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Medicine boat grinder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9543
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of wooden medicine boat grinder inside room of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. The medicine boat grinder appears to have a circular, flat, wooden wheel or disc, with two spokes attached to each side. It is placed in a wooden boat like structure, where it …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of wooden medicine boat grinder inside room of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. The medicine boat grinder appears to have a circular, flat, wooden wheel or disc, with two spokes attached to each side. It is placed in a wooden boat like structure, where it can be used to roll and grind. It is situated on a wooden board floor among stacked wooden boxes and tin can, a wooden stool chair and some woven, natural material. Some of the boxes and tin can around the grinder have labels on them with Chinese characters.
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.353
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1975
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 3-Jul-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Interview with Dr. John Yang by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14277
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- August 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (66 min., 57 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a Zoom interview with Dr, John Yang conducted by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, UBC students in the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems. The interview was conducted with Dr. Yang as part of the students' research for "Chinese Herbalist Shops and TCM", part three i…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (66 min., 57 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Interviewee: Dr. John Yang Interview Date: August 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 01:06:57 Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a Zoom interview with Dr, John Yang conducted by Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, UBC students in the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems. The interview was conducted with Dr. Yang as part of the students' research for "Chinese Herbalist Shops and TCM", part three in a series of "Back to the Roots" podcasts. The podcast series explores the history of Chinese-Canadian farming in Burnaby and the lower mainland. In this series the students connected their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. The majority of the interview was conducted in english with occasional comments spoken in mandarin by Wei Yan Yeong and Dr. John Yang. 00:00 – 15:13 The video interview opens with Wei Yan Yeong providing a brief synopsis of the project that she is working on in partnership with Rose Wu. She explains to Dr. John Yang that the content from this interview will help inform podcast episode number three “Chinse Herbalist Shops and TCM”. Dr. Yang responds to questions asked by Wei Yan and Rose. Dr. Yang explains why he first came to Canada from China more than thirty years ago and provides information on his educational background. He describes how he first earned a degree in western medicine in China and became an assistant professor at a medical school before turning to study Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) by completing a PHD from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. When he immigrated to Canada with his wife more than thirty years ago, he decided to continue to practice TCM . 15:14 – 21:53 In this segment of the interview, Rose Wu asks if he joined an existing TCM business or whether he started his own practice. Dr. Yang explains that he practiced on his own and that TCM wasn’t licensed in Canada until 1996. He further explains how Western medicine was the only regulated medical practice used in Canada and it took a long time to lobby the government to recognize the benefits of TCM and why it should be a licensed profession. 21:58 – 25:00 In this segment of the interview Dr. Yang speaks about his experience as a doctor of TCM in Burnaby, his role as the president of the Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Colleges of Canada and how they lobbied the government for more recognition and his professional work as a dean and clinical director of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Traditional Chinese Medicine program. 27:36 – 47:07 In this segment Dr. Yang explains how Traditional Chinese Medicine is ingrained in the Chinese culture and part of daily life which is why many Chinese immigrants rely on TCM to protect their immune system. He explains how TCM is based on four different energies (cold, hot, warm and cool) and different from traditional western medicine. He provides examples of different energies from certain foods. 47:08 – 52:13 In this segment, Dr. Yang speaks about his experience as a practitioner of TCM in the treatment of patients, how many of his patients are not Chinese and how he treats many of his patients with acupuncture. Dr. Yang provides an example of a patient being treated with acupuncture for a frozen shoulder. 52:14 – 56:43 In this segment, Dr. Yang is asked if he also uses Western medicine. Dr. Yang shares his positive experiences treating fever with acupuncture and how growing up in China that there was no access to western medicine – no antibiotics or penicillin until the last 50 years or so. He explains that this is why Chinese people have always relied on TCM. 56:44 - 1:06:57 Dr. Yang provides information on the education required to become a registered acupuncturist and a licensed TCM practitioner. He explains that herbs used in TCM can be purchased from herbalist shops in Chinatown or you can purchase concentrations of the herbs directly from your TCM doctor. He clarifies how animal products that are restricted (including shark fins) are no longer included for treatments in TCM, all TCM herbs are regulated in Canada by the FDA whereas herbs that you buy in Chinatown are treated as food and not drugs.
