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Gung Haggis Fat Choy

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96169
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2005]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Todd Wong on the Simon Fraser University campus, posing in a SFU T-shirt and kilt with a dragon puppet and other objects. Wong was the founder of "Gung Haggis Fat Choy," a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2005]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-1866
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of Todd Wong on the Simon Fraser University campus, posing in a SFU T-shirt and kilt with a dragon puppet and other objects. Wong was the founder of "Gung Haggis Fat Choy," a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year.
Subjects
Holidays
Holidays - Chinese New Year
Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges
Names
Simon Fraser University
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 for 535-1866-1: "Todd Wong, aka Toddish McWong, is getting ready to celebrate Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a convergence of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year that he cooked up while trying to come up with an idea for "a really good house party" when he was a student at Simon Fraser University."
Caption from metadata for 535-1866-2: "Todd Wong, aka Toddish McWong, dreamed up Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year, while he was a student at Simon Fraser University in the early 1990s. The school will celebrate the newfound holiday with the first Gung Haggis Fat Choy Canadian Games, feature dragoncart races, a lion dance, highland dancers and bag pipers, at Convocation Mall on Jan. 28."
Geographic Access
Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
University Drive
Street Address
8888 University Drive
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
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Hats Off Day

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95782
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
10 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the annual Hats Off Day celebration in Burnaby Heights. The photographs depict people participating in the parade, including: the Alpha Secondary School band; the SFU Pipe band; a collection of motorcycles; a fiddler on a unicycle; and protestors wearing gas masks and w…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
10 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-1614
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the annual Hats Off Day celebration in Burnaby Heights. The photographs depict people participating in the parade, including: the Alpha Secondary School band; the SFU Pipe band; a collection of motorcycles; a fiddler on a unicycle; and protestors wearing gas masks and walking alongside Chevron's float in the parade. The photographs also show local residents attending the parade and a nearby business, Kea's Meats, running a pig roast.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Names
Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
Alpha Secondary School
Chevron Corporation
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on original file name
Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1614-1: "Alpha Secondary School band performs during the street fair following the parade."
Caption from metadata for 535-1614-2: "Kevin Charpentier, 5, shows off his decorated bike."
Caption from metadata for 535-1614-4: "Peter Podogiros bastes the pigs in front of Kea's Meats."
Caption from metadata for 535-1614-5: "Residents upset with recent problems at the Chevron refinery, marched alongside the oil company's float, wearing gas masks and protective jump suits."
Caption from metadata for 535-1614-8: "Al Perreault and his son, Joshua, 3, are ready for the day's bright sunshine."
Caption from metadata for 535-1614-9: "Joanna and Angela Yang settle in to watch the parade."
Caption from metadata for 535-1614-10: "a unicylist who fiddles, or a fiddler who unicycles?"
Geographic Access
Hastings Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Images
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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
Less detail