David Suzuki

Dr. David Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24 1936) is a Canadian geneticist who has attained prominence as a science broadcaster and an environmental activist. He is also a co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.

Early life

Suzuki and his twin sister Marcia were born to Setsu and Kaoru Carr Suzuki in Vancouver. Suzuki's maternal and paternal grandparents had emigrated to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Vancouver - 20th century

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A third-generation Japanese-Canadian ("Canadian Sansei"), Suzuki and his family suffered internment in British Columbia during the Second World War from when he was six (1942) until after the war ended. In June 1942, the government sold the Suzuki family's dry-cleaning business, then interned Suzuki, his mother and two sisters in a camp in the Slocan Valley in the BC Interior. His father had been sent to a labour camp in Solsqua, two months earlier. Suzuki's sister, Dawn, was born in the internment camp.

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Japanese-Canadian - Sansei - Internment - British Columbia - Second World War - 1942 - Slocan Valley

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After the war, Suzuki's family, like other Japanese Canadian families, was forced to move east of the Rockies. The Suzukis moved to Islington, Leamington, and London, Ontario.

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Rockies - Islington - Leamington - London - Ontario

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Suzuki attended Mill Street Elementary School and Grade 9 at Leamington Secondary School, before he moved to London where he attended London Central Secondary School.

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