- History
- Interviewer biographies: Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. Interviewee biography: Dr. John Yang is a chairperson and program director of Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Traditional Chinese Medicine program. Dr. John Yang graduated from Hainan University Medical School, Haikou, China. He received his TCM training at Hainan Provincial Hospital of TCM, Haikou, China and a PhD from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, China. For the past 11 years, John has been the Dean and Clinic Director at the PCU College of Holistic Medicine, Burnaby. As an expert in the field, John has given many national and international presentations and lectures on TCM. Dr. Yang is the current Vice-President at the Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture of British Columbia (ATCMA). He is also the Chair of the Academic/Educational Committee of ATCMA. Dr. Yang is the current President of the Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Colleges of Canada and a committee member on the Standards Council of Canada, Canadian Advisory Committees for International Organization for Standardization for TCM. John was elected as professional board member at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia (CTCMA). He was also a member of the Audit Team (Topic Specialist) for the Private Career Training Institution Agency of British Columbia (PCTIA), along with numerous past appointments to other TCM provincial, national and international committees.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Public Services - Health Services
- Regulations
- Accession Code
- BV020.28.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- August 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- BV020.28.5
- Notes
- Title based on contents of video recording
- For recording of podcast "Chinese Herbalist Shops and TCM" - see BV020.28.5
- Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view content
Images
Back to the Roots Podcast series - 2020 subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14271
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 sound recordings (mp3) + 1 video recording (mp4)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a three episode podcast series "Back to the Roots" and two research interviews conducted using the video communication platform, "Zoom". The three podcasts which delve into the topics of Chinese family operated businesses, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 4 sound recordings (mp3) + 1 video recording (mp4)
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of a three episode podcast series "Back to the Roots" and two research interviews conducted using the video communication platform, "Zoom". The three podcasts which delve into the topics of Chinese family operated businesses, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative food systems, and Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbalism. The three podcasts are titled "A Family Farm"; "Where is your food from?" and "Chinese Herbalist Shops & TCM". The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Facutly of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Faculty and while student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. The two interviews were conducted by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Facutly of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, while student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. The recorded interviews include Dr. John Yang (doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Denise Fong (Burnaby Village Museum's Chinese-Canadian History researcher, co curator of the Accross the Pacific exhibit and UBC PHD candidate). The interviews were conducted as part of Rose and Wei Yan's research in support of a three episode podcast series "Back to the Roots" which delves into the topics of Chinese family operated businesses, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative food systems, and Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbalism.
- Accession Code
- BV020.28
- Date
- 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- Interviews were originally recorded as mp4 videos on zoom. One of the interviews is made available for public access on Heritage Burnaby as an mp3 sound recording. Contact the Burnaby Village Museum to access the recording of the other interview.
