Japanese Canadian internment during WWII

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:action gptkb:migration
forced sale of property
internment
property confiscation
gptkbp:affectedPopulation over 22,000
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Japanese_Canadians
gptkbp:apologyBy Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
gptkbp:cause gptkb:Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:compensation $21,000 per survivor
community fund
gptkbp:consequence displacement
loss of property
family separation
community disruption
long-term trauma
official apology
redress movement
gptkbp:endDate 1949
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Japanese Canadian internment during WWII
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Government_of_Canada
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:War_Measures_Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alberta
gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Manitoba
gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkb:Ontario
gptkb:Quebec
internment camps
prisoner-of-war camps
road camps
self-supporting camps
sugar beet farms
gptkbp:notableOrganization gptkb:National_Association_of_Japanese_Canadians
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Art_Miki
gptkb:Joy_Kogawa
gptkb:Roy_Miki
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Obasan
gptkb:Redress:_Inside_the_Japanese_Canadian_Call_for_Justice
gptkbp:officialApologyDate 1988
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkb:Canadian_Human_Rights_Commission
racial discrimination
violation of human rights
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:World_War_II_internment_of_German_Canadians
gptkb:World_War_II_internment_of_Italian_Canadians
Japanese American internment
gptkbp:startDate 1942
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5