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A Brief on the Environmental Protection on Arterial Roads and its Applicability to Revenue Sharing and Provincial Roads
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport20446
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 14327
- Meeting Date
- 5-Nov-1979
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 75
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 14327
- Meeting Date
- 5-Nov-1979
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 75
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
A Brief Regarding a Comprehensive Transportation Plan for Burnaby and the Implementation Strategy for Achieving this Plan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport20368
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 14424
- Meeting Date
- 10-Dec-1979
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 83
- Item No.
- 21
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 14424
- Meeting Date
- 10-Dec-1979
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 83
- Item No.
- 21
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Brief from the Citizens Coalition on Transportation re: Truck Routes and the Transportation of Goods
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport24115
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 17409
- Meeting Date
- 3-Aug-1976
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 50
- Item No.
- 26
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 17409
- Meeting Date
- 3-Aug-1976
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 50
- Item No.
- 26
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Brief on Property Taxation Presented to the Select Standing Committee on Municipal Matters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport26264
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 20186
- Meeting Date
- 21-Oct-1974
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 69
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 20186
- Meeting Date
- 21-Oct-1974
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 69
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Brief to Parks and Recreation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55219
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Arts Council subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 39387
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Clarification from the Fire Department of a Statement Contained in a Brief to Council on a Proposed Apartment Development at Willingdon Avenue and Maywood Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport25068
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 18779
- Meeting Date
- 22-Sep-1975
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 59
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 18779
- Meeting Date
- 22-Sep-1975
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 59
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Clarification from the Planning Department on Statements Contained in a Brief to Council on a Proposed Apartment Development at Willingdon Avenue and Maywood Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport25048
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 18806
- Meeting Date
- 29-Sep-1975
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 61
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 18806
- Meeting Date
- 29-Sep-1975
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 61
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 5824, Rezoning Reference # 46/70 (Bonsor Avenue Between Brief and Beresford)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription13745
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Architectural drawings
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Bylaws series
- Physical Description
- Architectural drawings
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 16733
- Accession Number
- 2001-01
- Media Type
- Architectural Drawing
Edmonds Street - Petition and Brief that was presented to Council 1976 September 13
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport23962
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 17540
- Meeting Date
- 20-Sep-1976
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 58
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 17540
- Meeting Date
- 20-Sep-1976
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 58
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Letter from Killarney Champlain Citizens for Action which appeared on the Agenda for the 1977 January 10 Meeting of Council re: Brief on Transit Matters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport23582
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 15581
- Meeting Date
- 17-Jan-1977
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 3
- Item No.
- 23
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 15581
- Meeting Date
- 17-Jan-1977
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 3
- Item No.
- 23
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Letter from the Union of BC Municipalities re: Brief on Property Taxation to the Select Standing Committee on Municipal Matters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport26453
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 20008
- Meeting Date
- 3-Sep-1974
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 57
- Item No.
- 24
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 20008
- Meeting Date
- 3-Sep-1974
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 57
- Item No.
- 24
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Transit Matters - Joint Brief on the Amalgamated Transit Union Division 101-134 and the Citizens' Co-Coordinating Committee for Public Transit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport28859
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 23006
- Meeting Date
- 27-Nov-1972
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 78
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 23006
- Meeting Date
- 27-Nov-1972
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 78
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
instrumental in lobbying Council to establish the Heritage
Advisory Committee in 1988.
