World Peace Forum Asia Regional Conference

June 25, 2006, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada


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A delegate holds a large book detaling the atrocities of the Japanese armies in China

Article 9 delegates hang a banner in front of the ARC marking their participation in the event
Click here for more photos on the Article 9 protest.

Audience members listen to Kang Jian and Akihiko Kimijima present in the ARC's opening plenary2

Audience members listen to Kang Jian and Akihiko Kimijima present in the ARC's opening plenary

Delegates consult the information booth before heading upstairs to the various workshops held in the afternoon

Delegates listen and take notes as the plenary session begins to fill later on in the morning

Delegates participate in Workshop B

Delegates prepare for the first plenary of the ARC

Dr. Joseph Gerson comments during Workshop F in the afternoon of the ARC

Groups of delegates examine the literature outside the plenary hall

In between Kang Jian and Akihiko Kimijima, Roy Miki moderates the opening panel of the ARC

Interpreters gear up in preparation for the opening plenary of the ARC

John Price introduces Suh Sung a speaker in the closing plenary and Korean human rights advocate with Roy Miki

Kang Jian Roy Miki and Ning Ping Yu chat before the opening plenary in Henry Angus Building

Kang Jian speaks in the opening plenary of the ARC

Kwi Hoon Kwak speaks in Workshop F during the ARC

Members of Gensuikyo make there way to their afternoon workshops

Roy Miki Joy Kogawa and Grace Thompson enjoy the sun during their lunch break

Sid Chow Tan asks a question in the opening plenary of the ARC

Tatsuo Kage asks a question during the opening session of the ARC

Tatsuo Kage stands with another delegate in the afternoon sun following a intense morning of peace dialogue

Thekla Lit exchanges name cards with Akihiko Kimijima during an interlude in the ARC

Tycho drumming rings around the Henry Angus building during lunch break of the ARC

Tycho drumming rings around the Henry Angus building during lunch break of the ARC

A native delegate addresses the audience during the WPF opening ceremony at the Orpheum

Chinese Choir performs during the WPF opening ceremony at the Orpheum theatre

Ellen Wadsworth, Thekla Lit and Su Zhiliang anticipate the World Peace Forum opening ceremony

Lawyer Kang Jian answers a question during an ALPHA press conference

Lawyers Hiroshi Oyama and Kang Jian sit with historian Su Zhiliang and Alpha head Thekla Lit

Professor Su Zhiliang addresses the audience during his speech on Japanese sexual slavery during WWII

Professor Su Zhiliang addresses the audience during his speech on Japanese sexual slavery during WWII

Rieko Richardson translates for Hiroshi Oyama a Japanese lawyer during a press conference

Su Zhiliang shows a picture of a former comfort women station in Shanghai

Thekla Lit and Tatsuo Kage share a laugh with Su Zhiliang during an ALPHA press conference