UBC Partnership series
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14269
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7 video recordings (mp4) + 4 sound recordings (mp3)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a collection of films and sound recordings created by students at the UBC of British Columbia's Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies department and Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies in partnership with Burnaby Village Museum. Recordings …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7 video recordings (mp4) + 4 sound recordings (mp3)
- Scope and Content
- Series consists of a collection of films and sound recordings created by students at the UBC of British Columbia's Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies department and Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies in partnership with Burnaby Village Museum. Recordings include Chinese Canadian research generated for an online audience in 2020. The fonds includes a series of three "Back to the Roots" podcasts titled "A Family Farm", "Where is your food from?" and "Chinese Herbalist Shops and TCM" around the topics of family-operated farming, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative food systems and Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbalism; two interviews (conducted as research for podcasts) with Chinese Medicine Dr. John Yang and Burnaby Village Museum researcher and PHD candidate, Denise Fong ; and a two part video series titled a "A Taste of History" with part one, "Scraps and Dragons" showcasing the history of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants and part two "A Pig's Tale" about the history of Chinese pig farms also known as "Piggeries" in Burnaby. Films include versions with English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese subtitles. The fonds is arranged into the following subseries: 1) Back to the Roots Podcast series - 2020 subseries 2) A Taste of History Video series - 2020 subseries
- History
- Beginning in 2018, students at the University of British Columbia's Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies department and Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadians Studies have participated in a research partnership with Burnaby Village Museum, which focuses on learning more about the stories of Asian Canadians who have lived in Burnaby. Each summer, a cohort of student interns have worked at or with the Museum to expand our research goals. In the first two years of the project, student interns created historical interpretive experiences in the museum including "a Story Garden" and "Story Harvest Station". These were intended to educate museum visitors on Chinese Canadian history in the market garden site. In 2019, interactive tours were designed and led by the team of interns. These included a three panel art piece of early Chinese Canadian industries, a visual compilation of migration stories involving a comic strip and family friendly activities. In 2020, due to the restrictions of COVID-19, the interns were asked to create virtual experiences to reimagine Burnaby Village Museum's historical Chinese Canadian programming in remote online spaces. Debbie Liang and Joty Gill (UBC alumni and graduates of Dr. Henry Yu's 2019 summer ACAM 390A Global Seminar to Asia) returned to work with Burnaby Village Museum to create two short films showcasing the history of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants and Piggeries in Burnaby. Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong (students in the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems) created a three episode podcast series "Back to the Roots" which delved into the topics of family-operated farming businesses, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative food systems, and Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbalism. During their research the interns interviewed Dr. John Yang and Burnaby Village Museum researcher and PHD candidate, Denise Fong.
- Accession Code
- BV020.28
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 2020
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also: The Fecundity of Food and Family: A Natural Niche for Chinese Canadians in Burnaby - BV020.29.5
- Notes
- Title based on contents of series
- Item level and file level descriptions available
- Further accruals are expected
The Fecundity of Food and Family: A Natural Niche for Chinese Canadians in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14760
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 20 Oct. 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (62 min., 01 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum's Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "The Fecundity of Food and Family: A Natural Niche for Chinese Canadians in Burnaby" and is presented by UBC students, Debbie Liang; Joty Gill; Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong.…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (62 min., 01 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Material Details
- Presenters: Debbie Liang; Joty Gill; Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong
- Host: Kate Petrusa
- Date of Presentation: October 20 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Total Number of tracks: 1
- Total Length of all tracks:62 min., 01 sec.
- Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum's Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "The Fecundity of Food and Family: A Natural Niche for Chinese Canadians in Burnaby" and is presented by UBC students, Debbie Liang; Joty Gill; Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong. The zoom webinar is the fifth in a collection of seven "Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars that were presented and made available to the public between September 29 and October 27, 2020. The live webinar and recording was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. In this webinar, the four UBC students, present their research on Chinese Canadian involvement in food and farming in early Burnaby. The students were participants in a joint partnership between Burnaby Village Museum and the UBC iniative for student teaching and research in Chinese Canadian Studies (INSTRCC), the UBC Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM), the UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL), the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems, UBC Go Global and UBC St. John's College (SJC). In 2020, due to the restrictions of COVID-19, the interns were asked to create virtual experiences to reimagine Burnaby Village Museum's historical Chinese Canadian programming in remote online spaces. Debbie Liang and Joty Gill (UBC alumni and graduates of Dr. Henry Yu's 2019 summer ACAM 390A Global Seminar to Asia) returned to work with Burnaby Village Museum to create two short films showcasing the history of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants and Piggeries in Burnaby. Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong (students in the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems) created a three episode podcast series "Back to the Roots" which delved into the topics of family-operated farming businesses, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative food systems, and Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbalism. The webinar begins with Joty Gill and Debbie Liang talking about their project, “A Taste of History Film Series”. They describe their research and challenges in the development of their two films “Scraps and Dragons” and “A Pig's Tale”. Debbie and Joty support their presentation with slides including excerpts from their films. Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong talk about their project which consisted of a three episode podcast series titled "Back to the Roots" which delved into the topics of family-operated farming businesses, Chinese contributions to early local and alternative food systems, and Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbalism. They describe their research, challenges and highlights which resulted in the three podcasts “A Family Farm”; “Where is your food from?” and “Chinese Herbalist Shops and TCM”. Rose and Wei Yan support their presentation with slides including excerpts from their podcasts. At the close of their presentation the students reflect on the importance of sharing personal aspects of Chinese Canadian History and answer questions from webinar participants.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture - Farms
- Agriculture
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Accession Code
- BV020.29.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 20 Oct. 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on contents of video recording
- Video recording was edited for publication on Heritage Burnaby. Original mp4 video recording (BV020.29.5.1) is 72 min., 25 sec.
