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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3700
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.57
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3701
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a man and woman identified as Mr. and Mrs. Martinelli in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group are standing on the side walk in front of the Olympia Theatre (later known as the Roxy Th…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a man and woman identified as Mr. and Mrs. Martinelli in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group are standing on the side walk in front of the Olympia Theatre (later known as the Roxy Theatre) located at Nanaimo and Hastings Street in Vancouver.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Buildings - Commercial - Cinemas
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.58
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3703
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.4 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men standing outside on the site of a plywood and lumber manufacturing business in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.60
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3753
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The men appear to be standing on an industrial site.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The men appear to be standing on an industrial site.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.112
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Images
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3754
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appear to be standing on dock surrounding by pallets of lumber.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appear to be standing on dock surrounding by pallets of lumber.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Industries - Shipping
Structures - Piers and Wharfs
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.113
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3755
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appears to be standing on an idustrial site that processes plywood and lumber.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.9 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with a group of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968. The group appears to be standing on an idustrial site that processes plywood and lumber.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Industries
Industries - Logging/lumber
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.114
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Harold Winch campaigning in Vancouver East

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3756
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1968]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a couple of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 12.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch talking to a couple of men in his riding of Vancouver East during his re-election campaign for Member of Parliament in 1968.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Elections
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.115
Date
[1968]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Harold Winch representing Canada

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3739
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[195-?]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.1 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch at an unidentified conference or meeting with a "Canada" placard in front of him.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.1 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch at an unidentified conference or meeting with a "Canada" placard in front of him.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.96
Date
[195-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Meeting of Canadian Speaker's Council in Ottawa

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3716
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1957
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a group of men identified as the Canadian Speaker's Council. Harold Winch is identified in the last row.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a group of men identified as the Canadian Speaker's Council. Harold Winch is identified in the last row.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.73
Date
May 1957
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Nato - Germany

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3750
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1969
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 18.1 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a group of delegates and military personnel in front of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), a multinational military branch of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Contrary to the inscription on the photograph, SHAPE is located in Casteau, Belgium. H…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 18.1 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a group of delegates and military personnel in front of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), a multinational military branch of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Contrary to the inscription on the photograph, SHAPE is located in Casteau, Belgium. Harold Winch is second from right in the last row.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Public Services - Military Services
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
North Atlantic Treaty Organization "NATO"
Accession Code
BV013.12.108
Date
1969
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Ontario Place

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3694
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1969?]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a construction site at Ontario Place including five men and one woman. The men include Harold Winch and Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified as "Jean McPherson, CPA official." CPA most likely refers to the Commonwealth Parliamenta…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.8 x 17.8 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of a construction site at Ontario Place including five men and one woman. The men include Harold Winch and Dr. Gurdial Singh Dhillon, a member of Indian Parliament; the woman is identified as "Jean McPherson, CPA official." CPA most likely refers to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.51
Date
[1969?]
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
See photograph BV013.12.74.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Personal and political photograph album

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3657
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1972-1986
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 album (ca. 100 photographs)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph album containing ca. 100 photographs and ephemera, including both personal and work-related subjects such as cards from Harold and Jessie Winch's wedding, family vacations, newspaper clippings, and records relating to Winch's political career.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 album (ca. 100 photographs)
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph album containing ca. 100 photographs and ephemera, including both personal and work-related subjects such as cards from Harold and Jessie Winch's wedding, family vacations, newspaper clippings, and records relating to Winch's political career.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Winch, Jessie
Accession Code
BV013.12.14
Date
1972-1986
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph album
Images
Documents

