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Rob Fabio and Neil Stevenson making salmon cut-outs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96351
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters Rob Fabio and Neil Stevenson inside a fire hall, cutting wooden salmon cut-outs that will be painted for display.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2032
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby fire fighters Rob Fabio and Neil Stevenson inside a fire hall, cutting wooden salmon cut-outs that will be painted for display.
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Rob Fabio and Neil Stevenson, of the Burnaby Fire Department, begin cutting the first salmon's [sic] that will be painted by school children and local community groups before being mounted at the latest salmon fence, at Lougheed Town Centre."
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Interview with Ron Smitherman by Eric Damer November 15, 2012 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory404
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1969-2012
- Length
- 0:08:06
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Ron Smitherman's memories of changes to house construction over the years. Ron discusses working in construction, designing his own house and changes to the process of obtaining building permits (including a situation involving direct wiring in his home).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Ron Smitherman's memories of changes to house construction over the years. Ron discusses working in construction, designing his own house and changes to the process of obtaining building permits (including a situation involving direct wiring in his home).
- Date Range
- 1969-2012
- Photo Info
- Ron Smitherman, [199-]. Item no. 549-065.
- Length
- 0:08:06
- Interviewer
- Damer, Eric
- Interview Date
- November 15, 2012
- Scope and Content
- Recording is an interview with Ron Smitherman conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 15, 2012. Major theme discussed: building construction and development in Burnaby.
- Biographical Notes
- Born in 1933 and raised in Vancouver, Ron Smitherman learned the construction trade from his father, upgrading his knowledge and skills as techniques and materials changed and improved. Ron built houses and commercial buildings in Burnaby and elsewhere during the nineteen-forties, fifties and sixties. In 1969 Ron and his family settled in Burnaby where he shifted his business to real estate.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 0:46:51
- Interviewee Name
- Smitherman, Ron
- Interview Location
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Interviewer Bio
- Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Transcript Available
- None
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
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Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of interview with Ron Smitherman
Track two of recording of interview with Ron Smitherman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-025/MSS171-025_Track_2.mp3Baldwin House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97491
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains of photographs of Baldwin House on Deer Lake, the home designed for the Baldwins by Arthur Erickson, prior to its heritage designation by the City of Burnaby. Photographs depict Ruth Baldwin posing on the house's deck by Deer Lake; an exterior view of the home; the home's dock; and a …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2830
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains of photographs of Baldwin House on Deer Lake, the home designed for the Baldwins by Arthur Erickson, prior to its heritage designation by the City of Burnaby. Photographs depict Ruth Baldwin posing on the house's deck by Deer Lake; an exterior view of the home; the home's dock; and a view of the interior living room with its original drapes and Scandinavian furniture.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
- Names
- Baldwin, Ruth
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an October 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2830-1: "Ruth Baldwin enjoys the view of Deer Lake from the lower level of the house designed for her and her husband by Arthur Erickson, an old school chum. The house is now owned by the City of Burnaby, which wants to give it a heritage designation."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2830-2: "Architect Arthur Erickson designed Baldwin House to complement its surroundings, on the southern shore of Deer Lake. But there were technical challenges, like supporting the house in the swampy soil."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2830-4: "The living room of Baldwin House is like a time capsule to the 1960's, with the original drapes and contemporary Scandanavian furniture that was in style at the time."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Drive
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 6543 Deer Lake Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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Floden House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95680
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rolf Floden standing in front of Floden House on 18th Ave, prior to its heritage designation and its relocation by the City of Burnaby to 4th Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1543
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rolf Floden standing in front of Floden House on 18th Ave, prior to its heritage designation and its relocation by the City of Burnaby to 4th Avenue.
- 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: "Rolf Floden visits the house on 18th Ave. where he grew up. The house has been purchased by the city of Burnaby and will be moved to another site to be preserved."