h
��contents
Con
tents
i
INTRODUCTION
A BRIEF HISTORY
HERITAGE INVENTORY EVALUATION
HISTORIC NEIGHBOURHOODS
SOUTH BURNABY
Central Park
Alta Vista
Fraser Arm
Edmonds
East Burnaby
Burnaby Lake
Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282893
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Buildings
- Historic sites
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
Digital Books
![Interview with Joanne Smith, [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0005_001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Joanne Smith
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19601
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (24 min., 55 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (24 min., 55 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Joanne Smith conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 0:00 - 04:04 Joanne Smith provides a brief overview of her immigration story and how she and her husband Stanis came to emigrate from South Africa t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (24 min., 55 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (24 min., 55 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Joanne Smith Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: May 11, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 24:55 Photograph information: Joanne and Stanis Smith cycling on the Salt Flats, Argentina Digital master recording (m4a) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Joanne Smith conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 0:00 - 04:04 Joanne Smith provides a brief overview of her immigration story and how she and her husband Stanis came to emigrate from South Africa to Canada in 1986. Joanne explains that they decided to leave South Africa during the Apartheid era and applied to several countries with Canada being their top choice. Joanne relates that they were accepted to Canada based on her professional skills as an occupational therapist. Joanne talks about what she liked about living in South Africa and how she especially loved walking in the game reserves. 04:05 - 11:44 Joanne provides background on her ancestors migration, her life in South Africa and details on her profession. Joanne imparts that her ancestors immigrated to South Africa from Latvia at the turn of the century to avoid conscription and for increased opportunities. Joanne provides a brief overview of her life in South Africa, places that she lived and her education. Joanne provides details and background regarding her practice as an occupational therapist. Joanne explains how she specializes in hand therapy but also works with animals and other varied treatments. 11:45 - 19:29 Joanne talks about her life in Burnaby. Joanne recollects how her family ended up living in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood and provides a brief overview of her community involvement including the Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) and the Community Advisory Committee. Joanne shares some of her interests including; riding her tandem bicycle with her husband Stanis, thier love of opera and the symphony, attending concerts in Deer Lake Park and visiting Confederation with her grandchild. Joanne conveys that they like to support the local arts and that they commissioned a twig sculpture for their garden from local artist, Nickie Lewis. 19:30 - 24:55 Joanne shares that ten years after immigrating that they were able to bring family relations including Stanis' parents and brother. Joanne describes the benefits of having Stanis' parents residing with them and provides details on Stanis' parents community involvement in Burnaby. Joanne reflects on her association with her Jewish heritage. Joanne conveys that they aren’t religious but have maintained a few cultural aspects of their Jewish heritage including celebrating bat mitzvahs for both of their daughters and the importance of the Yiddish language. Joanne reflects on what she likes about living in Burnaby and how it’s changed over the 30 years that she’s lived here.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Joanne was born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1958 and also spent some time in Klerksdorp and Johannesburg. Her formal education led to a career in occupational therapy, specializing in hand therapy. Uncomfortable with the social and political climate of South Africa at the time, she and her husband Stanis left for Canada in 1986. They soon settled in North Burnaby, where Joanne had a long-time friend, to pursue their respective careers and raise a family. The Smiths brought Stanis’s parents to Burnaby about 1996 and together built a new home. Joanne has been involved in school and community activities, enjoys Burnaby’s parks, and supports local fine arts, particularly music and performing arts. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Migration
- Religions - Judaism
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Arts
- Performances
- Performances - Concerts
- Sports - Cycling
- Names
- Smith, Joanne
- Smith, Stanis
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Confederation Park
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Images
![Interview with Joanne Smith, [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0005_001.jpg)
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Joanne Smith, [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023
Interview with Joanne Smith, [1986-2023] (interview content), interviewed 11 May 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0005_003.mp3
Bonsor Park Pool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79739
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 13, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Bonsor Park Pool, at 4780 Brief Street (old address), between Fern Avenue and Bonsor Avenue. It was building it 1972 and 1973. The pool complex features an olympic size pool, dressing rooms, staff offices and gymnasium style bleachers that seat 250-500 spectators at pool-side.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 13, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-411
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Bonsor Park Pool, at 4780 Brief Street (old address), between Fern Avenue and Bonsor Avenue. It was building it 1972 and 1973. The pool complex features an olympic size pool, dressing rooms, staff offices and gymnasium style bleachers that seat 250-500 spectators at pool-side.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- McCarron, John
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Street Address
- 6550 Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
Burnaby Lake papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58401
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953-1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a brief presented on August 14, 1953 to the Premier and Cabinet Ministers arguing that they should vote to "Make Burnaby Lake a Provincial Park" as well as a newspaper clipping exalting the value of the park (from 1997).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1953-1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ephemera subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS081-014
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-10
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a brief presented on August 14, 1953 to the Premier and Cabinet Ministers arguing that they should vote to "Make Burnaby Lake a Provincial Park" as well as a newspaper clipping exalting the value of the park (from 1997).
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Bylaw Number: 6328 - Local Improvement Construction Bylaw No 22, 1973
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw18042
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 6328
- Final Adoption
- 1973 Aug 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 6328
- Final Adoption
- 1973 Aug 13
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 6403 - Highway Exchange Bylaw No 2, 1973
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw17969
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 6403
- Final Adoption
- 1973 Dec 10
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 6403
- Final Adoption
- 1973 Dec 10
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Department of Education task force
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45439
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 21, 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first set of hearings of the Department of Education task force on change of governing structure for British Columbia Institute of Technology. Students, faculty, and representatives of the B.C. Government Employees' Union are all in the audience, along with Jim Caldwell of forest…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 21, 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-334
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the first set of hearings of the Department of Education task force on change of governing structure for British Columbia Institute of Technology. Students, faculty, and representatives of the B.C. Government Employees' Union are all in the audience, along with Jim Caldwell of forest resource technology who is standing, reading from a paper. The task force members seated at the front are; Cliff Anderson, Stan Tonoski, Dr. Ralph Patterson, Graham Fane, Dale Michaels, the recording secretary, Cliff McAdam, and Dave Helgeson.
