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Interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1970-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (84 min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (62 min., 3 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. 00:00:00 – 00:05:26 Gurvinder “Gurv” Sihra and brother Harvinder “Harv’ Sihra introduce themselves, providing details on …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (84 min., 14 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (62 min., 3 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewees: "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 8, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:02:03 min Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby Photograph credit: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with "The Bollywood Boyz", Harvinder Sihra and Gurvinder Sihra conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar, Rajdeep. 00:00:00 – 00:05:26 Gurvinder “Gurv” Sihra and brother Harvinder “Harv’ Sihra introduce themselves, providing details on where they were born and grew up (in Burnaby), names of their parents and provide details on their family history. They describe how their grandparents and other relatives continued to live in Punjab after their father and mother immigrated to Canada in the 1970’s, recall the reasons their parents decided to immigrate and details of their lives before and after arriving in Canada. 00:05:27 – 00:06:46 Gurvinder and Harvinder describe some of their experiences travelling through Vancouver airport and compare their experiences with their mother’s own experiences. Gurvinder and Harvinder describe the layout of the airport and how customs and immigration has changed over time. 00:06:47 – 00:09:21 Gurvinder and Harvinder provide details about their mother, Parveen Sihra. They share information regarding her education in India and how she was unable to get work related to her degree in biology after immigrating to Canada. They convey how she worked in the Burnaby City Hall cafeteria in the 1990’s and how she worked part time in order to take care of her children. They share how their parents were proud Canadians participating in events inside and outside the South Asian community and were both fluent in English but often spoke Punjabi at home. 00:09:22 – 00:16:06 Gurvinder and Harvinder recall their childhood experiences growing up in Burnaby. They talk about the sports that they were involved with including hockey and Taekwondo, family vacations spent travelling to India and their experiences attending Marlborough Elementary School and Moscrop Secondary School.They describe how they first became interested in watching wrestling and trying it out on their own in their family home. Gurvinder and Harvinder recall their own experiences of discrimination while growing up and playing sports. 00:16:07 – 00:27:37 Gurvinder and Harvinder reflect and recall events that lead them to their dream of becoming professional wrestlers. They talk about pivotal events including attending their first live wresting event at GM Place with their father in 1996, beginning their training in Calgary in 2004, travelling across the country to participate in minor wrestling events, wrestling in Rogers Arena in 2017 and 2020 and getting their first call to join WWE. They talk about the support that they’ve had along the way to getting them where they are today and comment on why they want to be wrestlers in the WWE. 00:27:38 – 00:29:25 Gurvinder and Harvinder provide background information on their various wrestling personas and names in the world of professional wrestling including the Singh Brothers and the Bollywood Boyz. 00:29:26 – 00:38:43 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their experiences wrestling in India and the support and expectations of family members in becoming successful. Gurvinder and Harvinder recall and reflect on the experience of being fired from the WWE when cutbacks were made during the COVID pandemic. 00:38:44 – 00:42:53 Gurvinder and Harvinder describe what a day in their lives looks like now. They talk about how they’re still very passionate and focused on their wrestling careers and describe their experiences of having support and enthusiasm from fans and their parents. They talk about travelling across the country to particpate in different wrestling events. 00:42:54 – 00:47:18 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their training regimen including exercise and diet and describe areas in Burnaby where they like to train in gyms and the outdoors. 00:47:19 – 00:49:49 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about neighbourhoods in Burnaby including Metrotown and Deer Lake and how they’ve seen them change over the years. 00:49:50 – 00:54:27 Gurvinder and Harvinder talk about their highest and lowest points in their wrestling careers, highlighting specific events. They talk about the physical stamina it takes for wrestling and compare their sport with the sport of Kabaddi (a contact team sport between two teams originating in India). 00:54:28 – 00:59:01 Gurvinder and Harvinder reflect on what toughness means to them, and what keeps them motivated to do what they do. 00:59:02 – 01:01:31 Gurvinder and Harvinder impart their words of wisdom to younger kids in chasing their passions and dreams and talk about their favourite Bollywood films and actors.
