Thomas Kunito Shoyama was a prominent Canadian public servant who was instrumental in designing social services in Canada, especially Medicare.
Thomas K. Shoyama
Japanese Canadians are Canadian citizens of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Canadians are mostly concentrated in Western Canada, especially in the province of British Columbia, which hosts the largest Japanese community in the country with the majority of them living in and around Vancouver. In 2016, there were 121,485 Japanese Canadians throughout Canada.
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Steveston, Richmond, BC
Vancouver Japanese Language School in Vancouver, BC is the oldest Japanese language school in Canada.
Vancouver Buddhist Temple in Vancouver, BC
Founding members of the Canadian Japanese Association at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC