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Notes: There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).; From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.; The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.; Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).

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Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 14 Oct. 2021

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (75 min., 44 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps

Scope and Content: Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar. The webinar was presented on the Zoom webinar platform and also presented live on the Burnaby Village Museum Facebook page on October 12, 2021. The webinar was hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Community Engagement Coordinator, Christina Fr…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series

Subseries: Neighbourhood Speaker Series - Fall 2021 subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (75 min., 44 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps

Material Details: Presenter: Tim Nishibata, member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association; Host: Christina Froschauer; Date of Presentation: October 14, 2021; Total Number of tracks: 1; Total Length of all tracks: 75 min., 44 sec.; Recording Device: Zoom video communication and Facebook platforms; Recording Note: Film was edited from it's original recorded version (83 min., 52 sec. ) to edited version (75 min., 44 sec.) for public viewing on Heritage Burnaby.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar. The webinar was presented on the Zoom webinar platform and also presented live on the Burnaby Village Museum Facebook page on October 12, 2021. The webinar was hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Community Engagement Coordinator, Christina Froschauer and presented by Tim Nishibata, member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association. The webinar is titled "Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast". In this webinar, Tim Nishibata explores the history and tradition of Japanese gardening in Western Canada. Tim shares background information regarding the; Nikkei Centre garden located at the Nikkei Museum and Cultural Centre; Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association; Nitobe Garden at University of British Columbia; Momiji Garden located at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver; Sakura Days - Cherry Blossom Festival projects at Van Dusen Gardens; YVR Japanese Garden Project in progress at Vancouver International Airport and The Kohan Reflection Garden in New Denver. Tim also shares information on the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association's future visions including a park size project similar to the Portland Japanese Garden. Tim supports his presentation with photographs and various resources related to traditional Japanese gardens and projects that the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association is involved in. During breaks in the presentation, Christina and Tim take questions from webinar participants on zoom as well as viewers from the live recording on Burnaby Village Museum's Facebook page. Near the end of the presentation, host Christina Froschuer mentions, the Kushiro garden located near Burnaby's municipal hall which is undergoing an expansion project to be completed in 2022. The Kushiro garden was dedicated in June 1976 in commemoration of Burnaby's sister city, Kushiro, Japan Resource links that were shared during the presentation include: Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association: https://www.vanjapangardeners.com Email: vancouvervjga@gmail.com Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre: https://centre.nikkeiplace.org Nitobe garden: (UBC) https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/visit/nitobe-memorial-garden Mimoji gardens: (PNE) http://hastingspark1942.ca/history/momiji-gardens Kohan Reflection Garden: (New Denver, BC) https://kohanreflectiongarden.ca/2020 Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival https://vcbf.ca/community-event/sakura-days-japan-fair Heiwa Teien https://newdenver.ca/nikkei Roy Sumi CBC documentary "Borrowed from Nature" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/aboslutely-canadian-borrowed-from-nature-roy-tomomichi-sumi-japanese-gardening-1.5801058 Portland Japanese Garden http://japanesegarden.org

History: Tim Nishibata is a member of the Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association. The Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association is an independent non-profit organization established in 1959. The association consists of professional gardeners and landscapers, aiming to promote Japanese Gardens through construction, maintenance, and education techniques. Members of the association have built many beautiful Japanese gardens throughout the Lower Mainland and work with other organizations in order to increase their knowledge of and expertise in Japanese gardens. The Association provides educational workshops to its members to improve professional knowledge and skills. In 1987, the Association started the Sumi Award, which is granted annually and recognizes outstanding work in the field.

