Art Miki

Mr. Art Miki is an active leader in the Japanese Canadian community having served as president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians from 1984-1992. He led the negotiations to achieve a just redress settlement for Japanese Canadians interned during the Second World War. He and his family were forcibly relocated to Manitoba sugar beet farms in 1942. For his efforts nationally, provincially and locally, he has received this country's highest recognition, the Order of Canada, the...See more

Mr. Art Miki is an active leader in the Japanese Canadian community having served as president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians from 1984-1992. He led the negotiations to achieve a just redress settlement for Japanese Canadians interned during the Second World War. He and his family were forcibly relocated to Manitoba sugar beet farms in 1942. For his efforts nationally, provincially and locally, he has received this country's highest recognition, the Order of Canada, the Order of Manitoba and recently received the Order of the Rising Sun from the government of Japan. He received an Honourary Doctorate degree from University of Winnipeg and from St. John's College, University of Manitoba. Art is past-president of the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba and the Asian Heritage Society of Manitoba. With the Asian Heritage Society, Art has organized high school symposiums on Asian heritage and is involved with Anti-Asian Racism activities. He is advisor to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Art is a former teacher and principal, a Canadian Citizenship Judge, and a lecturer at the University of Winnipeg. See less