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Burnaby General Hospital isolette
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45339
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an isolette (incubator) that was paid for by funds donated by the Hugh Stroyan Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE). Special care nursery head nurse Carol Bullock demonstrates equipment to two members of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-234
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an isolette (incubator) that was paid for by funds donated by the Hugh Stroyan Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE). Special care nursery head nurse Carol Bullock demonstrates equipment to two members of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Hospitals
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "GIFT OF LIFE ... Hugh Stroyan Chapter IODE of Burnaby has donated funds to purchase an isolette for premature babies for Burnaby General Hospital. The gift was in joint commemoration at the clubs 51 years of service and International Year of the Child. Special care nursery head nurse Carol Bullock, left, demonstrates equipment to IODE members"
- Geographic Access
- Kincaid Street
- Street Address
- 3935 Kincaid Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
Images
Letter from Carlton Private Hospital and Nursing Home which appeared on the Agenda for the 1977 February 7 Meeting of Council re: Subdivision Reference # 157/76 and Rezoning Reference # 30/76
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport23443
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 15685
- Meeting Date
- 14-Feb-1977
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 11
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 15685
- Meeting Date
- 14-Feb-1977
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 11
- Item No.
- 8
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter, [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0015_003.jpeg?width=280)
Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19637
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 30 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (65 min., 9 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:07:59 Interview opens with introductions. Lama Tenzin Sherpa provides biographical details about himself …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 30 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (65 min., 9 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: James Binks Interviewees: Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue (Suzanne Salter) Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 31, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:05:30 Sound recording (wav) was converted to mp3 format for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, James Binks on July 31 2023. 00:00:00 - 00:07:59 Interview opens with introductions. Lama Tenzin Sherpa provides biographical details about himself and his family life in Nepal and explains how his father sent him to the Sonada Monastery in India to become a monk in 1989 and how he took a vow to become a monk in 1992. He recalls his early years of living at the monastery. 00:08:00 - 00:18:38 Lama Tenzin recalls how he came to be a monk at the Salugara Monastery and describes the teachings and skills that he learned there including making tormas and playing traditional musical instruments. Lama Tenzin describes his three year retreat in Kalimpong, India 2008-2012 and how he became Lama Tenzin. Lama Sue Salter assists Lama Tenzin in telling his story. 00:18:39 - 00:25:10 Lama Tenzin talks about returning to the Sonada Monastery after completing his three year retreat and coming to Canada in 2015 to begin his work as a Lama at the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling centre (KKC) in Burnaby as well as the retreat centre on Salt Spring Island. 00:25:11 - 00:32:38 Lama Tenzin talks about learning English after arriving in Canada and finding his way around the city as a new immigrant. 00:32:59 - 00:43:13 Lama Susan Salter talks about meeting Lama Tenzin, her involvement with the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling Centre and it’s history in Burnaby on Sidley Street since 1977. 00:43:14 - 00:53:52 Lama Tenzin and Lama Susan Salter describe daily and weekly practices at the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling Centre in Burnaby, what a membership entails and types of educational programs offered at the centre. 00:53:53 - 00:59:23 Lama Tenzin and Lama Susan Salter talk about the location of their current centre in an apartment in Yale Town and retreat centre on Salt Spring Island and the challenges of finding affordable space for their centre. They reflect on the positive aspects of having their former centre location in Burnaby. 00:59:24 - 01:05:09 Lama Tenzin and Lama Susan Salter reflect on the future of the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling (KKC) and Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling (KDOL) meditation retreat centre on Salt Spring Island.