- Geographic Access
- 18th Avenue
- Street Address
- 7244 4th Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Floden House relocation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95803
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the relocation of Floden House, a heritage home built in 1929. A man in a hard hat stands in the foreground, directing the flatbed truck that is carrying the two-storey location to its new location on 4th Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1628
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the relocation of Floden House, a heritage home built in 1929. A man in a hard hat stands in the foreground, directing the flatbed truck that is carrying the two-storey location to its new location on 4th Street.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Garry Hands, of Nickel Brothers, directs the delicate task of moving the Floden house along 4th Street in Burnaby to its new resting place further west on the street."
- Geographic Access
- 4th Street
- Street Address
- 7244 4th Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
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Nels Nelson House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96846
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Nels Nelson House, located at 127 Queens Avenue in New Westminster. Photographs depict: the dining room; reading nook with a fireplace; antique furniture; and an unidentified woman standing in the home's doorway with a dog and posing in the elaborate foyer and stair…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2404
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Nels Nelson House, located at 127 Queens Avenue in New Westminster. Photographs depict: the dining room; reading nook with a fireplace; antique furniture; and an unidentified woman standing in the home's doorway with a dog and posing in the elaborate foyer and stairwell.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
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Neil Squire Foundation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97068
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of people using adaptive technology at the Neil Squire Foundation (now Neil Squire Society) in Burnaby. Photographs depict researcher Joel Macht with a SafeType keyboard; Mandakini Wineberg using voice-recognition technology; Sunny Doig with his morse code-controlled compu…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 5 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2596
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of people using adaptive technology at the Neil Squire Foundation (now Neil Squire Society) in Burnaby. Photographs depict researcher Joel Macht with a SafeType keyboard; Mandakini Wineberg using voice-recognition technology; Sunny Doig with his morse code-controlled computer; and Jova Bosanac using a desktop computer.
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment
- Organizations - Charities
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2596-1: "Joel Macht, a researcher and instructor at the Neil Squire Foundation, trains injured and disabled computer users to use adaptive technology, like the SafeType keyboard. The keyboard is designed to ease the pain of repetitive strain injuries by allowing users to keep their hands and wrists in a more natural upright position. The mirrors attached to the keyboard allow users to check the position of the keys."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2596-3: "Mandakini Wineberg is learning how to use voice-recognition technology at the Neil Squire Foundation after being diagnosed with repetitive strain injury."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2596-4: "Sunny Doig uses his computer to express himself by writing stories and diary entries despite being blind and a quadriplegic. He writes by tapping out morse code on a touch pad pinned to his shirt."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2596-5: "Jova Bosanac's limited mobility because of Noonan's Syndrome means it can take a superhuman effort for him to use his computer."
Images
Stacey Scott with software
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96439
- 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 Simon Fraser University science student Stacey Scott sitting next to a desktop computer with two mice. The monitor displays a graphic from a software program.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2100
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Simon Fraser University science student Stacey Scott sitting next to a desktop computer with two mice. The monitor displays a graphic from a software program.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Stacey Scott, an SFU science student, is developing software that will allow kids to work together on the same program, on the same computer."
Images
Tony Antonias
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95732
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tony Antonias, the winner of the 2001 Bernie Legge Cultural Award, presented by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. He is leaning on an Olympia manual typewriter and holding autographed scripts toward the camera.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1590
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Tony Antonias, the winner of the 2001 Bernie Legge Cultural Award, presented by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. He is leaning on an Olympia manual typewriter and holding autographed scripts toward the camera.
- Subjects
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Typewriters
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "The winner of this year's Bernie Legge Cultural Award, Tony Antonias, still types on the old Olympia manual typewriter he used to compose his famous Woodward's $1.49 Day jingle. He's holding autographed scripts he wrote to introduce such stars as Ben Heppner, John Kimura Parker and Kiri Tikanawa."
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Xantrex generators demonstration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97551
- 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 Christine Berka and Marlyn Allison demonstrating Xantrex XPower emergency power generators. The generators are powering a television and an emergency light.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2890
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Christine Berka and Marlyn Allison demonstrating Xantrex XPower emergency power generators. The generators are powering a television and an emergency light.
