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(2021) for piano, Sleeve-Hand Responsive User Garment (SHRUG), audio/video, and Max/MSP Commissioned by Megumi Masaki. In 1942 thousands of Japanese-Canadian citizens were removed from the West Coast of Canada and interned in camps in British Columbia and elsewhere. These people were no threat to Canada's war efforts, yet despite the police and military saying that there was no issue, politicians reacted to some public opinions and removed these Canadians using the War Measures Act. The disruption to these citizens' lives was severe, long-lasting, and immoral. In 1988 the Canadian government finally apologized for these wrongs, established redress payments, and repealed the War Measures Act which was used against the Japanese-Canadians. Performed by Megumi Masaki at the UBC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts