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Oakalla district director's office post review

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1974]

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of "Post Review" from Oakalla District Director's Office. The Post Review is divided into four sections; Section One: Organization Chart; Section Two: Current List of Posts; Section Three: Job Descriptions and Section Four: Floor Plan.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: .5 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of "Post Review" from Oakalla District Director's Office. The Post Review is divided into four sections; Section One: Organization Chart; Section Two: Current List of Posts; Section Three: Job Descriptions and Section Four: Floor Plan.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional; Public Services - Policing

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Responsibility: Province of British Columbia

Accession Code: BV991.45.175

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1974]

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Transcribed title

Burnaby Works Yard

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 20, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of garbage trucks, other City vehicles, and construction equipment in a parking lot at the Laurel Street Works Yard. The photograph is taken facing north, from a high point.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 20, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-600

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2017-57

Scope and Content: Photograph of garbage trucks, other City vehicles, and construction equipment in a parking lot at the Laurel Street Works Yard. The photograph is taken facing north, from a high point.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Public Services - Public Works; Transportation - Trucks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Chapman, Fred

Notes: Title taken from project information form; Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm); BPL no. 50

Geographic Access: Laurel Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Burnaby Works Yard

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 20, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Laurel Street Works Yard. The photograph is taken from a high point, facing southwest. The photograph shows pipes and other pieces of construction materials stacked on a paved area, with the residential neighbourhood visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 20, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-609

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2017-57

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Laurel Street Works Yard. The photograph is taken from a high point, facing southwest. The photograph shows pipes and other pieces of construction materials stacked on a paved area, with the residential neighbourhood visible in the background.

Subjects: Public Services - Public Works; Construction Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Surridge, Jack

Notes: Title taken from project information form; Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm); BPL no. 59

Geographic Access: Laurel Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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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

Jail cell bars from first Burnaby jail

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of jail cell bars after being removed from the former Burnaby jail that was located in the Burnaby Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds. The jail cell bars were being considered for Heritage Village that was constructed in 1971.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of jail cell bars after being removed from the former Burnaby jail that was located in the Burnaby Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds. The jail cell bars were being considered for Heritage Village that was constructed in 1971.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Accession Code: BV022.9.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-03-15

Photographer: Lott, Richard

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "1st Bby jail bars / & rocks / 1970 / prep for Heritage / Village"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "78IH"

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Jail cell bars from first Burnaby jail

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of jail cell bars after being removed from the former Burnaby jail that was located in the Burnaby Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds. The jail cell bars were being considered for Heritage Village that was constructed in 1971.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of jail cell bars after being removed from the former Burnaby jail that was located in the Burnaby Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds. The jail cell bars were being considered for Heritage Village that was constructed in 1971.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Accession Code: BV022.9.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-03-15

Photographer: Lott, Richard

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "1st Bby jail bars & / rocks / 1970 / prep for Heritage / Village"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "78IH"

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Jail cell bars from first Burnaby jail

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of jail cell bars after being removed from the former Burnaby jail that was located in the Burnaby Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds. The jail cell bars were being considered for Heritage Village that was constructed in 1971.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of jail cell bars after being removed from the former Burnaby jail that was located in the Burnaby Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds. The jail cell bars were being considered for Heritage Village that was constructed in 1971.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Accession Code: BV022.9.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-03-15

Photographer: Lott, Richard

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "1st Bby jail rocks & bars / prep for Heritage / Village /1970"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "78IH"

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Jail cell spring mechanism from first Burnaby jail

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1970]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of jail cell spring mechanism after being removed from the former Burnaby jail that was located in the Burnaby Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds. The jail cell spring mechanism was considered for Heritage Village that was constructed in 1971.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of jail cell spring mechanism after being removed from the former Burnaby jail that was located in the Burnaby Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds. The jail cell spring mechanism was considered for Heritage Village that was constructed in 1971.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Accession Code: BV022.9.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1970]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-03-15

Photographer: Lott, Richard

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "1st Bby jail / bars/rocks / 1970"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "78IH"

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Jail cell spring mechanism from first Burnaby jail, [1970] thumbnail

Memorandum re staff clothing cost

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 22 Jul. 1977

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one page facsimile memorandum from H.M. Miller, Director, Resource Analysis Section of the Corrections Branch Head Office to Regional Directors of Corrections and Institutional Directors Re: "Staff Clothing Cost - FY 1977-78 / Suggested Budget Level".

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Material Details: original copy printed on fax paper

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one page facsimile memorandum from H.M. Miller, Director, Resource Analysis Section of the Corrections Branch Head Office to Regional Directors of Corrections and Institutional Directors Re: "Staff Clothing Cost - FY 1977-78 / Suggested Budget Level".

