"New Vista Society" found 73 records

Scope and Content: File consists of proposals put forward from various groups in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals from the Northwest Opera, the Burnaby Volunteer Centre, the Swinging Singles Dance Club and the New Vista Society.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1991-1992

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.: MSS098-027

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS2001-12

Scope and Content: File consists of proposals put forward from various groups in hopes that their event be included in Burnaby's Centennial Celebrations. Included in the file are proposals from the Northwest Opera, the Burnaby Volunteer Centre, the Swinging Singles Dance Club and the New Vista Society.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 5744, Rezoning Reference # 8/70 (New Vista Society Senior Citizens' High-rise)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Architectural drawings

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970

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

Series: Bylaws series

Physical Description: Architectural drawings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 16732

Accession Number: 2001-01

Media Type: Architectural Drawing

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 5744, Rezoning Reference # 8/70 (New Vista Society Senior Citizens' Housing)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Architectural drawings

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1970

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

Series: Bylaws series

Physical Description: Architectural drawings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 16742

Accession Number: 2001-01

Media Type: Architectural Drawing

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 6154, Rezoning Reference # 41/72 (Special Care Home for the New Vista Society)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1972

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Architectural drawings

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1972

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

Series: Bylaws series

Physical Description: Architectural drawings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 16754

Accession Number: 2001-01

Media Type: Architectural Drawing

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 8210, Rezoning Reference # 6/84 (Seniors Apartments, New Vista Society)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1987

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Architectural drawings

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1987

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

Series: Bylaws series

Physical Description: Architectural drawings

Description Level: File

Record No.: 16855

Accession Number: 2001-01

Media Type: Architectural Drawing

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 10744, Rezoning Reference # 35/97 (Townhouses - Phase II, New Vista Society)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1998

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

Description Level: File

Physical Description: Architectural drawing

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1998

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

Series: Bylaws series

Physical Description: Architectural drawing

Description Level: File

Record No.: 51989

Accession Number: 2013-28

Media Type: Architectural Drawing

Easement - Lots 94 and 95, Block 13, DL 30, Plan 38962 (7210 and 7216 Mary Avenue, New Vista Society)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 22297

Meeting Date: 24-Apr-1972

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 28

Item No.: 24

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 22297

Meeting Date: 24-Apr-1972

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 28

Item No.: 24

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

Documents

Report 22297

24-Apr-1972 Meeting Minutes

Easement - Parcel N, Explanatory Plan 38116, DL 30, Plan 3036 (New Vista Society)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23224

Meeting Date: 22-Feb-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 13

Item No.: 3

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23224

Meeting Date: 22-Feb-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 13

Item No.: 3

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

Documents

Report 23224

22-Feb-1971 Meeting Minutes

Ernest Winch fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1898-1961

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 15 cm of textual records and 31 photographs

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs, political leaflets, postcards, publications, correspondence and a scrapbook documenting the political careers of Ernest and Harold Winch.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1898-1961

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 15 cm of textual records and 31 photographs

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs, political leaflets, postcards, publications, correspondence and a scrapbook documenting the political careers of Ernest and Harold Winch.

