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Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1959-1960
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5241
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.17.19
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1960
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1960
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1950-1959
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby Central high school
- "Congratulations to the first graduating class of Burnaby Central 1960" -- p. 10
Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1960-1961
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5240
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.17.18
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1961
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1961
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1960-1969
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby Central high school
Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1961-1962
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5242
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.17.17
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1962
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1962
- Physical Description
- 100 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1960-1969
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby Central high school
Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1962-1963
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5239
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.17.16
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1963
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1960-1969
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby Central high school
Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook: 1964-1965
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5238
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.17.15
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1965
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Publication Date
- 1965
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1960-1969
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby Central high school
Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1966-1967
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5237
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.17.14
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1967
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Yearbook House
- Publication Date
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 103 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1960-1969
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby Central high school
Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1967-1968
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5236
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.17.13
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1968
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Inter-Collegiate Press of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- School yearbooks--1960-1969
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby Central high school
Burnaby Central Secondary School yearbook : 1968-1969
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5235
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.17.12
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1969
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Inter-Collegiate Press of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 112 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks--1960-1969
- School yearbooks
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Notes
- High school annual for Burnaby Central high school
![Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_001.jpg?width=280)
Interview with Norman Dowad
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19638
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (61 min., 37 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (61 min., 37 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: Norman Dowad Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: August 14, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:14:37 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Norman Dowad conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Eric Damer on August 14, 2023. 00:00:00 – 00:14:38 Norm shares biographical information about himself and background information on the Dowad family. Norm conveys information about his grandfather Samuel Dowad's immigration to Canada and his father Wilfred Dowad's military service and successes as a property developer. 00:14:39 – 00:17:26 Norm provides background information on his mother’s side of the family. 00:17:27 – 00:31:36 Norm talks about his childhood, growing up in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, his early education in Burnaby and sports that he played. 00:31:37 – 00:39:59 Norm talks about his educational experiences attending Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia and Osgoode Hall law school and information regarding his law career. 00:40:00 – 00:45:03 Norm reflects on his childhood growing up in Burnaby and on his experiences and relationships as a student and in his career as a lawyer. 00:45:04 – 01:01:37 Norm talks about his siblings and shares information about family property development projects as well as career and business successes. In closing he talks about research that he’s done through Archives Canada on his grandfather Sam Dowad and father Wilfred Dowad.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Normam Dowad was born and rasied in Burnaby. Norm graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School, Simon Fraser University for one year, and obtained his law degree from York University. Norman began practicing law in 1974 years and has his own law practice that he operates out of Vancouver as of 2023. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Education
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Migration
- Sports
- Sports - Football
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Dowad, Norman W. "Norm"
- Dowad, Samuel Esper "Sam"
- Dowad, Wilfred "Wilf"
- Dowad, Naomi "Mamie" David
- Dowad, Martha Elias Shaheen
- Dowad, Kathleen "Kay"
- Rideout, Dr. John Anthony
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Douglas Road School
- W. Dowad Limited
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Deer Lake
- Street Address
- 5533 Buckingham Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
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Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
Interview with Norman Dowad, [1890-2023] (interview content), interviewed 14 Aug. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0016_002.mp3