Creator: Province of British Columbia

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms; Public Services - Correctional

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.611

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 22 Jul. 1977

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14-Jun-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Memorandum re uniform specifications and scale of issue

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 20 Jan. 1975

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of a memorandum addressed to "All Directors - Correctional Centres" from the Executive Director, B.G. Robinson, Corrections Branch Head Office re: "Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue". Memorandum includes correspondence cover page along with a copy of "Corrections Bra…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Material Details: facsimilie paper; 58 pages (includes table of contents)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of a memorandum addressed to "All Directors - Correctional Centres" from the Executive Director, B.G. Robinson, Corrections Branch Head Office re: "Uniform Specifications and Scale of Issue". Memorandum includes correspondence cover page along with a copy of "Corrections Branch / Staff / Uniform and Clothing Specifications".

Creator: Province of British Columbia

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional; Clothing - Uniforms

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.618

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 20 Jan. 1975

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14-Jun-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Proceedings of Citizens Committee on Oakalla Lands

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2 Mar. 1978

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of a transcript of proceedings of the Citizens Committee on Oakalla Lands. Committee members include; Elwood N. Veitch, M.L.A. (Chairman); Burnaby Mayor, Tom Constable; Lorne A. Fingarson; Ken Norwood; Donald N. Brown; Mrs. Pat Parliament (secretary). Transcript of proceedin…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 cm of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of a transcript of proceedings of the Citizens Committee on Oakalla Lands. Committee members include; Elwood N. Veitch, M.L.A. (Chairman); Burnaby Mayor, Tom Constable; Lorne A. Fingarson; Ken Norwood; Donald N. Brown; Mrs. Pat Parliament (secretary). Transcript of proceedings is signed by Official Court Reporter, H.E. Bemister. Transcript is comprised of presentations made by representatives from the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Chamber of Commerce, Marr Bing and Associates, B.C. Federation of Fly Fishers and the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission regarding the future use of Oakalla lands

Publisher: Allwest Reporting Ltd.

Subjects: Public Services - Correctional

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.619

Access Restriction: Subject to FIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FIPPA

Date: 2 Mar. 1978

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Bound report, pages are numbered 30 to 105; Copy of transcript printed by Allwest Reporting Ltd. 1193 Kingsway, Vancouver, B.C.

Purchase order re camp style uniforms

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 4 Apr. 1977

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 p. of textual records

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of a purchase order (facisimilie) for camp style uniforms from the Department of Finance Province of British Columbia to Gordon Campbell Ltd. The purchase order includes three pages with specifications for camp style uniforms.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Oakalla Prison collection

Series: Oakalla correctional facility records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 p. of textual records

Material Details: facsimilie paper

Scope and Content: Item consists of a copy of a purchase order (facisimilie) for camp style uniforms from the Department of Finance Province of British Columbia to Gordon Campbell Ltd. The purchase order includes three pages with specifications for camp style uniforms.

Creator: Province of British Columbia

Subjects: Clothing - Uniforms; Public Services - Correctional

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm; Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre

Accession Code: BV991.45.615

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 4 Apr. 1977

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: June 14, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Interview with Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (m4a) (118 min., 39 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (115 min., 20 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of an oral history interview with Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill and their daughter, Prem Kaur Gill conducted by interviewers, Anushay Malik and Rajdeep. The interview is conducted in English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. The three members of the Gill family share the…