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Political photographs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3649
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1938-1990], predominant 1938-1953
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
35 photographs : b&w + col. prints + slides
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs relating to Winch's political career, including professional portraits of Harold Winch, tourist photographs of Ottawa, and photographs of Winch with New Democratic Party (NDP) colleagues Dave Barrett (Premier of British Columbia, 1972-1975; also served as MLA and MP) an…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
File
Physical Description
35 photographs : b&w + col. prints + slides
Scope and Content
File consists of photographs relating to Winch's political career, including professional portraits of Harold Winch, tourist photographs of Ottawa, and photographs of Winch with New Democratic Party (NDP) colleagues Dave Barrett (Premier of British Columbia, 1972-1975; also served as MLA and MP) and Dave Stupich (served as MLA and MP). Includes a photograph taken by photographer Ken McAllister of members of the CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation) standing outside of the British Columbia Legislature [ca. 1941].
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
New Democratic Party
Accession Code
BV013.12.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1938-1990], predominant 1938-1953
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-04-14
Photographer
McAllister, Kenneth "Ken"
Notes
Title based on contents of file
Annotation in blue ink on recto of photograph of CCF members [ca. 1941] includes names of people identified; "Arthur Tuenue, Colin Cameron, Laura Jamieson, Grant MacNeil / Wallis Lefeaux, Sam Guthrie, Bernard Webber, / Front: Bert Herridge, Grace MacInnis, Bert Gargrave, Harold Winch, Gretchen Steeves, Len Shepherd, Ernie Winch"
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Reception at Prime Minister's Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3705
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[196-?]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.7 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with other delegates at an unidentified reception at the residence of the British Prime Minister, identified as 10 Downing St., London, England. Winch travelled to London a few times in the 1960s on parliamentary business.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 21.7 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with other delegates at an unidentified reception at the residence of the British Prime Minister, identified as 10 Downing St., London, England. Winch travelled to London a few times in the 1960s on parliamentary business.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.62
Date
[196-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Speakers' Council meeting in Ottawa

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3720
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[ca. 1957]
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the Speakers' Council. Harold Winch is pictured in the last row.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of the Speakers' Council. Harold Winch is pictured in the last row.
Subjects
Government - Federal Government
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.77
Date
[ca. 1957]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Simnett political papers series

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82735
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1956-1998
Collection/Fonds
Hazel Simnett collection
Description Level
Series
Physical Description
7 files of textual records: ill. (some col.)
Scope and Content
Series consists of records related to CFF, Tommy Douglas, the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission, NDP, and Elections BC.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1956-1998
Collection/Fonds
Hazel Simnett collection
Series
Simnett political papers series
Physical Description
7 files of textual records: ill. (some col.)
Description Level
Series
Accession Number
2013-22
Scope and Content
Series consists of records related to CFF, Tommy Douglas, the Century Park Museum Association, Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission, NDP, and Elections BC.
Subjects
Elections
Officials - Elected Officials
Government - Local Government
Government - Provincial Government
Names
Simnett, Hazel
Douglas, Tommy
Burnaby Advisory Planning Commission
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation "CCF"
New Democratic Party
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of series
Simnett political papers series
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British Columbia Parliament buildings

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription20291
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[betweeen 1945 and 1948]
Collection/Fonds
Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Parliament buildings, home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Victoria. A car is parked out on the street in front.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
Series
Joseph H.C. Corsbie personal and professional records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of British Columbia Parliament buildings, home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Victoria. A car is parked out on the street in front.
Subjects
Buildings
Government - Provincial Government
Government
Geographic Access
Victoria
Accession Code
BV020.31.12
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[betweeen 1945 and 1948]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
19-09-2023
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Burnaby British Columbia : reference and year book 1931

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4882
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1931
Call Number
317.133 BUR Copy 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Accession Code
HV978.48.11
Call Number
317.133 BUR Copy 1
Place of Publication
Vancouver
Publisher
Burnaby Broadcast
Publication Date
1931
Physical Description
42 p. : ill. : 31 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Burnaby (B.C.)--Statistics
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Advertising Medium
Government
Government - Local Government
Organizations
Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
Notes
Copy 1 of 2
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CPA Conference - Australia

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3704
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1970
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with provincial representatives at the Sixteenth Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference in Canberra, Australia.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 22 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photograph of Harold Winch with provincial representatives at the Sixteenth Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference in Canberra, Australia.
Subjects
Government
Government - Provincial Government
Organizations
Rights - Human Rights
Names
Winch, Harold Edward
Accession Code
BV013.12.61
Date
1970
Media Type
Photograph
Related Material
See photographs BV013.12.71 and BV013.12.78, and textual record BV013.12.82.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
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Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19349
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 sound recording (wav) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (49 min., 21 sec.)
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…
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
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Interview with Honourable Raj Chouhan, [1957-2022] (interview content), interviewed 2 Dec. 2022

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
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