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Bylaw Number: 5551 - Sunday Sports and Entertainment Bylaw 1969
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw18819
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 5551
- Final Adoption
- 1969 Dec 08
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 5551
- Final Adoption
- 1969 Dec 08
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Grants-In-Lieu of Taxes (BC Hydro and Power Authority)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32415
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 29016
- Meeting Date
- 3-Nov-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 69
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 29016
- Meeting Date
- 3-Nov-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 69
- Item No.
- 3
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
BC Hydro and Power Authority Representative
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32487
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28938
- Meeting Date
- 14-Oct-1969
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28938
- Meeting Date
- 14-Oct-1969
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
BC Recreation Association
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32539
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28755
- Meeting Date
- 29-Sep-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28755
- Meeting Date
- 29-Sep-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Item No.
- 7
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Automotive Transport Association of BC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32591
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28706
- Meeting Date
- 15-Sep-1969
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28706
- Meeting Date
- 15-Sep-1969
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for Spur Crossing at Mile 3.97 of the Central Park Branch of the BC Hydro and Power Authority Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32638
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28087
- Meeting Date
- 11-Aug-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28087
- Meeting Date
- 11-Aug-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 52
- Item No.
- 6
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Gilpin Street Between Cut-Off from Canada Way and Rear Entrance to Municipal Hall - BC Hydro Service (Subdivision Reference # 220/68 and 56/69)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32692
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28056
- Meeting Date
- 21-Jul-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 48
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28056
- Meeting Date
- 21-Jul-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 48
- Item No.
- 10
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
1969 Union of BC Municipalities Resolutions re: Parks and Recreation Commissioners' Indemnities; Voting Age; and Sale of Birth Control Devices
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32695
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28044
- Meeting Date
- 14-Jul-1969
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28044
- Meeting Date
- 14-Jul-1969
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Spur Crossing Application - Mile 3.97 of the Central Park Branch of the BC Hydro and Power Authority Railway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport32760
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28690
- Meeting Date
- 23-Jun-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 44
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28690
- Meeting Date
- 23-Jun-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 44
- Item No.
- 12
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Annual Dues - Union of BC Municipalities
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport33134
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28190
- Meeting Date
- 27-Jan-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 5
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 28190
- Meeting Date
- 27-Jan-1969
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 5
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Oral history subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64783
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes of audio/visual materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of oral history tapes created from interviews with early Burnaby residents. Interviews appear to have been conducted by both Burnaby Village Museum staff and Burnaby Historical Society members. Subseries also includes oral history tapes conducted by history students while atte…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes of audio/visual materials
- Material Details
- Audio cassette tapes and 30 magnetic tape reels
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of oral history tapes created from interviews with early Burnaby residents. Interviews appear to have been conducted by both Burnaby Village Museum staff and Burnaby Historical Society members. Subseries also includes oral history tapes conducted by history students while attending Simon Fraser University. A number of the SFU tapes are titled either "Burnaby in the Thirties" or "Local History Tapes."
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- MSS137, 100-13-01:100-13-25
- Paper finding aids accompany this series
- Interviews were digitized in 2010 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 and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
NDP records
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82744
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1969-1996]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual materials dealing with the BC NDP party, in particular the campaign for Joan Sawicki for the Burnaby-Willingdon riding. Included in this file is the contact information for the Burnaby-Willingdon NDP Constituency Association ("Fax - 437-5836 / Phone - 437-5700 / 4561 Kings…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1969-1996]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-011
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of textual materials dealing with the BC NDP party, in particular the campaign for Joan Sawicki for the Burnaby-Willingdon riding. Included in this file is the contact information for the Burnaby-Willingdon NDP Constituency Association ("Fax - 437-5836 / Phone - 437-5700 / 4561 Kingsway / B'by / V5H 2B3") and three sheets relating to the cost of lawn signs from 1990 to 1991 for the Joan Sawicki campaign. Also included is a map of the federal Burnaby-Douglas riding (ca. 1990). Also included is typed copy of R. A. McMath's Comments on "A Report of Saskatchewan's Socialist Government" which appeared as a paid advertisement in both Vancouver daily papers on election day August 27, 1969. McMath challenges the "Report" which contains excerpts of a speech by Ross Thatcher, Saskatchewan's Liberal Premier, on the CCF and the NDP. Also included is a informational flyer on the BC Parliament Buildings from 1969 (28th Parliament, 3rd Session) and lists the members of Parliament. Also included is a booklet from Simon Fraser University listing the donors, which Hazel Simnett is one of, from July 1, 1989 to June 30, 1990. Also is an envelope in which the following was found: 1990 BC Election Act, three sheets referring to Joan Sawicki's election expenses, Canada Post receipt, report on Joan Sawicki's campaign from 1991, list of Burnaby Willingdon team, notice of nomination meeting in 1990, BC election calendar, 1990 Guide to the Elections Act of British Columbia, faxed letter from John Pollard to campaign managers, six sheets of Appointment of Scrutineer (one blank, rest signed by Hazel Simnett), fax of Provincial General Election Calendar of Events, receipt for nomination paper for Joan Sawicki, receipt for declaration of candidate for Joan Sawicki and two copies of photocopy of signatures on Nomination Paper for Joan Sawicki. Also included is Burnaby-Willingdon NDP Constituency Association Minutes of March 14, 1996 Executive Meeting.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file ; Receipts for lawn signs and the Burnaby-Willingdon NDP Constituency Association contact information were bound together with a metal paper clip ; Comments on "A Report of Saskatchewan's Socialist Government" was bound together with a staple ; election expenses were bound together with a staple ; two sheets of report on Joan Sawicki's campaign were stapled together ; Guide to the Elections Act was stapled together ; two sheets with "New Democrats" letterhead were stapled together ; each copy of Nomination Paper signatures were stapled together