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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 (m4a) (118 min., 39 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (115 min., 20 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewers: Anushay Malik, Rajdeep Interviewees: Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill Location of Interview: Gill family residence on Warwick Avenue in Burnaby Interview Date: November 11, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: (1:58:39) Digital master recording (m4a) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of an oral history interview with Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill and their daughter, Prem Kaur Gill conducted by interviewers, Anushay Malik and Rajdeep. The interview is conducted in English, Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu. The three members of the Gill family share their ancestral background, their personal experiences immigrating to Canada, living in Burnaby and working in British Columbia as South Asian immigrants. 00:00 – 27:34 Santokh “Gurmail” Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill share their migration stories and experiences living and working in British Columbia as South Asian immigrants and their eldest child, Prem Kaur Gill shares her own experiences as a child of South Asian immigrants and growing up in British Columbia as a South Asian Canadian. Gurmail Singh Gill was born in the District of Jalandhar and Mohinder Kaur Gill was born in Hoshiapur of the Indian state of Punjab. Gurmail describes how he moved from India to England with his family in 1957, immigrated to Canada from England in 1966, married his wife Mohinder in England in 1968 and brought his family (parents and two siblings) to Canada from England in 1970 and other relatives including his wife’s family in the 1970s and 1980s. Mohinder and Gurmail Gill recollect their arranged marriage in England in 1968, their immigration process and explain how they arrived in Burnaby residing with a cousin at 4649 Georgia Street until they were able to purchase their own home after a few years. Gurmail shares names and connections to the relatives that came to British Columbia before him. Gurmail and Mohinder tell how they lived in the basement of the house and rented out the upper floor to save money. The couple recall what they brought with them when they immigrated to Canada and Mohinder Kaur Gill tells of how before leaving India, she and her mother made a special rajai for her to take with her. Mohinder describes the process of making a rajai (a quilted blanket that was made by hand). Gurmail and Mohinder Gill talk about the challenges that they’ve experienced as new immigrants including not being fluent in English, the cold weather and not having very many family or friends nearby to provide support. They attended the Gurdwara on Ross Street or Akali Singh Sikh Society Gurdwara on Skeena in Vancouver. They explain how there was limited access to grocery stores that supplied Punjabi and Indian spices and other cooking supplies. They talk about how they used a food mill and mortar and pestle to grind their own spices and flour and how Mohinder often made traditional sweets like barfi and laddo and pakoras using pea flour when they couldn’t get Besan flour. 27:35 – 36:11 Gurmail provides more details on his family’s immigration story, including names of relatives, how his six siblings and parents all immigrated to British Columbia in 1970 and how in the early 1970s and mid 1980’s Gurmail and his family sponsored approximately 70 friends and relations from India (including Mohinder’s family) to immigrate to Canada. When Mohinder’s family arrived they lived with them in their house until they were able to purchase property next door and build their own home. Children in the families all attended elementary and high school in Burnaby which now amounts to three generations. 36:12 – 59:28 Gurmail and Mohinder Gill talk about their experiences of racial discrimination. Gurmail recalls members of the South Asian community, Dr. Hari Prakash Sharma, Harinder Mahil and Charan Gill starting the British Columbia Organization to Fight Racism. Gurmail tells of how he got involved contributing some of his union dues as a member of CAIMAW (Canadian Association of Industrial Mechanical and Allied Workers Union- Local 15) and as a friend of Charan Gill and Raj Chouhan of the Canadian Farm Workers Union. Gurmail Gill explains how he was a founding member of CAIMAW and treasurer until the union merged with the Canadian Auto Workers Union (in 1991). Mohinder and Gurmail tell of how people from the South Asian community were discouraged from wearing Punjabi dresses or head coverings for fear of being yelled at with racial slurs and how it was often scary to go outside. Many from their community often avoided attending the Akali Singh Gurdwara since a head covering was required and people were afraid of being a target. Gurmail provides details about his work with A1 Steel, how different unions were formed pertaining to various skillsets and jobs per company and how he became a member of CAIMAW Local 15 (foundry workers). Mohinder recollects her experiences as a mother, the daily tasks involved and friends that she made who’d also emigrated from Punjab. Mohinder describes how she designed and sewed many Punjabi dresses using her electric sewing machine and how she learned English by attending adult classes at a church on Commercial Drive. Mohinder and her mother attended the classes for two hours per day for six years at a cost of twelve dollars for ten weeks. Once Mohinder could speak a little English, she started working and was able to practice more. 59:29 – 1:06:08 Mohinder, Gurmail and Prem talk about some of their favourite traditional foods including corn roti and spinach curry and how they grow many of their own vegetables including peppers, eggplant, saag (spinach), onions, garlic, cilantro, zucchini, squash and fenugreek. Mohinder reflects on how access to Punjabi clothing and fabric stores in Vancouver has changed and that ready made food is now more available. Traditional foods were previously made from scratch with women gathering together and cooking for hours and now it’s gotten easier but more expensive and less of a community feel. 1:06:09- 1:55:20 Mohinder and Gurmail Gill discuss and share their perspectives and experiences on raising a family in the past versus today. Gurmail imparts that all of his siblings became educated and secured professional careers while he continued to work in the trades. Prem Kaur Gill shares her own experiences growing up and attending school in Burnaby. Gurmail and Mohinder Gill recall the type of suitcase that they brought with them when they immigrated and how they recently they got rid of it. Gurmail and the group reflect and discuss the confusion with racial identity terms that have been used in this country. They comment that South Asians were referred to as “Hindu” and “East Indian” and Indigenous peoples were referred to as “Indian” and the controversy and racism behind some of these terms. The group discusses the impact of the caste system and other discriminatory experiences and compare their experiences of living in England to living in Canada. Prem comments on how it’s just recently that South Asian customs, celebrations and practices have been recognized and celebrated here in Canada, like Diwali and yoga. They comment on how much of the language, culture and customs have been retained in Surrey where many can still communicate in Punjabi and don’t need to be fluent in English. The group discusses how many South Asians immigrants first lived and worked in Vancouver but with rising property prices many moved to Surrey expanding and establishing a much larger South Asian community with resources. The group discusses and compares the differing travel routes that many of them and their relatives took when immigrating and travelling between India and Canada. The group talks about Rajdeep’s ancestral village in India which is near the Gill village of Firozpur. Gurmail explains the origins and details behind his family name that was changed from “Shergill” to “Gill” and the name “Santokh” from his maternal side.

