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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Images
Digital Books
"Step back in Time" slide programme kit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13703
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1978-1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 39 photograph : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists photographs from Heritage Village Museum Education Department "Step Back in Time" slide programme kit. Photographs document various Heritage Village Museum exhibits and programming.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 39 photograph : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists photographs from Heritage Village Museum Education Department "Step Back in Time" slide programme kit. Photographs document various Heritage Village Museum exhibits and programming.
- Subjects
- Education
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.894
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1978-1979
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- September 1, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photographs
- Labels on original container read: "STEP BACK IN TIME / Slide Programme / 1978-79 kit / School Programs - new photos / Education Department / Heritage Village Museum / COPY 1" (container was disposed of and slides were rehoused)
- Slides are numbered BV020.5.894.1 to BV020.5.894.14 in the order that they were found at the time of the description.
Images
Visit to Irving House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98453
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 30, 2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm and 1 postcard : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society's visit to Irving House in New Westminster on September 30th, 2006. File also contains one blank postcard with an image of Captain William Irving.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 30, 2006
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Administration series
- Physical Description
- 20 photographs : col. ; 10 cm x 15 cm and 1 postcard : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 633-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2020-06
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Burnaby Historical Society's visit to Irving House in New Westminster on September 30th, 2006. File also contains one blank postcard with an image of Captain William Irving.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of album
- Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
- Note in black ink on verso of 633-008-2 reads: "Burnaby Historical Society trip to Irving House. New Westminster. 30th September, 2006"
Images
Audio recordings containing interviews
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57960
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 5 audio cassettes
- Scope and Content
- File contains audio interviews conducted by students of Ms. Martel's Grade 10 with former students and teachers of Edmonds School, including Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Tina Carlson, and Harold Degen, among others. The interviews were completed as part of a class research project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Edmonds School subseries
- Physical Description
- 5 audio cassettes
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS036-002
- Access Restriction
- In Archives only
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-07
- Scope and Content
- File contains audio interviews conducted by students of Ms. Martel's Grade 10 with former students and teachers of Edmonds School, including Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Tina Carlson, and Harold Degen, among others. The interviews were completed as part of a class research project.
- Subjects
- Education
- Names
- Edmonds Community School
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Label on recto of BHS1988-07-001 reads: "One's a Heifer Sinclair Ross". Label on verso reads: "One's a Heifer Arrangement in Black and White (part of FOG)"
- Label on recto of BHS1988-07-002 reads: "Side 1 Mrs Dunn". Label on verso reads: "Side 2 Blank"
- Label on BHS1988-07-003 reads: "Mrs Bell".
- Label on BHS1988-07-004 reads: "Side I Mrs. Tina Carlson"
- Label on recto of BHS1988-07-005 reads: "Harold Degen BL J. Side 1085". Label on verso reads: "Roland Cope Side 1086"
Burnaby Historical Society Visits Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and Park 2004
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98451
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : inkjet prints on paper ; 10 cm x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Burnaby Historical Society trip to the Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and park picnic in Mission, BC in 2004.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Administration series
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : inkjet prints on paper ; 10 cm x 15 cm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 633-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2020-06
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Burnaby Historical Society trip to the Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and park picnic in Mission, BC in 2004.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from inside cover of photo album
- Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
- Most photographs in file have note on verso identifying individuals depicted
Images
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Access Ability Program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97786
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs(tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Gerry Passmore and John Cannon, who were retrained for computer technology skills through the Burnaby Skills Centre's Access Ability Program. Photographs depict Passmore posing with an ethernet cable; Cannon posing in his workplace; and Cannon meeting as a mentor with s…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs(tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3038
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Gerry Passmore and John Cannon, who were retrained for computer technology skills through the Burnaby Skills Centre's Access Ability Program. Photographs depict Passmore posing with an ethernet cable; Cannon posing in his workplace; and Cannon meeting as a mentor with student Allan Newstead.
- 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 for 535-3038-1: "Gerry Passmore went from manhandling logs with thick steel cables to running fine ethernet cable and installing computer systems after he was retrained through the Access Ability Program following an accident that ended his career in the logging industry."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3038-2: "A carpenter since he was 15 years old, John Cannon had to get used to the shirt-and-tie world as a computer programmer after job retraining through the Access Ability program following an accident that made it impossible to continue working in the trades. He's a senior manager of electronic communication for Future Shop/Best Buy, and he's now giving back to the program by volunteering as a mentor to new students."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3038-3: "John Cannon, a graduate of the Burnaby Skills' Centre's Access Ability program, and now a senior manager of electronic communications for Future Shop/Best Buy, is giving back to the program that retrained him for a new career by mentoring new students. He's meeting with his latest protege, Allan Newstead."
Images
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Alpha Secondary School walkout
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97634
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Alpha Secondary School students during a walkout and rally in reaction to the labour dispute between teachers and the provincial government.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2933
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Alpha Secondary School students during a walkout and rally in reaction to the labour dispute between teachers and the provincial government.
- Names
- Alpha Secondary School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2933-1: "Students at Alpha Secondary endure wet snow and sleet as they protest in support of teachers."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2933-2: "Students at Alpha Secondary try to catch the attention of motorists passing in front of the school. About 50 students walked out of their classes Thursday morning to rally in support of their teachers, who are embroiled in an ongoing labor dispute with the provincial government."
- Geographic Access
- Parker Street
- Street Address
- 4600 Parker Street
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
![Alpha Secondary School walkout, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2933-1.jpg)
![Burnaby South science fair, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2012-1.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby South science fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96331
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students involved in the Burnaby South Secondary science fair. Photographs depict grade 9 student Daphne Chao with a mealworm and an unidentified student holding up a vial.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students involved in the Burnaby South Secondary science fair. Photographs depict grade 9 student Daphne Chao with a mealworm and an unidentified student holding up a vial.
- Subjects
- Education
- Persons - Students
- 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 535-2012-1: "Daphne Chao, a Grade 9 student at Burnaby South Secondary, assesses the happiness of one of the meal worms she used for her experiment to see how well mealworms thrived according to their diet. She was participating in the school's annual science fair."
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
- Street Address
- 5455 Rumble Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
![Burnaby South science fair, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2012-1.jpg)
![Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2763-2.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97388
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Burnaby Village Museum's Fall Fair. Photographs depict four-year-old Jeffrey Dykstra during the watermelon eating contest and 12-year-old David Marino stuffing a scarecrow during another competition.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2763
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Burnaby Village Museum's Fall Fair. Photographs depict four-year-old Jeffrey Dykstra during the watermelon eating contest and 12-year-old David Marino stuffing a scarecrow during another competition.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2763-1: "Jeffrey Dykstra, 4, digs into a slice of watermelon, at the watermelon eating contest at Burnaby Village Museum's annual Fall Fair on Saturday. Other events at the traditional fair included a scarecrow building contest, tests of strength, a palm reader and a chance to "milk a cow.""
- Caption from metadata for 535-2763-2: "David Marino, 12, stuffs his scarecrow at a scarecrow building competition, one of the traditional Fall Fair events at Burnaby Village Museum's closing weekend celebration."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2763-2.jpg)
![Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3339-1.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98315
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Fall Fair at the Burnaby Village Museum. Photographs depict square dancers performing in front of the Museum's church; Amanda King in period costume and seated beneath a parasol; and a young child viewing two chicks in the petting zoo.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3339
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Fall Fair at the Burnaby Village Museum. Photographs depict square dancers performing in front of the Museum's church; Amanda King in period costume and seated beneath a parasol; and a young child viewing two chicks in the petting zoo.
- Subjects
- Events - Festivals
- Exhibitions - Fairs
- Exhibitions - Burnaby Village Museum
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Performances
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3339-1: "Square Dancers perform on main street at Bby Village Museum's Fall Fair on the weekend"
- Caption from metadata for 535-3339-2: "Bby Village Volunteer Amanda King watches over the petting zoo in the afternoon sun."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3339-3: "Talia Tvergyak gets up close and personal with some baby chicks at the petting zoo in Burnaby Village Museum."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3339-1.jpg)
chalk box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.148.2
- Description
- Wooden chalk box; dovetail joints; lid is missing (sliding type); "One Gross AMERICAN The `Old Faithful' Crayons STERLING WHITE", "The American Crayon Co. Waltham Mass. Sandusky Ohio Established 1835 Made in U.S.A"; picture of Old Faithful; "This Box Contains..."
