 17 years old when he became a POW. They witnessed and experienced the sufferings and horrors of war, particularly the impact of atrocities on women and children. Length of each survivor’s testimony ranges from 21 to 31 minutes and each story was appropriately “chapterized” to allow teachers the versatility in classroom use. There is also a 17 minute excerpt of testimony highlights available for teachers if they want to introduce briefly more than just one survivors’ experience to the class. This is a companion DVD for the learning resource, Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific 1931 – 1945: Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship jointly developed by BC Ministry of Education and BC ALPHA in 2001. http://www.alpha-canada.org/OralHistory
17 February 2006
Organized a workshop and information table at the BC Social Studies Teachers’
Association Provincial Conference to introduce the learning resource,
“Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific (1931-
1945): Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship” and the
2006 Peace & Reconciliation Study Tour to
China for Canadian Teachers.
9 March 2006
Invited by Vancouver School
Board to organizer a workshop to
introduce the learning resource,
“Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific (1931- 1945): Social Responsibility and Global
Citizenship” and the 2006
Peace & Reconciliation Study Tour to China for Canadian Teachers.
13 & 21 May 2006 A fundraiser film show “King of Masks” was organized in support of the 2006 Peace & Reconciliation Study Tour to China for Canadian Teachers to be held from July 27 – August 9, 2006 www.alpha-canada.org/StudyTour.