# Event Details - **Event Name**: Book Launch / Lancement de livre: Challenging Exile - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Book Launch / Lancement de livre Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-RossAbout this EventJoin us for the launch of Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution by Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross, presented by Library and Archives Canada.In September 1945, Canadian democracy faced a fundamental question of constitutional law: could citizens be expelled on the basis of race? Canada proposed exiling Japanese Canadians to Japan, a country devastated by war. Thousands who had already experienced uprooting, internment and dispossession were now at risk of banishment. Challenging Exile investigates the origins, administration, litigation and aftermath of this attempt at gross injustice and shares the stories of resilience of those who faced it. How did Japanese Canadians navigate the challenges arrayed against them? Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross detail the circumstances and personalities behind the proposed exile. They follow the lives of families facing government orders that forced them from their homes, stripped their livelihoods and possessions, and deprived them of fundamental rights. They also analyze the constitutional framework of the court case in which lawyers and judges grappled with the meaning of citizenship, race and rights at a time of change in Canadian law and politics. Unfolding in a context of global conflict, sharpened borders and racist suspicion, the story told in Challenging Exile has enduring relevance for our own troubled times. This meticulous and moving account of a shameful episode in Canada’s past tells a necessary story not only for scholars and historians of law, politics and human rights, but also for lawyers, judges and readers of Canadian history. About the authors  Eric M. Adams is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Alberta. He has written widely on constitutional law, legal history, employment law, human rights and legal education.  Jordan Stanger-Ross is a professor of history at the University of Victoria. He is the author of numerous works on the history of migration and race in North America.  In 2022, they were jointly awarded the John T. Saywell Prize for Canadian Constitutional Legal History for their scholarship with Landscapes of Injustice, examining the uprooting and dispossession of Japanese Canadians during the 1940s. Venez assister au lancement du livre Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, par Eric M. Adams et Jordan Stanger-Ross. L’événement est présenté par Bibliothèque et Archives Canada.En septembre 1945, la démocratie canadienne est confrontée à une question de droit constitutionnel fondamentale : peut-on expulser des citoyens en raison de leur race? En effet, le Canada propose alors d’exiler les Canadiens d’origine japonaise au Japon, bien que ce pays soit dévasté par la guerre. Des milliers de personnes déracinées, internées et spoliées de leurs biens couraient en plus le risque d’être bannies. Challenging Exile enquête sur cette injustice flagrante, analysant les origines, l’administration, les litiges et les suites de cette déplorable tentative. Le livre met aussi en valeur la résilience des opposants. Comment les Canadiens d’ascendance japonaise ont-ils surmonté les embûches semées devant eux?  Adams et Stanger-Ross décrivent les circonstances et les personnalités à l’origine de cette proposition d’exil. Ils suivent les familles qui font face à des décrets gouvernementaux les ayant privées de leur foyer, de leur gagne-pain, de leurs biens, et même de leurs droits fondamentaux. Les auteurs analysent aussi le cadre constitutionnel du dossier dans lequel les avocats et les juges s’interrogent sur le sens de la citoyenneté, de la race et des droits, à une époque charnière dans la vie juridique et politique canadienne. L’histoire racontée dans Challenging Exile se déroule dans le contexte d’un conflit mondial, de frontières exacerbées et de soupçons racistes. Elle demeure tout à fait d’actualité à notre époque tourmentée.  Le récit précis et émouvant d’un épisode honteux de l’histoire canadienne s’adresse aux chercheurs, aux historiens du droit, aux personnalités politiques et aux militants des droits de la personne, mais aussi aux avocats, aux juges et à toute personne s’intéressant à l’histoire canadienne. À propos des auteurs  Eric M. Adams est professeur à la faculté de droit de l’Université de l’Alberta. Il a beaucoup écrit sur le droit constitutionnel, l’histoire du droit, le droit de l’emploi, les droits de la personne et l’éducation juridique.  Jordan Stanger-Ross est professeur d’histoire à l’Université de Victoria. Il a écrit plusieurs ouvrages sur l’histoire de la migration et des races en Amérique du Nord. En 2022, les auteurs ont conjointement reçu le prix John T. Saywell d’histoire juridique et constitutionnelle canadienne, pour leur ouvrage savant Landscapes of Injustice, qui aborde la question du déracinement et de la spoliation des Canadiens d’origine japonaise dans les années 1940.  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/book-launch-lancement-de-livre-challenging-exile/100001688537213259 - **Event Categories**: sports, art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fbook-launch-lancement-de-livre-challenging-exile-tickets-1688537213259 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Ottawa - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: 395 Wellington St - **lat**: 45.4198501 - **long**: -75.70807580000002 - **full address**: 395 Wellington St, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Canada ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Library and Archives Canada - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (https://allevents.in/org/library-and-archives-canada-bibliothèque-et-archives-canada/18490093) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/5f690427dc74e925d00ada5e29659d398e8e7b8a1d581615e92933887ca44fff-rimg-w1200-h601-dc171717-gmir.jpg?v=1760626269 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/0c5fd1db5e0ddd389b4e79236360e811bbd452ff7929198067d9930e45158db6-rimg-w400-h400-dc303030-gmir.jpg?v=1760626268 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** 395 Wellington St, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Canada - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 CAD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Library and Archives Canada - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** sports, art, literary-art - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Book Launch / Lancement de livre: Challenging Exile ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Book Launch / Lancement de livre: Challenging Exile", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/5f690427dc74e925d00ada5e29659d398e8e7b8a1d581615e92933887ca44fff-rimg-w1200-h601-dc171717-gmir.jpg?v=1760626269", "startDate": "2025-11-12", "endDate": "2025-11-12", "url": "https://allevents.in/ottawa/book-launch-lancement-de-livre-challenging-exile/100001688537213259", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "395 Wellington St", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "395 Wellington Street", "postalCode": "K1A 0N4", "addressLocality": "Ottawa", "addressRegion": "ON", "addressCountry": "CA" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "45.4198501", "longitude": "-75.70807580000002" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Book Launch / Lancement de livre Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution by Eric M. 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