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Interview with Maninder Arora
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Anushay Malik Co interviewer: James Binks Interviewee: Maninder Arora Location of Interview: In Burnaby at the home of Maninder Arora Interview Date: December 7, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: (01:07:25) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada at 16 years of age with her mother, her older sister (18 yrs) and her younger brother (11 yrs) in 1974. Maninder explains how her sister immigrated first after marrying a South Asian Canadian and subsequently was able to sponsor members of her family to immigrate about one year later. Arora describes what life was like for her and her family in the northern part of Punjab in India prior to immigration to Canada. Arora describes her family composition with her being the second youngest of eight children and how at the time of immigrating, four of her elder siblings (three sisters and one brother) stayed behind. 07:34 – 16:23 As a new immigrant to Canada at the age of 16 years of age, Maninder Arora recalls the many challenges that she faced. Maninder describes how she attended Vancouver Technical School and then worked at a restaurant on Friday nights and weekends. She recollects how she got her first job through the Sikh community from the Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder recalls that during the first five months in Canada, Maninder, her mother, sister and brother lived with her elder sister, her husband and child before finding a place of their own. Arora recalls where her family shopped for traditional Indian spices and foods. 16:24 – 25:50 Maninder Arora describes the next home that her family moved to and how she and her brother attended David Thompson Secondary School. Maninder explains that she dropped out of school in Grade 12 to go to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. Around 1981, her mother was able to purchase a house at Marine Drive and Ross Street and her mother got work at the same restaurant that Maninder was working. Maninder shares and reflects on a disturbing encounter of racism that she and her older sister faced while taking local transit. 25:51 – 34:17 Maninder Arora talks about her past work experience. Maninder describes how with the help of her sister, she began working as a nurses' aide at care homes and private hospitals. Maninder reflects on how she intended to get a job in a unionized care home where she can make a better living wage. Maninder describes some of the places that she worked before obtaining certification as a nurse’s aide from Kwantlen College. 34;18 – 51:15 Maninder Arora describes the events that led to her marrying her future husband in 1986 and how it wasn’t an easy decision for her. Maninder describes where she and her family lived after her marriage and how her hard work led her to obtaining full time employment as a nurses' aide in Richmond. 51:16 - 56:16 Maninder Arora tells of how she decided to move to Burnaby where her sister and extended family were living. Maninder recalls what lead to her decision to move from Surrey to Burnaby in 1992. 56:17 - 1:04:23 Maninder Arora shares some experiences of her life in Burnaby. Maninder further reflects on her decisions for moving to Burnaby including providing what she thought would be a safer environment and education for her children. Maninder conveys how racism is still very much prevalent in society and recounts a personal encounter that she experienced while shopping for shoes at Metrotown. 1:04:24 – 1:06:45 The interviewer asks Maninder Arora what she would like to see conveyed as a message for younger people in an upcoming exhibit at Burnaby Village Museum on South Asian history. Maninder conveys that she would like all Canadian citizens living in Burnaby to make the environment better by not littering, living peacefully together and not causing people grief or struggle for nothing, “Be kind to each other”. In closing Arora shares the transportation route she took when emigrating from India to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Maninder Arora was born in the northern part of Punjab, India. Her sister immigrated to Canada in 1974 after marrying a South Asian Canadian. In 1975, after her father died, her sister was able to bring her mother, her 11 year old brother and Maninder at 16 years of age. After arriving in British Columbia, they first lived with her sister and family before finding a place of their own. Maninder attended Vancouver Technical School and later David Thompson Secondary School and worked in a restaurant on weekends to help her family out. Maninder and her family were members of the Sikh community and attended Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder left school in Grade 12 to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. In the early 1980’s Maninder’s family moved to a house near Marine Drive and Ross Street that her mother was able to purchase. With the help of her sister, Maninder got work as a nurses’ aide at care homes and private hospitals which eventually led her to obtaining certification from Kwantlen College. Maninder married in 1986 and had two children while living in Richmond. Around 1992, she moved from Surrey to Burnaby to be closer to her sister and to provide as safer environment for her children. Interviewers' biographies: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”. James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations
- Occupations - Nurses
- Migration
- Names
- Arora, Maninder
- Responsibility
- Malik, Anushay
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
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Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0006_003.mp3
nut pick
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact317
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.2
- Description
- Nut pick
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Object Term
- Nutpick
- Subjects
- Food Processing Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact466
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.151
- Description
- Bouillon cup (bowl), Tressemann & Vogt (France), early 1900s.
