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Scope and Content: Item consists of an oral history interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. Raj Chouhan shares his ancestral background and personal experiences immigrating to Canada from India in 1973 and living and working in Canada as an immigrant…

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: South Asian Canadian Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (49 min., 21 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Kate Petrusa Interviewee: Honourable Raj Chouhan Location of Interview: Residence of Honourable Raj Chouhan Interview Date: December 2, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: (00:49:21) Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of an oral history interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Assistant Curator, Kate Petrusa. Raj Chouhan shares his ancestral background and personal experiences immigrating to Canada from India in 1973 and living and working in Canada as an immigrant and the organizations that he became involved with. Honourable Raj Chouhan recalls how he arrived in Burnaby with his family in 1973 and that his family worked in farming. Chouhan imparts his first hand experiences as a new immigrant working as a labourer in the farming industry and describes the unsafe and unfair working conditions that he and migrant workers faced. Chouhan conveys how this experience lead him to become an activist for better working conditions for migrant workers. This lead Chouhan and others to form the Canadian Farm Workers Union in 1980. Chouhan recollects his experiences flying from India to Canada with his wife, his first impressions after arriving in Vancouver and driving to Burnaby and what he brought with him. Chouhan explains his connections to Burnaby. Members of Chouhan's wife's family immgrated to Canada in 1957 and his wife and her three brothers joined them in 1970. Chouhan's father in law, Hardial Singh Grewal immigrated in 1957 and became president of the Sikh temple in New Westminster. Hardial Singh Grewal worked in a lumber mill in Vancouver and eventually bought a house in Burnaby. Chouhan married to his wife at the Sikh temple in New Westminster and lived in Burnaby for a period before moving to New Westminster where they could find more affordable housing. Chouhan shares that he first worked as a farm labourer in Abbotsford and then found a job in the sawmill which paid more. Chouhan describes the extreme racism and discrimination that he and other immigrants faced which lead to the formation of the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism under the leadership of Dr. Hari Prakash Sharma. Chouhan describes this organization that he was a part of and the Canadian Farm Workers Union that were both formed in Burnaby. Chouhan shares that he moved to Victoria in 1988 to serve on the Hospital Employee's Union and moved back to the mainland in 1993 and returned to Burnaby in 2001. Chouhan reflects on the history of South Asian immigration in Canada, how many of the migrants settled in the lower mainland including Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver establishing temples in Vancouver and New Westminster which became the centre for the South Asian community. He conveys how earlier occupations were limited to farming and millwork and how over time employment opportunities and education have broadened but there is still work to do. He imparts how second generation Canadians’ experiences differ from first generations providing examples of his own daughters’ and the occupations that they are working in. Chouhan provides his insights into the South Asian Canadian experience imparting “We make history every day and that history needs to be recorded and learned from.."... “People from different communities, different backgrounds who lived in Burnaby have contributed so much and South Asians are just like another community and participated in all aspects of social life, cultural, religious, economy. I'm so proud of our community, our forefathers who had that vision to fight for our rights. I'm inspired by people who struggled so much to gain basic rights, like the right to vote". Chouhan refers to these first immigrants as “Gadri Babbas” “revolutionary old people” who were also the main motivation that lead to India becoming a free country in 1947 and for fighting for basic rights here in Canada and how they made their contributions for future generations. Chouhan expresses what he imparts to students “Do not forget your past... if you remember your past then you are much more knowledgeable. Then we know what we need for the future. If we don't know the past, we don't know what the future is going to be like. To make a better future, you have to learn from the past and improve".

History: Interviewee biography: Honourable Raj Chouhan was born in the city of Ludhiana in the Province of Punjab in India and immigrated to Canada in 1973. After arriving in Canada, Raj's family settled in Burnaby. Raj grew up in Burnaby and attended schoool. Honourable Raj Chouhan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2020. He was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on December 7, 2020. Honourable Chouhan is the founding president of the Canadian Farmworkers Union and the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism and has served as a director of the Hospital Employees' Union, the Labour Relations Board of B.C. and the Arbitration Bureau of B.C. Honourable Chouhan has also served as the Vice President of B.C. Human Rights Defenders since 2003 and has taught courses in Human Rights, the B.C. Labour Code and Collective Bargaining since 1987. Interviewer biography: Kate Petrusa is the Assistant Curator at the Burnaby Village Museum. In her role, she manages all aspects of the collection – including caring for physical artifacts and making their digital counterpart accessible. Before coming to Burnaby Village Museum in 2019, Kate has worked at several Museums around the Lower Mainland as a Curator and contractor since 2013.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - South Asian Canadians; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Occupations - Agricultural Labourers; Migration; Organizations - Unions; Rights; Rights - Human Rights; Agriculture; Agriculture - Farms; Government - Provincial Government; Government

Names: Chouhan, Raj; British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism; Sharma, Dr. Hari Prakash; Grewal, Hardial Singh; Canadian Farmworkers Union; Hospital Employees Union; Khalsa Diwan Society

Responsibility: Petrusa, Kate

Accession Code: BV022.29.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby

Documents

2022_0029_0004_003

Audio Tracks

Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0004_002.mp3

Using Auxiliary Policemen for Point Duty Control During Rush Periods

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport43232

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38913

Meeting Date: 1-Apr-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38913

Meeting Date: 1-Apr-1957

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 38913

1-Apr-1957 Meeting Minutes

Summer Camp Training Periods for Municipal Employees who are also Members of the Reserve Forces of Canada

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42283

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38192

Meeting Date: 8-Apr-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 38192

Meeting Date: 8-Apr-1958

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 38192

8-Apr-1958 Meeting Minutes

Bylaw Number: 4858 - Debenture Bylaw No 7, 1965

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw19511

Repository: Legislative Services

Bylaw Number: 4858

Final Adoption: 1965 Nov 29

Format: Bylaws - Adopted

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

1 document

Repository: Legislative Services

Bylaw Number: 4858

Final Adoption: 1965 Nov 29

Format: Bylaws - Adopted

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

Documents

Bylaw 4858

Revenue and Expenditure

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport30879

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23412

Meeting Date: 3-May-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 31

Item No.: 2

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23412

Meeting Date: 3-May-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 31

Item No.: 2

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

Documents

Report 23412

3-May-1971 Meeting Minutes

Access to and from Deer Lake Avenue (Krause)

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport30679

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23632

Meeting Date: 28-Jun-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 43

Item No.: 25

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23632

Meeting Date: 28-Jun-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 43

Item No.: 25

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

Documents

Report 23632

28-Jun-1971 Meeting Minutes

(a) Flood Control (b) Local Improvement Financing Fund

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport30137

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 24075

Meeting Date: 15-Nov-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 73

Item No.: 10

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

1 document

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 24075

Meeting Date: 15-Nov-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 73

Item No.: 10

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

Documents

15-Nov-1971 Meeting Minutes

newspaper

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91265

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.232.32

1 image 1 document

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.232.32

Description: newspaper; one sheet of newsprint; black ink printed on two sides; heading on first page reads: "The NEWS"; text beneath heading reads: "Vol. 3 - No. 1_HERITAGE VILLAGE, BURNABY B.C., SUMMER 1976"; news items are arranged in columns with headings; Centre headline on first page reads: "A PIONEER REMEMBERS / Recollections of Mr. Murdoch McMurray"; credits in top right corner on verso of front page reads: "THE NEWS / Published Periodically / THE NEWS ART PUBLISHING / COMPANY / HILL STREET, HERITAGE VILLAGE / BURNABY, B.C. BRITISH COLUMBIA / M. McInall...Editior / K. Sens.... Ass't Editor / P. McGeachie...Writer / Terry G. Gamble & / Victor L. Brice...Linotype / R. McCrae... Printer / T. Lamb and W. Lamb...Presssmen / Bill Henderson... Typography". Content within this edition of the newspaper covers events that occurred in the early 1900's, with a focus on local events as well as Heritage Village news in the Summer 1976.

Object History: Newspaper was printed on a printing press inside Heritage Village News and Art Printing shop and was donated by a member of the Burnaby '71 Centennial Committee. In 1984, the Century Park Museum Association was renamed Burnaby Village Museum Association and Heritage Village Museum was renamed Burnaby Village Museum.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents

Object Term: Serial

Measurements: Length: 43 cm x Width: 28 cm

Maker: Heritage Village

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Burnaby

Title: The News

Publication Date: 1976

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers

Names: Burnaby Village Museum

Images

Documents

1976_0232_0032_001

newspaper

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91269

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.232.34

1 image 1 document

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.232.34

Description: newspaper; one sheet of newsprint folded in half; black ink printed both sides; pages numbered 2-4; heading on cover page reads: "THE HERITAGE VILLAGE / NEWS"; "VOLUME 6 - NUMBER 1 SPECIAL EDITIOIN: CHRISTMAS 1977_Price 10 Cents"; image on cover at top of Heritage Village bandstand; page 2 (verso of cover) includes publishing credits: "THE NEWS / PUBLISHED PERIODICALLY / THE NEWS ART PUBLISHING / COMPANY / HILL STREET, HERITAGE VILLAGE / BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA / Editor- R. MacPherson / Writer - P. McGeachie / Composite- D. Lovell / Printers - R. McCrae / B. Henderson, D. Lovell". Content covers news articles taken from various newspapers [between 1892 and 1920] along with a few advertisements and articles regarding Heritage Village and the Century Park Museum Associaton December 1977.

Object History: Newspaper was printed on a printing press inside Heritage Village News and Art Printing shop and was donated by a member of the Burnaby '71 Centennial Committee. The newspaper was provided to visitors of Heritage Village and members of the Century Park Museum Association.