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Div 1 Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
17 Mar. 1920
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division One class at Gilmore Avenue School (this information is written on a blackboard at the rear of the classroom). A male teacher is standing beside the blackboard and the class is seated at their desks (each desk is attached to the back of the chair in the front). There are …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.1 x 16.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division One class at Gilmore Avenue School (this information is written on a blackboard at the rear of the classroom). A male teacher is standing beside the blackboard and the class is seated at their desks (each desk is attached to the back of the chair in the front). There are 21 girls and 14 boys. The boys are dressed in sweaters or rough sports jackets, baggy trousers, and open-necked shirts. Their hair is generally moppish, or parted. The girls are generally wearing sweaters and wide skirts, with several wearing necklaces. Most have long hair, pulled back and tied, or parted and hanging. Identified: (3rd row of desks, 5th from left) Mary Warren; (1st row of desks, 4th from left) Lena Horne (later Lena McManus). Mary Warren was the daughter of John H. Warren and Mary W. Warren (nee Slaven) who settled in Burnaby and built a house on Union Street in 1912. Mary Warren later became Mary Anthony when she married Bill Anthony. The teacher may be Stanley Griffiths. A blackboard on the left of the picture has math problems written on it. Above, a row of prints hang, among the ones identifiable are Shakespeare and the Fathers of Confederation. The room is lit by dangling electric bulbs. Inscribed on the negative, lower left of the print: "272." An annotation in pencil on the back of the photograph reads, "Mr. Tom Browning." In 1912 Gilmore Ave. School was only a tent as blasting and clearing was being carried out. Later that year, a four-room building was completed and pupils moved in. By 1914, another four rooms were added to meet increased enrolment. Four rooms were added again in 1922, and four rooms and an auditorium were added in 1929. The school was renovated in 1954 and 1955. A library was added in 1964 and six more rooms were built in 1967. The school was named after Hugh B. Gilmour, but an error by a municipal clerk in 1912 changed the spelling to Gilmore.
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Occupations - Teachers
Furniture
Persons - Black Canadians
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
HV971.23.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
17 Mar. 1920
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-03-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Division IX at Edmonds Street School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
October 26, 1927
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Division IX at Edmonds Street School sitting and standing in six rows on the front steps of the school building. Their teacher, Miss Morgan, is standing at the back in the centre. Chester Matheson is standing second from the left in the back row, Percy Clogg is third from the left. Ra…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Division IX at Edmonds Street School sitting and standing in six rows on the front steps of the school building. Their teacher, Miss Morgan, is standing at the back in the centre. Chester Matheson is standing second from the left in the back row, Percy Clogg is third from the left. Rachel Rae (later McLeod) is standing in the third row second from the left, Randi Nelson is standing fourth from the left and Alice Tompkinson is sixth (last in the row). Margaret Hall (later Philps) is sitting in the fifth row, third from the left and Phylis Jones is sitting eighth from the left (last in the row). Erling Johnson is sitting second from the left in the front row (the rest are unidentified).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Edmonds Community School
Matheson, Chester
Clogg, Percy
McLeod, Rachel Rae
Nelson, Randi
Tompkinson, Alice
Philips, Margaret Hall
Jones, Phylis
Johnson, Erling
Morgan, Miss
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Street Address
7641 Edmonds Street
Accession Code
BV003.58.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
October 26, 1927
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Teacher - Miss Morgan"
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East Burnaby Public School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1912
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 20.5 cm, mounted on card 25.5 x 31 cm + 1 p.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division II class at East Burnaby Public School standing in front of the school building with their teacher, (Miss) Edith Crake.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 20.5 cm, mounted on card 25.5 x 31 cm + 1 p.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division II class at East Burnaby Public School standing in front of the school building with their teacher, (Miss) Edith Crake.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Crake, Edith
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Street Address
7641 Edmonds Street
Accession Code
HV972.108.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
1912
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
1/8/2010
Scale
100
Photographer
King Studio Photographers
Notes
Continuation of title: "... , 1912 / Division II / Miss E. Crake, Teacher."
Photographer's mark on recto of card mount reads: "The King Studio / 311 Hastings St. W. / Vancouver, B.C."
1 page accompanying describes the history of the school building
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East Burnaby Public School

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1910
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.3 x 14.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic postcard of a class from East Burnaby School (Edmonds Street School) taken outside the school building. There are nineteen boys and seventeen girls sitting and standing in three rows, with their teacher standing in the centre at the back. Six of the boys seated at the front…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.3 x 14.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic postcard of a class from East Burnaby School (Edmonds Street School) taken outside the school building. There are nineteen boys and seventeen girls sitting and standing in three rows, with their teacher standing in the centre at the back. Six of the boys seated at the front are holding lacrosse sticks. Female student on far left of back row is identified as either Ethel or Stella Buskins.
Subjects
Buildings - Schools
Occupations - Teachers
Sports - Lacrosse
Persons - Black Canadians
Persons - Students
Names
Edmonds Community School
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Street Address
7641 Edmonds Street
Accession Code
BV017.17.35
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1910
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01/09/2017
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph.
The postcard is stamped on the front in red ink, "East BURNABY. PUBLIC SCHOOL".
The postcard is inscribed on the front in printing, in ink, "1910"
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Edmonds Street School students

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1924
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a class standing in three rows on the front steps of Edmonds Street School (their teacher is standing to the right at the back). Bert Davies is standing in the back row on the far left, Percy Clogg is fifth from the left and Chester Matheson is eighth (last in the row). Alice Tompkins…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a class standing in three rows on the front steps of Edmonds Street School (their teacher is standing to the right at the back). Bert Davies is standing in the back row on the far left, Percy Clogg is fifth from the left and Chester Matheson is eighth (last in the row). Alice Tompkinson is standing seventh from the left in the second row, Marjorie Dixie is eighth and Rachel Rae (later McLeod) is ninth (last in the row). Mary Hamilton is standing in the front row on the far left, Annie Brownlow is third from the left, Philys Jones is sixth and Margaret Hall (later Philps) is seventh (last in the row).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Edmonds Community School
Davies, Bert
Clogg, Percy
Matheson, Chester
Tompkinson, Alice
Dixie, Marjorie
McLeod, Rachel Rae
Hamilton, Mary
Brownlow, Annie
Jones, Phylis
Philips, Margaret Hall
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Street Address
7641 Edmonds Street
Accession Code
BV003.58.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
1924
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
09-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 639
Note in black ink on verso of card mount reads: "Edmonds St. School - 1924"
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Gilmore Ave Grade 4, Division 8

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1958
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students from Grade 4, Division 8, lined up on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School in five rows. There are fifteen girls, and twenty-five boys, and a female teacher seated on a chair to the right of the photograph. Most girls are wearing shirts with skirts, with cardigans over th…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students from Grade 4, Division 8, lined up on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School in five rows. There are fifteen girls, and twenty-five boys, and a female teacher seated on a chair to the right of the photograph. Most girls are wearing shirts with skirts, with cardigans over the top, and some in dresses. Most of the boys are wearing plaid or checkered patterend shirts. Two boys seated in the front row are holding up a chalk board sign with the class and school information written on it, along with the year and the name "Layton" in brackets (the photographer). Annotations on the back of the photo read: "Lorraine" and "Grade 4 / Mrs. M. Pontoni (Teacher)."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Pontoni, M
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.100.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1958
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
16-Jan-24
Scale
100
Photographer
Layton
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Gilmore Avenue Div. 12

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1926
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division 12 Grade 3 class at Gilmore Avenue School sitting and standing outside in rows with their teacher Miss Tough (far right). The twenty boys are sitting in two rows in the front and the eighteen girls and the teacher are standing in two rows in the back. The girls are mostly…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 11.5 cm
Material Details
Title handwritten on negative by photographer has printed (white) on photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Division 12 Grade 3 class at Gilmore Avenue School sitting and standing outside in rows with their teacher Miss Tough (far right). The twenty boys are sitting in two rows in the front and the eighteen girls and the teacher are standing in two rows in the back. The girls are mostly wearing dresses with round collars and the boys are mostly wearing sweaters over shirts, shorts and knee high socks with boots.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Tough, Miss
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV994.27.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
1926
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-05-07
Images
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Gilmore Avenue School classroom

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students in a classroom at Gilmore Avenue School seated on their chair with their hands behind their backs. Their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom in front of a black board. Most girls are wearing bows in their hair and almost all of the students are wearing sweaters (…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students in a classroom at Gilmore Avenue School seated on their chair with their hands behind their backs. Their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom in front of a black board. Most girls are wearing bows in their hair and almost all of the students are wearing sweaters (bare light bulbs and empty light sockets are hanging from the ceiling).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV988.31.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1920]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 264
Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "Gilmore st. School/ year?"
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Gilmore Avenue School classroom

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1920]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students in a classroom at Gilmore Avenue School seated on their chair with their hands behind their backs. Their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom in front of a black board. Most girls are wearing bows in their hair and almost all of the students are wearing sweaters (…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of students in a classroom at Gilmore Avenue School seated on their chair with their hands behind their backs. Their teacher is standing at the back of the classroom in front of a black board. Most girls are wearing bows in their hair and almost all of the students are wearing sweaters (bare light bulbs and empty light sockets are hanging from the ceiling).
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV988.31.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1920]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 265
Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "Gilmore st. School/ year?"
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Gilmore Avenue School Staff

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1926
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.5 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are lined up in rows by the side of the school. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Back row, standing (left to right): Ethel Whitwo…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.0 x 11.5 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are lined up in rows by the side of the school. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Back row, standing (left to right): Ethel Whitworth, unidentified woman, Dorothy Thompson, unidentified man standing behind Dorothy Thompson, unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Mr. Griffiths (principal), John Burnets, Mr. Pullinger, unidentified woman, Margaret Scott, Miss Keast, unidentified woman. Front row, sitting (left to right): unidentified woman, unidentified woman, unidentified woman, Dorothy Lupton (Mrs. E.W. Rogers), unidentified woman, Esther Wilks (Mrs. Dickson). An annotation on the album page reads: "Gilmore Ave. Sch. Staff. 1926."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Burnets, John
Dickson, Esther Wilks
Gilmore Avenue School
Griffiths, Mr.
Keast, Miss
Pullinger, Mr.
Rogers, Dorothy Lupton
Scott, Margaret
Thompson, Dorothy
Whitworth, Ethel
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
HV983.70.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1926
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Related Material
The photograph shares the same paper mount as HV983.70.4, which is another photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School.
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-05
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Images
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Gilmore Avenue School staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription432
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1926
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.3 x 5.9 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are standing and kneeling together in two rows. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Kneeling in the front row, first from the left is…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.3 x 5.9 cm mounted on paper 13.9 x 22.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School. They are standing and kneeling together in two rows. A letter from the donor, who was a teacher at Gilmore Avenue School from 1919 to 1926, identifies some of the people depicted in the photograph. Kneeling in the front row, first from the left is Dorothy Lupton (Mrs. E.W. Rogers), and kneeling in the front row, wearing a dark dress with a string of beads, third from the left, is Esther Wilks (Mrs. Dickson). An annotation on the album page reads: "Gilmore Ave. Sch. Staff. 1926."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Dickson, Esther Wilks
Gilmore Avenue School
Rogers, Dorothy Lupton
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
HV983.70.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1926
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Related Material
The photograph shares the same paper mount as HV983.70.4, which is another photograph of the staff at Gilmore Avenue School.
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-05
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Images
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Gilmore Avenue School students

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of students standing in front of Gilmore Avenue School with their teacher. There are five rows of boys and girls aged about twelve years old. The girls are all wearing knee length dresses or skirts with a low waist band and stockings. The boys are mostly wearing button up shir…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 15.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of students standing in front of Gilmore Avenue School with their teacher. There are five rows of boys and girls aged about twelve years old. The girls are all wearing knee length dresses or skirts with a low waist band and stockings. The boys are mostly wearing button up shirts. Many of the students are also wearing neckties.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV988.31.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1930]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Willingdon Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-04-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer identifies photograph as no. 912
Note in blue pen on verso of photgraph reads: "Gilmore st. School/ year?"
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Gilmore School staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription170
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1964 or 1965]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1964-1965. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Lynne Atchison, Mrs. Ann Herbert, Mrs. Nannaly Lawson, Mrs. Miriam Benson, Mrs. Alice Wade, and Miss Olive Shuttleworth. Row 2: Mrs. Lydia Derks…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1964-1965. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Lynne Atchison, Mrs. Ann Herbert, Mrs. Nannaly Lawson, Mrs. Miriam Benson, Mrs. Alice Wade, and Miss Olive Shuttleworth. Row 2: Mrs. Lydia Derkson, Miss Gloria Allen, Miss Eileen Brennan (nurse), Mrs. Muriel Fletcher, Miss Iris Willis, Miss Margaret Brown, and Mrs. Ruth Calder. Row 3: Miss Mary MacDonald, Mrs. Myra Maloney (School Secretary), Mrs Doreen Metzker (nee Nickle), Miss Clare Clemo, Mrs. Mae Curtis (Reading Centre), and Mrs. Bunny Gaskill. Row 4: Mr. Keith Stainton (Vice Principal ?), Mr. Robert Thomson (Principal / donor), Mr. Hudson Shannon, Mr. Charlie Johnson (Custodian), and Mr. Harry Seddon. Annotation in pencil on the back of the photograph reads: "Kieth [sic] Stainton back row / left #1 / (principal ?)" and "64-65."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Allen, Gloria
Atchison, Lynne
Brennan, Eileen
Benson, Miriam
Brown, Margaret
Calder, Ruth
Clemo, Clare
Curtis, Mae
Derkson, Lydia
Fletcher, Muriel
Gaskill, Bunny
Gilmore Avenue School
Herbert, Ann
Johnson, Charlie
Lawson, Nannaly
MacDonald, Mary
Maloney, Myra
Metzker, Doreen
Seddon, Harry
Shannon, Hudson
Shuttleworth, Olive
Stainton, Keith
Thomson, Robert
Wade, Alice
Willis, Iris
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.87.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1964 or 1965]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-19
Photographer
Croton Studio Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Gilmore School staff

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1967 or 1968]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1967-1968. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Olive Shuttleworth, Mrs. Doreen Weltens, Shirley Young (steno), Mrs. Ruth Calder, Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Mrs. Lydia Derkson, and Mr…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1967-1968. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Olive Shuttleworth, Mrs. Doreen Weltens, Shirley Young (steno), Mrs. Ruth Calder, Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Mrs. Lydia Derkson, and Mrs. Queenie Scargill. Row 2: Mrs. Vi Rotta, Eileen Duthie (Secretary), Miss Pam Box, Miss Barbara Hart, Miss Margaret Brown, Mrs. Ruth Carrington (Library), and Mrs. Alice Wade. Row 3: Miss Gloria Allen, Mrs. Bunny Gaskill, Miss Ann Malcolm (Nurse), Mrs. Loa Thorarinson, Mrs. Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Sophie Adams (Sr. Spec), and Miss Sheila Pratt. Row 4: unidentified woman, Mr. Harry Mazur, Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Charlie Johnson (Custodian), Mr. Art Robinson, and Mrs. Tracy Wilson. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Harvy Mazur 2nd from left/ [arrow] back row."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Adams, Sophie
