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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Suzuki has a twin sister named Marcia, as well as two other siblings, Geraldine (now known as Aiko) and Jenny. They were born to Setsu Nakamura and Kaoru Carr Suzuki in Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, Canada. Suzuki's maternal and paternal grandparents had immigrated to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century from Hiroshima and Aichi Prefecture respectively. | Suzuki has a twin sister named Marcia, as well as two other siblings, Geraldine (now known as Aiko) and Jenny. They were born to Setsu Nakamura and Kaoru Carr Suzuki in Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver, Canada. Suzuki's maternal and paternal grandparents had immigrated to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century from Hiroshima and Aichi Prefecture respectively. | ||
A third-generation Japanese-Canadian ("Canadian Sansei"), Suzuki and his family suffered Japanese Canadian internment|internment in British Columbia during the World War II|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 at Slocan, British Columbia|Slocan in the British Columbia Interior. | A third-generation Japanese-Canadian ("Canadian Sansei"), Suzuki and his family suffered Japanese Canadian internment|internment in British Columbia during the World War II|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 at Slocan, British Columbia|Slocan in the British Columbia Interior. His father had been sent to a labour camp in Solsqua two months earlier. Suzuki's sister, Jenny, was born in the internment camp. | ||
After the war, Suzuki's family, like other Japanese Canadian families, was forced to move east of the Rocky Mountains|Rockies. The Suzukis moved to Islington, Ontario|Islington, Leamington, Ontario|Leamington, and London, Ontario|London, Ontario. David Suzuki, in interviews, has many times credited his father for having interested him in and sensitized him to nature. | After the war, Suzuki's family, like other Japanese Canadian families, was forced to move east of the Rocky Mountains|Rockies. The Suzukis moved to Islington, Ontario|Islington, Leamington, Ontario|Leamington, and London, Ontario|London, Ontario. David Suzuki, in interviews, has many times credited his father for having interested him in and sensitized him to nature. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1632 Order of Canada Citation] | * [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1632 Order of Canada Citation] | ||
* [http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1141 On the Tories Clean Air act] from CBC The Hour | * [http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1141 On the Tories Clean Air act] from CBC The Hour | ||
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* [http://www.terry.ubc.ca/index.php/2006/04/05/david-suzuki-march-2006/ The Biotech Context (March 2006)] - video and audio files of a speech given at the University of British Columbia | * [http://www.terry.ubc.ca/index.php/2006/04/05/david-suzuki-march-2006/ The Biotech Context (March 2006)] - video and audio files of a speech given at the University of British Columbia | ||
* [http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=183&page=read&subpage=past&issueID=29 This Man Can't Save You] interview with David Suzuki in ''ascent magazine'' | * [http://www.ascentmagazine.com/articles.aspx?articleID=183&page=read&subpage=past&issueID=29 This Man Can't Save You] interview with David Suzuki in ''ascent magazine'' | ||
* [http://www.progressive.org/radio_suzuki07 David Suzuki Interview at The Progressive Magazine, Download MP3 or listen] from 2007 | * [http://www.progressive.org/radio_suzuki07 David Suzuki Interview at The Progressive Magazine, Download MP3 or listen] from 2007 | ||
* [http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/features/suzuki/story.html?id=6237166e-c60a-496f-bba8-16447d96e305 Miro Cernetig. "David Suzuki profile." ''The Vancouver Sun''] | * [http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/features/suzuki/story.html?id=6237166e-c60a-496f-bba8-16447d96e305 Miro Cernetig. "David Suzuki profile." ''The Vancouver Sun''] | ||