# Tim Tamashiro

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'''Tim Tamashiro''' is a Canadian [jazz](/source/jazz) singer, radio broadcaster and speaker.

Tim was the host of ''[Tonic](/source/Tonic_(radio_program))'', a nightly jazz program on [CBC Radio 2](/source/CBC_Radio_2) from March 2007 until late June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/music/manitoba-artists-could-dominate-at-wcmas-59930392.html|title=Manitoba artists could dominate at WCMAs|date=20 September 2009|publisher=[Winnipeg Free Press](/source/Winnipeg_Free_Press)|accessdate=2009-09-28}}</ref> He became the full-time host of ''Tonic'' on April 2, 2012, after the retirement of weekday host [Katie Malloch](/source/Katie_Malloch).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://rdc.ab.ca/about/news-events/rdc-news/tim-tamashiro-be-given-rdc-honorary-degree-during-51st-convocation-ceremony|title=Tim Tamashiro to be given an RDC Honorary Degree during 51st Convocation Ceremony|last=|first=|date=June 5, 2015|website=Red Deer College|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028083536/http://rdc.ab.ca/about/news-events/rdc-news/tim-tamashiro-be-given-rdc-honorary-degree-during-51st-convocation-ceremony|archive-date=October 28, 2016|access-date=}}</ref>

==Honours and awards==
On June 5, 2015 [Red Deer College](/source/Red_Deer_College) awarded an honorary degree in Interdisciplinary Studies to Tim Tamashiro.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.timtamashiro.ca/ Tim Tamashiro official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190609202515/http://www.timtamashiro.com/ Tim Tamashiro website archive](via Wayback Machine archive)

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Category:Canadian jazz singers
Category:Canadian male singers
Category:Canadian musicians of Japanese descent
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Category:Jazz radio presenters
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