About the Project

The Nikkei Memory Capture Project is a co-creative community-based oral history project exploring the cultural and social history of Canadian Nikkei (people of Japanese descent) from 1950 to the present. Focussing on southern Alberta, this project gives voice to and records memories of everyday life, while bringing together and making widely accessible histories of southern Alberta Nikkei.

Research Team

Dr. Darren Aoki

Project lead

  • Associate Professor of World History and Oral History, University of Plymouth, UK
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Lethbridge

Dr. Carly Adams

Project lead

  • Professor, University of Lethbridge, Canada
  • Director, Centre for Oral History and Tradition
  • Board of Governor’s Research Chair, Tier I (2022-2027)

Elaine Toth

Digital Storytelling Facilitator & Research Assistant

  • PhD Student, Cultural, Social, Political Thought
  • University of Lethbridge, Canada

Darcy Tamayose

Communications Specialist & Research Assistant

  • PhD Student, Cultural, Social, Political Thought
  • University of Lethbridge, Canada

Sydney Rolfe

Research Assistant

  • Undergraduate Student, History
  • University of Lethbridge, Canada

Derrick Yokoyama

Research Assistant

  • Undergraduate Student, History
  • University of Lethbridge, Canada

Daly Unger

Research Assistant

  • Undergraduate Student, History
  • University of Lethbridge, Canada

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