Subjects: Persons - Japanese Canadians; Plants; Geographic Features - Gardens

Names: Nishibata, Tim; Froschauer , Christina; Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association; Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre

Accession Code: BV021.31.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 14 Oct. 2021

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of video recording

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Timeless Spaces: Japanese Gardens of the West Coast, 14 Oct. 2021

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2021_0031_0003_002.mp4

Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Carter, David; Cooke, Rosemary; Pride, Harry, 1925-; White, Janet; Yip, Gail

Publication Date: 2020

Call Number: 371 CAR

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection; Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 978-0-9781979-2-6

Call Number: 371 CAR

Author: Carter, David; Cooke, Rosemary; Pride, Harry, 1925-; White, Janet; Yip, Gail

Place of Publication: Burnaby

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby

Subjects: Education

Notes: "Includes index"; A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.; The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.

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Sister/Friendship City Visits to Kurshiro, Japan and Taichung, Taiwan in 2020

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport82435

Repository: Legislative Services

Report ID: 93039

Meeting Date: 04-Nov-2019

Format: Council - Committee Report

Item No.: 5

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: Legislative Services

Report ID: 93039

Meeting Date: 04-Nov-2019

Format: Council - Committee Report

Item No.: 5

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 93039

04-Nov-2019 Meeting Minutes

History of Burnaby Resource Guide

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7492

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 2019

Canadians worked in Burnaby’s small sawmills and industrial sites such as the Nichols Chemical Plant. However, diplomatic arrangements between Canada and Japan kept immigration low. Chinese immigration had also slowed because of a prohibitive tax on those entering the country (a “head tax”), and, after 1923

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Digital Resource

Accession Code: BV019.63.1

Author: Burnaby Village Museum

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: 21 p. : ill.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Directories

Object History: Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.

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50th Anniverisary of Sister City Relations Between Burnaby & Kushiro, Japan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport60201

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 100470

Meeting Date: 4-May-2015

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 100470

Meeting Date: 4-May-2015

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 100470

4-May-2015 Meeting Minutes

Interview with Jiro Kamiya, 2015

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [2015]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (01:11:02 min)

Scope and Content: Recording of a interview with Jiro Kamiya about the ofuro he built as an exhibit for display at Burnaby Village Museum, and his work in Canada generally. When he speaks in Japanese, his son Frank Kamiya does the English translation. Frank recalls how his father, a Japanese-trained carpenter, came …

1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Museum research interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (01:11:02 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Lisa Codd Interviewees: Jiro Kamiya and his son Frank Kamiya Location of Interview: Nikkei Home, Burnaby Interview Date: [2015] Total Number of Tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 1:11:02

Scope and Content: Recording of a interview with Jiro Kamiya about the ofuro he built as an exhibit for display at Burnaby Village Museum, and his work in Canada generally. When he speaks in Japanese, his son Frank Kamiya does the English translation. Frank recalls how his father, a Japanese-trained carpenter, came to be involved in the project, which was donated to the Museum by the Japanese Canadian Citizens Association. An unidentified woman is also present and contributes to the discussion. 0:00 – 6:38: Frank Kamiya recalls the museum’s ofuro project, describing how his father became involved with it. He talks about the ofuro in Canada, speaking of their importance to Japanese Canadians but noting that they have been superseded by newer products. Frank also mentions that ofuros are now subject to modern building regulations. 6:38 – 20:30: Jiro Kamiya describes the construction of the ofuro. He explains the technique of water-proofing and talks about the different sizes of baths, discussing the differences in Japanese and Canadian styles and in the way water was supplied. 20:30 – 28:27: This portion of the recording pertains to Jiro Kamiya’s background as a carpenter in Shizuoka, Japan, in the family’s business, and how he came to immigrate to Canada. Frank talks about his father’s innovations and skills. He discusses the differences between Japanese and Canadian tools. Lisa Codd asks about the tools Jiro donated to the museum. 28:27 – 36:00: Frank talks about his father’s involvement in the building of the Museum’s ofuro. He notes that he himself drew up the plans and submitted them to City Hall. He asks about the ofuro’s plaque and the building’s condition. Lisa explains how the classification of buildings as replica or heritage determines how conservation choices are made. 36:00 – 45:47: Frank describes the purpose and use of the ofuro and the kind of accessories which should be included in the Museum’s display. The exact meaning of ‘ofuro’ is discussed with Jiro, as is bathing protocol for the larger and smaller kinds. 45:47 – 59:13: Jiro recalls New Year and other traditions and Lisa and Frank remark on the differences between the established infrastructures of Japan and those of rural Canada. Frank describes his father’s work in Canada. Jiro talks of being unable to join the carpenters union, but advancing in his profession through his ability and experience with Japanese techniques. 59:13 – 1:11:02: Jiro talks about the work that he did during internment during World War II and his choice to go to Winnipeg with his family. Frank relates how his father adapted to shipyard work, and Jiro tells anecdotes about his working years.

