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Interview with Denise Fong by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14276
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:60:38 min.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an audio recording of a Zoom interview with Denise Fong conducted by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. The interview was conducted with Denise Fong as part of the students' research for their podcast "Where is your food from?". This podcast…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:60:38 min.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Interviewee: Denise Fong Interview Date: September 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:60:38 Recording device: Zoom video communication platform Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an audio recording of a Zoom interview with Denise Fong conducted by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC. The interview was conducted with Denise Fong as part of the students' research for their podcast "Where is your food from?". This podcast was part two in a series of three "Back to the Roots" podcasts about the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. In this series the students connected their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. "Where is your food from?" explores contemporary versus historical alternative food movements and how early Chinese farmers in the lower mainland had to be creative in their business tactics in order to survive in a local food system that discriminated against their race. 00:00 - 4:51 Denise Fong introduces herself and provides a summary of the work that she has done while working as a researcher on the Chinese Canadian History Research project for the Burnaby Village Museum. Denise explains how much of her research has focused on the history of Chinese Canadian market gardeners and green grocers and their presence in Burnaby. Denise tells of how many Chinese immigrants found it hard to find work due to racial discrimination which led many Chinese men to work in agriculture and farming. Her research has shown that many of the Chinese farms were located in the Big Bend area of Burnaby. 04:52 – 08:24 In this segment, Denise elaborates on the “truck” or “market” farming industry for Chinese farmers in Burnaby. Denise explains how “truck” farming was a mode for distributing produce from Chinese farms and some of the challenges the Chinese farmers faced. 08:25 – 14:10 In this segment Denise talks about peddling as another mode to distribute farm produce and how this was often dominated by Chinese Canadians since they were restricted from accessing other jobs. Denise explains how the Chinese peddlers would have their own routes with customers who depended on them to bring the produce to them. Denise provides an example of racial discrimination whereby a Burnaby Bylaw prevented people of Chinese descent from working for the city. 14:11 – 22: 39 In this segment, Denise describes how in the 1950s and 1960s, produce distribution networks for Chinese Canadian farmers in Burnaby expanded to larger stores and wholesalers including Woodward’s, Safeway in Burnaby, MacDonald’s Consolidated and Kelly Douglas. Denise provides specific examples of Burnaby families and tells the story of Chinese Canadian Cecil Lee, a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas. In the mid 1970s Lee, was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada and was responsible for the design of a new cardboard box to replace the wooden crates that held the mandarin oranges. 22:40 – 33:28 In this segment, Denise provides information on Chinese farming methods and practices that she gathered through her research. Information gathered from interviews, research papers and an article in Harrowsmith magazine suggest that many of the Big Bend farms in Burnaby relied on crop rotation, companion planting and intercropping along with traditional organic fertilizers that were available. Denise also tells of how Chinese farmers often relied on traditional methods that they brought from Southern China including the creation of raised beds to avoid damage due to flooding. Wei Yan comments that many of these traditional methods are being reintroduced as a new sustainable way of farming. Research done by Wei Yan found that when chemical fertilizers were introduced informational brochures included Chinese translations. 33:29 – 38:30 In this segment Rose and Wei Yan speak to Denise about the cultural demographic of farmers in the Big Bend area of Burnaby and what types of crops were grown. Denise comments that to her knowledge there were mostly Chinese farmers in this area but there were some European farmers as well. Produce that was grown on the farms was mostly market driven by the local consumers and it wasn’t until the 1970s that there was a bigger demand to grow Chinese vegetables to supply the growing Chinese population. Denise shares personal experience of what she learned after a visit to a local farm and the different methods that the farmer used for growing crops. The three discuss the importance of innovation and adaptability in growing techniques that Chinese farmers have used. 38:31 – 46:23 In this segment, Rose and Wei Yan speak to Denise about the discrimination barriers that Chinese farmers had to face. Denise speaks about discriminatory bylaws and regulations that targeted Chinese farmers including the Peddling tax. She tells of how this tax, persecution to peddlers and restrictions resulted in the emergence of a new industry of Chinese green grocers. Denise names Chinese trade organizations that were formed in response to the social and economic segregation and marginalization that Chinese farmers and retailers faced. Denise references research done by Natalie Gibb and Hannah Wittman from their article “Parallel Alternatives: Chinese-Canadian farmers and the Metro Vancouver local food movement” as well as research by Harry Con and Edgar Wickberg. Denise also provides information that she has gathered from Chinese farmers in Burnaby including the Yip family who were able to purchase land after World War II through the Veterans Land Act and how prior to World War II it was very difficult for Chinese immigrants to purchase land. 46:24 – 1:00:38 In this segment the group discusses how Chinese farmers have adapted in the market garden farm distribution system and the introduction of retail spaces on their farms as part of the new local food movement. Denise, Rose and Wei Yan reflect on how their interview with Denise Fong and research resources will support their podcast series and exhibits at Burnaby Village Museum.
