HIDE HYODO SHIMIZU

THE BEGINNING

The Hyodo family immigrated to Canada in the early 1900s. Hide Hyodo Shimizu was born on 1908, she was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Hide was daughter of Hideichi and Toshi Hyodo, Hide was the oldest out of 8 brothers and
sisters.

EDUCATION
As Hide grew up she attended The University of British Columbia after high school. Hide then later decided that she would transfer to Teachers Training School after completing one year of university. Hide received her teaching certificate in 1926 after completing her education in Teachers Training School.

CAREER
After Hide received her teaching certificate in 1926 she began her career as a teacher. Hide started off by teaching in a grade one classroom at Lord Byng School. Shortly after hide started teaching the government made it a law that it would be illegal for any Japanese Canadian to receive a teaching certificate, therefore making her the first Japanese Canadian to receive and hold a teaching certificate at 18 years of age. As Hide started teaching she found it difficult to communicate with her students because she taught in Japanese school but she did not speak Japanese. Hide was born in Canada, therefore she was raised to only speak English. This made it very hard for Hide to teacher her grade 1 students.

In 1936 Hide was the only female member in the delegation of four.
The delegation of four was a franchise made by the Japanese Canadian Citizens League. In 1942 the Japanese were taken from the coast and put at Hastings Park located in Vancouver.

Even though this seemed like a con Hide still managed to organize classes for children at Hastings Park.

Hide was kind and generous woman she visited many camps and planned primary curriculum and training for high school students to become teachers.

She visited the seven interment camps monthly and supervised the volunteer teachers.

In 1945 after the war Hide decided that she would settle down in Toronto.
In Toronto Hide found her husband. Hide married a United Church Minister, Rev. K. Shimizu. Rev. K. Shimizu was a widower and had four kids.

In 1948 Japanese Canadian were given the right to vote and in 1982 Hide Hyodo Shimizu received the Order of Canada.

Hide received the Order of Canada because she was noticed for her hard work and effort

to the education of Japanese Canadian children during the evacuation.

in 1993 Hide Hyodo received the Status of Women Canada, the Secretary of State and Baton's of Canada in a month long tribute to 32 women which helped to form the history and evolution of Canada.