History: Interviewee: Jiro Kamiya (ne Tsuneki) was born on August 29, 1910 in Shizuoka Ken, Japan to parents Torakichi Tsuneki and Sono Ssuneki. In 1936, Jiro married Toneko Kamiya. The Tsuneki family were Master Carpenters for over 500 years and the family business, Torakichi Tsuneki Construction Co was the largest and best known construction company in Shizuoka Ken. Jiro also became a master carpenter working for his father's company. In 1933, Jiro immigrated to Canada and in 1936, he returned to Japan to marry. In 1937 he got work at the Hammond Cedar Mill leading a crew of six men and worked there for about three or four years. In 1942 along with over 21,000 Japanese Canadians, Jiro and his family were forcibly removed from the coastal area of British Columbia. Jiro and his family were relocated to Oak Bluff, Manitoba to work on the beet farms. JIro chose this location of internment so that he could keep his family together. While living in Manitoba, Jiro also found work as a carpenter. In 1948 when he was permitted to return to British Columbia, Jiro and his family relocated to Kamloops. In 1951, he began working as a carpenter for Matsumoto Shipyard in North Vancouver and between 1961 and 1974, he worked for Grimwood Construction. From 1975, he worked for Dawson Hall Construction until his retirement at the age of 68. Following his retirement he built a house for his nephew on Mayne Island and a summer house for himself which he completed in 1988. In 2001, Jiro and his wife, Toneko moved to Nikkei Home. While living at Nikkei Home, Jiro made chopsticks out of hardwood, creating over a thousand pairs up until he was 99 years old. Jiro passed away in 2015. Interviewer: Lisa Codd has worked in the museum sector since 2000 and between 2005 and 2019, she worked as the curator at the Burnaby Village Museum. In 2019, Lisa began her work as the City of Burnaby Heritage Planner.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Japanese Canadians

Names: Kamiya, Jiro; Kamiya, Frank

Accession Code: BV019.13.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [2015]

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Audio is only available to listen at the Burnaby Village Museum

Audio Tracks

Interview with Jiro Kamiya, 2015, [2015]

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2019_0013_0001_001.mp3

Invitation from Sister City, Kushiro, Japan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport708

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 66444

Meeting Date: 24-Apr-2006

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 66444

Meeting Date: 24-Apr-2006

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 66444

24-Apr-2006 Meeting Minutes

World Invitational Rugby Festival game

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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 unidentified players in action during a over-40s World Invitational Rugby Festival game between the Ebbtide of Victoria and the Priest Valley Vicars of Kelowna at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.

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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.: 535-2341

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of unidentified players in action during a over-40s World Invitational Rugby Festival game between the Ebbtide of Victoria and the Priest Valley Vicars of Kelowna at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.

Subjects: Sports - Rugby

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2341-1: "Ebbtide, of Victoria, and the Priest Valley Vicars, of Kelowna, battle for the ball at the World Invitationall Rugby Festival, at Burnaby Lake Fields. Fourteen teams from as far away as Japan and Portland, Oregon participated in the annual tournament, for rugby players over 40."; Caption from metadata for 535-2341-2: "A Priest Valley Vicars' forward pitches off the ball before he can be tackled by and Ebbtide defender, at the World Invitational Rugby Festival, at Burnaby Lake Fields. Fourteen teams from as far away as Japan and Portland, Oregon participated in the annual tournament, for rugby players over 40."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Sports Complex; Kensington Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

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Rotary Club exchange students

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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 students Simon Zukowski and Angel Lo, both participants in Rotary Club student exchanges, holding a souvenir blanket from Ecuador.

