Parks and Recreation Commission series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription161
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of Parks Commission minutes, reports and agendas. This includes minutes, reports, and agendas of the committees of the Parks Commission, including the Burnaby Beautification Committee, and the Parks Commission Committee of the Whole. The series also contains Park Commission general…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1956-2013
- Collection/Fonds
- Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of Parks Commission minutes, reports and agendas. This includes minutes, reports, and agendas of the committees of the Parks Commission, including the Burnaby Beautification Committee, and the Parks Commission Committee of the Whole. The series also contains Park Commission general files, which include correspondence, memoranda, invitation and event records, and invoices.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
![Preparation for volunteers event at Burnaby Hospital, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2399.jpg?width=280)
Preparation for volunteers event at Burnaby Hospital
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96841
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Annie Chiang, a Burnaby Central Secondary School student, painting a window at Burnaby Hospital in preparation for a celebration for the hospital's volunteers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2399
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Annie Chiang, a Burnaby Central Secondary School student, painting a window at Burnaby Hospital in preparation for a celebration for the hospital's volunteers.
- Names
- Burnaby General Hospital
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Annie Chiang, of Burnaby Central Secondary School, puts the finishing touches to her painted window at Burnaby Hospital. Students from the school were decorating the windows in the cafeteria of an evening celebration honoring the hospital's volunteers."
- Geographic Access
- Kincaid Street
- Street Address
- 3935 Kincaid Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
Images
![Preparation for volunteers event at Burnaby Hospital, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2399.jpg)
![Racecar driver Marc De Vellis, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1576-1.jpg?width=280)
Racecar driver Marc De Vellis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95718
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of racecar driver Marc De Vellis. Photographs depict De Vellis in a garage, polishing his racecar and adjusting part of the car with a wrench.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1576
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of racecar driver Marc De Vellis. Photographs depict De Vellis in a garage, polishing his racecar and adjusting part of the car with a wrench.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1576-1: "Burnaby's Marc DeVellis puts a final shine on his newly-acquired Formula Mazda race car, which he'll be racing in this season's Best Western Mazda Racing series."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1576-2: "Burnaby racer Marc DeVellis has been busy rebuilding a recently-acquired Formula Mazda racing car in his dad's auto shop in New Westminster. He'll be racing the car in this season's Best Western Mazda racing series, a support event to the American LeMans racers."
Images
![Racecar driver Marc De Vellis, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1576-1.jpg)
ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST — 2023 CANADA DAY STREETFEST ON CENTRAL EVENT
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport83934
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Report ID
- 94459
- Meeting Date
- 08-May-2023
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Report ID
- 94459
- Meeting Date
- 08-May-2023
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Road Closure Request - Annual South Burnaby Neighbourhood House Summer Barbeque Event
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport83621
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Report ID
- 94158
- Meeting Date
- June-20-2022
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Report ID
- 94158
- Meeting Date
- June-20-2022
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Stoney Creek Flooding Event - 2000 December 16
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport3907
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63227
- Meeting Date
- 22-Jan-2001
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 3
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 63227
- Meeting Date
- 22-Jan-2001
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 3
- Item No.
- 9
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE REQUEST – GIROLINA BIKE & RUN EVENT
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport84000
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Report ID
- 94506
- Meeting Date
- 19-Jun-2023
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 18
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Report ID
- 94506
- Meeting Date
- 19-Jun-2023
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 18
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Third Annual Family Day Event on 2000 September 10
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport4169
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 62969
- Meeting Date
- 14-Aug-2000
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 62969
- Meeting Date
- 14-Aug-2000
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 21
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17537
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Oct. 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (75 min., 44 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar. The webinar was presented on the Zoom webinar platform and also presented live on the Burnaby Village Museum Facebook page on October 12, 2021. The webinar was hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Community Engagement Coordinator, Christina Fr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (75 min., 44 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Material Details
- Presenter: Tim Nishibata, member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association
- Host: Christina Froschauer
- Date of Presentation: October 14, 2021
- Total Number of tracks: 1
- Total Length of all tracks: 75 min., 44 sec.
- Recording Device: Zoom video communication and Facebook platforms
- Recording Note: Film was edited from it's original recorded version (83 min., 52 sec. ) to edited version (75 min., 44 sec.) for public viewing on Heritage Burnaby.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar. The webinar was presented on the Zoom webinar platform and also presented live on the Burnaby Village Museum Facebook page on October 12, 2021. The webinar was hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Community Engagement Coordinator, Christina Froschauer and presented by Tim Nishibata, member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association. The webinar is titled "Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast". In this webinar, Tim Nishibata explores the history and tradition of Japanese gardening in Western Canada. Tim shares background information regarding the; Nikkei Centre garden located at the Nikkei Museum and Cultural Centre; Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association; Nitobe Garden at University of British Columbia; Momiji Garden located at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver; Sakura Days - Cherry Blossom Festival projects at Van Dusen Gardens; YVR Japanese Garden Project in progress at Vancouver International Airport and The Kohan Reflection Garden in New Denver. Tim also shares information on the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association's future visions including a park size project similar to the Portland Japanese Garden. Tim supports his presentation with photographs and various resources related to traditional Japanese gardens and projects that the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association is involved in. During breaks in the presentation, Christina and Tim take questions from webinar participants on zoom as well as viewers from the live recording on Burnaby Village Museum's Facebook page. Near the end of the presentation, host Christina Froschuer mentions, the Kushiro garden located near Burnaby's municipal hall which is undergoing an expansion project to be completed in 2022. The Kushiro garden was dedicated in June 1976 in commemoration of Burnaby's sister city, Kushiro, Japan Resource links that were shared during the presentation include: Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association: https://www.vanjapangardeners.com Email: vancouvervjga@gmail.com Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre: https://centre.nikkeiplace.org Nitobe garden: (UBC) https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/visit/nitobe-memorial-garden Mimoji gardens: (PNE) http://hastingspark1942.ca/history/momiji-gardens Kohan Reflection Garden: (New Denver, BC) https://kohanreflectiongarden.ca/2020 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival https://vcbf.ca/community-event/sakura-days-japan-fair Heiwa Teien https://newdenver.ca/nikkei Roy Sumi CBC documentary "Borrowed from Nature" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/aboslutely-canadian-borrowed-from-nature-roy-tomomichi-sumi-japanese-gardening-1.5801058 Portland Japanese Garden http://japanesegarden.org
- History
- Tim Nishibata is a member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association. The Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association is an independent non-profit organization established in 1959. The association consists of professional gardeners and landscapers, aiming to promote Japanese Gardens through construction, maintenance, and education techniques. Members of the association have built many beautiful Japanese gardens throughout the Lower Mainland and work with other organizations in order to increase their knowledge of and expertise in Japanese gardens. The Association provides educational workshops to its members to improve professional knowledge and skills. In 1987, the Association started the Sumi Award, which is granted annually and recognizes outstanding work in the field.
- Names
- Nishibata, Tim
- Froschauer , Christina
- Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association
- Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
- Accession Code
- BV021.31.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 14 Oct. 2021
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of video recording
Images
Video
Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast, 14 Oct. 2021
Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast, 14 Oct. 2021
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2021_0031_0003_002.mp4