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6622 Willingdon

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 14 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 3 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the exterior of a three-storey apartment complex located at 6622 Willingdon Avenue, an unidentified industrial complex (Norland), and Heywood Park Place.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 14 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 3 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of the exterior of a three-storey apartment complex located at 6622 Willingdon Avenue, an unidentified industrial complex (Norland), and Heywood Park Place.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential; Buildings - Industrial

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from print envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 89-235-B; Photographs 622-026-15 : 622-026-17 depict 6622 Willingdon Avenue

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 6622 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

5707 Sidley Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93726

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 16 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the exterior of an industrial development located at 5707 Sidley Street.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 16 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of the exterior of an industrial development located at 5707 Sidley Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from note on verso of photograph

Geographic Access: Sidley Street

Street Address: 5707 Sidley Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Man sailing around Barnet Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a sailboat sailing in the Burrard Inlet, by Barnet Park. The hills and oil refinery are visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1407

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a sailboat sailing in the Burrard Inlet, by Barnet Park. The hills and oil refinery are visible in the background.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "PMT 75% / page 4 / Burnaby Today"

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Barnet Marine Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

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Rosita's Burritos

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1980

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men, sitting at a table underneath a "Rosita's Burritos Now Available" sign. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1980

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 25 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1361

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men, sitting at a table underneath a "Rosita's Burritos Now Available" sign. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "Burnaby Today page A4 / 62%"

Images

Rosita's Burritos - People working

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1980

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of factory workers on the line at Rosita's Burritos. Plastic-wrapped burritos are coming out of the machine. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1980

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1360

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of factory workers on the line at Rosita's Burritos. Plastic-wrapped burritos are coming out of the machine. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Factories

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "Burnaby Today / page A4 / 85%"

Images

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Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recordings (wav) (41 min., 57 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (41 min., 57 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Georgia Chronakis and her son Alex Chronakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 8, 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:08:39 Georgia and her son share biographical details about Georgia and her husband Louis Chronak…

1 document 1 audio

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 recordings (wav) (41 min., 57 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (41 min., 57 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Alex Chronakis and Georgia Chronakis Location of Interview: Fraser Wilson Room, Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: November 8, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 41:57 Digital master recordings (wav) were converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Georgia Chronakis and her son Alex Chronakis conducted by Burnaby Village Museum researcher James Binks on November 8, 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:08:39 Georgia and her son share biographical details about Georgia and her husband Louis Chronakis, including their Greek background, migration to Canada, marriage, children, Louis’ career as a mechanic and gas station owner and owning restaurants in White Rock and Burnaby. 00:08:40 - 00:13:59 Georgia and her son Alex recall the great memories of owning and operating their restaurant Mionas Taverna and share details of their family life in Burnaby and White Rock. 00:14:00 - 00:19:15 Alex and Georgia talk about Louis Chronakis' work experience and how he became involved in the restaurant business. They share their experiences of operating Minoas Taverna including their opening in 1986. 00:19:16 - 00:36:59 Alex and Georgia describe some of the foods that were on the menu of Minoas Taverna, the design of the restaurant, the Minoan history that it’s based on, memories of running the restaurant and why they decided to close. 00:37:00 – 00:41:52 Alex talks about his involvement with Greek festivals in Vancouver and Alex and Georgia reflect on their life in the future now that the restaurant has closed.

History: Interviewees biographies: Georgia Giannias Chronakis was born in Selassia, Sparta, Greece in 1941 and when she was sixteen years of age she moved to Athens. In 1964 Georgia immigrated to Canada and lived in Montreal before moving to Vancouver a few years later. In 1966, while living in Vancouver, she met and married Ilias "Louis" Chronakis who was born in Crete, Greece. Soon after marrying, Georgia and Louis Chronakis bought a house located at 3823 Kingsway and welcomed their first child, Anna. Four years later, Georgia and Louis moved to White Rock but continued to own their house on Kingsway and rented it out. While living in White Rock, they had three more children named Virginia, Alex and Ellie. Louis was a trained mechanic working independently and for various companies including CP Air, BC Ferries and Esso before deciding to get into the restaurant business. He partnered with another businessman to open a Mr. Mike's franchise and later a cafe and Greek restaurant in White Rock. In 1986, Georgia, Louis and family moved back to Burnaby and moved into a house on Sandall Street and began converting their former home on Kingsway into a restaurant which they named Minoas Greek Taverna (Minoas Taverna). They opened the restaurant on May 1, 1986, just one day before Expo '86 was opened. In 2023, after 37 years of running their restaurant they sold their business but continued to own the land and building on Kingsway. Alex Chronakis is the son of Georgia and Louis Chronakis and was born in 1972. Alex has spent time working with his family running their restaurant and has been involved in the Greek Day Festival in Vancouver. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Foods; Occupations; Occupations - Entrepreneurs; Occupations - Mechanics; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants; Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations; Migration; Persons - Greek Canadians