- Object History
- This item is on display at the Seaforth School in the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Devices
- Object Term
- Chalk
- Country Made
- United States of America
Images
![Community-Centred College for the Retired, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2998-1.jpg?width=280)
Community-Centred College for the Retired
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97724
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Community-Centred College for the Retired and several of its students and classes, in its former location in the Burnaby Public Library Middlegate branch. Photographs depict students and instructors in genealogy and music classes, and a meeting between College membe…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2998
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Community-Centred College for the Retired and several of its students and classes, in its former location in the Burnaby Public Library Middlegate branch. Photographs depict students and instructors in genealogy and music classes, and a meeting between College members and Joan Selvy, Social Planner for the City of Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Persons - Seniors
- Education
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-1: "Marilyn Sandvik is researching her family history with tips and techniques she's learned in a geneology course she's taking at the Community-Centred College for the Retired."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-2: "Catherine Macdonald Glosli, a trainer for the Family History Centre, conducts a class in geneology at the College for the Retired."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-3: "Marilyn Sandvik compares notes with Lynne Grauer in their geneology class."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-4: "A music class at the College for the Retired studies theory."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-5: "The tight confines of the College's current home, in the basement of the Middlegate branch of the Burnaby Public Library, means a planning meeting with Joan Selvy, the Social Planner for the City of Burnaby, has to be held standing up."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-6: "Setsuko Klippenstein, a music instructor at the College for the Retired, prepares for her next class, as the hustle and bustle of the small school blurs past her."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Community-Centred College for the Retired, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2998-1.jpg)
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Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96312
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. Photographs show Erika Tajiri dressing up in a traditional Japanese kimono and Miyuki Taniguchi viewing a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, during the festivities.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1995
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. Photographs show Erika Tajiri dressing up in a traditional Japanese kimono and Miyuki Taniguchi viewing a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, during the festivities.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1995-1: "Erika Tajiri, 6, is outfitted with a traditional Japanese kimono at the Girl's Day Festival at the National Nikkei Heritage Centre, in Burnaby. In addition to dressing up, visitors also participated in Origami workshops, sampled Japanese food and were entertained by Koto players."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1995-2: "Miyuki Taniguchi admires a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, on display at the Girl's Day Festival at the National Nikkei Heritage Centre in Burnaby."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1995-2.jpg)
Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory517
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1969
- Length
- 00:07:41
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s growing interest in Japanese culture and arts, studying the Japanese language after she was 22 in Montreal. She talks about how she learned paper-folding (origami), to make silk dolls, flower-arranging (Ikebana), and how to wear a kimono, and …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s growing interest in Japanese culture and arts, studying the Japanese language after she was 22 in Montreal. She talks about how she learned paper-folding (origami), to make silk dolls, flower-arranging (Ikebana), and how to wear a kimono, and then began to teach others these skills in Montreal .
- Date Range
- 1942-1969
- Length
- 00:07:41
- Subjects
- Education
- Arts
- Persons - Japanese Canadians
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 27, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 01:34:10
- Interviewee Name
- Miyashita, Toki
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track two of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_2.mp3Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory520
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1969-1990
- Length
- 00:07:05
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s involvement in the Multicultural Society, flower-arranging groups, and her own practice and willingness to respond to requests for presentations. She describes how traditional rules govern doll-making, Ikebana and the wearing of the kimono.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s involvement in the Multicultural Society, flower-arranging groups, and her own practice and willingness to respond to requests for presentations. She describes how traditional rules govern doll-making, Ikebana and the wearing of the kimono.
