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Horse-drawn plough
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36336
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boy clearing land with a horse-drawn plough at 5288 Hardwick Street, near Still Creek. The two draft horses are standing facing the tree line. The boy is standing behind them, holding on to the plough, and turning to smile at the camera.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Tony S. Fabian subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 251-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boy clearing land with a horse-drawn plough at 5288 Hardwick Street, near Still Creek. The two draft horses are standing facing the tree line. The boy is standing behind them, holding on to the plough, and turning to smile at the camera.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Horse-drawn plough at work
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36337
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boy clearing land with a horse-drawn plough at 5288 Hardwick Street, near Still Creek. The two draft horses are moving towards the tree line. The boy is moving along behind them, working the plough.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Tony S. Fabian subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 251-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boy clearing land with a horse-drawn plough at 5288 Hardwick Street, near Still Creek. The two draft horses are moving towards the tree line. The boy is moving along behind them, working the plough.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Horse-drawn plough at work
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36338
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boy and a man clearing land with a horse-drawn plough at 5288 Hardwick Street, near Still Creek. The two draft horses are walking towards the camera with their ears up. The boy is standing behind them, holding on to the plough, and the man is walking along beside him. Clothes are ha…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1961 or 1962]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Tony S. Fabian subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 251-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-09
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boy and a man clearing land with a horse-drawn plough at 5288 Hardwick Street, near Still Creek. The two draft horses are walking towards the camera with their ears up. The boy is standing behind them, holding on to the plough, and the man is walking along beside him. Clothes are hanging to dry on a line that is partially visible on the left.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
All steel climax baling presses : electric power and hand operated
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2290
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Climax Baler Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1969
- Call Number
- 670 CLI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.29.88
- Call Number
- 670 CLI
- Author
- Climax Baler Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- Hamilton, Ont.
- Publisher
- Climax Baler Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. : 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Farm equipment--Canada
- Agricultural machinery
- Agriculture
- Machinery
- Machinery industry
- Catalogs
Big Bend flood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98087
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified people after a flood in the Big Bend area. Photographs depict a person standing in a farm field and adjusting a plant at Wing Wong's Nursery, and another person wearing a hard hat and posing with a construction vehicle.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3167
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified people after a flood in the Big Bend area. Photographs depict a person standing in a farm field and adjusting a plant at Wing Wong's Nursery, and another person wearing a hard hat and posing with a construction vehicle.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Buildings - Agricultural - Nurseries
- Construction Tools and Equipment
- Natural Phenomena - Floods
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4892 Marine Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
Garage and mushroom house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77192
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [before 1969] (date of original), digitally copied 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Stiglish family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy-print ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the garage where Jack Stiglish repaired machinery and housed his tools, and the mushroom house beside it. A sign propped up between the two buildings reads "manure" with an arrow pointing to the right.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [before 1969] (date of original), digitally copied 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Stiglish family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy-print ; 9 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 552-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-07
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the garage where Jack Stiglish repaired machinery and housed his tools, and the mushroom house beside it. A sign propped up between the two buildings reads "manure" with an arrow pointing to the right.
- Names
- Stiglish, F.J. "Jack"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "view of father's garage where his tools were + he repaired the machinery / sign saying bags of manure this way / mushroom house next to garage"
- Original spelling of surname was "Stiglich"
- Geographic Access
- Keswick Avenue
- Street Address
- 3782 Keswick Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
View at back of mushroom houses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77191
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [before 1969] (date of original), digitally copied 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Stiglish family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy-print ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the equipment at the back of the mushroom houses used to get compost ready to be used in the mushroom houses.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [before 1969] (date of original), digitally copied 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Stiglish family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy-print ; 9 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 552-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-07
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the equipment at the back of the mushroom houses used to get compost ready to be used in the mushroom houses.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "curing [illegible] - with compost on for mushroom houses / at back of mushroom houses no 5 and no 6"
- Original spelling of surname was "Stiglich"
- Geographic Access
- Keswick Avenue
- Street Address
- 3782 Keswick Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
Horse and Dog
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81115
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 22, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a dog chasing a horse at an equestrian centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 22, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 22 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1263
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a dog chasing a horse at an equestrian centre.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Animals - Horses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Morstad, John
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Burn / 1547 / Morstad / 102% Bby. 2"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Horse drawn wagon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12942
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [199_]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a yellow wagon being driven by a man with a cowboy hat and pulled by two Belgian horses as visitors look on. They are heading down Hill Street inside Burnaby Village Museum. Children are getting rides in the wagon. A sign on the side of the wagon reads "Hillside Farms / Belgians / Map…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a yellow wagon being driven by a man with a cowboy hat and pulled by two Belgian horses as visitors look on. They are heading down Hill Street inside Burnaby Village Museum. Children are getting rides in the wagon. A sign on the side of the wagon reads "Hillside Farms / Belgians / Maple Ridge B.C...." The Village Trading Company and General Supply Store are visible on the right.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Transportation - Carriages
- Transportation - Horses
- Transportation - Wagons
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.619
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [199_]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 9-Apr-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Lubbock photographs from album
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64493
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1945-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 130 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Lubbock family, including their riding stables and horses, family events, their pets, and landscape and travel photographs. These photographs were originally housed in a photographic album.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1945-1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Lubbock family subseries
- Physical Description
- 130 photographs : b&w and col. ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm or smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 342-046
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-02
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the Lubbock family, including their riding stables and horses, family events, their pets, and landscape and travel photographs. These photographs were originally housed in a photographic album.