Images
Video
The Fecundity of Food and Family: A Natural Niche for Chinese Canadians in Burnaby, 20 Oct. 2020
The Fecundity of Food and Family: A Natural Niche for Chinese Canadians in Burnaby, 20 Oct. 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0029_0005_002.mp4![Four men performing on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0156_001.jpg?width=280)
Four men performing on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17407
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.156
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
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Haskell and woman dressed as an Indigenous person
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and an unidentified woman dressed up in cosutme as an indigenous person on stage during a skit. The woman has her hair in two braids and is wearing a head band with a feather poking out of the back. The performance was part of a skit…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and an unidentified woman dressed up in cosutme as an indigenous person on stage during a skit. The woman has her hair in two braids and is wearing a head band with a feather poking out of the back. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- History
- The use of costumes by non Indigenous peoples depicting Indigenous peoples are not neutral forms of entertainment. Damaging stereotypes of Indigenous peoples feeds injustice and racism towards Indigenous peoples.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.157
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1959
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Birthday Sale [sic] 1959"
Images
Knight family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64497
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photgraphs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1938-1982
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Knight family subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and photgraphs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-53
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
- History
- Milton "Milt" Waller Knight was born in Canada circa 1904. His wife Virginia Harrington was born in Duluth, Minnesota circa 1905 and lived most of her life in Canada. Virginia was the first person in British Columbia to breed budgies when she began in 1932 and by 1939 she and her husband created the first crested budgie in the world. By 1942, Virginia was also housing two-hundred and fifty birds at the home of her mother, Mrs. N.M. Herington, which was located at 1775 West 13th Avenue in Burnaby. Milton and Virginia Knight moved into their own home during the war years but, as they could not get their large aviary moved, they were forced to sell their crested birds. When they started up in their birds again, they obtained some of their crested back. By 1948 they had created two types of crested: those with a miniature cockatiel crest and those with a crest like a crested canary. By 1950 they had created the crested in over twelve colours of budgie, including cobalt and yellow-wing greens. The Knights lived together at 3718 Sperling Avenue (later renumbered 5255 Sperling Avenue) and opened Lakeview Aviaries on their one acre property at Deer Lake where Virginia specialized in budgies (Budgerigars) and bred the first albino in Canada and the first crested variety in the world. She kept Java rice birds, button quail, red factor canaries, cockatiels, finches, love birds and twelve varieties of budgerigar. She was a member of the British Columbia Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society. The facilities at Lakeview Aviaries included two heated aviary cages and three outdoor flight cages constructed by Milton. Lakeview housed the only "hospital" facilities in the city for cage birds, which featured an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled hospital cage. Virginia, known in the community as “the Bird Doctor” nursed many sick birds back to health free of charge for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA. The Knights often donated their trained birds to sick and injured children, for Virginia believed, “Budgies do wonders for the kiddies. They make them forget their troubles and of course a happy mental outlook is a definite aid to better physical health.” The couple’s personal pets included eight different types of parrot, three talking budgies, a dancing bare-eyes cockatoo, three talking cockatiel, and “Hoppy” her pet owl. By 1952, they had a toucan and a macaw as pets. In later years, they added two small dogs. By 1965, Milton had over 25 years of service as a truck driver at the Vancouver Service Department. He was also an avid collector of antique watches and clocks. He reconditioned the timepieces, systematically restoring them to their original condition. He was a member of the National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors. Milt also treasured old music boxes and restored their large metal discs and rolls to “as new” condition. Milton Knight died March 7, 1966 at 62 years of age. Virginia Knight lived alone at 5755 Sperling Avenue after her husband’s death and continued her work at the Lakeview Aviary where she “doctored 700-800 [birds] a year free of charge (except medicine) and gave SPCA donations up to $1000 a year.” Virginia Knight passed away November 10, 1987 at 82 years of age.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Knight, Milton