Allen, Gloria
Box, Pam
Brown, Margaret
Calder, Ruth
Carrington, Ruth
Derkson, Lydia
Duthie, Eileen
Gaskill, Bunny
Gilmore Avenue School
Hart, Barbara
Henderson, Ron
Heshedahl, Gladys
Johnson, Charlie
Malcolm, Ann
Mazur, Harry
Pratt, Sheila
Raines, Dorothy
Robinson, Art
Rotta, Vi
Scargill, Queenie
Shuttleworth, Olive
Thomson, Robert
Thorarinson, Loa
Wade, Alice
Weltens, Doreen
Wilson, Tracy
Young, Shirley
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.87.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1967 or 1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-19
Photographer
Croton Studio Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Gilmore School staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription172
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968 or 1969]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1968-1969. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Mrs. Evelyn Boyle (Pri. Spec), unidentified woman, Mrs. Tracey Wilson, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Miss Michi Lee, and Miss Kathy Coles. Row…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1968-1969. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Mrs. Evelyn Boyle (Pri. Spec), unidentified woman, Mrs. Tracey Wilson, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Miss Michi Lee, and Miss Kathy Coles. Row 2: Mrs. Queenie Scargill, Mrs. Lydia Derkson, unidentified woman, Mrs. Bunny Gaskill, Mrs. Alice Wade, Mrs. Ruth Calder, Mrs. Kitty Warren, and an unidentified woman. Row 3: Miss Ruth Carrington (Librarian), Miss Pam Box, Miss Betty Manring (chair mistress), Miss Loa Thorarinson, Mrs Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Ann Malcolm (school nurse), Mrs. Eileen Duthie (School Secretary), and Mrs. Doreen Weltens. Row 4: unidentified woman, Mr. Harry Mazur (Vice Principal), Mr. Norm Johannson (Custodian), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Art Robinson, Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), and Miss Sophie Adams (Sr. Special). An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "68-69."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Adams, Sophie
Box, Pam
Boyle, Evelyn
Calder, Ruth
Carrington, Ruth
Coles, Kathy
Derkson, Lydia
Duthie, Eileen
Gaskill, Bunny
Gilmore Avenue School
Henderson, Ron
Heshedahl, Gladys
Johannson, Norm
Lee, Michi
Malcolm, Ann
Manring, Betty
Mazur, Harry
Raines, Dorothy
Robinson, Art
Scargill, Queenie
Thomson, Robert
Thorarinson, Loa
Wade, Alice
Warren, Kitty
Weltens, Doreen
Wilson, Tracey
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.87.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1968 or 1969]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-19
Photographer
Croton Studio Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Gilmore School Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription173
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1969 or 1970]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1969 to 1970. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Michi Lee, Miss ? Paoli, Mrs. Dorothy Raines, unidentified woman, Mrs. Wendy Matthison, unidentified woman, and Miss Kathy Coles. Row 2: Mrs.…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1969 to 1970. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Michi Lee, Miss ? Paoli, Mrs. Dorothy Raines, unidentified woman, Mrs. Wendy Matthison, unidentified woman, and Miss Kathy Coles. Row 2: Mrs. Queenie Scargill, Mrs. Tracy Wilson, unidentified woman, Mrs. Kitty Warren, Miss Ruth Carrington, Mrs. Evelyn Boyle, and Mrs. Lydia Derkson. Row 3: Mrs. Marylou Leung, Mrs. Ingrid ?, Mrs. Stella Peterson, Miss Bev Cowie, Mrs. Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Betty Manring, Mrs. Eileen Duthie (Secretary), Miss Pam Box, and an unidentified woman. Row 4: Mr. Nick Calderone, Mr. Art Robinson, Mr. Norm Johannson (Custodian), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), and Mr. Harry Mazur (Vice Principal). Annotations on the back of the photograph read: "69/70", u.r. "Harry MAZUR/ back row at rt."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Box, Pam
Boyle, Evelyn
Calderone, Nick
Carrington, Ruth
Coles, Kathy
Cowie, Bev
Derkson, Lydia
Duthie, Eileen
Gilmore Avenue School
Henderson, Ron
Heshedahl, Gladys
Johannson, B.L.