History: Ernest Edward (Ernie) Winch was born at Harlow, Essex, England on March 22, 1879. Ernest was one of seven children; Walter, Albert, Alfred, Horace, Ernest, Emma and Caroline (Carrie). In 1898, when he was 19 years old, Ernest immigrated to Canada with his friend Jack Holttum to work on a farm in Saskatchewan. Ernest’s brother Alfred followed soon after and together the Winch brothers worked in British Columbia, then in Australia. Unfortunately the country was at the height of a heavy drought and so Ernest returned to Harlow and followed in his father's footsteps, apprenticing as a bricklayer. In 1905 Ernest Winch met and married Australian born Linda Marian Hendy. While in England they had Harold, born June 18, 1907, and Eileen, born in 1908. Ernest sailed back to Canada alone in 1910, his young family following him months later. He quickly became a member of the Bricklayers and Masons International Union No. 1, Vancouver Branch. Ernest began studying socialism in 1910 and joined the Social-Democratic Party of Canada in 1911. The Burnaby local of the Social-Democratic Party nominated Ernest Winch as a candidate for School Trustee in 1914. He received seven votes. In 1915 he and his eldest son Harold left the rest of the family at their home in White Rock and went to Mission to establish a homestead. While living in the Dewdney area, he organized a small Social-Democratic group in Mission and became its Secretary. However, he did not stay long in Dewdney. In the summer of 1918, Ernest left the Social-Democratic Party to join the Socialist Party. Once back in Burnaby, now 38 years old and looking for a way to support his family, Ernest answered a call for new workers from the Longshoremen’s Union. He joined the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) Auxiliary and soon was elected its Secretary. By 1917, he was a part of the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council, serving as its President by 1918. In 1919, he joined the B.C. Loggers Union (later the Lumber-Workers Industrial Unit), serving as Secretary. Ernest endorsed both the Vancouver General Strike in 1918 and the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and was active in his support of the One Big Union (O.B.U). After two and a half years, Ernest left the ILA and rejoined the Longshoremen’s Union along with his former O.B.U. brother, William A. Pritchard. Soon after, a strike broke out and its unsuccessful end caused Winch to go back to bricklaying. By this time, the four youngest Winch children had been born: Charlie, Grace, Alan and Eric. Ernest re-founded the Socialist Party of Canada (British Columbia) in 1932 and, with it, joined the new Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. In the 1933 provincial election he, his son Harold Winch, and five others became the first CCF Members of Legislative Assembly. As a CCF MLA for Burnaby, Ernest became a resolute advocate for immediate reform, exposing abuses and inadequacies in BC's social welfare and correctional institutions (including Oakalla) and taking a special interest in the problems of the aged. One of his many notable contributions was the creation of the New Vista Society, first developed to ease the problem of overcrowding in mental hospitals at the time. Ernest Winch held his seat in the legislature continuously until his death on January 11, 1957. One of his legacies left to the people of Burnaby are the New Vista Society senior citizens homes. He also founded the New Westminster branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (S.P.C.A.). Ernest and Linda’s eldest son Harold Edward, an electrician by trade, married Dorothy Ada Hutchinson on May 11, 1929. At 26 years old, he was elected CCF MLA for Vancouver East (in 1933) and became provincial party leader by 1938, serving as leader of the Opposition from 1941 to 1953. When the CCF was defeated in the controversial election of 1953, which saw W.A.C. Bennet come to power, Harold abandoned provincial politics for the House of Commons, where he represented Vancouver East until his retirement in 1972.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Winch, Ernest "Ernie"

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS129, photo catalogue 514

Hazel Simnett collection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1996]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 13 files of textual records : ill. (some col.) ; 9 paintings : colour print ; 2 photographs : b&w

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of City-generated records, personal records, and political records collected by Hazel Simnett.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910-1996]

Collection/Fonds: Hazel Simnett collection

Physical Description: 13 files of textual records : ill. (some col.) ; 9 paintings : colour print ; 2 photographs : b&w

Description Level: Fonds

Accession Number: 2013-22; 2012-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of City-generated records, personal records, and political records collected by Hazel Simnett.

History: Hazel Simnett was born in Burnaby in 1922 to Frederick and Mary Ann Simnett and grew up looking up to her father who was very involved in labour and unions. A politically active citizen, Hazel Simnett has supported the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the New Democratic Party (NDP). She once ran as a New Democratic Party candidate for Burnaby City Council. Hazel attended Kingsway West Public School and Burnaby South High School in Burnaby. During the 1970s, Hazel was President of the Century Park Museum Association, which governs Burnaby Heritage Museum and published the work "Bygones of Burnaby". Hazel worked on the campaign team of Joan Sawicki from 1990 to 1991, which led Sawicki to be elected as Burnaby-Willingdon riding's MLA. Hazel volunteered her time to be a member of the Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission from 1993 to 1996. In 2006, Hazel won the Burnaby Local Hero Award for her volunteer work at the New Vista Society where she served as chair for a number of years. She also served as a member of the Burnaby Historical Society and established the Hazel Simnett Endowment with the Burnaby Public Library to bring a collection of books on Canadian history and social issues.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Graphic Material