- Knight, Virginia
- Notes
- MSS117, PC510
- Title based on contents and creator of subseries
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Men dressed as women performing on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17406
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men dressed in women's clothing while peforming on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified men dressed in women's clothing while peforming on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.155
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Men dressed as women performing on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0155_001.jpg)
Metro-McNair Clinical Laboratories
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79307
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 30, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Metro-McNair Clinical Laboratories opening ceremony. An unidentified man is playing a hand drum next to the "Medicine Man Pole" carved by Haida artist Reg Davidson.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 30, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 19.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0335
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Metro-McNair Clinical Laboratories opening ceremony. An unidentified man is playing a hand drum next to the "Medicine Man Pole" carved by Haida artist Reg Davidson.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ponne, Simone
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby NW P3 / 1683 D Bby Simone"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
Morris family subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription90
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the Dr. Morris family and home at Marine Drive and Boundary Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Morris family subseries
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-08
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of photographs of the Dr. Morris family and home at Marine Drive and Boundary Road.
- History
- Wesley Gardiner Morris was born in Summerside Prince Edward Island in 1884; his wife Laura Maude Weegar was born in Maxville, Ontario in 1886. Wesley graduated from McGill University in 1914, becoming a doctor, and received a gold medal in Chemistry. The couple was married in Maxville, Ontario in 1914 and lived in their first home in Chauvin, Alberta before moving to Burnaby in 1916. They lived on Imperial Street until their new home at 4265 Trafalgar Street (now 4241 Maywood Street) was built. Dr. Wesley Morris practiced medicine at his office at the corner of Kingsway and Sussex in part of Miss George’s Drugstore. During and following the Depression years, Dr. Morris was often paid in kind by his patients or they would pay off their bills by assisting with jobs around the family home. The couple lived in the home on Trafalgar Street raising their six daughters: Margaret, Betty, Dorothy, Jessie, Gertrude and Muriel until the Depression when they were forced to sell their home and move to ‘the ranch’ on Marine Drive. The ranch covered 13 acres of property on either side of Marine Drive from Boundary Road east including a ravine with a creek. Dr. Morris was known for his skill in setting fractures and due to his expertise he was called to an accident in the 1940s at the McMillan Bloedel mill on the Fraser River. Except for Gertrude (Ramage) all of their daughters graduated from Burnaby South High School. Following graduation from high school, Margaret (Sheldon) completed a business course, while both Betty (Purrot) and Dorothy (Johston) became nurses. Jessie (Hunter) joined the R.C.A.F. and after learning Morse code was posted to communications. Gertrude taught piano lessons and later received her real estate license. All of the girls were married in the 1950s and moved away from the property on Marine Drive with the exception of Muriel who was still in high school. Laura suddenly took ill in 1945 and died. Soon after her passing, Wesley purchased a lot at 4648 Marine Drive (DL 175) and built a small two bedroom home for himself and daughter Muriel. The old family home was rented, then sold, and later demolished around 1980. Dr. Wesley Morris died in 1960 and was buried alongside his wife Laura at Ocean View Memorial Cemetery in Burnaby. After her father died, Muriel continued to live in the small house later marrying Tom Di Guistini who settled there with her. Tom died in 1981 just two years before Muriel’s retirement as the secretary of Magee Secondary School in Vancouver. Soon after retirement, Muriel sold their home on Marine Drive and moved to a condominium near Central Park.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of subseries
- PC278
![Performers on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0159_001.jpg?width=280)
Performers on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17410
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of group of performers on stage during a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW". A man dressed in a cowboy hat is standing at a microphone and some of the performers behind them appear to be singing.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of group of performers on stage during a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW". A man dressed in a cowboy hat is standing at a microphone and some of the performers behind them appear to be singing.