Lee, Michi
Leung, Marylou
Manring, Betty
Matthison, Wendy
Mazur, Harry
Paoli, Miss
Peterson, Stella
Raines, Dorothy
Robinson, Art
Scargill, Queenie
Thomson, Robert
Warren, Kitty
Wilson, Tracy
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.87.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1969 or 1970]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-19
Photographer
Croton Studio Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Gilmore School staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription174
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1970 or 1971]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1970-1971. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Brenda Granger, Mrs. Marylou Leung, unidentified woman, Miss Bev Cowie, Miss Pam Box, unidentified woman, Miss Kathy Coles, and Mrs. Doreen Welt…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1970-1971. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Miss Brenda Granger, Mrs. Marylou Leung, unidentified woman, Miss Bev Cowie, Miss Pam Box, unidentified woman, Miss Kathy Coles, and Mrs. Doreen Weltens. Row 2: Mrs. Lydia Derkson, Miss Michi Lee, unidentified woman, Mrs. Ruth Calder, Miss Betty Manring, Mrs. Stella Peterson, Miss Tracy Wilson, and Mrs. Kitty Warren. Row 3: Mrs. Queenie Scargill, Mrs. Wendy Matthison, Mrs. Ruth MacKenzie, Mrs. Ruth Cross, Mrs. Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Ann Malcolm (school nurse), Miss Ruth Carrington, Mrs. Eileen Duthie (Steno), and Mrs. Ingrid ?. Row 4: Mrs. Evelyn Boyle, Mr. Harry Mazur (Vice Principal), Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Art Robinson, Mr. Nick Calderone, and Mrs. Dorothy Raines. Annotations on the back of the photo read: "70/71" and "Harry Mazur 2nd from left / back row."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Box, Pam
Boyle, Evelyn
Calder, Ruth
Calderone, Nick
Carrington, Ruth
Coles, Kathy
Cowie, Bev
Cross, Ruth
Derkson, Lydia
Duthie, Eileen
Gilmore Avenue School
Granger, Brenda
Henderson, Ron
Heshedahl, Gladys
Lee, Michi
Leung, Marylou
Malcolm, Ann
Manring, Betty
Mazur, Harry
Peterson, Stella
Raines, Dorothy
Robinson, Art
Scargill, Queenie
Thomson, Robert
Warren, Kitty
Weltens, Doreen
Wilson, Tracy
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.87.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1970 or 1971]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-19
Photographer
Croton Studio Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Gilmore School Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription175
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1971 or 1972]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1970 to 1971. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Miss Kathy Coles, unidentified woman, Miss Bev Cowie, Mrs. Wendy Mathison, unidentified woman, and unidentified woman. Row 2:…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm
Material Details
inscribed in pencil, verso, c.
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School staff from the year 1970 to 1971. The people are identified as follows (front row to back row, left to right). Row 1: Mrs. Dorothy Raines, Miss Kathy Coles, unidentified woman, Miss Bev Cowie, Mrs. Wendy Mathison, unidentified woman, and unidentified woman. Row 2: Mrs. Queenie Scargill, Mrs. Doreen Weltens, Miss Eileen Duthie (Secretary), Mrs. Evelyn Boyle, Mrs. Stella Peterson, Mrs. Kitty Warren, and Mrs. Lydia Derkson. Row 3: Mrs. Ingrid ?, Mrs. Tracy Wilson, Miss Pam Box, Miss Ruth Carrington, Mrs. Gladys Heshedahl, Miss Betty Manring, unidentified woman, Karen ?, and Mrs. Marylou Leung. Row 4: Mr. Harry Mazur (Vice Principal), Mr. Robert Thomson (principal / donor), Mr. Ron Henderson, Mr. Ed Johannson (custodian), Mr. Nick Calderone, and Mr. John Steele. Annotations on the back of the photo read: "71/72" and "Harry Mazur back row left."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Box, Pam
Boyle, Evelyn
Calderone, Nick
Carrington, Ruth
Coles, Kathy
Cowie, Bev
Derkson, Lydia
Duthie, Eileen
Gilmore Avenue School
Henderson, Ron
Heshedahl, Gladys
Johannson, Norm
Leung, Marylou
Manring, Betty
Mathison, Wendy
Mazur, Harry
Peterson, Stella
Raines, Dorothy
Scargill, Queenie
Steele, John
Thomson, Robert
Warren, Kitty
Weltens, Doreen
Wilson, Tracy
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.87.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1971 or 1972]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-19
Photographer
Croton Studio Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Gilmore School Staff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription176
