Stories of Resilience: Paul Fujishige

Join us on Friday, November 18th at 1:00PM Mountain Time to share Stories of Resilience with Paul Fujishige from the Edmonton Japanese Community Association (EJCA).

Paul Fujishige was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba as a 3rd Generation (Sansei) Japanese Canadian. He moved to Alberta in 1980 and has lived in Edmonton since 1991. Paul has shared 38 generous years to his career in government, non-profit and education sectors, primarily in the disability services field. He is a social committee member of Matsu no kai Senior’s Club. Furthermore, the internment of his family during the Second World War helped shape and solidify his focus on advocacy. Currently, Paul is the President of the Edmonton Japanese Community Association (EJCA). He became president in 2020 and has been involved with EJCA since his retirement.