‘Life behind each name’: Victoria monument honours Japanese Canadians interned during WW2

A sprawling new monument just minutes from the B.C. Legislature honours the Japanese Canadians interned during the Second World War.
“A monument does not restore homes, businesses, fish boats, property or years that were taken, but it can make a positive record permanent,” said Japanese Canadian Legacies Society President Paul Kariya. “Here in granite, in the provincial capital, the names of those who were uprooted will endure.”
The centrepiece of the monument, located at