Canada-Japan Literary Awards

Winners

Arthur Miki for his book Gaman – Perseverance: Japanese Canadians’ Journey to Justice

Mr. Art Miki is an active leader in the Japanese Canadian community, having served as president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) from 1984 to 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, he has received the Order of Canada—this country’s highest recognition—as well as the Order of Manitoba and, recently, the Order of the Rising Sun, from the government of Japan.

Etienne Lehoux-Jobin for his translation of Penriuk et sa douleur : Ossements aïnous retenus prisonniers, written by Dobashi Yoshimi

Etienne Lehoux-Jobin holds a master’s degree in professional translation from Université Laval (2016) and a PhD in translation studies from the Université de Montréal (2024). It was during a student exchange program, while completing his bachelor’s degree in international studies and modern languages, at Université Laval, that he first lived in Japan, in the Osaka region (Kansai Gaidai University; 2009). He then worked for three years as an English teaching assistant in Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku (JET Programme; 2014–2017). Later, as part of his doctoral studies, he spent two years conducting research at Rikkyo University, in Tokyo (2019–2021).