- Subjects
- Electrical and Magnetic Tools and Equipment
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ponne, Simone
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an October 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Christine Berka and Marlyn Allison,demonstrate the X POWER 300 and X POWER 600, two new Xantrex products that produce portable, household electricity."
Images
Habitat for Humanity Government St. project
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95935
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Habitat for Humanity housing project being built on Government St. Photographs depict volunteers working on the construction of the project and the chair of the board posing with a pick axe.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1705
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Habitat for Humanity housing project being built on Government St. Photographs depict volunteers working on the construction of the project and the chair of the board posing with a pick axe.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1705-1: "Len Horton, one of the volunteer workers at the new Habitat for Humanity housing project, being built on Government St., digs a storm drainage trench."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1705-2: "Gloria Levi is the chair of the board of directors of the Habitat for Humanity project, being built on Government St., but she's not afraid to get her hands dirty."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1705-3: "Simon Gould volunteers his time to help construct the Habitat for Humanity project, being built on Government St."
- Geographic Access
- Government Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
Images
Michael Geller at UniverCity site
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96341
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Michael Geller, the President of UniverCity Community Trust. Photographs depict Geller posing on Burnaby Mountain near the construction site and viewing the absorbent felt that is part of the development's sidewalks, and with the architectural model of UniverCity's firs…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2022
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Michael Geller, the President of UniverCity Community Trust. Photographs depict Geller posing on Burnaby Mountain near the construction site and viewing the absorbent felt that is part of the development's sidewalks, and with the architectural model of UniverCity's first phase of development.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings - Residential
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2022-1: "Michael Geller, the President of the UniverCity Community Trust, at Simon Fraser University, surveys construction of the first phase of the townsite that is being built at the top of Burnaby Mountain."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2022-2: "Michael Geller gets a closer look at an architectural model showing the first phase of development at the new UniverCity community, now under construction on Burnaby Mountain."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2022-3: "Michael Geller checks out the absorbent felt which is being integrated into the construction of the sidewalks at the new UniverCity development atop Burnaby Mountain. The felt will help control the runoff into streams lower down the mountain."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19349
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (49 min., 21 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. Raj Chouhan shares his ancestral background and personal experiences immigrating to Canada from India in 1973 and living and working in Canada as an immigrant…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (49 min., 21 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Kate Petrusa Interviewee: Honourable Raj Chouhan Location of Interview: Residence of Honourable Raj Chouhan Interview Date: December 2, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: (00:49:21) Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an oral history interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. Raj Chouhan shares his ancestral background and personal experiences immigrating to Canada from India in 1973 and living and working in Canada as an immigrant and the organizations that he became involved with. Honourable Raj Chouhan recalls how he arrived in Burnaby with his family in 1973 and that his family worked in farming. Chouhan imparts his first hand experiences as a new immigrant working as a labourer in the farming industry and describes the unsafe and unfair working conditions that he and migrant workers faced. Chouhan conveys how this experience lead him to become an activist for better working conditions for migrant workers. This lead Chouhan and others to form the Canadian Farm Workers Union in 1980. Chouhan recollects his experiences flying from India to Canada with his wife, his first impressions after arriving in Vancouver and driving to Burnaby and what he brought with him. Chouhan explains his connections to Burnaby. Members of Chouhan's wife's family immgrated to Canada in 1957 and his wife and her three brothers joined them in 1970. Chouhan's father in law, Hardial Singh Grewal immigrated in 1957 and became president of the Sikh temple in New Westminster. Hardial Singh Grewal worked in a lumber mill in Vancouver and eventually bought a house in Burnaby. Chouhan married to his wife at the Sikh