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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.: 535-2643

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of students Simon Zukowski and Angel Lo, both participants in Rotary Club student exchanges, holding a souvenir blanket from Ecuador.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Organizations - Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an August 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Simon Zukowski, who just returned from a Rotary Club exchange to Ecuador, shows off a souvenir blanket to Angel Lo, a student from Japan on a Rotary exchange to Burnaby."

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Invitation from Sister City, Kushiro, Japan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport5633

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 61525

Meeting Date: 15-Jun-1998

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 61525

Meeting Date: 15-Jun-1998

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 61525

15-Jun-1998 Meeting Minutes

Burnaby Mountain

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81068

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 24, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified people on Burnaby Mountain viewing wood carvings donated by Burnaby’s sister city in Japan.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: June 24, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 15.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1238

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of three unidentified people on Burnaby Mountain viewing wood carvings donated by Burnaby’s sister city in Japan.

Subjects: Arts - Sculptures

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ray, Steve

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "72% Bby. 13 / 989 Bby Steve"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped); Accompanying caption reads: "June 24, 1998 989: / Visitors stop to learn more about the wood carvings atop Burnaby Mountain, a gift from Burnaby's sister city in Japan."

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Doug Drummond

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81149

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 2, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby mayor Doug Drummond leaving leaving his office at city hall.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 2, 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1295

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2012-11

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby mayor Doug Drummond leaving leaving his office at city hall.

Names: Drummond, Douglas P. "Doug"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ponne, Simone

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "1620 Bby Simone / 60% Bby p. 1"; Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped); Accompanying caption reads: "Aug 2, 1998 1620: / Mayor Doug Drummond and five city councillors left Thursday for a six-day trip to Burnaby's sister city Kushiro, Japan."

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Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1994

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282826

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 1994

Physical Description: 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Notes: Includes index.; 3 copies held: copy 3.

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Kushiro events scheduling

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62843

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and tentative schedules pertaining to the visit of one hundred and thirty citizens from Burnaby's Sister City Kushiro, Japan in honour of Burnaby's Centennial.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Donald N. Brown subseries

Physical Description: 1 file of textual records

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS098-012

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS2001-12

Scope and Content: File consists of correspondence and tentative schedules pertaining to the visit of one hundred and thirty citizens from Burnaby's Sister City Kushiro, Japan in honour of Burnaby's Centennial.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Kamui Mintara

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65608

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1992]

Collection/Fonds: Mayor's Office fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 pamphlet

Scope and Content: Item is a pamphlet on the Kamui Mintara (Playground of the Gods) sculptures that commemorate twenty-five years of goodwill between the Sister Cities of Kushiro, Japan and the District of Burnaby. This exhibition was created by Nuburi Toko and his son Shusei Toko.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1992]

Collection/Fonds: Mayor's Office fonds

Series: Sister Cities series

Physical Description: 1 pamphlet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42553

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Item is a pamphlet on the Kamui Mintara (Playground of the Gods) sculptures that commemorate twenty-five years of goodwill between the Sister Cities of Kushiro, Japan and the District of Burnaby. This exhibition was created by Nuburi Toko and his son Shusei Toko.

Media Type: Textual Record

1990 Delegation to Sister City Kushiro, Japan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport11885

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 12281

Meeting Date: 9-Jul-1990

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 12281

Meeting Date: 9-Jul-1990

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 12281

9-Jul-1990 Meeting Minutes

Kushiro Shitsugen Park \ Ida Saburo

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1990

Collection/Fonds: Millway family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio disc (66 min., 47 sec) : NKCD-383, stereo., 9 tracks

Scope and Content: Item is a compact disc entitled "Kushiro Shitsugen Park / As a Memorial to the Designation", music is composed by Ida Saburo and conducted by Yamada Kazuo and Ida Saburo and played by the Royal Philharmonia Orchestra, The Tokya Sophia Chorus and pianist, Hashimoto Masanobu and was recorded April 3…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1990

