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![Gung Haggis Fat Choy, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1866-1.jpg?width=280)
Gung Haggis Fat Choy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96169
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Todd Wong on the Simon Fraser University campus, posing in a SFU T-shirt and kilt with a dragon puppet and other objects. Wong was the founder of "Gung Haggis Fat Choy," a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1866
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Todd Wong on the Simon Fraser University campus, posing in a SFU T-shirt and kilt with a dragon puppet and other objects. Wong was the founder of "Gung Haggis Fat Choy," a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year.
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1866-1: "Todd Wong, aka Toddish McWong, is getting ready to celebrate Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a convergence of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year that he cooked up while trying to come up with an idea for "a really good house party" when he was a student at Simon Fraser University."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1866-2: "Todd Wong, aka Toddish McWong, dreamed up Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year, while he was a student at Simon Fraser University in the early 1990s. The school will celebrate the newfound holiday with the first Gung Haggis Fat Choy Canadian Games, feature dragoncart races, a lion dance, highland dancers and bag pipers, at Convocation Mall on Jan. 28."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- University Drive
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Gung Haggis Fat Choy, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1866-1.jpg)
![Agatha Van de Starre, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2968.jpg?width=280)
Agatha Van de Starre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97685
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Agatha Van de Starre, a member of the Burnaby Speed Skating Club, posing with a pair of skates next to the sign for Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2968
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Agatha Van de Starre, a member of the Burnaby Speed Skating Club, posing with a pair of skates next to the sign for Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain.
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Agatha Van de Starre, of the Burnaby Speedskating Club, looks forward to the possibility that Simon Fraser University could be the home for a new Olympic speedskating oval, as part of the Vancouver/Whistler bid for the 2010 Winter Games."
- Geographic Access
- University Drive
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Agatha Van de Starre, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2968.jpg)
Interview with Maureen Olofson by Kathy Bossort October 14, 2015 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory570
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1942-1952
- Length
- 0:14:54
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the operation and location of the Olofson’s mink ranch, the challenges of raising mink, and when the family gave up the farm in 1950/51. She describes how she and her sister Anita Lea used a bicycle to go to school.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the interview is about Maureen Olofson’s description of the operation and location of the Olofson’s mink ranch, the challenges of raising mink, and when the family gave up the farm in 1950/51. She describes how she and her sister Anita Lea used a bicycle to go to school.
- Date Range
- 1942-1952
- Length
- 0:14:54
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
- Interviewer
- Bossort, Kathy
- Interview Date
- October 14, 2015
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of an interview with Maureen Olofson conducted by Kathy Bossort. Maureen Olofson was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Maureen Olofson’s memories of growing up on her parent’s Burnaby Mountain mink ranch between 1942 and 1950 and about the operation of the farm. She also talks about her parents’ history, her teaching career, and her thoughts about the beauty and value of Burnaby Mountain’s natural area.
- Biographical Notes
- Maureen Olofson was born 1938 in Glote, Harjedalen, Sweden, to Axel (1906-1998) and Kerstin Margareta (1906-1980). Axel and Kerstin Olofson, who had separately immigrated to Canada in 1928 and 1913 respectively, married in Canada and then returned to Sweden where Maureen was born. They moved to Burnaby in 1942 with their daughters Maureen and Anita Lea, and bought land and a mink ranch on Burnaby Mountain with their partners Gus Skofteby and Karin Ericksson (Kerstin’s sister). The GAK Fur Farm, located in the old Hastings Grove subdivision on 4th Avenue near Curtis Street, was one of the largest mink ranches in BC, an award winning operation with over 1200 mink animals. In 1950 the partners sold the land and the Olofson family moved to rented homes on Sperling Avenue. In 1952 Axel sold the last of his minks and opened a sporting goods store on Hastings Street. In 1954 the family moved to North Vancouver where Axel Olofson reestablished his sports business. Maureen attended Sperling Avenue School from Gr. 1 to Gr. 8 and Burnaby North High School to Gr. 11, completing school in North Vancouver, before going to UBC where she trained as a teacher. She returned to Burnaby in 1977 to teach, retiring in 1997. She is a volunteer with the Swedish Canadian Rest Home Association and the Dania Homes Society. Maureen continues to enjoy activities on Burnaby Mountain and works toward preserving the natural beauty of the mountain.
- Total Tracks
- 8
- Total Length
- 1:19:04
- Interviewee Name
- Olofson, B. Maureen
- Interview Location
- Maureen Olofson's home in Burnaby
- 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.
- Collection/Fonds
- Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
Audio Tracks
Track two of interview with Maureen Olofson
Track two of interview with Maureen Olofson
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS196-004/MSS196-004_Track_2.mp3![SFU Terry Fox Run, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2849.jpg?width=280)
SFU Terry Fox Run
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97510
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Simon Fraser University students and staff walking on the Terry Fox Field running track, next to the SFU gymnasium, during the university's Terry Fox Run.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2849
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Simon Fraser University students and staff walking on the Terry Fox Field running track, next to the SFU gymnasium, during the university's Terry Fox Run.
- Subjects
- Persons - Students
- Events - Fundraising
- Buildings - Schools - Universities and Colleges
- Geographic Features - Athletic Fields
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Students, staff and faculty at Simon Fraser University honor the spirit of Terry Fox at their own Terry Fox Run on Wednesday. The University, where Fox was a student before he embarked on his cross-country journey, also unveiled a new statue of Fox, in the Academic Quadrangle."
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- University Drive
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![SFU Terry Fox Run, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2849.jpg)
![Simon Fraser University convocation, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2879-1.jpg?width=280)
Simon Fraser University convocation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97540
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of fall convocation ceremonies at Simon Fraser University. Photographs depict graduands walking across the university campus and down the steps to Convocation Mall; portraits of unidentified graduands and others involved in the convocation; and Daniel Igali in an SFU Wrest…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2879
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of fall convocation ceremonies at Simon Fraser University. Photographs depict graduands walking across the university campus and down the steps to Convocation Mall; portraits of unidentified graduands and others involved in the convocation; and Daniel Igali in an SFU Wrestling shirt, holding up his Olympic gold medal.
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in an October 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- University Drive
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Simon Fraser University convocation, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2879-1.jpg)
![Simon Fraser University graduation, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3207-1.jpg?width=280)
Simon Fraser University graduation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98128
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of graduating Simon Fraser University students, in caps and gowns, walking in a procession on the footbridge over the pond by the Academic Quadrangle.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3207
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of graduating Simon Fraser University students, in caps and gowns, walking in a procession on the footbridge over the pond by the Academic Quadrangle.
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- University Drive
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
Images
![Simon Fraser University graduation, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3207-1.jpg)