The Vancouver Coastal Health authority says it has changed the name of a long-term care home that was named after George Pearson, a B.C. politician who stoked anti-Japanese sentiment during the Second World War.

The health authority says the former George Pearson Centre has been renamed the Oak Care Centre 91裸聊视频渢o better reflect the diversity of the communities the organization serves.91裸聊视频�

The facility opened in 1952, and the authority says that in 2021 the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens91裸聊视频� Association 91裸聊视频渆xpressed concern91裸聊视频� about the centre91裸聊视频檚 name because Pearson led the charge 91裸聊视频渁gainst the rights and enfranchisement of racialized people, including Japanese Canadians, in the 1940s.91裸聊视频�

The health authority says Pearson91裸聊视频檚 beliefs and actions run counter to its inclusive values and commitment to 91裸聊视频淚ndigenous cultural safety, anti-racism, and equity, diversity and inclusion.91裸聊视频�

Vancouver Coastal Health president Vivian Eliopoulos says renaming the facility was 91裸聊视频渄eeply meaningful.91裸聊视频�

A 2020 report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the National Association of Japanese Canadians says Pearson was part of a B.C. delegation to Ottawa to lobby for the 91裸聊视频渇orced eviction91裸聊视频� of the Japanese population.