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1943]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School. The people are identified as follows (left to right). Front row: Miss Marion Williamson, Miss J. McKenzie, Miss Evelyn Sinclair, Mr. Stanley Griffiths (Principal), Miss Ina Dearing, Miss Peggy Prior, and Miss Georgina Busch. Back row: Mr. T. Chalmers (Vice Princip…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Gilmore School. The people are identified as follows (left to right). Front row: Miss Marion Williamson, Miss J. McKenzie, Miss Evelyn Sinclair, Mr. Stanley Griffiths (Principal), Miss Ina Dearing, Miss Peggy Prior, and Miss Georgina Busch. Back row: Mr. T. Chalmers (Vice Principal / donor), Mr. W. McKenzie (no kin to Miss J. McKenzie), Miss Edith Osborne, unidentified man, and Mr. W. Mitchell. It is noted in the signed donation form that Mr. Chalmers (the donor) served at the Gilmore school from 1940 to 1950, and the photograph was taken with his personal camera. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "School Staff 1943, Gilmore School (Burnaby) / from Mr. Chalmers." Stamped on the back of the photo: "4860."
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Busch, Georgina
Chalmers, Thomas "Tom"
Dearing, Ina
Gilmore Avenue School
Griffiths, Stanley
McKenzie, J.
McKenzie, W.
Mitchell, W.
Osborne, Edith
Prior, Peggy
Sinclair, Evelyn
Williamson, Marion
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.92.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1943]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-12-19
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Interview with Harman Pandher

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19609
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968- 2023] (interview content), interviewed 5 Jan. 2023
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
2 sound recordings (wav) (105 min., 23 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (101 min., 39 sec.)
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harman Pandher conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. 00:00 - 37:38 Interview opens with Harman Pandher sharing information on his oldest living relative, Kirpal Singh Pandher who immigrated to Canada arou…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Museum Oral Histories series
Subseries
South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
2 sound recordings (wav) (105 min., 23 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (101 min., 39 sec.)
Material Details
Interviewer: Kate Petrusa Interviewee: Harman Pandher Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: January 5, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks:1:45:23 min Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 format for access on Heritage Burnaby
Scope and Content
Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Harman Pandher conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. 00:00 - 37:38 Interview opens with Harman Pandher sharing information on his oldest living relative, Kirpal Singh Pandher who immigrated to Canada around 1968. The interview continues with Harman Pandher providing details about his childhood in Burnaby while occasionally sharing photographs with the interviewer. He provides detailed descriptions of the homes and neighbourhoods while living on Second Street and 15th Avenue and shares his experiences as a South Asian Sikh attending Second Street elementary school, Cariboo Hill Secondary School and Kahlsa School. Pandher recalls some of his family and childhood experiences including, family events and gatherings; participation in school clubs and sports; playing basketball, ball hockey and street hockey with his Punjabi friends and other Burnaby kids; racism that he faced as a Sikh wearing a turban and delivering newspapers for the Vancouver Sun. 37:39 – 52:54 Pandher talks about family and cultural celebrations and traditions within the Sikh community including Vaisakhi, Diwali and celebrations of the birth of Guru Ravidas and Guru Nanak. Pandher conveys that while he was growing up many of these events took place in Vancouver but now they are also celebrated in Burnaby. He recalls events that took place in school while growing up in Burnaby including; his sister wearing a Sari to a fashion show; a visit to a Sikh temple; celebrating the birthday of Guru Nanak and outreach to teachers to learn about South Asian culture, games, food and traditions. Pandher also shares his experiences working as a student teacher at Capital Hill Elementary in North Burnaby where he took his class on a tour of the Sikh temple in 2001 and reflects on learning that it is his responsibility to be proactive in educating the public in his own culture while also learning about other communities. 