Yukon who is who

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Lillian Nakamura Maguire (b. 1948)
	
Lillian Nakamura Maguire was born in Regina, Saskatchewan as a second-generation Japanese Canadian.((“Lillian Nakamura Maguire: Bio.” Japanese Canadian Artists Directory, 2020 website: https://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/lillian-nakamura-maguire/.)) During the Second World War, her parent’s rights were taken away. They lost their home in British Columbia and their belongings were sold off. Her father was sent to a work camp and both parents later worked at a sugar beet farm in Manitoba.((Emily Blake, “Let’s work towards equity, dialogue, respect and peace.” //Whitehorse Daily Star// (Whitehorse), 23 August 2017.)) 

Maguire is a retired adult educator and facilitator. She is a community activist and uses stories in her work in human rights education, elder abuse prevention, and intercultural relations. In 2016, she received a National Association of Japanese Canadians Endowment Fund grant in 2016 to assist in the development of her first play. //Hidden Memories,// was accepted by the Ruby Slippers Theatre “Advance Theatre: New Works by Diverse Women” for reading at the 2017 Vancouver Fringe Festival.((“Lillian Nakamura Maguire: Bio.” Japanese Canadian Artists Directory, 2020 website: https://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/lillian-nakamura-maguire/.)) 

Maguire is a founding member of the Hidden Histories Society Yukon, a volunteer group doing research and producing exhibits and activities mainly related to Yukon Asian and Black history. She writes short stories, memoir, haiku, and plays.((“Lillian Nakamura Maguire: Bio.” Japanese Canadian Artists Directory, 2020 website: https://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/lillian-nakamura-maguire/.)) Lillian Nakamura Maguire received the 2019 Yukon Historical and Museums Association (YHMA) Helen Couch Volunteer of the Year Award.