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brochure
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91372
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.2119
- Description
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby brochure; foldout; yellow paper with black print; cover illustration of pink rhododendron. Text on front cover reads: "BURNABY AT YOUR SERVICE / THE RHODODENDRON 1971 / BURNABY'S OFFICIAL FLOWER". Three sections of same side of brochure have information from "THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF BURNABY / BURNABY B.C." including tax payments, other municipal charges, assessments, home owner grant, school board and municipal budget; other side of paper reads vertically and has title reading: "1971 BURNABY BULLETIN" and includes information on public works emergencies, refuse collection,Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby Public Library, Burnaby Safety Council, Voters' List, Fire Department, Parks and Recreation Department and includes a change of address form at bottom.
- Object History
- Brochure created by the Corporation of the District of Burnaby and distributed to Burnaby citizens.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Brochure
- Marks/Labels
- invitation has marks from being handled
- Colour
- Yellow
- Black
- Green
- Pink
- Measurements
- Length: 13.5 cm
- Width: 40 cm
- Folded to: Length: 13.5 cm x Width: 10 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1971
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brochure
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.2137
- Description
- Burnaby School Concerts - B.C. Centennial brochure; trifold on glossy paper. Front of Flier reads: "Burnaby Schools' / Concert Band / BRITISH COLUMBIA"; centre of cover includes B.C. Centennial logo in yellow on blue background with dogwood flower and three 'c' s; text at bottom on front cover reads: "CENTENNIAL YEAR TRIP / to / DISNEYLAND AND SAN DIEGO". Content within Flier includes Burnaby - Community Development Information, Map of Burnaby District Municipality and The Burnaby School's Concert Band. Inside flap title reads: "HIGHLIGHTS OF AN EXCITING / CENTENNIAL YEAR; back of pamplet includes a list of Centennial events and is titled: "CENTENNIAL / CELEBRATIONS / May to November, 1971".
- Object History
- Burnaby School's Concert Band was organized in the fall of 1969 to provide further challenge and opportunity for interested music students throughout the Burnaby School District. Students represented eleven Junior and Senior Secondary Schools instrumental programs with the majority of students in grades ten to twelve. The Burnaby Schools' Concert Band performed for a number of concerts including the New Westminster May Day and Pacific National Exhibtion parades and during the Royal visit to Burnaby in May 1971. In April 1971, the band performed at the Music Education Conference (Western Division) held in San Diego. The Band auxilliary formed in May 1970 and became a registered society.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Brochure
- Colour
- White
- Blue
- Measurements
- Length: 23 cm x Width: 30 cm; folded to Length: 23 cm x Width: 10 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1971
Images
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91081
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1804
- Description
- Heritage Village flyer; brown ink on tan coloured paper; photograph at top of unidentified couple in oval decorative frame; text reads: "HERITAGE VILLAGE " / - The past is Prsent - / The Burnaby Centennial '71 Committe is sponsoring the / creation of an environment / of yesteryear. / - a turn of the century / 'Main Street', a restored / country home and a town / square with a gazebo will recall: / warm companionship by the / pot bellied stove / the distinctive clatter / of the lino type machine / mysterious potions in the / apothecary shop / Sousa concerts under a / fanning Maple tree / LEND A HAND / To help, find itmes of / everyday life from the gay / nineties to the roaring / twenties. Details of / Lower Mainland history and / customs will bring / these materials to life at HERITAGE VILLAGE"
- Object History
- Item was found in Burnaby Village Museum printshop along with other Heritage Village / Burnaby Village Museum ephemera created between 1971 and [2000].
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Brochure
- Colour
- Brown
- Beige
- Measurements
- 23 x 11 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [197-]
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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.mp3