- Subjects
- Government - Provincial Government
- Names
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
- British Columbia Government Employees' Union
- Caldwell, Jim
- Anderson, Cliff
- Tonoski, Stan
- Patterson, Dr. Ralph F.
- Fane, Graham
- Michaels, Dale
- McAdam, Cliff
- Helgeson, Dave
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "BCIT HEARINGS LAUNCHED / It was a sparse to middling crowd Monday night at the first set of hearings into the recommendations of the provincial government's task force on governing BCIT. Students, faculty, and representatives of the B.C. Government Employees' Union look on as Jim Caldwell (far left), of forest resource technology, reads his brief. Task force members are (from left) Cliff Anderson, Stan Tonoski, Dr. Ralph Patterson, Graham Fane, Dale Michaels, Cliff McAdam, and Dave Helgeson."
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Interview with Bill Gruenthal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19636
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (74 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (74 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Bill Gruenthal Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Bill Gruenthal conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:27:01 Bill Gruenthal provides details on his family background, his early life experiences, how he got into the insurance business, his knowledge and interest in Judaism, places that he and his wife lived before moving to Burnaby, family life in Burnaby and his political involvement in running for the Burnaby school board. 00:27:02 – 00:42:50 Bill Gruenthal talks about the Burquest Jewish Community Association, it’s background and his involvement, experiences of discrimination in his career, a brief history of the Jewish people and some cultural traditions. 00:42:51 – 00:56:04 Bill Gruenthal mentions some of the charities that he supports including Burnaby Hospital, his volunteer work within the community and community organizations including the Nikkei Place Foundation and shares more details on his insurance career. 00:56:05 – 01:14:37 Bill Gruenthal shares information about his Burnaby neighbourhood and Jewish funeral customs and provides his impressions of new development at Brentwood, Burnaby Council and other development projects in Burnaby.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Bill Gruenthal was born in the British Mandate of Palestine, now Israel, in 1935 after his parents had fled Germany in advance of the then worsening political situation. Bill’s father died in 1942; some years later his mother remarried to an Irish-born senior civil servant in that government. He had a difficult and somewhat dangerous job. Soon after marriage, the family, including Bill’s older brother, Martin, immigrated to Canada in January 1947 on the strength of his step-father’s British Passport. They traveled via New York, where Bill’s uncle and his family resided and who put up the family. Later that month, the parents travelled by CP rail from Montreal to Vancouver, followed by Bill and his brother in March 1947 who travelled from New York to White Rock on an American railroad. While passing through the Fraser Valley Bill’s parents took an interest in Silverdale, a small hamlet west of Mission where the four eventually settled. Bill finished High School in Mission and soon joined the insurance industry. Bill connected with the Jewish Community in Vancouver where he met his soon-to-be wife. Upon marriage they were transferred to Calgary; after five years suffering its cold weather they were transferred back to Vancouver. They settled in Burnaby in 1966 as an affordable neighbourhood with easy access to his office downtown Vancouver. Outside work, Bill helped raise his family of three daughters who all graduated Burnaby High School (Alpha). They joined Temple Sholom in Vancouver, and he volunteered and still volunteers for a number of non-profits, including The Jewish Museum and Archives and Nikkei Place Foundation (Burnaby). He was an early long-term supporter and a past president of Burquest Jewish Community Association, mostly involving persons from Burnaby, New Westminster, and the Tri-Cities area (hence the name). He ran for political office in Burnaby in 1976 but was not elected. He delivers food in Burnaby for the Food Bank and is a donor to many worthy causes including Burnaby General Hospital. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Migration
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Transportation
- Transportation - Rail
- Religions - Judaism
- Cemeteries
- Organizations
- Elections
- Names
- Gruenthal, Bill
- Gruenthal, Noemi Yadlow
- O'Connor, Herta Ingrid Gruenthal
- O'Connor, John
- Burquest
- Jacobson, Max Alec
- Temple Shalom
- Brentwood Shopping Centre
- Brentwood Park School
- Alpha Secondary School
- Burnaby School Board
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Bill Gruenthal, [1950-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0014_003.mp3