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Fashion show
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51696
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young girl walking down a runway in front of an audience. The photograph was taken in the Brentwood Mall during a fashion show and a number of stores can be seen in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 483-083
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2008-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young girl walking down a runway in front of an audience. The photograph was taken in the Brentwood Mall during a fashion show and a number of stores can be seen in the background.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Buildings - Commercial - Malls
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Johnston, Harold H.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Street Address
- 4567 Lougheed Highway
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
Indigenous dancers at Brentwood mall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2195
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Indigenous peoples dressed in traditional clothing and dancing inside Brentwood Mall. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Indigenous peoples dressed in traditional clothing and dancing inside Brentwood Mall. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Rites and ceremonies
- Indigenous peoples - Clothing
- Buildings - Commercial - Malls
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Street Address
- 4567 Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.243
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
BC Centennial cake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2200
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- September 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five tiered cake for British Columbia's Centennial celebration on display at Brentwood Mall, September, 1971.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five tiered cake for British Columbia's Centennial celebration on display at Brentwood Mall, September, 1971.
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Centennials
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.248
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- September 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Indigenous dancers at Brentwood mall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13233
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Indigenous peoples dressed in traditional clothing and dancing inside Brentwood Mall. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Indigenous peoples dressed in traditional clothing and dancing inside Brentwood Mall. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Rites and ceremonies
- Indigenous peoples - Clothing
- Buildings - Commercial - Malls
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Street Address
- 4567 Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.244
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Indigenous dancers at Brentwood mall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13234
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Indigenous peoples dressed in traditional clothing and dancing inside Brentwood Mall. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Indigenous peoples dressed in traditional clothing and dancing inside Brentwood Mall. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Rites and ceremonies
- Indigenous peoples - Clothing
- Buildings - Commercial - Malls
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Street Address
- 4567 Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.245
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Indigenous dancer at Brentwood mall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13235
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an Indigenous person in traditional clothing and dancing inside Brentwood Mall. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an Indigenous person in traditional clothing and dancing inside Brentwood Mall. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Rites and ceremonies
- Indigenous peoples - Clothing
- Buildings - Commercial - Malls
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Street Address
- 4567 Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.246
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Indigenous dancers at Brentwood mall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13236
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an Indigenous peoples gathered in a circle with non-indigenous people inside Brentwood Mall. Indigenous peoples are dressed in traditional clothing. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an Indigenous peoples gathered in a circle with non-indigenous people inside Brentwood Mall. Indigenous peoples are dressed in traditional clothing. A large group of people have gathered around to watch.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Rites and ceremonies
- Indigenous peoples - Clothing
- Buildings - Commercial - Malls
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Street Address
- 4567 Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.247
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Brentwood Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark669
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1925-1954
- Heritage Value
- In July, 1953, Burnaby's Municipal Council gave approval for the construction of a $12,000,000 residential and shopping development to be called Brentwood Park, located on the northeast corner of Lougheed and Willingdon. Plans called for about 400 homes and a 30-acre shopping centre to be built in this new subdivision - the first large residential subdivision in Burnaby to be developed with sewers and paved streets as well as other services.
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
Brentwood Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark780
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- Between 1955 and 2001, the Brentwood Neighbourhood developed into one of Burnaby's four official Town Centres. The Brentwood Town Centre serves the north-west sector of the Municipality, providing facilities such as commercial developments - of which the Brentwood Mall is the most significant. Under Burnaby's Residential Development Framework adopted by Council in 1981, the Town Centre also incorporated a full range of multi-housing types and forms in close relationship with their commercial facilities. In 1996, the City adopted the Brentwood Town Centre Development Plant to solidify the area as a focus of higher-density and higher-intensity residential and commercial opportunities, public transit and supporting leisure facilities.
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90324
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.8.12
- Description
- Program; green ink printed on cardstock folded in centre; one side reads: "Alpha Junior High School / Grade 9 / Awards Party Programme / June 1960 / Autographs"; inside reads: "Grade 9 / Awards Night / Party Programme / June 10, 1960_8:45-11:15..." ; includes schedule of dances.
- Object History
- Donor attended Alpha Junior Secondary School.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Program
- Marks/Labels
- Alpha Junior Secondary School
- Measurements
- 23 x 30.5 cm folded to 23 x 15 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Title
- Alpha Junior High School / Grade 9 / Awards Party Programme / June 1960
- Publication Date
- [c. 1956]
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Programs
- Buildings - Schools
- Events - Parties
- Recreational Activities - Dancing
- Names
- Alpha Secondary School
- Geographic Access
- Parker Street
- Street Address
- 4600 Parker Street
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4306
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4307
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4308
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70 / Lougheed Hiway".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4309
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4310
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4311
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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.mp3Brentwood Park School Grade 7 class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37901
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 1967-1968 Brentwood Park School Grade 7 class, Division 2.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-489
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 1967-1968 Brentwood Park School Grade 7 class, Division 2.
- Names
- Brentwood Park School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Delta Avenue
- Street Address
- 1455 Delta Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
Children with toboggans
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51465
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of nine children sledding on a hill at Alpha Secondary School. Four children and one adult can be seen standing at the top of the hill, three children are on one toboggan to the left and two children are sitting on their own sleds to the right.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 483-066
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2008-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of nine children sledding on a hill at Alpha Secondary School. Four children and one adult can be seen standing at the top of the hill, three children are on one toboggan to the left and two children are sitting on their own sleds to the right.
- Names
- Alpha Secondary School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Johnston, Harold H.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Parker Street
- Street Address
- 4600 Parker Street
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
Children on a toboggan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription51466
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six children sitting on a toboggan at the top of a snow-covered hill, at Alpha Secondary School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 483-067
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2008-08
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six children sitting on a toboggan at the top of a snow-covered hill, at Alpha Secondary School.
- Names
- Alpha Secondary School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Johnston, Harold H.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Parker Street
- Street Address
- 4600 Parker Street
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area