"Oakalla Prison Farm" found 78 records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of "ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE B.C. BOARD OF PAROLE AND THE B.C. CORRECTIONS BRANCH" including a Memorandum of Understanding signed by Mr. John Konrad, Chairman B.C. Board of Parole; Mr. Bernard Robinson, Commissioner B.C. Corrections Branch, March 11, 1981. The t…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 13 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of "ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE B.C. BOARD OF PAROLE AND THE B.C. CORRECTIONS BRANCH" including a Memorandum of Understanding signed by Mr. John Konrad, Chairman B.C. Board of Parole; Mr. Bernard Robinson, Commissioner B.C. Corrections Branch, March 11, 1981. The thirteen page agreement is divided into seven sections and includes a Table of Contents.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional; Public Services - Policing

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.242

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1981

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

(a) Oakalla Prison Farm (b) Major North-South Road around West Side of Deer Lake (c) Deer Lake Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 26186

Meeting Date: 1-Jun-1970

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 36

Item No.: 9

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 26186

Meeting Date: 1-Jun-1970

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 36

Item No.: 9

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

Documents

Report 26186

1-Jun-1970 Meeting Minutes

Back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photgraph : b&w ; 12.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla Prison. A tall chain link gate stands at the entrance in front of a one storey brick building.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photgraph : b&w ; 12.5 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla Prison. A tall chain link gate stands at the entrance in front of a one storey brick building.

History: Salvaged from Oakalla Prison Farm site in October 1991

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent

Accession Code: BV991.45.275

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [198-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: June 7, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "BACK GATE ENTRANCE / TO EAST WING KITCHEN"; Photograph was stapled to sheet of white looseleaf paper, three holes on left side and removed

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Back gate entrance to east wing kitchen of Oakalla, [198-] thumbnail

B.C. parole policy and procedures

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1980-1982]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of excerpts from "B.C. Parole Policy and Procedures"; with memo to adult probation officer-parole coordinators re: copies of parole forms to data control, Feb. 1, 1982; and blank form on statement of parole applicant along some handwritten notes.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Material Details: File enclosed in black duotang folder

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of excerpts from "B.C. Parole Policy and Procedures"; with memo to adult probation officer-parole coordinators re: copies of parole forms to data control, Feb. 1, 1982; and blank form on statement of parole applicant along some handwritten notes.

Creator: Province of British Columbia

Publisher: B.C. Board of Parole

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional; Public Services - Policing

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.172

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1980-1982]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

British Columbia Corrections Service Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 28 Jun. 1977

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 28 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a typewritten copy of "British Columbia Corrections Service Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue". Document provides guidelines on uniform specifications for correctional officers and staff. The last page of the document includes a copy of illustrations relating to uniform ins…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 28 p. of textual records

Material Details: includes cover page and table of contents

Scope and Content: Item consists of a typewritten copy of "British Columbia Corrections Service Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue". Document provides guidelines on uniform specifications for correctional officers and staff. The last page of the document includes a copy of illustrations relating to uniform insignia and badges.

Creator: Province of British Columbia

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.614

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 28 Jun. 1977

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

British Columbia Gaol Service Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 16 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a sixteen page document titled "BRITISH COLUMBIA GAOL SERVICE / UNIFORM SPECIFICATIONS AND SCALE OF ISSUES". Document refers to uniform specifications for staff working at Oakalla Prison.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 16 p.

Material Details: includes 2p. table of contents

Scope and Content: Item consists of a sixteen page document titled "BRITISH COLUMBIA GAOL SERVICE / UNIFORM SPECIFICATIONS AND SCALE OF ISSUES". Document refers to uniform specifications for staff working at Oakalla Prison.

Creator: Province of British Columbia

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms; Public Services - Correctional

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.612

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [198-]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Annotations on document in blue ink

Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Century Park Museum Association

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Physical Description: 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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

Notes: 4 copies held: copy 4.

