Howie (Hisao) Toda (BSc카지노 게임 컬렉션�52) was always grateful to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s for helping to change his life.

Mr. Toda, who passed away in December 2017, overcame a challenging childhood that saw his family imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp. After graduating from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s with an engineering degree, he got married, had four children, and went on to a long career at Ontario Hydro.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s did not judge him by his family heritage or by who his parents were, but only by his capabilities and potential,카지노 게임 컬렉션� his son, Brian Toda, told family gathered at Summerhill for his father카지노 게임 컬렉션�s memorial bench dedication held in June. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s allowed him to pursue his dream and become an electrical engineer. [This bench dedication] is so meaningful because Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s represents a momentous inflection point in Dad카지노 게임 컬렉션�s life. He had two different lives 카지노 게임 컬렉션� one before Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and one after.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Although Mr. Toda never returned after graduation, Brian said his father spoke fondly of his time at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. His family felt that dedicating a bench on campus was a fitting tribute and a way to bring him back to the school that changed his life.

Mr. Toda was one of three children in his family who grew up in New Westminster, B.C. His Japanese parents ran a successful boarding house and his childhood was fairly typical. Everything changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Mr. Toda and his family were labeled enemy aliens by the government and stripped of their rights. In February 1942, their family home and car were confiscated and they were moved to an abandoned mining hotel. Howie카지노 게임 컬렉션�s father was forced to work on the Crowsnest Highway.

After the war, the family was expelled from British Columbia and they relocated to Ontario, where Mr. Toda and his parents found work as labourers on a farm near Chatham.

Despite these challenges, Mr. Toda worked hard to finish high school, was accepted to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, and found jobs to help pay for tuition while studying.

While the Canadian government treated him like an enemy of the state, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s welcomed him.

Mr. Brian Toda said his father카지노 게임 컬렉션�s stories about Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s didn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t include discrimination. They were typical student stories such as playing pranks, volunteering at campus radio station CFRC, and working part-time at the campus arena. Some professors and classmates were veterans who fought against Japan in the Second World War, yet Mr. Toda always felt like he was treated the same as other students. 

After graduation, Mr. Toda had a long and successful career in Toronto as an engineer in a variety of increasingly senior roles with Ontario Hydro. While there, he met his wife, Mariko, who worked as a secretary in a nearby office building. Together, they had four children and eventually welcomed four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren into their family. He worked hard to make sure his kids had the type of happy childhood he did not get to enjoy.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�In our wildest dreams, we could not imagine being forced from our comfortable, secure house and have everything taken away,카지노 게임 컬렉션� said Mr. Brian Toda. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Growing up, his stories of his time before Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s were like exaggerations to me. It has only been as I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve grown up, gone to school, and raised a family that I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve come to understand what a heroic effort it was for Dad to make life seem so normal for all of us.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

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This story originally appeared on the Queen's 카지노게임사이트 Alumni website.