- History
- Interviewer biographies: Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. Interviewee biography: Denise Fong is a historical researcher at Burnaby Village Museum. She has degrees in Anthropology (BA) and Archaeology (MA), and is completing her doctoral degree at UBC in Interdisciplinary Studies. Her primary research interests are in Chinese Canadian history and critical heritage studies. She is the co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum “Across the Pacific” exhibition, and the Museum of Vancouver’s “A Seat at the Table – Chinese Immigration and British Columbia”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
- Agriculture - Farms
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Foods
- Names
- Fong, Denise
- Responsibility
- Wu, Rose
- Yeong, Wei Yan
- Accession Code
- BV020.28.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Related Material
- BV020.28.4
- Notes
- Title based on contents of recording
- Item was originally recorded as an mp4 video and converted to an mp3 sound recording for public access on Heritage Burnaby. To access the video recording, contact Burnaby Village Museum.
- For recording of podcast "Where is your food from?" see BV020.28.4
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Interview with Denise Fong by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, 2020
Interview with Denise Fong by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Sound_Recordings/2020_0028_0002_002.mp3Heyworth family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35072
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 9.0 x 6.0 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. [G.R.] Heyworth and "Aunt Betty" outside standing outside Jubilee Drug Store, Jubilee Avenue and Imperial Street (later the location of Bonsor Park, 6550 Bonsor Avenue). An electric sign reads, "Rexall Drugs." A dog can be seen at the bottom of the photograph. An accom…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1939 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Heyworth family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 9.0 x 6.0 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 187-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-38
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. [G.R.] Heyworth and "Aunt Betty" outside standing outside Jubilee Drug Store, Jubilee Avenue and Imperial Street (later the location of Bonsor Park, 6550 Bonsor Avenue). An electric sign reads, "Rexall Drugs." A dog can be seen at the bottom of the photograph. An accompanying letter describes the photo as "Dad with Mother and Aunt Betty. They had just walked back from Kingsway after seeing the King and Queen pass - 1937 [sic; the royal visit was in 1939]."
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Buildings - Commercial - Drugstores
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy print accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Jubilee Avenue
- Bonsor Avenue
- Street Address
- 6550 Bonsor Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
Digney family in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription85249
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (5 min., 17sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1939 and 1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Digney Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 film clip (5 min., 17sec.) : digital, col., si.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 562-003-12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2014-04
- Scope and Content
- Item is a digitized film colour segment identified as Reel 12. The film is a compilation of Digney family events. The film opens with children Paul and Bruce Digney running around the Digney family yard at their home on Bonsor Avenue with Andy and Ernest (Dig) Digney looking on. This is followed by interspersed footage of the family's pet dog Nero and puppies along with some brief glimpses of the Royal visit (King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) and cavilicade in 1939 along Kingsway. The film then switches to footage of Digney family Christmas festivities, a cat playing with a fish in a bowl and summer time at Pelican Lake in the 1940s and ends with a dog playing with a ball.
