February 2022

Mimi_O

Stuff contributed by Mimi_O

food
18 Feb 2022

What is Nikkei Food? A Conversation with Chef Ron Elmaleh

What does Japanese or Nikkei food in Canada look like? Taste like? Who better to ask than the executive chef and owner of Kobachi Japanese Cuisine, Ron Elmaleh. Ron is a Japanese Moroccan who was born in Israel and grew up in Japan. He went to school in the United …

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Japanese for Nikkei Beginner Course Series Now Available!

Class/Workshop

Mimi_O

Canada
Ontario

culture
2 Feb 2022

Writing Wrongs in the Past and Present: How Director Sherri Kajiwara is Preserving Nikkei Voices in Canada - Part 2

Mimi Okabe

Writing Wrongs: Intro to Protest Letters/Paroles perdues : introduction aux lettres de protestation.© Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, 2021.

culture
1 Feb 2022

Writing Wrongs in the Past and Present: How Director Sherri Kajiwara is Preserving Nikkei Voices in Canada - Part 1

Mimi Okabe

identity
17 Sep 2021

Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities

Yoru no kangaegoto | Night Thoughts

Mimi Okabe, Sachi Kikuchi

“Jyā mata raishū ne!”

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About

Hajimemashite! My name is Mimi Okabe, and I immigrated to Canada when I was 11 months old. I identify as bicultural and bilingual, though I would like to be a polyglot one day! I hold a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Alberta, where I've taught literature, pop culture and Japanese. As a scholar of Japanese cultural studies, my research and expertise lie in neo-Meiji and neo-Victorian adaptations of Sherlock Holmes! I am also one of the founders of Japanese for Nikkei, an online learning and teaching platform specializing in reconnecting Nikkei with their heritage language. I hope to show my support as a volunteer by writing articles in both English and Japanese and in any way Discover Nikkei sees fit! To learn more about me, please consider visiting mimiokabe.com and japanesefornikkei.com Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!