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on the uncededandancestrallandsofthehenqeminem-and Skwxwu7mesh-speaking peoples. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby explores the diverse roots of the City’s history through the voices of Chinese Canadian community members sharing stories about their families, busi- nesses and community organizations. The publication of the book

Canadian community organizations, including Burnaby Chinese Canadian farmers and grocery store owners who were members of trade associations, such as the Lower Mainland Farmers Co-Operative, and the Lower Mainland Independent Grocers Association. Listen to Colonel Howe Lee’s story. LISTEN ? DID YOU KNOW

lost in action. These three Chapters were able to provide many little luxuries and services for Burnaby men in uniform and their families. Mrs. Peers, senior, held office in the I.O.D.E. until she was 79 years old. Thus it was not only the land called "Burnaby" but the government and organizations

and housekeeping. They tended backyard fruit and vegetable gardens, and raised chickens or other small livestock. Although men’s farming organizations in Burnaby had declined by the 1920s, Women’s Institutes—a popular organization for rural women— thrived in several neighbourhoods to provide social and practical

created, or joined, Indigenous political organizations to protest encroachment on their lands and alienation from their resources. For example, in 1906 several Coast and Interior Salish Nations joined together to send a small delegation to England to petition King Edward about their shared concerns over