- History
- Interviewees' biographies: Lama Tenzin Sherpa was born in Nepal in 1977. When he was around 11 years old his father sent him to the Sonada Monastery (also known as sthe Samdrub Dhargay Choling Monastery) in West Bengal to begin his training to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. In 1989, the same year that Kalu Rinpoche died, Lama Tenzin became a monk. He continued to live at the monastery for 20 years. In 2012, Lama Tenzin completed his three year retreat and took up various responsibilities at the Salagura Stupa Kunchab Chodey. In 2015, Lama Tenzin was invited to Canada as a resident teacher at the Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centre “Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling” (KKC) located at 4941 Sidley Street, Burnaby and the Niguma Meditation Centre's retreat centre Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling (KDOL) on Saltspring Island. Lama Sue Salter (Karma Lhamo) has been a student of Kalu Rinpoche since 1974. In 1980, she completed a three year retreat at the Palden Shangpa La Boulaye in France. She's served on the Board of Directors, as a retreat coordinator and a teacher in Tibetan at the Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling and Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling (KDOL). Lama Sue also worked for years as a registered nurse and registered social worker and retired in 2018. Interviewer biography: James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Religions - Buddhism
- Buildings - Religious - Monasteries
- Migration
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Sherpa, Lama Tenzin
- Salter, Suzanne "Lama Sue"
- Kagyu Kunkhyab Chuling "KKC"
- Rinpoche, Lama Kalu
- Rinpoche, Lama Kyabje Kalu "Kalu Rinpoche"
- Kunzang Dechen Osel Ling "KDOL"
- Responsibility
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Images
![Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter, [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0015_003.jpeg)
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Audio Tracks
Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter, [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
Interview with Lama Tenzin Sherpa and Lama Sue Salter, [1977-2023] (interview content), interviewed 31 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0015_002.mp3Integration of Victorian Order of Nurses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport23835
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 17653
- Meeting Date
- 25-Oct-1976
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 67
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 17653
- Meeting Date
- 25-Oct-1976
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 67
- Item No.
- 1
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Integration of Victorian Order of Nurses with the Burnaby Health Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport24578
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 16941
- Meeting Date
- 15-Mar-1976
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 16
- Item No.
- 17
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 16941
- Meeting Date
- 15-Mar-1976
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 16
- Item No.
- 17
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Mary Ross
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription46310
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1976, published May 31, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Health Department supervisor Mary Ross, retiring after thirty-three years of service.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1976, published May 31, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1198
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Health Department supervisor Mary Ross, retiring after thirty-three years of service.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Nurses
- Names
- Ross, Mary
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Carlton Private Hospital
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79504
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 14, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Carlton Private Hospital and Nursing Home located at 4125 Canada Way.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 14, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-331
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows Carlton Private Hospital and Nursing Home located at 4125 Canada Way.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Hospitals
- Names
- Carlton Private Hospital
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Norton, Paul
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4125 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
Images
Nursing students protest
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45444
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of approximately three hundred and fifty nursing students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology protested the provincial government decision to re-open the Willingdon School as a juvenile detention centre, instead of allowing it to remain a nursing school, thereby displacing …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-339
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of approximately three hundred and fifty nursing students from the British Columbia Institute of Technology protested the provincial government decision to re-open the Willingdon School as a juvenile detention centre, instead of allowing it to remain a nursing school, thereby displacing the student nurses and potentially jeopardising their education.
- Subjects
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Some 350 nursing students at BCIT took their Willingdon School protest to the streets Friday. They marched down Willingdon Avenue carrying signs."
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
Images
Retirement of Miss Elizabeth (Beth) Lydiard - Assistant Nursing Supervisor, Health Department
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport25328
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 18504
- Meeting Date
- 7-Jul-1975
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 47
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 18504
- Meeting Date
- 7-Jul-1975
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 47
- Item No.
- 2
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Mayor Tom Constable and Elizabeth Mitchell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45341
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 6, 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Tom Constable and nurse Elizabeth Mitchell looking over a model of the new Burnaby General Hospital complex during the contruction site's ground breaking ceremonies. The addition would nearly double the capacity of the then 237-bed hospital.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 6, 1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-236
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Tom Constable and nurse Elizabeth Mitchell looking over a model of the new Burnaby General Hospital complex during the contruction site's ground breaking ceremonies. The addition would nearly double the capacity of the then 237-bed hospital.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "BURNABY HOSPITAL BEGINS / Construction on a $29.4 million addition to Burnaby General Hospital is scheduled to start any day. At ground breaking ceremonies Monday, Mayor Tom Constable and nurse Elizabeth Mitchell look over a model of the new complex. The addition will nearly double capacity of the 237-bed hospital. Health Minister Dennis Cooke, right, piloted the bulldozer that broke the ground. Mr. Cooke said the addition is just part of a total of $194 million in hospital construction currently underway in the province.