Names: Chronakis, Alex; Chronakis, Georgia Giannias; Minoas Taverna; Chronakis, Ilias "Louis"

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Smith Avenue

Street Address: 3823 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV023.16.21

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0021_003

Audio Tracks

Interview with Georgia and Alex Chronakis, [1934-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Nov. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0021_002.mp3

A man in a recording studio

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59041

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a studio with audiovisual equipment. He is placing a VHS tape into an editing device.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1447

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man in a studio with audiovisual equipment. He is placing a VHS tape into an editing device.

Subjects: Sound Communication Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "page 6 / Burnaby / Today / PMT 100%"

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Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi

Scope and Content: Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under eac…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi

Scope and Content: Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under each (from left to right, top row) "Port Arms"; "Easy Ready" ; "Kneeling"; "Standing"; "Hip"; (from left to right middle row) "Easy Ready"; "Standing"; "Unloading"; "Instinctive "Chest""; "Instinctive Hip"; (from left to right bottom row)"Kneeling Tradional"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Sitting".

Subjects: Armament - Firearms; Armament Tools and Equipment (Firearm)

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent

Accession Code: BV991.45.44

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [198-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Panel with 14 photographs was originally enclosed within a thin wood frame with glass (60 x 74 cm) with photographs adhered to a blue sheet of poster board (56.2 x 70.8 cm - poster board was extremely faded; original colour can be seen as residue on backs of photographs); 14 colour photographs : 8.89 x 12.7 cm. Frame, glass and poster board disposed of due to poor condition. A reference photograph was created prior to destruction of frame and dismantling of photographs on board.; Individual photographs were removed from board and described at item level BV991.45.595 to .BV991.45.606

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Harry Manders moves boxes while Angela Bedard rolls plastic

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people moving boxes and rolling plastic inside of a workshop.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1444

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people moving boxes and rolling plastic inside of a workshop.

Subjects: Maintenance Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on caption; Caption on recto reads: "Harry Manders moves boxes while Angela Bedard rolls plastic"; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "PMT 75% / page 1 / Burnaby / Today"

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Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 9

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1980-1990

Length: 00:19:08

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s involvement with the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko and her interest in the link between BC’s aboriginals and the Ainu of Japan. She describes Toko’s visits, her arrangement for Toko to meet Haida carver Bill Reid, and the events surrounding Burnaby…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s involvement with the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko and her interest in the link between BC’s aboriginals and the Ainu of Japan. She describes Toko’s visits, her arrangement for Toko to meet Haida carver Bill Reid, and the events surrounding Burnaby’s sister-city Kushiro’s gift of Toko’s sculptures to Burnaby for the Centennial. She also describes Toko’s appreciation of the Haida totems and the native people of BC, and his gift of a set of carving tools to Chief Saul Terry

Date Range: 1980-1990

Length: 00:19:08

Names: Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Burnaby Mountain Park; Kamui Mintara

Subjects: Celebrations - Centennial; Indigenous wood-carving - Totem poles; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 27, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 01:34:10

Interviewee Name: Miyashita, Toki

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Audio Tracks

Track nine of interview with Toki Miyashita

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_9.mp3

Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 10

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1989-1990

Length: 00:06:41

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s description of how Toko Nuburi and his son [Shusei] worked to create the pole carvings in 1989. She also relates that seeing Toko, a man of the north of Japan, explains her own physical characteristics

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s description of how Toko Nuburi and his son [Shusei] worked to create the pole carvings in 1989. She also relates that seeing Toko, a man of the north of Japan, explains her own physical characteristics

Date Range: 1989-1990

Length: 00:06:41

Names: Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Burnaby Mountain Park; Kamui Mintara

Subjects: Celebrations - Centennial; Ceremonial Artifacts - Totem Poles; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Interviewer: Fowler, Rod

Interview Date: February 27, 1990

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.

Biographical Notes: Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.

Total Tracks: 11

Total Length: 01:34:10

Interviewee Name: Miyashita, Toki

Interviewer Bio: Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.

Collection/Fonds: SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

Transcript Available: Transcript available

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.

