"Education" found 218 records

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…

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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.

Subjects: Education; Telecommunication Tools and Equipment

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."

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Alpha Secondary school students

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 20, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of students and two teachers from Alpha Secondary school that are headed to Europe for a spring break educational trip.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 20, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0214

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of students and two teachers from Alpha Secondary school that are headed to Europe for a spring break educational trip.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby 751 Alpha / Bby B4 89%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Alpha Secondary School walkout

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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.

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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.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Education; Protests and Demonstrations

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

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Alpha Secondary School walkout, [2002] thumbnail

Anik-B educational television system

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45456

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Education Minister Pat McGreer delivering the first message with the Anik-B educational television system which connected fourteen classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-351

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Education Minister Pat McGreer delivering the first message with the Anik-B educational television system which connected fourteen classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions

Names: British Columbia Institute of Technology; McGreer, Pat

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Battistoni, Peter

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "ON THE AIR ... The Anik-B educational television system went on the air live Monday as Education Minister Pat McGreer delivered the first message. The system connects some 14 classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at BCIT. The lessons are beamed via sattelite [sic] to the classrooms, most of which have the capacity to talk back to the instructor during the lesson."; Note on recto of photograph reads: "CAMERA IS AT TOP ON PHOTO."

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Anne Smith

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96926

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Anne Smith, the chair of the Burnaby School District, posing with a painting done by a Burnaby North Secondary School student as part of a multicultural program.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2481

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Anne Smith, the chair of the Burnaby School District, posing with a painting done by a Burnaby North Secondary School student as part of a multicultural program.

Subjects: Education

Names: Burnaby School Disctrict no. 41

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Anne Smith, the chair of Burnaby School District, says the District is being forced to cut multicultural programs, like the one in which students at Burnaby North Secondary painted studies of the Indian Court."

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Annie Boulanger subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1990

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the opening of the Burnaby Historical Society Archives' Fraser Wilson Room on November 15, 1990.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1990

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Annie Boulanger subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1991-05

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of photographs of the opening of the Burnaby Historical Society Archives' Fraser Wilson Room on November 15, 1990.

History: Annie Urbanovits Boulanger’s parents emigrated from Hungary to Toronto: Louis in 1925 and Irene in 1930. The couple married in Toronto and later moved to Vancouver. During WWII, Louis worked in the Vancouver Shipyards, followed by Nichols Chemical Company in Barnet for 15 years. While the Urbanovits family lived in Cloverdale, Louis commuted to Kask’s Camp in Barnet until they moved to Burnaby in 1951 to an old farm on Napier Street. Between 1951 and 1956 Annie completed her BA degree, majoring in chemistry and english with a minor in physical education, and obtained her teaching diploma at UBC. She taught for four years in various locations in BC before marrying and moving to Manitoba and Ottawa. She and her husband and five children returned to Burnaby in 1964 to a home on Government Street to be close to family. The couple later had another two children. Annie Boulanger became involved in the community first through her children’s school, initiating and teaching french classes in Seaforth School in 1969, and supporting the development of gymnastics in school and as a municipal program. Her interest in Archives lead to doing oral histories for John Adams, curator of Heritage Village (later Burnaby Village Museum), and for SFU Archives. She became a long time member of the Burnaby Writers’ Club in the 1970s, taking a course in writing non-fiction from Chris Potter. In 1983 Annie Boulanger joined the Burnaby Arts Council, becoming President in 1985. She was involved in lobbying the municipality for better monetary support and facilities for the arts and for the creation of a Municipal Arts Policy. She continued to promote the arts in Burnaby through her appointment to Burnaby’s Visual Arts Advisory Board in 1997, her arts journalism, writing regular book and theatre reviews for the local newspaper, and other activities. She was a member of the Burnaby Centennial Committee and was one of the editors of the book “Burnaby Centennial Anthology”. She is also the author of "A Carousel is Magic: The Saving of Parker # 119".

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Boulanger, Annie

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries

Armstrong Elementary school supplies drive

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97992

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Armstrong Elementary School students Eugenia Wu and Candice Bachra in a classroom sorting through school supplies that were collected by students.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3096

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Armstrong Elementary School students Eugenia Wu and Candice Bachra in a classroom sorting through school supplies that were collected by students.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Buildings - Schools; Education

Names: Armstrong Avenue School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Eugenia Wu, 9, and Candice Bachra, 10, sort through some of the school supplies collected by students at Armstrong Elementary, to be sent to refugee children in Bosnia."

Geographic Access: Armstrong Avenue

Street Address: 8757 Armstrong Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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audio amplification set

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91427

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.22.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.22.1

Description: A large box containing a audio-amp, a wooden triangular prism with a decorative round speaker, and six smaller rectangular boxes. All are made of a light wood, and have different functions.

Object History: This audio-amplifier set was used by Mr. Edward A. Fountain, who was appointed as Civil Defense Coordinator on May 5th, 1952. He also built the wooden boxes which contain each part of the set. The Burnaby Civil Defense Department was established in order to disseminate information guiding the public on how to react in response to the impending threat of nuclear war and Russian bombers. In the early 1950’s, this education centered primarily on evacuation, as members of the public were expected to prepare and essentially fend for themselves in the event of a nuclear attack. These pieces of audio technology are believed to have been used at Civil Defense rallies in Burnaby, which Edward Fountain would have been involved in as the department director. According to Burnaby City Council meeting records, music and defense operation demonstrations were commonplace at such rallies, and are examples of what this set was used for.

Category: 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication

Classification: Telecommunication T&E - - Telecommunication Devices

Object Term: Radio

Colour: Brown

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Burnaby

Subjects: Communication Artifacts

Names: Fountain, Edward

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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baby shoes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV989.30.9

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV989.30.9

Description: Pair of felt baby booties, white wool with embroidered flowers in pink, outlined in blue; ankle strap and button.