- History
- Interviewees' biographies: The Bollywood Boyz are a Canadian professional wrestling tag team composed of brothers Gurvinder "Gurv" Sihra (born in 1984) and Harvinder "Harv" Sihra (born in 1987). The pair are best known for their time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where Gurvinder and Harvinder performed under the ring names Sunil Singh and Samir Singh. They were both born and raised in Burnaby by their parents Harjeet and Parveen Sihra and attended Moscrop Secondary School. Gurvinder graduated from Douglas College where he studied criminology and has worked in loss prevention and has a third degree black belt in Taekwondo. Harvinder attended Douglas College with studies in history and has worked as a model and an actor. Both Gurvinder and Harvinder Sihra are Sikhs. Interviewer biography: 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
- Education
- Migration
- Pandemics - COVID-19
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Religions - Sikhism
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Sports
- Sports - Martial Arts
- Sports - Wrestling
- Sports - Ice Hockey
- Travel
- Names
- The Bollywood Boyz
- Sihra, Guvinder "Gurv"
- Sihra, Harvinder "Harv"
- Sihra, Harjeet
- Sihra, Parveen
- World Wrestling Entertainment "WWE"
- Moscrop Secondary School
- Marlborough Elementary School
- Metrotown
- Responsibility
- Rajdeep
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1970-2023] (interview content), interviewed 8 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Photographer
- World Wrestling Entertainment "WWE"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available upon request - contact Burnaby Village Museum
Images
Audio Tracks
Interview with
![Burnaby student art exhibition, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2271.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby student art exhibition
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96649
- 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 Sarah Dobbs, the curator/coordinator of the "Wild Thing" art exhibition by Burnaby school students, displaying a work by Maggie Siccama called "Rubber Ducky."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2271
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Sarah Dobbs, the curator/coordinator of the "Wild Thing" art exhibition by Burnaby school students, displaying a work by Maggie Siccama called "Rubber Ducky."
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Sculptures
- Exhibitions
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Sarah Dobbs, the curator/coordinator of the "Wild Thing" art exhibit by Burnaby school students, gets an inside look at "Rubber Ducky," by Maggie Siccama, a Grade 9 student at the Canada Way Education Centre."
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
Images
![Burnaby student art exhibition, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2271.jpg)
Chanel Lapierre with "Stream of Dreams" fish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97268
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chanel Lapierre in the Eastburn Community Centre, displaying a painted wooden fish that she painted for the "Stream of Dreams" fence mural. A table with paints and other painted fish are visible behind her.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2673
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Chanel Lapierre in the Eastburn Community Centre, displaying a painted wooden fish that she painted for the "Stream of Dreams" fence mural. A table with paints and other painted fish are visible behind her.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Arts - Paintings
- Arts
- Crafts
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Chanel Lapierre, 10, shows off the colorful wooden fish she created at Eastburn Community Centre. Her fish will join 4,999 others on a "Stream of Dreams" fence mural around the empty lot at Kingsway and Edmonds. The mural is being built to celebrate BC Rivers Day and the painted fish represent the 5,000 fish reportedly killed two years ago when a toxic substance entered Byrne Creek through a storm drain."
- Geographic Access
- Edmonds Street
- Street Address
- 7435 Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
Images
Child with "Stream of Dreams" fish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97298
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child showing a painted fish for the "Stream of Dreams" mural. Other children are seated on the floor of a classroom and painting their own fish in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2695
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child showing a painted fish for the "Stream of Dreams" mural. Other children are seated on the floor of a classroom and painting their own fish in the background.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Arts - Paintings
- Arts
- Crafts
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Mathers House pottery workshop, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2937-1.jpg?width=280)
Mathers House pottery workshop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97638
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Diane Bowman ad Jane Keay working on pottery during a workshop at the W. J. Mathers House in Deer Lake Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2937
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Diane Bowman ad Jane Keay working on pottery during a workshop at the W. J. Mathers House in Deer Lake Park.