Audio Tracks

Track ten of interview with Toki Miyashita

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_10.mp3

Two people in the Computer Room

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1982

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people in suit standing next to a large computer.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1982

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1514

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of two people in suit standing next to a large computer.

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Battistoni, Peter

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto reads: "In Computer Room"; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "PMT 84% / page 1 / Burnaby / Today"

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Woman and boy working on a typewriter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59162

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1982

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman watching a boy use a typewriter.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1982

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1493

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman watching a boy use a typewriter.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Typewriters

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Battistoni, Peter

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "PMT / 47% / page 1 / Burnaby / Today"

Images

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Metrotown Station Square

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 83 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 2 computer disks ; 14 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographs of Metrotown Station Square during construction. Businesses visible in the photographs include: Eastons, Holiday Inn, Future Shop, Great Canadian Superstore, and Toy City Consumers.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 83 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 2 computer disks ; 14 x 14 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-030

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of Metrotown Station Square during construction. Businesses visible in the photographs include: Eastons, Holiday Inn, Future Shop, Great Canadian Superstore, and Toy City Consumers.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Malls; Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Construction

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from print envelopes photographs were originally housed in; File no. 89-512-B; Computer disks are labelled "Station Square Metro Town Nov /89". Computer disk envelopes are labelled "Suite 660-1380 Burrard ST / Van, BC"

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue

Street Address: 6200 McKay Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

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1982 - Moving the Roberts House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1982

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' house in its new position at 5496 Dominion Street. Perimeter "pony" walls and other interior supporting walls were built to support the house. All of the plumbing and electrical wiring were replaced.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1982

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-069

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' house in its new position at 5496 Dominion Street. Perimeter "pony" walls and other interior supporting walls were built to support the house. All of the plumbing and electrical wiring were replaced.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "B5 P11"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "10"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Sept. 82"

Street Address: 5496 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Images

1982 - Moving the Roberts House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91889

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1982

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' house in its new position at 5496 Dominion Street with an additional "cold storage" room added beneath the front porch and windows installed.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1982

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-070

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' house in its new position at 5496 Dominion Street with an additional "cold storage" room added beneath the front porch and windows installed.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "B10 P12"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "11"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Sept. 82"

Street Address: 5496 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Images

1982 - Moving the Roberts House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91890

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1982

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' house in its new position at 5496 Dominion Street. Cedar siding was added to finish the exterior, the original white pillars were re-installed on the front porch, the house was stained, and basic landscaping was completed.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 1982

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-071

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Roberts' house in its new position at 5496 Dominion Street. Cedar siding was added to finish the exterior, the original white pillars were re-installed on the front porch, the house was stained, and basic landscaping was completed.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "B19 P13"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "12"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Front Steps Now! and A New Staining Job. / Nov. 1982"

Street Address: 5496 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Images

1982 - Moving the Roberts House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91893

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982 (date of original), copied 2017

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of new houses being constructed on the 33 foot lots between 5496 Dominion Street and Douglas Road. Framing is complete and the houses' roofs and windows are installed.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1982 (date of original), copied 2017

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. copy print ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-074

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of new houses being constructed on the 33 foot lots between 5496 Dominion Street and Douglas Road. Framing is complete and the houses' roofs and windows are installed.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.16"

Geographic Access: Dominion Street

Street Address: 5496 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

Images

1982 - Moving the Roberts House, 1982 (date of original), copied 2017 thumbnail

3650 Bonneville Place

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription93737

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 8 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photographs of the commercial complex located at 3650 Bonneville Place. Phase I of the complex is complete and Phase II is under construction. Businesses visible in the photographs include Four Seasons Greenhouses and Shaw.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1989

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 8 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of the commercial complex located at 3650 Bonneville Place. Phase I of the complex is complete and Phase II is under construction. Businesses visible in the photographs include Four Seasons Greenhouses and Shaw.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Construction

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from sticky note adhered to photograph 622-022-1; File no. 89-124-B; Photograph 622-022-1 captions reads: "3650 Bonneville - south view"; Photograph 622-022-2 caption reads: "North and east facade"; Photograph 622-022-3 caption reads: "View north along Broadway Street; Note entry bridges"; Photograph 622-022-4 caption reads: "Southern view along Broadway Street"; Photograph 622-022-5 caption reads: "Front facade and main entry for Phase I"; Photograph 622-022-6 caption reads: "Rear and loading facilities for Phase I"; Photograph 622-022-7 caption reads: "View west to Phase II from entry driveway"; Photograph 622-022-8 caption reads: "Site preparation for Phase I; Photograph captions transcribed from the paper on which the photographs were originally adhered.