History: Interviewees' biographies: Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill was born in the District of Jalandhar in Punjab, India. Gurmail moved to England with his family in 1957 and immigrated to British Columbia in 1966. Gurmail married his wife, Mohinder Kaur Gill in England in 1968 and she immigrated to British Columbia from England soon after. Gurmail first lived with a cousin in Burnaby before purchasing a home of his own in Burnaby where he raised his family. Gurmail worked in the steel industry and was a member and treasurer of the CAIMAW before the union merged with the Canadian Auto Workers Union. Mohinder Kaur Gill was born in the Hoshiapur in Punjab, India. She married her husband Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill in England in 1968 and immigrated to Burnaby, British Columbia to join her husband. Mohinder and Gurmail Gill have four children, all born in Burnaby. Prem Kaur Gill was born in Burnaby in 1969 and is the eldest child of Santokh "Gurmail" Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill. Prem grew up and attended school in Burnaby. 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”. Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Clothing; Foods; Indigenous peoples; Buildings - Religious - Temples; Food Processing Tools and Equipment; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Migration; Occupations; Organizations - Unions

Names: Gill, Prem Kaur; Gill, Mohinder Kaur; Gill, Santokh "Gurmail" Singh

Responsibility: Rajdeep; Malik, Anushay

Accession Code: BV022.29.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcript available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum; Indian Family System Reference notes: Baba = informal way to say grandfather; old man Bibi = informal way to say grandmother; old woman Dada= paternal grandfather Dadi= paternal grandmother Dadke= paternal family members; paternal side (Various spellings might exist for the following terms) Thaiyya= father’s elder brother (uncle) Thaiyyi= father’s elder brother’s wife (aunt) Chacha= father’s younger brother (uncle) Chachi= father’s younger brother’s wife (aunt) Bua= father’s sister (older or younger) (aunt) Phuphar= father’s sister’s husband (uncle) Nana= maternal grandfather Nani= maternal grandmother Nanke/nanka= maternal family members; maternal side Mama= mom’s brother (older or younger) (uncle) Mami= mom’s brother’s wife (aunt) Maasi= mom’s sister (older or younger) (aunt) Maasard= mom’s sister’s husband (uncle)

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Interview with Prem Kaur Gill, Santokh Singh Gill and Mohinder Kaur Gill, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 11 Nov. 2022

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0002_002.mp3

Model TW1625 Sta-fresh applicator

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [29 Feb 1972]

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a "Model TW1625 STA-Fresh Applicator". This machine was a low volume wax applicator specifically formulated for fruits such as citrus.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Cecil Lee business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a "Model TW1625 STA-Fresh Applicator". This machine was a low volume wax applicator specifically formulated for fruits such as citrus.

Subjects: Food Processing Tools and Equipment; Agriculture - Fruit and Berries

Accession Code: BV019.6.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [29 Feb 1972]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 29-Sept-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Applicator - Low Vol. Wax"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Feb 29 1972"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads:; Sticker in upper right corner of photograph reads: "MODEL TW1625 STA-FRESH APPLICATOR / 24" Width Tranverse Type with WP 1812 Pump Pack"; Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee

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Arminson, George - Burnaby Sanitation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1970

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Arminson from Burnaby Sanitation.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1970

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1290

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Arminson from Burnaby Sanitation.

Subjects: Public Services - Sewerages; Public Services - Municipal Services

Names: Armison, George

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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A history of policing in Burnaby : 1892 - 1950 : with an emphasis on the years 1892 - 1935

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Trainer, Mary, 1948-

Publication Date: March, 1975

Call Number: 363.2 TRA Copy 2

1 document

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: HV979.47.2

Call Number: 363.2 TRA Copy 2

Author: Trainer, Mary, 1948-

Contributor: Bussey, Anthea J.

Place of Publication: [Burnaby]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: March, 1975

Physical Description: 64 p. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Police; Biography

Subjects: Occupations; Occupations - Police Officers; Public Services - Policing; Public Services

Names: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Notes: "Anthea J. Bussey Editor" -- title page.; "Prepared for members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Burnaby Detachment, in honour of the Centennial of the RCMP May 23, 1873 - May 23, 1973"; Includes bibliographical references.