- Subjects
- Arts - Sculptures
- Arts
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2937-1: "Diane Bowman works on a clay mask at a pottery workshop at Burnaby's Mather House."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2937-2: "Jane Keay checks the progress of a bowl she's spinning at a pottery workshop at Burnaby's Mather House."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Park
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6490 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Mathers House pottery workshop, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2937-1.jpg)
![Steve Petelycky with Ukrainian Easter egg, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2189.jpg?width=280)
Steve Petelycky with Ukrainian Easter egg
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96567
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Steve Petelycky closely examining a Ukrainian Easter egg he painted for a display at Lougheed Town Centre.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2189
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Steve Petelycky closely examining a Ukrainian Easter egg he painted for a display at Lougheed Town Centre.
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Paintings
- Holidays - Easter
- Names
- Lougheed Town Centre
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Steve Petelycky examines one of the intricate Ukranian Easter eggs he painted for a special display at Lougheed Town Centre. He says it takes him about six hours to paint an egg, and he completes about 20 of them every Easter. Members of the Ukranian Community Society of Ivan Franko will be demonstrating their egg decorating skills through Sunday."
Images
![Steve Petelycky with Ukrainian Easter egg, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2189.jpg)
"Stream of Dreams" mural on Kingsway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97311
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified children and an unidentified adult walking along the new "Stream of Dreams" mural project at Kingsway and Edmonds. The mural is made of painted wooden fish attached to a chain link fence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2707
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified children and an unidentified adult walking along the new "Stream of Dreams" mural project at Kingsway and Edmonds. The mural is made of painted wooden fish attached to a chain link fence.
- Subjects
- Arts
- Arts - Paintings
- Structures - Fences
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Passersby admire the handiwork of volunteer and school kids who cut and painted hundreds of wooden salmon for the "Stream of Dreams" project on the corner of Kingsway and Edmonds. The fence was unveiled on Saturday as part of the Edmonds Neighborhood's celebration of its community."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Edmonds Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Richmond Park Area
Images
![Student art exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2513.jpg?width=280)
Student art exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96958
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ilze Bebris, the education programmer at the Burnaby Art Gallery, adjusting one of the 168 artworks on display as part of the Gallery's student exhibition based on the theme of time. Other artworks are visible behind Bebris.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2513
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ilze Bebris, the education programmer at the Burnaby Art Gallery, adjusting one of the 168 artworks on display as part of the Gallery's student exhibition based on the theme of time. Other artworks are visible behind Bebris.
- Names
- Burnaby Art Gallery
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Ilza Bebris, the education programmer at Ceperley House Art Gallery, adjusts the "time," on one of the student works now on display. More than 200 students from the Burnaby School District submitted 168 works, based on the theme of time."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6344 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Student art exhibition at Burnaby Art Gallery, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2513.jpg)
![Access Ability Program, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3038-1.jpg?width=280)
Access Ability Program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97786
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs(tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Gerry Passmore and John Cannon, who were retrained for computer technology skills through the Burnaby Skills Centre's Access Ability Program. Photographs depict Passmore posing with an ethernet cable; Cannon posing in his workplace; and Cannon meeting as a mentor with s…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs(tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3038
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Gerry Passmore and John Cannon, who were retrained for computer technology skills through the Burnaby Skills Centre's Access Ability Program. Photographs depict Passmore posing with an ethernet cable; Cannon posing in his workplace; and Cannon meeting as a mentor with student Allan Newstead.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3038-1: "Gerry Passmore went from manhandling logs with thick steel cables to running fine ethernet cable and installing computer systems after he was retrained through the Access Ability Program following an accident that ended his career in the logging industry."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3038-2: "A carpenter since he was 15 years old, John Cannon had to get used to the shirt-and-tie world as a computer programmer after job retraining through the Access Ability program following an accident that made it impossible to continue working in the trades. He's a senior manager of electronic communication for Future Shop/Best Buy, and he's now giving back to the program by volunteering as a mentor to new students."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3038-3: "John Cannon, a graduate of the Burnaby Skills' Centre's Access Ability program, and now a senior manager of electronic communications for Future Shop/Best Buy, is giving back to the program that retrained him for a new career by mentoring new students. He's meeting with his latest protege, Allan Newstead."