Collection/Fonds: Millway family fonds

Physical Description: 1 audio disc (66 min., 47 sec) : NKCD-383, stereo., 9 tracks

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS157-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2011-05

Scope and Content: Item is a compact disc entitled "Kushiro Shitsugen Park / As a Memorial to the Designation", music is composed by Ida Saburo and conducted by Yamada Kazuo and Ida Saburo and played by the Royal Philharmonia Orchestra, The Tokya Sophia Chorus and pianist, Hashimoto Masanobu and was recorded April 3-4, 1990.

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Continuation of title: "... As a Memorial to the Designation"; Verso (in English) on CD cover reads: "Kushiro Shitsugen Park / As a Memorial to the Designation / composed by Ida Saburo / Symphonic Epic for Orchestra and Chorus / SARUORO (GRAND MARSHLAND) / 1st Mov._Dawn_11:22 / 2nd Mov._Gods_8:35 / 3rd Mov._Feast_7:32 / 4th Mov._Revelation and Prayer_ 18:19 conducted . Ida Saburo / Royal Philharmonia Orchestra / Tokya Sophia Chorus / Shamisen : Chifuji Kozo / Produced : The Executive Committee for Playing Epic / [Grand Marshland] : Kanaya Yoshinori / Recorded : April 3~4, 1990 / Director : Sato Hideo / Engineer : Takanami Hatsuro / Composed by Ida Saburo / Symphonic Suite [Hokkaido] / 1st Mov. Scene (Sailingout Fishing)_ 3:55 / 2nd Mov. Limuse (Scene of dancing)_ 3:53 / 3rd Mov. Lullaby_ 2:39/ 4th Mov. Harvest_3:56/ Composed by Ida Saburo/Arabesque for Piano and Orchestra _ 8:36/ Conducted. Yamada Kazuo / Philharmonia Orchestra / Piano : Hasimoto Masanobue"; Printed text on disc reads: "Kushiro Shitsugen National Park as a Memorial to the Designation / Composed by Ida Saburo / Symphonic Epic for Orchestra and Chorus / Saruoro (Grand Marshland) / Symphonic Suite HOKKAIDO / ARABESQUE for Piano and Orchestra / NKCD-383 / Stereo 1990 / King Records_Tokyo Japan / All Rights of the Manufacturer and of the Owner of the Recorded Work Reserved / Made in Japan."

Audio Tracks

Kushiro Shitsugen Park \ Ida Saburo, 1990

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/Hpo/_Data/_Archives_Sound_Recordings/_Unrestricted/MSS157-011/MSS157-011-1.mp3

Interview with Toki Miyashita by Rod Fowler February 27, 1990 - Track 10

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory525

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1989-1990

Length: 00:06:41

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s description of how Toko Nuburi and his son [Shusei] worked to create the pole carvings in 1989. She also relates that seeing Toko, a man of the north of Japan, explains her own physical characteristics

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Toki Miyashita’s description of how Toko Nuburi and his son [Shusei] worked to create the pole carvings in 1989. She also relates that seeing Toko, a man of the north of Japan, explains her own physical characteristics

Date Range: 1989-1990

Length: 00:06:41

Names: Burnaby Mountain Centennial Park; Burnaby Mountain Park; Kamui Mintara

Subjects: Celebrations - Centennial; Ceremonial Artifacts - Totem Poles; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation 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

Series: Centennial Oral History project series

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 ten of interview with Toki Miyashita

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS187-017/MSS187-017_Track_10.mp3

Visit to Burnaby 1988 October 23 to 26 - Mayor Toshiyuki Wanibuchi, Kushiro Japan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport13497

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 11940

Meeting Date: 11-Oct-1988

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 11940

Meeting Date: 11-Oct-1988

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Report 11940

11-Oct-1988 Meeting Minutes

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