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Bowl, Eating
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
cream jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact502
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.187
- Description
- Cream jug, silver plated. Made by the Richfield Plate Co. of the United States. It is made of electro plated britannia metal, "EPBM". "3647" is a model number indicates it matches HV971.12.125, teapot and HV971.12.187, sugar bowl
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Serving Vessels
- Object Term
- Pitcher
- Marks/Labels
- "Richfield / Plate", stamped in a shield with a three leaf clover, on bottom of cream jug cream jugteapot
- Maker
- Richfield Plate Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
cup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact463
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.148
- Description
- Cup
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Drinking Vessels
- Object Term
- Teacup
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
dish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact330
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.15
- Description
- Mint dish, glass; divided in centre
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Serving Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Candy
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
glass
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact362
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.47
- Description
- Glass crystal, with cut pattern around base of alternating squares of diagonal lines and translucent cross-hatching; upper part of glass has design of flower with leaves, one on each side.
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Drinking Vessels
- Object Term
- Glass, Drinking
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
jam jar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact500
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.185
- Description
- Jam jar; lid is round, white; gold knob and border around edge [only lid at this location] 10/16/06
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Serving Vessels
- Object Term
- Vessel, Condiment
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
jam pot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.101
- Description
- Jam pot and lid
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Serving Vessels
- Object Term
- Vessel, Condiment
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
knife
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact442
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.127
- Description
- Knife
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating & Drinking Utensils
- Object Term
- Knife, Eating
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
plate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact457
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.142
- Description
- Plate, shows turkey in a field in centre; elaborate border of flowers on sepia ground; line on edge where flowers are abruptly cut off, bad transfer? ; on bottom is "Wedgewood" (stamped), and in black, "Etruria England", "Wedgewood"; plate appears to have a large crack, mended with tape since removed
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Marks/Labels
- Wedgewoor / Etruria England
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
plate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact458
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.143
- Description
- Plate
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
saucer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact464
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.149
- Description
- Saucer
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
saucer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.157
- Description
- Saucer; Tressemann & Vogt (France), early 1900; floral and leaf design with gold trim along edges of saucer.
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Marks/Labels
- T&V FRANCE
- Maker
- Tressemann & Vogt
- Country Made
- France
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
saucer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact485
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.170
- Description
- Saucer; "MADE IN JAPAN"; SHOFU; white with pink flowers and green leaves; gold outline and trim
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Marks/Labels
- MADE IN JAPAN / SHOFU
- Country Made
- Japan
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
side plate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact476
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.161
- Description
- side plate; "MADE IN JAPAN"; "SHOFU"; white with pink flowers and green leaves; gold outline and trim
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Marks/Labels
- MADE IN JAPAN / SHOFU
- Country Made
- Japan
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
sugar bowl
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact503
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.188
- Description
- Sugar bowl, silver, with lid. Made by the Richfield Plate co. of the United States. Made of electro plated Britannia Metal, a type of pewter, "EPBM". "3647" is a model number indicating the piece matches HV971.12.125 , teapot, and HV971.12.187, cream jug.
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Serving Vessels
- Object Term
- Bowl, Sugar
- Marks/Labels
- "Richfield / Plate", stamped in a shield with a three leaf clover, on bottom of sugar bowl "EPBM / 3647", stamped under the shield on bottom of sugar bowl
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact482
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.167
- Description
- Teacup; white with pink flowers and green leaves; gold outline and trim
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Drinking Vessels
- Object Term
- Teacup
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
teapot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact440
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.125
- Description
- Teapot with a hinged lid. It is marked as "Richfield Plate" "EPBM" indicates it is silver electro plated over Britannia Metal, a type of pewter. "3647" appears to be a model number as HV971.12.188, sugar bowl and HV971.12.187, creamer bare the same model number
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Serving Vessels
- Object Term
- Vessel, Drink Serving
- Marks/Labels
- "Richfield / Plate", stamped in a shield with a three leaf clover, on bottom of teapot "EPBM / 3647", stampd under the shield on bottom of teapot
- Maker
- Richfield Plate Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
teapot
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact465
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.12.150
- Description
- Teapot Flower motif.Marked on bottom, "GRIMWADE'S / WINTON / STOKE ON TRENT / ENGLAND" printed on logo. "OCTAGON" stamped on cartouche. "68343" hand written under glaze.
- Object History
- Object belonged to Alfred Bingham, an early Burnaby resident and activist.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Serving Vessels
- Object Term
- Vessel, Drink Serving
- Marks/Labels
- "GRIMWADE'S / WINTON / STOKE ON TRENT / ENGLAND", printed aound logo on bottom of pot. "OCTAGON", impressed into a cartouche on bottom of pot "68343", hand written under glaze
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
Images