52:55 - 1:19:56 Pandher shares personal experiences of racism and his experiences as a teacher and author. He recalls and reflects on a traumatic experience where he was physically assaulted while shopping at Lougheed Mall and recollects his father carrying around his field hockey stick in his car to defend himself. Pandher reflects on the lack of representation of racialized people like himself within the school curriculum while he was growing up which lead him to become a teacher and an author of children’s literature. Pander provides detailed information on his education and training in becoming a teacher, his love of poetry and literature and how he became an author. Pandher describes some of the works of poetry and literature that he’s written about the Sikh religion, history and culture, growing up as a Sikh Canadian and a non-fiction work about the history of Paldi titled "Welcome to Paldi: A Place for Everyone". Pandher also talks about beginning to record some of his own family stories from relatives. 1:19:57 - 1:29:58 Pandher talks about raising his own family in Burnaby, living as an extended family with his parents, his son’s education and Pandher's experience on the Burnaby School Board (2011-2018) . Pandher shares locations of residences that he and his family have lived before living at their current home on 17th Avenue. Pandher explains that since he was a teacher in Surrey, his son attended Khalsa School as well as public elementary and high school in Surrey but did his extracurricular activities in Burnaby where the family lived. 1:29:56 – 1:41:39 In closing, Harman Pandher reflects and shares what he hopes for younger generations of South Asian Canadians and future generations. Pandher articulates “be who you are, stay true to who you are, maintain your family’s traditions, learn their stories, learn their story and how they got to Burnaby”. He conveys that even though there’s more work to be done eliminating racism completely he sees the importance in volunteering, teaching others about yourself and making an effort to learn all parts of Burnaby and other cultures represented here. Pandher speaks about his concerns of youths falling victim to a lifestyle of drugs and gangs and how it’s important to remove the stigma around mental health issues.
History
Interviewee biography: Harman Pandher was born in Vancouver in 1976 to parents, Rajinder and Raj Pandher who immigrated to Canada in 1973. A few weeks later after Harman was born, the family moved to Burnaby. While living in Burnaby, Harman Pandher and his sister attended Second Street Elementary School and Cariboo Hill Secondary School. Pandher obtained a master's degree in education from the University of British Columbia and has worked as an elementary school teacher for over 20 years. Pandher has been recognized for his efforts in building bridges across communities as the recipient of the 2021 B.C. Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Award. Pandher has served on the Board of the Burnaby Multicultural Society and is co-founder of two noon-profit organizations; “Through SONG” (Seeking Oneness for the Next Generation) “About bringing youth together form diverse backgrounds and using their talent in the community for good causes” and "SACH" (South Asian Community Hub) providing one-stop services for those impacted by alchohol and substance use and mental health issues. Harman Pandher is also the author of two children's books titled, "Gurpreet Goes to Gurdwara: Understanding the Sikh Place of Worship" and "Once Upon the Golden Temple: A Journey to Sri Harmandir Sahib". 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
Education
Occupations - Teachers
Occupations - Writers
Persons - South Asian Canadians
Religions
Religions - Sikhism
Social Issues
Social Issues - Racism
Sports - Basketball
Sports
Names
Pandher, Harman
Second Street School
Cariboo Hill Secondary School
Responsibility
Petrusa, Kate
Geographic Access
2nd Street
15th Avenue
Accession Code
BV023.1.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1968- 2023] (interview content), interviewed 5 Jan. 2023
Media Type
Sound Recording
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Second Street Area
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Transcript available upon request
Audio Tracks

Interview with Harman Pandher, [1968- 2023] (interview content), interviewed 5 Jan. 2023

Interview with Harman Pandher, [1968- 2023] (interview content), interviewed 5 Jan. 2023

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0001_0001_003.mp3
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