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.159
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![Performers on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0159_001.jpg)
Rosemary Brown admonishes heckler
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45151
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 4, 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rosemary Brown admonishing a heckler during one of her speeches. Ms. Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1930, and moved to Canada in 1950 to study at McGill University in Montreal. She served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the British Columbia legislature from 19…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 4, 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-047
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rosemary Brown admonishing a heckler during one of her speeches. Ms. Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1930, and moved to Canada in 1950 to study at McGill University in Montreal. She served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the British Columbia legislature from 1972 to 1986, (her seat was the Vancouver-Burrard riding and later the Burnaby-Edmonds riding) making her the first Black Canadian woman to be elected to a Canadian provincial legislature. She was a leadership candidate for the New Democratic Party in 1975 and came in second with 41% of the vote.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Rosemary Brown... gives heckler a dose of his own medicine."
Images
The Table Top chopper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9535
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table top chopper or medicine trimmer on a table with a small front drawer inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cleaver is screwed at the top to hold it down on the table. It has a wooden handle with a side guide or stopper on the left side. …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
- Material Details
- On the lower front border of the photograph, the word "DRUG […]" and the number "26" is written with a faded, fine, purple felt marker. The back side of the photograph have a lightly, stamped set of numbers "03[…]]1" and "10.5.7[…]".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table top chopper or medicine trimmer on a table with a small front drawer inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cleaver is screwed at the top to hold it down on the table. It has a wooden handle with a side guide or stopper on the left side. Above the item is a handwritten sign all in caps taped to the wall, "PLEASE LEAVE HANDLE DOWN THANK YOU."
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.345
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1975
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 3-Jul-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- This photograph is an itemized copy of the items in photograph BV017.7.341.
Images
![T. Boyd Haskell on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0154_001.jpg?width=280)
T. Boyd Haskell on stage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
- Subjects
- Performances - Dramatic Performances
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.154
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1959]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
![T. Boyd Haskell on stage, [1959] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2021/2021_0026_0154_001.jpg)
![Two young girls, [190-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5885_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Two young girls
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1509
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified young girls taken in a photographic studio. The younger girl is standing on a chair covered with animal fur, and holding a doll in her left hand. There are other decorations of animal furs and parlour furniture.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17 cm
- Material Details
- embossed on the card mount, recto, b. "GOULD-/ MEDICINE HAT"
- Photograph is mounted on a card supplied by the photographic studio
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified young girls taken in a photographic studio. The younger girl is standing on a chair covered with animal fur, and holding a doll in her left hand. There are other decorations of animal furs and parlour furniture.
- Subjects
- Toys - Dolls
- Accession Code
- BV985.5885.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Photographer
- Gould studio
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Two young girls, [190-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5885_0001_001.jpg)
Heritage Village Pharmacy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12964
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy. A large glass display case sits at the front of the store and holds cigarettes and various bottles and packages of medicines and tinctures. A marble topped table behind the counter has tools and equipment including two mortar and pe…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy. A large glass display case sits at the front of the store and holds cigarettes and various bottles and packages of medicines and tinctures. A marble topped table behind the counter has tools and equipment including two mortar and pestles. Glass bottles sit atop shelving behind the counter.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.679
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1984
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See b&w photograph: BV020.5.683
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1-May-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Heritage Village Pharmacy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12965
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy. A large glass display case sits at the front of the store and holds cigarettes and various bottles and packages of medicines and tinctures.Glass bottles sit atop shelving behind the counter and in glass cases to the sides.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy. A large glass display case sits at the front of the store and holds cigarettes and various bottles and packages of medicines and tinctures.Glass bottles sit atop shelving behind the counter and in glass cases to the sides.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.680
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1984
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See b&w photograph: BV020.5.682
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1-May-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. Store front.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9381
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C. There is a red entrance door with two display windows on either side. The left window is smaller than the right side. There are materia medica and patent medicines in the window displays.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C. There is a red entrance door with two display windows on either side. The left window is smaller than the right side. There are materia medica and patent medicines in the window displays.
- Geographic Access
- Victoria
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.191
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1975
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 29-Jul-2018
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Weaving and Learning through Art
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15668
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 11 May 2021
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (76 min., 47 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Weaving and Learning through Art" and is presented by Nicole Preissl, Explorative Designer of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Stó:lō decent. The Zoom webinar is the f…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) (76 min., 47 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
- Material Details
- Presenter: Nicole Preissl
- Host: Kate Petrusa
- Date of Presentation: Tuesday, May 11, 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
- Total Number of tracks: 1
- Total Length of all tracks: min., sec.
- Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
- Recording Note: Film was edited from it's original recorded version (90 min., 05 sec.) to edited version (76 min., 47 sec.) for public viewing on Heritage Burnaby.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. The webinar is titled "Weaving and Learning through Art" and is presented by Nicole Preissl, Explorative Designer of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Stó:lō decent. The Zoom webinar is the fifth in a series of six "Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars exploring a range of topics shared by Indigenous speakers and knowledge keepers that were presented and made available to the public between April 27 and May 12, 2021. The live webinar was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. Community members were invited to participate by bringing questions during the interactive online session. Nicole supports her presentation with slides and provides a hands on demonstration on weaving. Prior to the webinar, participants were offered materials that were prepared and made available from Burnaby Village Museum. In this interactive webinar, Nicole Preissl, explores the importance of plants within Coast Salish culture and demonstrates the traditional technique of rope-making. In the first part of her presentation, Nicole provides examples of indigenous plants and trees that grow in British Columbia and shares information on thier historical and cultural significance, medicinal and edible properties and how to identify them. Nicole also shares her own experiences and appreciation for natural materials and provides examples of her artwork. In the second half of Nicole's presentation participants are invited to join her demonstration in learning basic weaving techniques. Nicole provides two hands-on demonstrations to follow, one with yarn and one with iris leaves. During and follwing the presentation, Nicole Preissl takes questions from the audience that are moderated by the host, Kate Petrusa.
- History
- Nicole Preissl is an explorative designer who uses natural materials to influence her work. From both Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Stó:lō decent, she began introducing traditional artistic customs into her practice as a means of connecting to her culture. In her art practice she uses natural fibres and materials to create textile based designs. Her areas of interest are natural plant dyes, weaving Coast Salish style garments and using raw hide to create thought provoking design pieces.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Social life and customs
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Art
- Plants
- Plants - Flowers
- Plants - Trees
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Baskets
- Indigenous peoples - Implements
- Indigenous peoples - Clothing
- Responsibility
- Petrusa, Kate
- Accession Code
- BV021.17.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 11 May 2021
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Notes
- Title based on content of video recording
Images
Video
Weaving and Learning through Art, 11 May 2021
Weaving and Learning through Art, 11 May 2021
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2021_0017_0005_002.mp4