Images
![Access Ability Program, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3038-1.jpg)
![Alpha Secondary School walkout, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2933-1.jpg?width=280)
Alpha Secondary School walkout
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97634
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Alpha Secondary School students during a walkout and rally in reaction to the labour dispute between teachers and the provincial government.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2933
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Alpha Secondary School students during a walkout and rally in reaction to the labour dispute between teachers and the provincial government.
- Names
- Alpha Secondary School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2933-1: "Students at Alpha Secondary endure wet snow and sleet as they protest in support of teachers."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2933-2: "Students at Alpha Secondary try to catch the attention of motorists passing in front of the school. About 50 students walked out of their classes Thursday morning to rally in support of their teachers, who are embroiled in an ongoing labor dispute with the provincial government."
- Geographic Access
- Parker Street
- Street Address
- 4600 Parker Street
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
Images
![Alpha Secondary School walkout, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2933-1.jpg)
![Anne Smith, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2481.jpg?width=280)
Anne Smith
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96926
- 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 Anne Smith, the chair of the Burnaby School District, posing with a painting done by a Burnaby North Secondary School student as part of a multicultural program.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2481
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anne Smith, the chair of the Burnaby School District, posing with a painting done by a Burnaby North Secondary School student as part of a multicultural program.
- Subjects
- Education
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Anne Smith, the chair of Burnaby School District, says the District is being forced to cut multicultural programs, like the one in which students at Burnaby North Secondary painted studies of the Indian Court."
Images
![Anne Smith, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2481.jpg)
![Armstrong Elementary school supplies drive, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3096.jpg?width=280)
Armstrong Elementary school supplies drive
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97992
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Armstrong Elementary School students Eugenia Wu and Candice Bachra in a classroom sorting through school supplies that were collected by students.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3096
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Armstrong Elementary School students Eugenia Wu and Candice Bachra in a classroom sorting through school supplies that were collected by students.
- Names
- Armstrong Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Eugenia Wu, 9, and Candice Bachra, 10, sort through some of the school supplies collected by students at Armstrong Elementary, to be sent to refugee children in Bosnia."
- Geographic Access
- Armstrong Avenue
- Street Address
- 8757 Armstrong Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Images
![Armstrong Elementary school supplies drive, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3096.jpg)
![Barbara Guttmann-Gee, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3111.jpg?width=280)
Barbara Guttmann-Gee
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98007
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barbara Guttmann-Gee, a Simon Fraser University alumna, posing with a stack of books.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3111
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Barbara Guttmann-Gee, a Simon Fraser University alumna, posing with a stack of books.
- Subjects
- Persons - Seniors
- Education
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Barbara Guttmann-Gee, 85, got her Master's Degree at SFU in 1995. She's being featured in an upcoming documentary about seniors who continue their education."
Images
![Barbara Guttmann-Gee, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3111.jpg)
![Beverly Nann, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2571.jpg?width=280)
Beverly Nann
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97039
- 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 Beverly Nann holding up her medal for her Order of British Columbia, which she received for setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liaison program that was then cancelled in 2001.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2571
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Beverly Nann holding up her medal for her Order of British Columbia, which she received for setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liaison program that was then cancelled in 2001.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols - Medals
- Education
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Beverley Nann regards the Lt. Governor's Award she's received for her work setting up the Burnaby School District's multicultural liason program with mixed emotions, now that the program has been cancelled."
Images
![Beverly Nann, [2001] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2571.jpg)
![Burnaby School Board meeting, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2334.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby School Board meeting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96729
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mondee Redman, Chair of the Burnaby School Board, and Superintendent Sheila Rooney at a Burnaby School District board meeting regarding budget cuts.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2334
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mondee Redman, Chair of the Burnaby School Board, and Superintendent Sheila Rooney at a Burnaby School District board meeting regarding budget cuts.
- Subjects
- Education
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Kids play happily on a poster in the boardroom of the Burnaby School District administration offices, as Mondee Redman, Chair of the Burnaby School Board, and Sheila Rooney, Superintendant, discuss cuts the Board will have to make in schools to meet its budget."