- Simnett political papers series
1st Annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show photographs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91570
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : col. ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm and smaller
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the first annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show. Photographs depict various exhibitors' displays, including the BC Nursery Trade Society, Planned Parenthood, Board of Parks and Public Recreation (City of Vancouver), and Burnaby Parks and Recreation.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 13 photographs : col. ; 9 cm x 12.5 cm and smaller
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 605-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-30
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the first annual Burnaby Rhododendron and Spring Flower Show. Photographs depict various exhibitors' displays, including the BC Nursery Trade Society, Planned Parenthood, Board of Parks and Public Recreation (City of Vancouver), and Burnaby Parks and Recreation.
- Names
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Brandson, Lloyd S.
- Knudson, Art
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photographs
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 605-006-1 reads: "Burnaby Centennial Committee / 25.00 / Doug Earlaw"
- Note in pencil on verso of photographs 605-006-3 : 605-006-6 reads: "Lloyd. S. Brandson / [address] / [phone]
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 605-006-7 reads: ""Golden Sunset" / Art Knudson / [address] / [phone]"
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph 605-006-13 reads: "Art Knudson / [contact information
Images
George Easthope shovelling snow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97968
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 16, 1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Easthope shovelling snow from the driveway at 6671 Halifax Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 16, 1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Easthope family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 451-035
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2003-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Easthope shovelling snow from the driveway at 6671 Halifax Street.
- Names
- Easthope, George Jr.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Jan.16.1969"
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "George Easthope 6671 Halifax St., Burnaby, BC"
- Geographic Access
- Halifax Street
- Street Address
- 6671 Halifax Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
Images
George Easthope shovelling snow
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97970
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 16, 1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Easthope shovelling snow at at 6671 Halifax Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 16, 1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Easthope family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 cm x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 451-037
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS2003-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George Easthope shovelling snow at at 6671 Halifax Street.
- Names
- Easthope, George Jr.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Jan.16.1969"
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "George Easthope 6671 Halifax St., Burnaby, BC"
- Geographic Access
- Halifax Street
- Street Address
- 6671 Halifax Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
Images
![Perth Webster, [1969] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-1045.jpg?width=280)
Perth Webster
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46157
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Perth Webster, the Burnaby Voters Association mayoral candidate in the 1969 election.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1969]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1045
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Perth Webster, the Burnaby Voters Association mayoral candidate in the 1969 election.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. A 2749-10
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Frundig/ Century 21/ Photographers Ltd./ TR9-4021_3346 Cambie St/ Vancouver 9, BC"
Images
![Perth Webster, [1969] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/480/480-1045.jpg)
BC Cultural Fund Grant Applications
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55213
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1969-1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Arts Council subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 39381
- Accession Number
- BHS1998-06
- Media Type
- Textual Record
Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory518
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1969-1990
- Length
- 00:04:54
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1969 to an apartment near Brentwood Mall. She tells about continuing to demonstrate origami in schools and teach Ikebana in the community.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita and her family’s move to Burnaby in 1969 to an apartment near Brentwood Mall. She tells about continuing to demonstrate origami in schools and teach Ikebana in the community.
- Date Range
- 1969-1990
- Length
- 00:04:54
- Subjects
- Persons - Volunteers
- Arts
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- 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 three of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track three of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_3.mp3Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory519
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1969-1990
- Length
- 00:07:26
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s explanation about the practice and art of Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana) and her specific school or discipline Ikebana Sogetsu. She talks about the meanings of the material used.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s explanation about the practice and art of Japanese flower-arranging (Ikebana) and her specific school or discipline Ikebana Sogetsu. She talks about the meanings of the material used.
- Date Range
- 1969-1990
- Length
- 00:07:26
- Subjects
- Arts
- 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 four of interview with Toki Miyashita
Track four of interview with Toki Miyashita
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_4.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.mp3