- Names
- Lubbock, Ainsly
- Lubbock, Beatrice "Bea"
- Lubbock, Elizabeth
- Lubbock, Gordon
- Lubbock, John
- Lubbock, John Barker
- Lubbock, Mina
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Grandview Highway
- Canada Way
- Burris Street
- Street Address
- 7803 Burris Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Corn seller
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98220
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person holding up three ears of shucked corn toward the camera. The person is standing on the side of a road, and a bin of corn under a tarp is visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3298
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person holding up three ears of shucked corn toward the camera. The person is standing on the side of a road, and a bin of corn under a tarp is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Crops
- Agriculture
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in an August 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
Heritage Seed Program : 1991 seed listing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6698
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Call Number
- 635 HER 1991
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 635 HER 1991
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Place of Publication
- Uxbridge, Ont.
- Publisher
- Heritage Seed Program
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 34 p. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Seeds
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
- Notes
- Includes index (back cover).
Heritage Seed Program : 1992-1993 seed listing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6699
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Call Number
- 635 HER 1992-1993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 635 HER 1992-1993
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Place of Publication
- Uxbridge, Ont.
- Publisher
- Heritage Seed Program
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 41 p [2]. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Seeds
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
- Notes
- Includes index.
Heritage Seed Program : preserving and enjoying our horticultural heritage, April 1992, vol. 5, no. 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6697
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Call Number
- 635 HER v. 5 no. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- ISBN
- 0848-0753
- Call Number
- 635 HER v. 5 no. 1
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Place of Publication
- Uxbridge, Ont.
- Publisher
- Heritage Seed Program
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- v. : ill ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Seeds
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
Heritage Seed Program : preserving and enjoying our horticultural heritage, December 1992, vol. 5, no. 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6695
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Call Number
- 635 HER v. 5 no. 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- ISBN
- 0848-0753
- Call Number
- 635 HER v. 5 no. 3
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Place of Publication
- Uxbridge, Ont.
- Publisher
- Heritage Seed Program
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- v. : ill ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Seeds
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
Stiglish family dog
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription77187
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [196-] (date of original), digitally copied 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Stiglish family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy-print ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dinah, the Stiglish family's Rough Collie on the family property (this property included the F.J. Stiglish mushroom farm). Mushroom houses are visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [196-] (date of original), digitally copied 2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Stiglish family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy-print ; 9 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 552-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-07
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dinah, the Stiglish family's Rough Collie on the family property (this property included the F.J. Stiglish mushroom farm). Mushroom houses are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Animals - Dogs
- Names
- Stiglish, F.J. "Jack"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "F.J. Stiglish mushroom farm / 3782 Keswick Ave / Burnaby 3 / before changed address 1050 Keswick Ave / probably 1960s / mushroom houses in background garage with a suite above it, used for parties."
- Original spelling of surname was "Stiglich"
- Geographic Access
- Keswick Avenue
- Street Address
- 3782 Keswick Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
Columbian columnist William Hawley
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45196
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 25, 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Columbian farm and garden columnist William Hawley looking at tins and bottles of various types of bug sprays and garden sprays. He was the garden columnist for most of the 1960's, and prior to that he was a salesman and nutritionist for Brackman-Kerr feed store in New Westminster for…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 25, 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-092
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Columbian farm and garden columnist William Hawley looking at tins and bottles of various types of bug sprays and garden sprays. He was the garden columnist for most of the 1960's, and prior to that he was a salesman and nutritionist for Brackman-Kerr feed store in New Westminster for 40 years. He and his wife Doreen were married for 52 years.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19349