Object History: Baby shoes worn by Don Copan, who later worked in Burnaby as an educator, including serving as the Principal of Twelfth Avenue Elementary School. He served on the 1958 and 1971 Centennial Committees, and was the founding President of the Century Park Museum Association - which later became Burnaby Village Museum.

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Barbara Guttmann-Gee

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Barbara Guttmann-Gee, a Simon Fraser University alumna, posing with a stack of books.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3111

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Barbara Guttmann-Gee, a Simon Fraser University alumna, posing with a stack of books.

Subjects: Persons - Seniors; Education

Names: Simon Fraser University

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Barbara Guttmann-Gee, 85, got her Master's Degree at SFU in 1995. She's being featured in an upcoming documentary about seniors who continue their education."

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Barge at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1947] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a barge filled with sawdust docked outside of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in the Burrard Inlet. A loading conveyor is visible in front of the barge. Sawdust chips were transported from the sawmill to pulp mills.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of a barge filled with sawdust docked outside of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in the Burrard Inlet. A loading conveyor is visible in front of the barge. Sawdust chips were transported from the sawmill to pulp mills.

History: Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Industries - Logging/lumber; Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Barnet Marine Park

Accession Code: BV019.32.13

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1947] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; See page 62 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The conveyor that loaded the sawdust chips on to a barge for transport to pulp mills, c. 1940s"

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Barge at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd., [1947] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Basketball team

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 26, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Canada Way Education Centre student basketball team.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 26, 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0673

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Canada Way Education Centre student basketball team.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby D / B4 69%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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Basketball team, March 26, 1997 thumbnail

BCIT Faculty & Staff Association strike

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98367

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified striking person standing under a BCIT umbrella during a demonstration. The person is wearing a sign that reads: "BCIT Faculty & Staff Association / On Strike for Quality in Education."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3377

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified striking person standing under a BCIT umbrella during a demonstration. The person is wearing a sign that reads: "BCIT Faculty & Staff Association / On Strike for Quality in Education."

Subjects: Protests and Demonstrations; Protests and Demonstrations - Strikes; Education; Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges

Names: British Columbia Institute of Technology

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in an October 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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BCIT Faculty & Staff Association strike, [1999] thumbnail

BC School Trustees Association

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36610

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 18.5 x 24 cm (sight) in mat 30.5 x 35.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the members of the British Columbia School Trustees Association meeting for their 26th Annual Convention at a courthouse in Vernon. They are standing on the courthouse steps. The Dickson family is standing in the front row on the far left and Harper is standing beside them. The Britis…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: J.P. Dickson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 18.5 x 24 cm (sight) in mat 30.5 x 35.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 308-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-51

Scope and Content: Photograph of the members of the British Columbia School Trustees Association meeting for their 26th Annual Convention at a courthouse in Vernon. They are standing on the courthouse steps. The Dickson family is standing in the front row on the far left and Harper is standing beside them. The British Columbia School Trustees Association was founded in 1905 when 20 school trustees representing eight school boards met at the Vancouver School Board office to discuss common problems and ways to improve public education.

Subjects: Organizations

Names: British Columbia School Trustees Association

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Continuation of title: "26th Annual Convention"; Photographer's stamp on recto of mat reads: "Ribelin/ Vernon/ & Kelowna, B.C."

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BC School Trustees Association, [1931] thumbnail

Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15181

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Besant Kaur Siddoo (spouse of Kapoor Singh Siddoo) tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. A large galvanized hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove is to her left.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Besant Kaur Siddoo (spouse of Kapoor Singh Siddoo) tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. A large galvanized hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove is to her left.

History: Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill. In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school. His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years. Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.

Subjects: Persons - South Asian Canadians

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited; Siddoo, Besant Kaur

Accession Code: BV019.32.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; see page 63 in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Mrs. Kapoor Siddoo tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. Note the hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove. c. 1940s"

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Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove, [194-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Beverly Nann

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97039

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Beverly Nann holding up her medal for her Order of British Columbia, which she received for setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liaison program that was then cancelled in 2001.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2571

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Beverly Nann holding up her medal for her Order of British Columbia, which she received for setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liaison program that was then cancelled in 2001.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Medals; Education

Names: Burnaby School Disctrict no. 41

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Beverley Nann regards the Lt. Governor's Award she's received for her work setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liason program with mixed emotions, now that the program has been cancelled."

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Bicycle mechanic student

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79029

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 3, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a student enrolled in the Bicycle Mechanics Training Program offered at Canada Way Education Centre.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 3, 1996

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-0242

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of a student enrolled in the Bicycle Mechanics Training Program offered at Canada Way Education Centre.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black and red ink on recto of photograph reads: "901 B Bby School film / B3 55%"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)

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blackboard compasses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact1167

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV971.26.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV971.26.2

Description: Blackboard compasses, large, wooden.

Object History: This item is on display at the Seaforth School in the Burnaby Village Museum.

Category: 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication

Classification: Drafting T&E

Object Term: Compass

Subjects: Education; Written Communication Tools and Equipment

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blackboard ruler

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33637

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV972.195.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV972.195.3

Description: Blackboard yardstick, wooden; marked off in inches, to 36"; black lettering; "ACME MADE IN CANADA"; handle at centre, hole one end

Object History: This item is on display at the Seaforth School in the Burnaby Village Museum. The ruler was from the Burnaby School Board and assumed to have been used in a Burnaby school.

Category: 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Classification: Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment

Object Term: Ruler

Subjects: Education; Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment

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