- Date Range
- 1969-1990
- Length
- 00:07:05
- Interviewer
- Fowler, Rod
- Interview Date
- February 27, 1990
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Toki Miyashita, conducted by Rod Fowler. Toki Miyashita was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is about Toki Miyashita’s family’s internment during WWII, her awakening interest in Japanese culture after the war, her subsequent interest in teaching others about Japanese crafts and arts, and becoming a helpful intermediary between Burnaby and visitors from Japan. The interview explores her interest in the Ainu of Japan and their possible link to the aboriginals of BC, her impressions of the Ainu carver Nuburi Toko, and her involvement in the events surrounding the creation of the sculpture “Playground of the Gods” for Burnaby Mountain. The interview also contains interesting details about the art of Japanese flower-arranging. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
- Biographical Notes
- Toki Miyashita was born in Richmond B.C., ca. 1935, at the Nelson Brothers “fishery”, a second generation Canadian descended from the Oikawa family who settled on Don and Lion Islands (Oikawa-shima). In 1942 the Japanese Canadians in BC were forcibly moved from the coast and their belongings confiscated. Toki Miyashita, her parents, two brothers, and grandparents were first taken to Hastings Park where her father was separated from the family to work in road camps, and the rest of the family were interned in New Denver. Her resourceful grandmother moved the family to land outside the internment camp, growing a large garden from seeds brought with her. In 1946 the family moved to Kamloops and in 1958, after finishing high school, Toki Miyashita moved to Montreal to be with relatives and a small Japanese community. At this time she became interested in Japanese culture and took a Japanese language course at age 22. She learned about Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana), paper folding (Origami), silk doll making (from a Russian Jew), and how to wear a kimono. She began demonstrating these arts in schools and to other groups, which she continued doing when she, her husband and two young children moved to Burnaby in 1969. Toki Miyashita has been called an unpaid “ambassador” of Japanese culture to the Lower Mainland. She has acted as liaison between Burnaby and her sister city Kushiro in Japan, which involved her in the creation of the Ainu sculpture “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain for Burnaby’s Centennial. Toki Miyashita is a recognized Master in Ikebana Sogetsu, a school of flower-arranging, and has served on the board of the Vancouver Ikebana Association. She also served on Burnaby’s Family Court in the 1980s.
- Total Tracks
- 11
- Total Length
- 01:34:10
- Interviewee Name
- Miyashita, Toki
- Interviewer Bio
- Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
- Collection/Fonds
- SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee fonds
- Transcript Available
- Transcript available
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track five of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_5.mp3Nature Book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5491
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.5.66
- Call Number
- 577 JAC
- Author
- Jackson, Edith
- Place of Publication
- [s.l]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Physical Description
- 20 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.)
- Inscription
- "EDITH JACKSON" - hand printed on front cover "Good" - hand written on back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Botany
- Natural History--Pictorial works
- Nature--Pictorial works
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Notes
- contains dried specimens of leaves and flowers
![Nikkei Festival, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2791-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei Festival
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97431
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Nikkei Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict Mitsuko Ioharo performing a Chado, a Japanese tea ritual, and Sally Hama with one of the Osome paper dolls that she crafted.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2791
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Nikkei Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict Mitsuko Ioharo performing a Chado, a Japanese tea ritual, and Sally Hama with one of the Osome paper dolls that she crafted.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2791-1: "Mitsuko Ioharo performs a Japanese tea ritual, or Chado, at the Nikkei Festival, Saturday at the Nikkei Cultural Centre, in Burnaby. Chado is a ritual developed centuries ago to meet man's need for inner tranquility."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2791-2: "Sally Hama admires an "Osome," one of the Japanese paper dolls she's created, at the Nikkei Festival at Burnaby's Nikkei Cultural Centre. Each doll can take more than a month to create."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei Festival, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2791-1.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2403-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96845
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains two photographs of the exterior and gardens of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2403
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains two photographs of the exterior and gardens of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2403-1.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2693-2.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97296
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict an unidentified woman posing in the doorway to a hall and in the foyer, and the exterior and grounds of the Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2693
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Photographs depict an unidentified woman posing in the doorway to a hall and in the foyer, and the exterior and grounds of the Centre.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2693-2.jpg)
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2390-1.jpg?width=280)
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96832
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in its final phases of construction. Photographs depict Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, in the new lobby and the round windows of the banquet hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2390
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the new Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in its final phases of construction. Photographs depict Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, in the new lobby and the round windows of the banquet hall.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2390-1: "Gordon Kodata, the President of the National Nikkei Heritage Society, admires the distinctive lobby of the new Nikkei Heritage Centre, in its final phases of construction."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2390-2: "The round windows in the banquet hall are protected by decorative steel bars, so the hall can also be used for sporting activities."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre construction completion, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2390-1.jpg)