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Joy Kogawa, Member of the Order of Canada

The “Places That Matter” plaque presentation at Kogawa House, Vancouver.
The “Places That Matter” plaque presentation at Kogawa House, Vancouver. Places That Matter · Vancouver Heritage Foundation · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Joy Kogawa was appointed Member of the Order of Canada in 1986. The appointment recognizes an author whose novel Obasan portrays the wartime treatment of Japanese Canadians.

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The author as described in the Governor General’s Order of Canada citation.

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Ms. Joy Kogawa | The Governor General of Canada ↗

The Governor General of Canada

Order of Canada — award rank, appointment date (not investiture) and recipient citation