"British Columbia" found 47 records

Object History: Kalwant Singh Parmar was born June 9, 1936, Chuck 138 in Lyalpur (Old India before 1947). He was given his writer's name ("Nadeem", which means 'friend' in Persian). He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Teaching from Punjab University and a diploma from the London Board of Education (L.B.E.)and a P.Eng. from Lancaster. Nadeem emigrated to Burnaby in 1973 and worked various jobs before working with CN/CP Telecommunications. He has seven books published in Punjabi, three in Urdu and is published in eight anthologies. He is fluent in Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi.

Notes: Written in Punjabi

Shookhtay Dria ka Panni

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Parmar, Nadeem, 1936-

Publication Date: 2009

Call Number: 891.421 PAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV022.33.2

ISBN: 9788179149614

Call Number: 891.421 PAR

Author: Parmar, Nadeem, 1936-

Place of Publication: Chandigarh, India

Publisher: Tarlochan Publishers

Publication Date: 2009

Physical Description: 125 p. : 23 cm.

Inscription: Title page has inscription and signature from author dated "6.12.2022"

Library Subject (LOC): Poetry; Panjabis (South Asian people)--British Columbia

Subjects: Persons; Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Parmar, Kalwant Singh "Nadeem"

Object History: Kalwant Singh Parmar was born June 9, 1936, Chuck 138 in Lyalpur (Old India before 1947). He was given his writer's name ("Nadeem", which means 'friend' in Persian). He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Teaching from Punjab University and a diploma from the London Board of Education (L.B.E.)and a P.Eng. from Lancaster. Nadeem emigrated to Burnaby in 1973 and worked various jobs before working with CN/CP Telecommunications. He has seven books published in Punjabi, three in Urdu and is published in eight anthologies. He is fluent in Punjabi, Urdu, and Hindi.

Notes: Written in Punjabi

Tong : the story of Tong Louie, Vancouver's quiet titan

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Perrault, E. G. (Ernest G.)

Publication Date: c2002

Call Number: 921 PER

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 155017231X

Call Number: 921 PER

Author: Perrault, E. G. (Ernest G.)

Place of Publication: Madeira Park, B.C.

Publisher: Harbour Pub.

Publication Date: c2002

Physical Description: 191 p. : ill. (some col.), ports ; 26 cm.

Inscription: "Gift from H. Y. Louie Co. / Oct. 17/07", handwritten in ink on piece of paper inserted in cover page.

Library Subject (LOC): Business; Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Vancouver; Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.); Biography

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Notes: Includes index.

Household counts : Canadian households and families in 1901

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c2007

Call Number: 306.850971 SAG

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780802038029; 9780802038609; 0802038603; 0802038026

Call Number: 306.850971 SAG

Contributor: Sager, Eric W., 1946-; Baskerville, Peter A.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Publication Date: c2007

Physical Description: 485 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Families--Canada--History--20th century; Households--Canada--History--20th century; Families--Canada--Statistics; Canada--Population--History

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Contents: Transitions in household and family structure : Canada in 1901 and 1991 / Stacie D. A. Burke -- Canadian fertility in 1901 : a bird's-eye view / Peter Gossage, Danielle Gauvreau -- Family geographies : a national perspective / Larry McCann, Ian Buck, Ole Heggen -- Family geographies : an urban perspective / Larry McCann, Ian Buck, Ole Heggen -- Rural to urban migration : finding house hold complexity in a New World environment / Kenneth M. Sylvester -- Family geographies : Montreal, Canada's metropolis / Larry McCann, Ian Buck, Ole Heggen -- Families, fostering, and flying the coop : lessons in liberal cultural formation, 1871-1901 / Gordon Darroch -- Canadian children who lived with one parent in 1901 / Bettina Bradbury -- Boundaries of age : exploring the patterns of young-old age among men, Canada and the United States, 1870-1901 / Lisa Dillon -- Inequality, earnings, and the Canadian working class in 1901 / Eric W. Sager -- 'Leaving God behind when they crossed the Rocky Mountains' : exploring unbelief in turn-of-the-century British Columbia / Lynne Marks -- Giving birth : families and the medical marketplace in Victoria, British Columbia, 1880-1901 / Peter Baskerville -- Language, ancestry, and the competing constructions of identity in turn-of-the-century Canada / Chad Gaffield -- Constructing normality and confronting deviance : familial ideologies, household structures, and divorce in the 1901 Canadian census / Annalee Lepp. Edited by Eric W. Sager and Peter Baskerville