The generous contributions of many to the success of this project are acknowledged. Without their enthusiastic participation, this historical record of the Tashme Internment Camp could not have been created.
Volunteers at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre in Burnaby BC
Howard Shimokura, Linda Reid, Ellen Schwartz, Kaz Takahashi and Jean Kamimura who met almost every month to plan and work on ways to search, access, collect and display information for this project. Howard Shimokura and Ellen Schwartz designed, organized and wrote many sections of the record. Other contributors were Shoji Nishihata, Yosh Yasunaka, Jean Wakahara, Beth Carter, Sherri Kajiwara, Scott Owens and Lisa Uyeda.
John Endo Greenaway for creating the website to display and disseminate the work of this project.
Volunteers at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto ON
Jan Nobuto, Keo Shibatani, Arnie Arai, Harold Miwa, for the Names on Houses and the Families Spreadsheet sections of this project.
Researchers who assisted by visiting, searching and compiling information from multiple sources
Gregg Shimokura, who spent countless hours at the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa to research their files on Japanese Canadian internment.
Nathalie Picard, a NNMCC 2014 summer intern, who researched files at UBC Special Collections and United Church Archives. Nathalie also wrote the first draft of the section on Education.
James Nishimura who researched NNMCC files and prepared a research paper on Tashme schools.
YoshYasunaka who researched NNMCC files for relevant materials.
A grateful thank you to the following who funded the design and construction of the Tashme Historical Project website
Anonymous, Gayle and David, Stan and Mas Fukawa, Anthony and May Gardiner, Ed Kaminishi, Koichi (Kaye) and Flo Kaminishi, Frank and Naomi Kamiya, Yu-zhi and Lynn Kiang, Luke and Micki Nakashima, James and Yoko Nishimura, Linda Reid, Thomas Seki, Alan and Betsy Shimokura, Karen Shimokura, Ray and Joyce Shimokura, Kenneth and Rosemarie Takeuchi, Henry and Yvonne Wakabayashi, Terry and Nellie Wong, Stan and Jane Yip and the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre Auxiliary.