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My Story
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9673
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (4 min., 21 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- This film chronicles that 2013 journey of Kehar Sing Aujla and his wife as they travelled to India on vacation. The visit included a trip to the town of Ledo in North-East India, where the Ledo Mine Rescue Centre is located. In the film, Aujla describes the trip and the work he oversaw at the Ledo …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (4 min., 21 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- This film chronicles that 2013 journey of Kehar Sing Aujla and his wife as they travelled to India on vacation. The visit included a trip to the town of Ledo in North-East India, where the Ledo Mine Rescue Centre is located. In the film, Aujla describes the trip and the work he oversaw at the Ledo Mine Rescue Centre when he was Superintendent of the Coal Mines Rescue Department in India. His visit with friends and trip to a local Sikh holy place is also included in the film.
- History
- Kehar Singh Aujla is originally from the Western part of India. He and his wife immigrated to Canada in 1996 to be closer to his son and his family in Burnaby. Aujla worked in the coal mining industry in India for 40 years starting in 1951. He passed his management exam in 1960, and spent 23 years working with a coal mine rescue organization. Since moving to Burnaby he has received recognition for his commitment to volunteer work, receiving eight awards between 2006 and 2016, including being selected as Burnaby's Citizen of the Year for 2011. His volunteering has included work with Volunteer Grandparents, Burnaby Citizen Support Services, Burnaby Village Museum, the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, BMO Marathon, Breast Cancer Association, and at the Sukh Sagar Gurdwara. His awards include the Gerontology Award from SFU, 2011 Citizen of the year from the City of Burnaby, Top 25 Immigrant of 2012 by Canadian Immigrants and Royal Bank of Canada, The Life Time Sewa Award by Sukh Sagar Sikh Temple of New Westminster, Best Community Service Award by Vaisakhi Gala of Surrey, Best Community Service Award by Age Care and News Leader, Sovereign Medal by Governor General of Canada, Above and Beyond Award by Fraser Health, Early Bird Award by Volunteer Resources of Burnaby General Hospital.
- Creator
- Aujla, Kehar Singh
- Other Title Information
- title supplied by film maker
- Names
- Aujla, Kehar Singh
- Accession Code
- BV016.37.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 2016
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
Video
My Story, 2016
![Haskell holding document with man and woman, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0160_001.jpg?width=280)
Haskell holding document with man and woman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17414
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and president of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association, T. Boyd Haskell (centre) with two unidientified people. Haskell is dressed as a British soldier with a three cornered hat and holding a document while an unidentified man and woman look at t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and president of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association, T. Boyd Haskell (centre) with two unidientified people. Haskell is dressed as a British soldier with a three cornered hat and holding a document while an unidentified man and woman look at the document from either side of him. The woman on the right is wearing a jacket with a crest which reads " Visitor / Convention / Bureau / Greater / Vancouver". Unidentified people could be members of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association.
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.160
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "PHOTO / Canadian Pacific / PRINTED IN CANADA"
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Haskell holding document with man and woman, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0160_001.jpg)