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (49 min., 21 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. Raj Chouhan shares his ancestral background and personal experiences immigrating to Canada from India in 1973 and living and working in Canada as an immigrant…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (49 min., 21 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Kate Petrusa Interviewee: Honourable Raj Chouhan Location of Interview: Residence of Honourable Raj Chouhan Interview Date: December 2, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: (00:49:21) Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. Raj Chouhan shares his ancestral background and personal experiences immigrating to Canada from India in 1973 and living and working in Canada as an immigrant and the organizations that he became involved with. Honourable Raj Chouhan recalls how he arrived in Burnaby with his family in 1973 and that his family worked in farming. Chouhan imparts his first hand experiences as a new immigrant working as a labourer in the farming industry and describes the unsafe and unfair working conditions that he and migrant workers faced. Chouhan conveys how this experience lead him to become an activist for better working conditions for migrant workers. This lead Chouhan and others to form the Canadian Farm Workers Union in 1980. Chouhan recollects his experiences flying from India to Canada with his wife, his first impressions after arriving in Vancouver and driving to Burnaby and what he brought with him. Chouhan explains his connections to Burnaby. Members of Chouhan's wife's family immgrated to Canada in 1957 and his wife and her three brothers joined them in 1970. Chouhan's father in law, Hardial Singh Grewal immigrated in 1957 and became president of the Sikh temple in New Westminster. Hardial Singh Grewal worked in a lumber mill in Vancouver and eventually bought a house in Burnaby. Chouhan married to his wife at the Sikh temple in New Westminster and lived in Burnaby for a period before moving to New Westminster where they could find more affordable housing. Chouhan shares that he first worked as a farm labourer in Abbotsford and then found a job in the sawmill which paid more. Chouhan describes the extreme racism and discrimination that he and other immigrants faced which lead to the formation of the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism under the leadership of Dr. Hari Prakash Sharma. Chouhan describes this organization that he was a part of and the Canadian Farm Workers Union that were both formed in Burnaby. Chouhan shares that he moved to Victoria in 1988 to serve on the Hospital Employee's Union and moved back to the mainland in 1993 and returned to Burnaby in 2001. Chouhan reflects on the history of South Asian immigration in Canada, how many of the migrants settled in the lower mainland including Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver establishing temples in Vancouver and New Westminster which became the centre for the South Asian community. He conveys how earlier occupations were limited to farming and millwork and how over time employment opportunities and education have broadened but there is still work to do. He imparts how second generation Canadians’ experiences differ from first generations providing examples of his own daughters’ and the occupations that they are working in. Chouhan provides his insights into the South Asian Canadian experience imparting “We make history every day and that history needs to be recorded and learned from.."... “People from different communities, different backgrounds who lived in Burnaby have contributed so much and South Asians are just like another community and participated in all aspects of social life, cultural, religious, economy. I'm so proud of our community, our forefathers who had that vision to fight for our rights. I'm inspired by people who struggled so much to gain basic rights, like the right to vote". Chouhan refers to these first immigrants as “Gadri Babbas” “revolutionary old people” who were also the main motivation that lead to India becoming a free country in 1947 and for fighting for basic rights here in Canada and how they made their contributions for future generations. Chouhan expresses what he imparts to students “Do not forget your past... if you remember your past then you are much more knowledgeable. Then we know what we need for the future. If we don't know the past, we don't know what the future is going to be like. To make a better future, you have to learn from the past and improve".
- History
- Interviewee biography: Honourable Raj Chouhan was born in the city of Ludhiana in the Province of Punjab in India and immigrated to Canada in 1973. After arriving in Canada, Raj's family settled in Burnaby. Raj grew up in Burnaby and attended schoool. Honourable Raj Chouhan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2020. He was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on December 7, 2020. Honourable Chouhan is the founding president of the Canadian Farmworkers Union and the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism and has served as a director of the Hospital Employees' Union, the Labour Relations Board of B.C. and the Arbitration Bureau of B.C. Honourable Chouhan has also served as the Vice President of B.C. Human Rights Defenders since 2003 and has taught courses in Human Rights, the B.C. Labour Code and Collective Bargaining since 1987. Interviewer biography: Kate Petrusa is the Assistant Curator at the Burnaby Village Museum. In her role, she manages all aspects of the collection – including caring for physical artifacts and making their digital counterpart accessible. Before coming to Burnaby Village Museum in 2019, Kate has worked at several Museums around the Lower Mainland as a Curator and contractor since 2013.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations - Agricultural Labourers
- Migration
- Organizations - Unions
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Government - Provincial Government
- Government
- Names
- Chouhan, Raj
- British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism
- Sharma, Dr. Hari Prakash
- Grewal, Hardial Singh
- Canadian Farmworkers Union
- Hospital Employees Union
- Khalsa Diwan Society
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0004_002.mp3Gardening techniques
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription76915
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1963] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tony Fabian using new gardening techniques to improve his garden at Hardwick Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1963] (date of original), digitally copied 2012
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 549-035
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2012-30
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tony Fabian using new gardening techniques to improve his garden at Hardwick Street.
- Names
- Fabian, Tony S.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hardwick Street
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Karen MacLean
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80858
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 4, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 21.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Karen MacLean of the Burnaby Horsemen’s Association, riding a horse on an unidentified trail. In the background of this photograph there is an unidentified man riding a bicycle.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- February 4, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 21.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1102
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Karen MacLean of the Burnaby Horsemen’s Association, riding a horse on an unidentified trail. In the background of this photograph there is an unidentified man riding a bicycle.
- Names
- MacLean, Karen
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bartel Bby 228 B / 58% Bby p. 3"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)