Aiko-Suzuki-Obituary

Aiko Geraldine Suzuki

Toronto, Ontario

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Toronto, Ontario

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Suzuki, Aiko Geraldine - Visual artist, teacher, and avid gardener, Aiko died after a long battle with cancer on December 31, 2005. Born in Vancouver in 1937, she was interned during World War II, along with her family, in Slocan, B.C., and moved to Ontario in 1945. Aiko was a whirlwind of...

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Thinking about Aiko today. We made flip book animations in my 8th grade class. My teacher at the time, Anne Kong, was a close friend of Aiko's and an impressive woman in her own right. But I'm writing today to say that Aiko left an impression on me, even over 20 years later, I remember the week working with her quite well. The flip book I made was named after a pun, Cap-apple of Cooperation and was a short story about two children helping each other pick an apple from an apple tree. May she...