- Geographic Access
- Kincaid Street
- Street Address
- 3935 Kincaid Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
Images
Interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen by Kathy Bossort October 9, 2015 - Track 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory567
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1974-2015
- Length
- 0:12:26
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen’s description of the negotiations between SFU and the City of Burnaby, the City’s 1998 Environment Award to the Society, and how the conservation area has developed. Karen Morcke talks about her participation in the 1974 public he…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen’s description of the negotiations between SFU and the City of Burnaby, the City’s 1998 Environment Award to the Society, and how the conservation area has developed. Karen Morcke talks about her participation in the 1974 public hearings, her concern about development at the bottom of the mountain, and the changing meaning of the term “conservation”.
- Date Range
- 1974-2015
- Length
- 0:12:26
- Names
- Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society
- Simon Fraser University
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 9, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen conducted by Kathy Bossort. Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen were two of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history and activities of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society of which Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen were founding members, and the environmental and recreational value of the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Karen Morcke also talks about walking the trails on Burnaby Mountain from 1968 to present and her involvement in other environmental groups.
- Biographical Notes
- Diane Hansen was born in Winnipeg in 1941, trained as a nurse in Toronto, and moved with her husband Ingolf Hansen to the Westridge Area in Burnaby in 1971, where Diane lived until 2010. Diane has one daughter Kristin. Karen Morcke was born in Germany in 1940, immigrating to Canada in 1968 to attend SFU. After completing her Masters degree in 1970 Karen was hired by SFU as a language instructor from which she retired in 1995. She has one son Erik and has lived almost continuously in North Burnaby since 1968. Both Diane Hansen and Karen Morcke have been active volunteers in local environmental groups and were founding members of the Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, which formed about 1989 to lobby for a conservation area that integrated SFU land below the campus ring road with City of Burnaby parkland on Burnaby Mountain. Diane has also been active in wild bird rescue groups. Karen walked the trails on Burnaby Mountain to and from work, and began lobbying for protection of green space on Burnaby Mountain in the 1970s.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 1:10:35
- Interviewee Name
- Morcke, Karen
- Hansen, H. Diane
- Interview Location
- Karen Morcke's home in Burnaby
- Interviewer Bio
- Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track five of interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen
Track five of interview with Karen Morcke and Diane Hansen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-003/MSS196-003_Track_5.mp3
Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45446
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kathy Hancock of New Westminster having her shoes shined by British Columbia Institute of Technology students; Karen Bunyk, Glorie Wills. Every year students from universities and nursing students would participate in the Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser known as Shinerama.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 13.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-341
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kathy Hancock of New Westminster having her shoes shined by British Columbia Institute of Technology students; Karen Bunyk, Glorie Wills. Every year students from universities and nursing students would participate in the Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser known as Shinerama.
- Subjects
- Events - Fundraising
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "NO ORDINARY SHINE / Getting full value for her two-bits Friday during the annual Cystic Fibrosis money raising campaign was 17-year-old Kathy Hancock of New Westminster. BCIT students Karen Bunyk, centre, and Glorie Wills perform the boot-black duties. Every year students from universities and nursing students do their best for the association."