temple in New Westminster and lived in Burnaby for a period before moving to New Westminster where they could find more affordable housing. Chouhan shares that he first worked as a farm labourer in Abbotsford and then found a job in the sawmill which paid more. Chouhan describes the extreme racism and discrimination that he and other immigrants faced which lead to the formation of the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism under the leadership of Dr. Hari Prakash Sharma. Chouhan describes this organization that he was a part of and the Canadian Farm Workers Union that were both formed in Burnaby. Chouhan shares that he moved to Victoria in 1988 to serve on the Hospital Employee's Union and moved back to the mainland in 1993 and returned to Burnaby in 2001. Chouhan reflects on the history of South Asian immigration in Canada, how many of the migrants settled in the lower mainland including Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver establishing temples in Vancouver and New Westminster which became the centre for the South Asian community. He conveys how earlier occupations were limited to farming and millwork and how over time employment opportunities and education have broadened but there is still work to do. He imparts how second generation Canadians’ experiences differ from first generations providing examples of his own daughters’ and the occupations that they are working in. Chouhan provides his insights into the South Asian Canadian experience imparting “We make history every day and that history needs to be recorded and learned from.."... “People from different communities, different backgrounds who lived in Burnaby have contributed so much and South Asians are just like another community and participated in all aspects of social life, cultural, religious, economy. I'm so proud of our community, our forefathers who had that vision to fight for our rights. I'm inspired by people who struggled so much to gain basic rights, like the right to vote". Chouhan refers to these first immigrants as “Gadri Babbas” “revolutionary old people” who were also the main motivation that lead to India becoming a free country in 1947 and for fighting for basic rights here in Canada and how they made their contributions for future generations. Chouhan expresses what he imparts to students “Do not forget your past... if you remember your past then you are much more knowledgeable. Then we know what we need for the future. If we don't know the past, we don't know what the future is going to be like. To make a better future, you have to learn from the past and improve".
- History
- Interviewee biography: Honourable Raj Chouhan was born in the city of Ludhiana in the Province of Punjab in India and immigrated to Canada in 1973. After arriving in Canada, Raj's family settled in Burnaby. Raj grew up in Burnaby and attended schoool. Honourable Raj Chouhan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2020. He was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on December 7, 2020. Honourable Chouhan is the founding president of the Canadian Farmworkers Union and the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism and has served as a director of the Hospital Employees' Union, the Labour Relations Board of B.C. and the Arbitration Bureau of B.C. Honourable Chouhan has also served as the Vice President of B.C. Human Rights Defenders since 2003 and has taught courses in Human Rights, the B.C. Labour Code and Collective Bargaining since 1987. Interviewer biography: Kate Petrusa is the Assistant Curator at the Burnaby Village Museum. In her role, she manages all aspects of the collection – including caring for physical artifacts and making their digital counterpart accessible. Before coming to Burnaby Village Museum in 2019, Kate has worked at several Museums around the Lower Mainland as a Curator and contractor since 2013.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations - Agricultural Labourers
- Migration
- Organizations - Unions
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Government - Provincial Government
- Government
- Names
- Chouhan, Raj
- British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism
- Sharma, Dr. Hari Prakash
- Grewal, Hardial Singh
- Canadian Farmworkers Union
- Hospital Employees Union
- Khalsa Diwan Society
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0004_002.mp3BCIT campus radio
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96011
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jen Bacus, a radio broadcast student and staff at the new BCIT campus radio station CFML, standing inside a recording booth next to a light that reads "On Air."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2004]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1762
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jen Bacus, a radio broadcast student and staff at the new BCIT campus radio station CFML, standing inside a recording booth next to a light that reads "On Air."
- Subjects
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Radios
- Persons - Students
- Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "BCIT's campus radio station, CFML, is about to go on the air, over the air, as the station has been approved for an FM license by the CRTC. Once the station has secured space on a broadcast tower, it will be able to be heard all over Burnaby, New Westminster, parts of Vancouver and Coquitlam. Jen Bacus is a radio broadcast student, and the station's marketing and promotions director."
