This week Stefania tells Laura the story of HIDE HYODO SHIMIZU: a Japanese-Canadian who became a leader within and outside of her community. She was a gifted teacher, educator, activist and an advocate for Japanese-Canadian rights and enfranchisement. She is most known for dedicating herself to the academic development of Japanese Canadians during World War II when she established and operated schools for Japanese-Canadian children in internment camps. Shimizu was later awarded the Order of Canada for her work in shaping Canada’s history. Born: May 11, 1908, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Died, August 22, 1999, Nepean, Ontario.

EPISODE SOURCES:

1. The Canadian Encyclopedia: Hide Hyodo Shimizu 

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hide-hyodo-shimizu

1. Wikipedia: Hide Hyodo Shimizu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide_Hyodo_Shimizu

1. Greater Toronto Chapter of the NAJC Hide Shimizu (née Hyodo) Memorial Scholarship

http://www.torontonajc.ca/2014/02/16/hide-shimizu-memorial-scholarship/

1. Community Stories: Hide Hyodo Shimizu, By Audrey Matheson

https://www.communitystories.ca/v1/CM_V2_Apps/ui/remWindow.php?remID=72508&remP=/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_memories/hdcn-cm/ADSW/0001/text/&remEx=School+Yard+Memories&lg=English

1. Japanese Canadian Internment, Second World War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QILO0XT-0eo

1. The Pre-World War II Years

https://japanesecanadianhistory.net/historical-overview/reference-timeline/

1. War Measures Act

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-measures-act

1. Japanese Canadian Internment: Prisoners in their own Country

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/japanese-internment-banished-and-beyond-tears-feature

1. Dominion Elections Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Elections_Act

1. HIDE HYODO SHIMIZU: THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION

http://nikkeivoice.ca/hide-hyodo-shimizu-the-right-to-education/