Images
Interview with Maninder Arora
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Anushay Malik Co interviewer: James Binks Interviewee: Maninder Arora Location of Interview: In Burnaby at the home of Maninder Arora Interview Date: December 7, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: (01:07:25) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada at 16 years of age with her mother, her older sister (18 yrs) and her younger brother (11 yrs) in 1974. Maninder explains how her sister immigrated first after marrying a South Asian Canadian and subsequently was able to sponsor members of her family to immigrate about one year later. Arora describes what life was like for her and her family in the northern part of Punjab in India prior to immigration to Canada. Arora describes her family composition with her being the second youngest of eight children and how at the time of immigrating, four of her elder siblings (three sisters and one brother) stayed behind. 07:34 – 16:23 As a new immigrant to Canada at the age of 16 years of age, Maninder Arora recalls the many challenges that she faced. Maninder describes how she attended Vancouver Technical School and then worked at a restaurant on Friday nights and weekends. She recollects how she got her first job through the Sikh community from the Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder recalls that during the first five months in Canada, Maninder, her mother, sister and brother lived with her elder sister, her husband and child before finding a place of their own. Arora recalls where her family shopped for traditional Indian spices and foods. 16:24 – 25:50 Maninder Arora describes the next home that her family moved to and how she and her brother attended David Thompson Secondary School. Maninder explains that she dropped out of school in Grade 12 to go to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. Around 1981, her mother was able to purchase a house at Marine Drive and Ross Street and her mother got work at the same restaurant that Maninder was working. Maninder shares and reflects on a disturbing encounter of racism that she and her older sister faced while taking local transit. 25:51 – 34:17 Maninder Arora talks about her past work experience. Maninder describes how with the help of her sister, she began working as a nurses' aide at care homes and private hospitals. Maninder reflects on how she intended to get a job in a unionized care home where she can make a better living wage. Maninder describes some of the places that she worked before obtaining certification as a nurse’s aide from Kwantlen College. 34;18 – 51:15 Maninder Arora describes the events that led to her marrying her future husband in 1986 and how it wasn’t an easy decision for her. Maninder describes where she and her family lived after her marriage and how her hard work led her to obtaining full time employment as a nurses' aide in Richmond. 51:16 - 56:16 Maninder Arora tells of how she decided to move to Burnaby where her sister and extended family were living. Maninder recalls what lead to her decision to move from Surrey to Burnaby in 1992. 56:17 - 1:04:23 Maninder Arora shares some experiences of her life in Burnaby. Maninder further reflects on her decisions for moving to Burnaby including providing what she thought would be a safer environment and education for her children. Maninder conveys how racism is still very much prevalent in society and recounts a personal encounter that she experienced while shopping for shoes at Metrotown. 1:04:24 – 1:06:45 The interviewer asks Maninder Arora what she would like to see conveyed as a message for younger people in an upcoming exhibit at Burnaby Village Museum on South Asian history. Maninder conveys that she would like all Canadian citizens living in Burnaby to make the environment better by not littering, living peacefully together and not causing people grief or struggle for nothing, “Be kind to each other”. In closing Arora shares the transportation route she took when emigrating from India to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Maninder Arora was born in the northern part of Punjab, India. Her sister immigrated to Canada in 1974 after marrying a South Asian Canadian. In 1975, after her father died, her sister was able to bring her mother, her 11 year old brother and Maninder at 16 years of age. After arriving in British Columbia, they first lived with her sister and family before finding a place of their own. Maninder attended Vancouver Technical School and later David Thompson Secondary School and worked in a restaurant on weekends to help her family out. Maninder and her family were members of the Sikh community and attended Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder left school in Grade 12 to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. In the early 1980’s Maninder’s family moved to a house near Marine Drive and Ross Street that her mother was able to purchase. With the help of her sister, Maninder got work as a nurses’ aide at care homes and private hospitals which eventually led her to obtaining certification from Kwantlen College. Maninder married in 1986 and had two children while living in Richmond. Around 1992, she moved from Surrey to Burnaby to be closer to her sister and to provide as safer environment for her children. Interviewers' biographies: Anushay Malik is labor historian with a geographical focus on South Asia. Anushay studied at the University of London and was a research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2014, Anushay moved back to her native Pakistan and joined Lahore University of Management Services as an Assistant Professor. In 2023, Anushay is a visiting scholar at Simon Fraser University and lives in Burnaby with her family. Anushay was a co-curator of the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”. James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations
- Occupations - Nurses
- Migration
- Names
- Arora, Maninder
- Responsibility
- Malik, Anushay
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0006_003.mp3Private Hospital (Nursing Home) Rate Increase
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport27389
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 21847
- Meeting Date
- 17-Dec-1973
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 94
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 21847
- Meeting Date
- 17-Dec-1973
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 94
- Item No.
