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Bruce Jensen

Bruce Jenson was born in Scarborough, Ontario to a
Scandinavian family in 1941. Bruce’s father Eric was a
grower in Denmark who emigrated to Canada in 1929.

In those days, new immigrants into the field of hort-
and agriculture had to work on a farm for two years
2022 which Eric accomplished in New Denmark, New
Brunswick.

When completed, Eric travelled to Scarborough,
Ontario (a municipality of the greater Toronto area)
Inductee owner retired and passed the greenhouse facility on
where he worked for a greenhouse operator until the

to Eric.

Bruce grew up at this location, helping out in the
greenhouses but not particularly interested in
continuing in this field as a career. He was way more
interested in participating in all sports and driving
vehicles of all sorts.

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