Creator: Simnett, Hazel

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; MSS167

Homes BC Program - Application by New Vista Society (11th Avenue Properties)

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13331

Meeting Date: 14-Aug-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13331

Meeting Date: 14-Aug-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 13331

14-Aug-1995 Meeting Minutes

Interview with Hazel Simnett by Eric Damer October 27, 2012 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1922-1949

Length: 0:10:13

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Hazel Simnett's early years. Hazel discusses her childhood, focusing mainly on her school days and her father's interest in politics. Leslie Rossa lends her support to the interview.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Hazel Simnett's early years. Hazel discusses her childhood, focusing mainly on her school days and her father's interest in politics. Leslie Rossa lends her support to the interview.

Date Range: 1922-1949

Photo Info: Hazel Simnett standing in a garden, with a small dog in her arms [194-]. Item no. 549-063.

Length: 0:10:13

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 27, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Hazel Simnett conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 27, 2012. Leslie Rossa lends her support to the interview. Major theme discussed: political activism in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Hazel Simnett was born in Burnaby in 1922 and grew up looking up to her father Frederick Simnett who was very involved in labour and unions. A politically active citizen, Hazel Simnett has supported the Canadian Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the New Democratic Party (NDP). She once ran as a New Democratic Party candidate for Burnaby City Council. In 2006, Hazel Simnett won the Burnaby Local Hero Award for her volunteer work at the New Vista Society where she served as chair for a number of years. She also served as a member of the Burnaby Historical Society and established the Hazel Simnett Endowment with the Burnaby Public Library to bring a collection of books on Canadian history and social issues.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:36:12

Interviewee Name: Simnett, Hazel

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Track one of recording of interview with Hazel Simnett

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Application of New Vista Society for Approval of Lots 18 to 21 inclusive, Block 15, DL 28 as Rest Home Site

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Application of New Vista Society for Purchase of Lots 9 to 13, Block 13, DL 30

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Application of New Vista Society to Obtain Lots 1 to 14, Block 2, DL 25; Lots 15 to 28, Block 1, DL 25; and Lots 6 to 9, Block 4, DL 27

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Application of New Vista Society to Purchase Property Described as Lot 14, DL 30

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Application of New Vista Society to Purchase the Property Fronting on Edmonds Street from Mary Avenue East

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Application of the New Vista Society for the Purchase of Lots 2 to 8, Block 13, DL 30 and Lots 9 to 15, Block 12, DL 30

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Application of the New Vista Society to Purchase Lots 1 to 14, SD2, Block 1, DL 25 W and Lots 15 to 28, SD 1, Block 1, DL 25W

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Application to Purchase Lots 9 to 13, Block 13, DL 30 (New Vista Society)

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Centennial Celebration proposals

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 5744, Rezoning Reference # 8/70 (New Vista Society Senior Citizens' High-rise)

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 5744, Rezoning Reference # 8/70 (New Vista Society Senior Citizens' Housing)

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 6154, Rezoning Reference # 41/72 (Special Care Home for the New Vista Society)

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 8210, Rezoning Reference # 6/84 (Seniors Apartments, New Vista Society)

Comprehensive Development Plans - Bylaw No. 10744, Rezoning Reference # 35/97 (Townhouses - Phase II, New Vista Society)

Easement - Lots 94 and 95, Block 13, DL 30, Plan 38962 (7210 and 7216 Mary Avenue, New Vista Society)

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Easement - Parcel N, Explanatory Plan 38116, DL 30, Plan 3036 (New Vista Society)

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Ernest Winch fonds

Hazel Simnett collection

Homes BC Program - Application by New Vista Society (11th Avenue Properties)

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Interview with Hazel Simnett by Eric Damer October 27, 2012 - Track 1

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