- 11
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Health Minister Dennis Cocke with Vera Curtis and W.M. Reid
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45347
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973, published February 17, 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Health Minister Dennis Cocke sitting in a combination bath-wheelchair with supervisor Vera Curtis in a nurse's uniform, and director of nursing W.M. Reid standing in front in a black suit during the opening of the then new extended health care wing. Cocke was a provincial minister of …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1973, published February 17, 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-242
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Health Minister Dennis Cocke sitting in a combination bath-wheelchair with supervisor Vera Curtis in a nurse's uniform, and director of nursing W.M. Reid standing in front in a black suit during the opening of the then new extended health care wing. Cocke was a provincial minister of health in Dave Barrett's New Democratic Party government, which ran the province from 1972 to 1975, and was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing New Westminster from 1969 to 1986.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Symonds, John
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Health Minister Dennis Cocke took a load off his feet for a moment Sunday. At Burnaby General Hospital to open the new extended care wing, he tried out a combination bath-wheelchair. Supervisor Mrs. Vera Curtis, centre, and director of nursing Mrs. W.M. Reid look on."
- Geographic Access
- Kincaid Street
- Street Address
- 3935 Kincaid Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cascade-Schou Area
Images
Nurse with pioneer woman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13275
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of municipal staff dressed in pioneer costumes and standing outiside of Burnaby Municipal Hall. One woman is dressed as a nurse and the other in a long dress and bonnet. Staff dressed in pioneer costumes to mark British Columbia's one hundred years of confederation.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of municipal staff dressed in pioneer costumes and standing outiside of Burnaby Municipal Hall. One woman is dressed as a nurse and the other in a long dress and bonnet. Staff dressed in pioneer costumes to mark British Columbia's one hundred years of confederation.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.290
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Nurse with pioneer woman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13277
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. polaroid ; 8.5 x 10.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of municipal staff dressed in pioneer costumes and standing outiside of Burnaby Municipal Hall. One woman is dressed as a nurse and the other in a long dress and bonnet. Staff dressed in pioneer costumes to mark British Columbia's one hundred years of confederation.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. polaroid ; 8.5 x 10.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of municipal staff dressed in pioneer costumes and standing outiside of Burnaby Municipal Hall. One woman is dressed as a nurse and the other in a long dress and bonnet. Staff dressed in pioneer costumes to mark British Columbia's one hundred years of confederation.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.292
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Nurse with pioneer woman
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13280
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. polaroid ; 8.5 x 10.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of municipal staff dressed in pioneer costumes and standing outiside of Burnaby Municipal Hall. One woman is dressed as a nurse and the other in a long dress and bonnet. Staff dressed in pioneer costumes to mark British Columbia's one hundred years of confederation.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. polaroid ; 8.5 x 10.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of municipal staff dressed in pioneer costumes and standing outiside of Burnaby Municipal Hall. One woman is dressed as a nurse and the other in a long dress and bonnet. Staff dressed in pioneer costumes to mark British Columbia's one hundred years of confederation.
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.295
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 20 July 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- July 23, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Alfred Bingham's writings - Track 12
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory262
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1971
- Length
- 0:02:37
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's summary of the recording that he has created, his closing remarks.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's summary of the recording that he has created, his closing remarks.
- Date Range
- 1971
- Photo Info
- Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066
- Length
- 0:02:37
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
- Total Tracks
- 12
- Total Length
- 1:38:06
- Interviewee Name
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- MSS142-001 contains transcripts for each of the short stories
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Web Notes
- Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
Images
Audio Tracks
Track twelve of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings
Track twelve of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-20-2/100-13-20-2_Track_12.mp3Burnaby Branch minute book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65538
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch minute book. Included in the minute book are loose sheets of correspondence and meeting minutes.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS021-077
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch minute book. Included in the minute book are loose sheets of correspondence and meeting minutes.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item