Yuki came from Japan to Vancouver to experience student life at UBC and decided to stay in this beautiful city. After graduating, she worked at a major accounting firm and attained CPA, CA designation. She started her own practice, SRTK Tam Kurozumi, with two other partners in 1993 and is still providing services to personal and corporate clients. She has been active as Japanese Women’s Business Association executive since its inception.

A Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Medicine Program in Fraser Health, Marcia has been a registered nurse for over 40 years and in the last 20 years has been dedicated to geriatric medicine and geriatric psychiatry. She loves every moment of being in her profession, and as a director of NSHCHS, she is committed to providing the best care to Nikkei seniors. Marcia is also an adjunct faculty member with UBC, University of Victoria, SFU, and McMaster University.

Ruth was educated at UBC and the University of Toronto where she received her Master of Social Work degree. She worked in the health care field for over 30 years as a social worker in manaRuth Coles received her BA at UBC and MSW at the University of Toronto. She worked in the as the Leader of Diversity Services for Providence Health Care. She has been a founder and builder of Nikkei Seniors Health Care & Housing Society since the early 1980’s. She served as Vice President for many years and as President from 2010 to 2022. She continues to serve as Past President and a Director on the Board. She has worked on the building of New Sakura-so and Robert Nimi Nikkei Home, supports the Outreach activities and is an advocate for culturally sensitive care for Japanese Canadian seniors. In November, 2022 she was the recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for her contribution to “ enhancing the welfare for the Japanese Canadian community in Canada and promoting friendly relations between Japan and Canada”gement and leadership roles in Diversity Services. She advocates for caring and compassionate care, barrier free services and community building. Ruth has been active with the NSHCHS for over 35 years as Vice President and President since 2010.

After “retiring” from a marketing position with Yokohama Tire over 32 years ago to raise 3 sons, Patty had been active in volunteer activities with school PAC groups and helping her husband coach and manage 3 soccer teams. She has run their construction company office from home since 1994.

Her prior involvement with  the Nikkei Seniors Health Care Society has happened by osmosis throughout the years listening to her parents speak about all of the hurdles facing Nikkei seniors to receive the care they needed in their later years. Patty is the eldest daughter of Robert and Jane Nimi.

As her parents and maternal grandmother aged, she became more involved in the management of their care and needs, and, currently, with her mother needing more assistance, decided to get involved with the Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society. She hopes to be of some assistance to the experienced directors, many of whom she has known since the inception of the Japanese Health Care Society in the late 1970s and early 1980s.