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Digney, Andy
- Creator
- Digney, Andy
- Notes
- Title based on contents of film
- Geographic Access
- Bonsor Avenue
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Video
Digney family in Burnaby, [between 1939 and 1959]
Digney family in Burnaby, [between 1939 and 1959]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Moving_Images/_Unrestricted/562-003-12.m4vMrs. McDonald's 78th birthday gathering
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription365
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1930?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 9.53 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of women and children standing in front of a hedge, posed for the photograph. Their clothes are mostly long dresses or skirts, short sleeved or sleeveless at top. There is a black dog lying on the grass in front of the people. The inscription on the photograph identifies the p…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.99 x 9.53 cm
- Material Details
- inscriped in black ink, verso, t. "ma/ Gertrude Bain/ Ida/ Mrs McDonald on her/ 78 Birthday/ Reta/ Mildred Lyness/ Harry, Alice, and Mary/ Idas girls"
- The photograph has a decorative border printed around the image.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of women and children standing in front of a hedge, posed for the photograph. Their clothes are mostly long dresses or skirts, short sleeved or sleeveless at top. There is a black dog lying on the grass in front of the people. The inscription on the photograph identifies the people as follows; back row of adults (l to r): "ma", Gertrude Bain, Ida, Mrs. McDonald, Reta, Mildred Lyness front row of children (l to r): Harry, Alice and Mary (Ida Girls). The occasion is Mrs. McDonald's 78th birthday.
- Subjects
- Celebrations
- Animals - Dogs
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.105
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [ca. 1930?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-11-07
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Three women and baby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1533
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1, 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of elderly woman sitting on a chair on the lawn. There are two younger women standing behind the woman, and a baby held standing up on a chair beside her. Behind the group of women and baby is a small dog walking towards the front. According to the inscription on the photograph, it was t…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- inscribed in black ink, verso, t. "From 1 yeare [sic]/ to 9[0] yeares [sic]/ the baby is one/ yeare [sic] and I have/ 90 yeares [sic]", in a different hand, "Mothers 90th/ Birthday. Etty/ Eva + Baby/ July 1/36"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of elderly woman sitting on a chair on the lawn. There are two younger women standing behind the woman, and a baby held standing up on a chair beside her. Behind the group of women and baby is a small dog walking towards the front. According to the inscription on the photograph, it was taken on the seated woman's 90th birthday on July 1st, 1936, and the names of the younger women are Etty and Eva. In another photograph, the elderly woman is identified as Mother Laugley or Langley.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Celebrations
- Accession Code
- BV985.5901.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- July 1, 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other photographs of the elderly woman, see BV985.5901.2 and .
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Bob Roberts in wagon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15544
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1933]
- Collection/Fonds
- Margaret Norton fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles Thomas "Bob" Roberts standing in a "Redwing Flyer" wagon with a small white dog at his feet. Photograph may have been taken on the property of the Knight and Roberts family home located on Gilmore Street in Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Margaret Norton fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Charles Thomas "Bob" Roberts standing in a "Redwing Flyer" wagon with a small white dog at his feet. Photograph may have been taken on the property of the Knight and Roberts family home located on Gilmore Street in Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Animals - Dogs
- Accession Code
- BV020.34.36
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1933]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- March 22, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Elsie May Irwin and Louise Irwin with Jerry the dog
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15285
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1933] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elsie May Irwin standing with her daughter Louise Irwin and family dog named Jerry in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elsie May Irwin standing with her daughter Louise Irwin and family dog named Jerry in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Animals - Dogs
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.102
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1933] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 50 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollection of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Mrs. Elsie Irwin, Louise Irwin and pet dog Jerry, c. 1933"
Images
Five children and a dog
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82563
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified boys, two unidentified girls and a dog sitting on logs in a clearing of a forest.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900-1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-134
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of three unidentified boys, two unidentified girls and a dog sitting on logs in a clearing of a forest.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Animals - Dogs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Louise Irwin and Jerry the dog
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15287
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1937] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Louise Irwin with the Irwin family dog named Jerry in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Louise Irwin with the Irwin family dog named Jerry in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Animals - Dogs
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.104
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1937] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Louise Irwin playing with Jerry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15275
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Louise Irwin playing with the family dog, Jerry in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill. The dog is chewing on a stick that Louise is holding. The mill site is visible through the trees and picket fence behind her.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Louise Irwin playing with the family dog, Jerry in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill. The dog is chewing on a stick that Louise is holding. The mill site is visible through the trees and picket fence behind her.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Animals - Dogs
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.93
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph