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Grace MacInnis receiving her honorary degree
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45520
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Grace MacInnis, in graduation gown and Cambridge bonnet, shaking hands with a chancellor as she receives her honorary degree from Simon Fraser University. She was a founding member of the CCF and served as an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 1945, on th…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-415
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Grace MacInnis, in graduation gown and Cambridge bonnet, shaking hands with a chancellor as she receives her honorary degree from Simon Fraser University. She was a founding member of the CCF and served as an MLA in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1941 to 1945, on the executive of the national CCF, and in the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of Parliament representing the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party from 1965 until her retirement in 1974. In 1974, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of a lifetime of service to Canada as teacher, author and parliamentarian".
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Graduations
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Whistler, Don
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Rhonda Miller receives Silver Medal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45436
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rhonda Maureen Miller receiving the Governor General's Silver Medal from Dr. Ralph F. Patterson, advisory council at the British Columbia Institute of Technology during the BCIT convocation ceremony. The British Columbia Institute of Technology student received the award for her outst…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 14.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-331
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rhonda Maureen Miller receiving the Governor General's Silver Medal from Dr. Ralph F. Patterson, advisory council at the British Columbia Institute of Technology during the BCIT convocation ceremony. The British Columbia Institute of Technology student received the award for her outstanding academic achievement in commuter programming.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Awards
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Whistler, Don
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "For her outstanding academic achievement in computer programming Rhonda Maureen Miller received the Governor General's Silver Medal at the BCIT convocation ceremony Friday night. Presenting the medal is R.F. Patterson, advisory council at the Burnaby school. On hand to present diplomas to the 1,075 graduates was Education Minister Donald Brothers. W.M. Hamilton, P.C. delivered the commencement address."
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area