Images
![Burnaby School Board meeting, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2334.jpg)
![Burnaby South science fair, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2012-1.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby South science fair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96331
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students involved in the Burnaby South Secondary science fair. Photographs depict grade 9 student Daphne Chao with a mealworm and an unidentified student holding up a vial.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of students involved in the Burnaby South Secondary science fair. Photographs depict grade 9 student Daphne Chao with a mealworm and an unidentified student holding up a vial.
- Subjects
- Education
- Persons - Students
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2012-1: "Daphne Chao, a Grade 9 student at Burnaby South Secondary, assesses the happiness of one of the meal worms she used for her experiment to see how well mealworms thrived according to their diet. She was participating in the school's annual science fair."
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
- Street Address
- 5455 Rumble Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
![Burnaby South science fair, [2003] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2012-1.jpg)
![Community-Centred College for the Retired, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2998-1.jpg?width=280)
Community-Centred College for the Retired
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97724
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Community-Centred College for the Retired and several of its students and classes, in its former location in the Burnaby Public Library Middlegate branch. Photographs depict students and instructors in genealogy and music classes, and a meeting between College membe…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 6 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2998
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Community-Centred College for the Retired and several of its students and classes, in its former location in the Burnaby Public Library Middlegate branch. Photographs depict students and instructors in genealogy and music classes, and a meeting between College members and Joan Selvy, Social Planner for the City of Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Persons - Seniors
- Education
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-1: "Marilyn Sandvik is researching her family history with tips and techniques she's learned in a geneology course she's taking at the Community-Centred College for the Retired."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-2: "Catherine Macdonald Glosli, a trainer for the Family History Centre, conducts a class in geneology at the College for the Retired."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-3: "Marilyn Sandvik compares notes with Lynne Grauer in their geneology class."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-4: "A music class at the College for the Retired studies theory."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-5: "The tight confines of the College's current home, in the basement of the Middlegate branch of the Burnaby Public Library, means a planning meeting with Joan Selvy, the Social Planner for the City of Burnaby, has to be held standing up."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2998-6: "Setsuko Klippenstein, a music instructor at the College for the Retired, prepares for her next class, as the hustle and bustle of the small school blurs past her."
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Community-Centred College for the Retired, [2002] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2998-1.jpg)
![CUPE support workers strike, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3073.jpg?width=280)
CUPE support workers strike
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97947
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person wearing a sign that reads "CUPE On Strike," walking the picket line during a CUPE support workers strike. The person is walking through the snow underneath a sign stating the speed limit for Burnaby school zones.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3073
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified person wearing a sign that reads "CUPE On Strike," walking the picket line during a CUPE support workers strike. The person is walking through the snow underneath a sign stating the speed limit for Burnaby school zones.
- Subjects
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Protests and Demonstrations - Strikes
- Education
- Organizations - Unions
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "The only traffic around Burnaby schools is CUPE support workers walking the picket line after they went out on strike Thursday morning."
Images
![CUPE support workers strike, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3073.jpg)
![Dr. Andrew Blaber, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2186.jpg?width=280)
Dr. Andrew Blaber
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96564
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Andrew Blaber, who studies the physiology of freedivers at Simon Fraser University, posing by the edge of a swimming pool.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2186
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Andrew Blaber, who studies the physiology of freedivers at Simon Fraser University, posing by the edge of a swimming pool.
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Dr. Andrew Blaber, of Simon Fraser University, is studying the physiology of freedivers, some of whom can hold their breath for up to eight minutes."
Images
![Dr. Andrew Blaber, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2186.jpg)
![Dr. Ethel Gardner, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2178.jpg?width=280)
Dr. Ethel Gardner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96556
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ethel Gardner posing with educational materials that read: "S'ólh Halq’eméylem" and "An Introduction to the Halq’eméylem Language Lessons 1-15".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2178
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Ethel Gardner posing with educational materials that read: "S'ólh Halq’eméylem" and "An Introduction to the Halq’eméylem Language Lessons 1-15".
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Images
![Dr. Ethel Gardner, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2178.jpg)