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Bobbi Sami of Saafnet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96644
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bobbi Sami, CEO of Saafnet, seated at a desktop computer in his office overlooking the Old Orchard Shopping Centre. Sami is holding up Saafnet's "Alpha Shield" Internet security device for display.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2266
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bobbi Sami, CEO of Saafnet, seated at a desktop computer in his office overlooking the Old Orchard Shopping Centre. Sami is holding up Saafnet's "Alpha Shield" Internet security device for display.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Saafnet CEO Bobbi Sami has issued a challenge to computer hackers worldwide from his Burnaby office; if anyone can get past his company's Alpha Shield internet security device, he'll give them one million dollars. The device creates a kind of firewall between a user's computer and the internet."
- Geographic Access
- Kathleen Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Burnaby Hospital lab
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96966
- 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 Rose Clark, a registered lab technician in the Anatomical Pathology department at Burnaby Hospital, using the hospital's new stainer.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2520
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rose Clark, a registered lab technician in the Anatomical Pathology department at Burnaby Hospital, using the hospital's new stainer.
- Names
- Burnaby General Hospital
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Rose Clark, at registered lab technician in the Anatomical Pathology department at Burnaby Hospital's lab, examines a slide before placing it in their new stainer, which the hospital will be able to keep because of a private donation."
- Geographic Access
- Kincaid Street
- Street Address
- 3935 Kincaid Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
Images
Burnaby Mountain Secondary School cafeteria
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97570
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of lunchtime in the cafeteria at Burnaby Mountain Secondary School. Photographs depict students lining up and enjoying food in the cafeteria, and the food options in the cafeteria, including Panago, Subway, and KFC.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2909
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of lunchtime in the cafeteria at Burnaby Mountain Secondary School. Photographs depict students lining up and enjoying food in the cafeteria, and the food options in the cafeteria, including Panago, Subway, and KFC.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2909-1: "A selection of chips greets students lining up at the cash register."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2909-2: "Students have a wide variety of favorite foods to choose, from Panagopolis pizza to Kentucky Fried Chicken."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2909-3: "Sarah McLeod, a grade 8 student, says the cafeteria lunches at Burnaby Mountain Secondary are "better than the sandwiches my mom would make.""
- Caption from metadata for 535-2909-4: "Stephanie Yelton, Grade 9, gets a Pepsi. The cafeteria also has a Coke dispenser."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2909-5: "Tony Breemo, a Grade 11 student, says he gets a Subway sandwich every day."
- Geographic Access
- Eastlake Drive
- Street Address
- 8800 Eastlake Drive
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lyndhurst Area
Images
Computer class at Burnaby Public Library
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96608
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an introductory computer class, led by Dom Lombardi, taking place in a computer lab at a Burnaby Public Library branch. Five students are seated at desktop computers behind Lombardi.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2230
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an introductory computer class, led by Dom Lombardi, taking place in a computer lab at a Burnaby Public Library branch. Five students are seated at desktop computers behind Lombardi.
- Names
- Burnaby Public Library
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Dom Lombardi discusses internet service providers to a class of computer newbies at the Burnaby Public Library."
Images
Dean Alexander at Edmonds Appliances
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97753
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dean Alexander opening the oven door of an Aga English Stove at Edmonds Appliances.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3027
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dean Alexander opening the oven door of an Aga English Stove at Edmonds Appliances.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Dean Alexander, of Edmonds Appliances, checks out one of the four ovens in a $15,000 Aga English Stove. Each of the ovens heats at a different temperature, and the gas-powered, cast iron stove is always on."
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7780 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Delta 4 Projections
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96173
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Paterasp Nirumvala, owner of Delta 4 Projections, posed with a portable television and VCR on a cart.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1870
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Paterasp Nirumvala, owner of Delta 4 Projections, posed with a portable television and VCR on a cart.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Paterasp Nirumvala has whittled the inventory at his high-end electronics business, Delta 4 Projections, from expensive plasma televisions and surround sound receivers to a small portable television and VCR after a series of break-ins and thefts."