Digital Books

Corrections standards

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1978

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of records regarding Standards of Correctional Facilties for Juvenile and Adult Containment Facilties including memorandums between D. DeBelle; Ken Nygaard, Facilties Management; A.G. Gilmore, Client co-ordinator Planning and Leasing B.C. Buildings Corporation; meeting minut…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 cm of textual records

Material Details: File enclosed in brown duotang cover

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of records regarding Standards of Correctional Facilties for Juvenile and Adult Containment Facilties including memorandums between D. DeBelle; Ken Nygaard, Facilties Management; A.G. Gilmore, Client co-ordinator Planning and Leasing B.C. Buildings Corporation; meeting minutes re Security Systems and Hardware -- New Westminster Courthouse (April 7, 1978); hardware and furniture catalgues for prisons; prison floor plans for washrooms, dormitories and holding cells along with a series of handwritten notes.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.170

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 1978

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on cover title

Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 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 a view of Deer Lake looking southwest with Oakalla Prison Farm and Kingsway in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 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.: 556-471

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a view of Deer Lake looking southwest with Oakalla Prison Farm and Kingsway in the background.

Names: Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Gardiner, Robert

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Ed Eckley subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original)-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: 2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing pho…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original)-[1998]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ed Eckley subseries

Physical Description: 2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS2006-01

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing photographs of the Oakalla Prison Farm just after it was closed down and some photocopied images and text.

History: Edmund R. Eckley is believed to have worked as a logging manager in Tahsis, British Columbia. Later, he and his wife Teresa lived at 7810 Rayside Street in Burnaby. Ed was a volunteer interpreter at Burnaby Village Museum in the 1990s. He wrote the interpreters’ notes for the first temporary exhibit held in Stride Studios [1995] at the Burnaby Village Museum entitled “Captive Heritage Oakalla Revealed” which traced the history of Oakalla Prison from construction to closure. He also designed his own walking tour of the Oakalla site prior to it being torn down. On January 14, 1998 Ed presented "A Short History of the Oakalla Prison Farm" for the Burnaby Historical Society. Ed also served as vice-president and fundraising chair for Friends of Interurban 1223 until the project's completion in 2008. Teresa worked as a school teacher for the Burnaby School District until her retirement in 2004. Following retirement, Teresa and Ed moved to Vancouver, where they currently reside.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Creator: Eckley, Edmund R.

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries; MSS120, PC511

Facilities program for the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre : corrections branch Ministry of Attorney - general British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: March 1981

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (214 p.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a bound report titled: "Facilities Program", "Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" "Advance Planning and Research for Architecture for the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" "Corrections Branch" "Ministry of Attorney-General British Columbia"; prepared for B.C. Bu…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 3 cm of textual records (214 p.)

Material Details: illustrated

Scope and Content: Item consists of a bound report titled: "Facilities Program", "Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" "Advance Planning and Research for Architecture for the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre" "Corrections Branch" "Ministry of Attorney-General British Columbia"; prepared for B.C. Buildings Corporation by APRA, for March 1981.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.166

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: March 1981

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi

Scope and Content: Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under eac…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi

Scope and Content: Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under each (from left to right, top row) "Port Arms"; "Easy Ready" ; "Kneeling"; "Standing"; "Hip"; (from left to right middle row) "Easy Ready"; "Standing"; "Unloading"; "Instinctive "Chest""; "Instinctive Hip"; (from left to right bottom row)"Kneeling Tradional"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Sitting".

Subjects: Armament - Firearms; Armament Tools and Equipment (Firearm)

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent

Accession Code: BV991.45.44

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [198-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Panel with 14 photographs was originally enclosed within a thin wood frame with glass (60 x 74 cm) with photographs adhered to a blue sheet of poster board (56.2 x 70.8 cm - poster board was extremely faded; original colour can be seen as residue on backs of photographs); 14 colour photographs : 8.89 x 12.7 cm. Frame, glass and poster board disposed of due to poor condition. A reference photograph was created prior to destruction of frame and dismantling of photographs on board.; Individual photographs were removed from board and described at item level BV991.45.595 to .BV991.45.606

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Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training, [198-] thumbnail

F.R.C.C. job descriptions

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of various job descriptions for Fraser Regional Correctional Centre including; Control Supervisor; Shift Supervisor; Classification Officer; Living Unit Officer; Records Officer; Transport Officer; Records Clerk; Visiting Officer; Safety-Training Officer and Recreation Progr…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of copies of various job descriptions for Fraser Regional Correctional Centre including; Control Supervisor; Shift Supervisor; Classification Officer; Living Unit Officer; Records Officer; Transport Officer; Records Clerk; Visiting Officer; Safety-Training Officer and Recreation Program Supervisor.

Parallel Title: Fraser Regional Correctional Centre job description

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional; Public Services - Policing

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.173

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [198-]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Pages within file were removed from binder with title "F.R.R.C.C. job descriptions"

Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

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

Publication Date: 2020

Call Number: 371 CAR

1 image 1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection; Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 978-0-9781979-2-6

Call Number: 371 CAR

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

Place of Publication: Burnaby

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2020

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

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

Subjects: Education

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

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Digital Books

Inmate application form

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [198-]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a blank "Report to British Columbia Board of Parole / Inmate Application form".

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 p.

Material Details: carbonless copy paper; performated at top; master page in white, copy pages in green, yellow, pink, orange

Scope and Content: Item consists of a blank "Report to British Columbia Board of Parole / Inmate Application form".

Creator: Province of British Columbia

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.617

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [198-]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan by Kathy Bossort January 28, 2016 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1965-1980

Length: 0:09:07

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Mayor Corrigan talking about his education at UBC as an undergraduate majoring in philosophy and political science and later as a law student, and his early work experience as a prison guard at Oakalla Prison and later articling for Jim Lorimer. He tells about…

1 audio

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview is about Mayor Corrigan talking about his education at UBC as an undergraduate majoring in philosophy and political science and later as a law student, and his early work experience as a prison guard at Oakalla Prison and later articling for Jim Lorimer. He tells about how these formative events impacted his life. He also talks about moving to Burnaby in 1977, originally to the Stoney Creek area and then to the South Slope area.

Date Range: 1965-1980

Length: 0:09:07

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lorimer, James G "Jim"

Subjects: Education; Occupations

Planning Study Area: Lyndhurst Area; Sussex-Nelson Area

Interviewer: Bossort, Kathy

Interview Date: January 28, 2016

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Mayor Derek Corrigan conducted by Kathy Bossort. Derek Corrigan was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Mayor Corrigan talking about the history and value of protecting the environment and green space in Burnaby, and the different positions held by the City and SFU about land use and control on Burnaby Mountain between 1964 and 1995. He talks about the increasing awareness that a solution needed to be found that gave certainty to the protection of the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain. Mayor Corrigan also talks about what conservation means to him, the role that the Centennial Pavilion area plays on Burnaby Mountain, and the future for the urban forest on Burnaby Mountain. Other topics include his childhood, education, formative events in his life, and his career in politics.

Biographical Notes: Derek Corrigan was born and grew up in Vancouver. He attended a number of elementary schools in East Vancouver, Queen Elizabeth Elementary School (Gr. 4-7) and Sir Charles Tupper High School. He attended UBC, majoring in philosophy and political science, and after travel in Europe, successfully applied to enter law school without completing his bachelors degree. He graduated in 1977, articled with Jim Lorimer in Burnaby and was called to the bar in 1978. In 1977 Derek Corrigan and his wife Kathy moved to Burnaby, first to the Stoney Creek neighborhood and then to a home on the South Slope where they raised their family of four children. Derek Corrigan first ran for Burnaby Council in 1979 with the Burnaby Citizens Association, and after three more tries was elected to council in 1987. He has served Burnaby for 28 years, first as a councillor and then as mayor since 2002. During his career he has served on many committees at the local, regional and national levels.

Total Tracks: 9

Total Length: 1:31:24

Interviewee Name: Corrigan, Derek

Interview Location: Mayor’s office at Burnaby City Hall

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.