Simon Fraser University Library announced recently it would no longer host the archives on its servers from this fall, until more than 3,000 people signed an online petition calling for the archive to be saved
More than eighty years ago, Japanese Canadians came together to sustain The New Canadian, the only newspaper specifically for the community that was allowed to be published through the Second World War.
But after the announcement sparked outcry – and more than 3,000 people signed an online petition calling for the archive to be saved – SFU said in a statement on Monday that it recognized the importance of preserving access to sources including The New Canadian, and it would continue to host the archive until an accessible online alternative is found.
Seventy-eight-year-old Alan Itakura from Montreal, Quebec, also signed the petition and said he was “quite astounded“ by how quickly the archive was thrown a lifeline. He said The New Canadian, which published in both English and Japanese and was initially based in Vancouver, was a “must-read” newspaper for his family.
But in an e-mailed response on Monday, SFU Library said it would continue to host The New Canadian until an accessible online alternative is found. After Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbour on Dec. 7, 1941, the newspaper published a front-page editorial affirming the Nisei community’s “complete unswerving loyalty to Canada.”
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