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Interview with Maninder Arora
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (67 min., 25 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (66 min., 45 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewers: Anushay Malik Co interviewer: James Binks Interviewee: Maninder Arora Location of Interview: In Burnaby at the home of Maninder Arora Interview Date: December 7, 2022 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: (01:07:25) Digital master recordings (wav) were edited into one recording and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Maninder Arora conducted by Anushay Malik with assistance from Museum Registrar James Binks. 0:00 – 07:33 Interview opens with introductions. Maninder Arora shares her immigration story and how she came to emigrate from India to Canada at 16 years of age with her mother, her older sister (18 yrs) and her younger brother (11 yrs) in 1974. Maninder explains how her sister immigrated first after marrying a South Asian Canadian and subsequently was able to sponsor members of her family to immigrate about one year later. Arora describes what life was like for her and her family in the northern part of Punjab in India prior to immigration to Canada. Arora describes her family composition with her being the second youngest of eight children and how at the time of immigrating, four of her elder siblings (three sisters and one brother) stayed behind. 07:34 – 16:23 As a new immigrant to Canada at the age of 16 years of age, Maninder Arora recalls the many challenges that she faced. Maninder describes how she attended Vancouver Technical School and then worked at a restaurant on Friday nights and weekends. She recollects how she got her first job through the Sikh community from the Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder recalls that during the first five months in Canada, Maninder, her mother, sister and brother lived with her elder sister, her husband and child before finding a place of their own. Arora recalls where her family shopped for traditional Indian spices and foods. 16:24 – 25:50 Maninder Arora describes the next home that her family moved to and how she and her brother attended David Thompson Secondary School. Maninder explains that she dropped out of school in Grade 12 to go to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. Around 1981, her mother was able to purchase a house at Marine Drive and Ross Street and her mother got work at the same restaurant that Maninder was working. Maninder shares and reflects on a disturbing encounter of racism that she and her older sister faced while taking local transit. 25:51 – 34:17 Maninder Arora talks about her past work experience. Maninder describes how with the help of her sister, she began working as a nurses' aide at care homes and private hospitals. Maninder reflects on how she intended to get a job in a unionized care home where she can make a better living wage. Maninder describes some of the places that she worked before obtaining certification as a nurse’s aide from Kwantlen College. 34;18 – 51:15 Maninder Arora describes the events that led to her marrying her future husband in 1986 and how it wasn’t an easy decision for her. Maninder describes where she and her family lived after her marriage and how her hard work led her to obtaining full time employment as a nurses' aide in Richmond. 51:16 - 56:16 Maninder Arora tells of how she decided to move to Burnaby where her sister and extended family were living. Maninder recalls what lead to her decision to move from Surrey to Burnaby in 1992. 56:17 - 1:04:23 Maninder Arora shares some experiences of her life in Burnaby. Maninder further reflects on her decisions for moving to Burnaby including providing what she thought would be a safer environment and education for her children. Maninder conveys how racism is still very much prevalent in society and recounts a personal encounter that she experienced while shopping for shoes at Metrotown. 1:04:24 – 1:06:45 The interviewer asks Maninder Arora what she would like to see conveyed as a message for younger people in an upcoming exhibit at Burnaby Village Museum on South Asian history. Maninder conveys that she would like all Canadian citizens living in Burnaby to make the environment better by not littering, living peacefully together and not causing people grief or struggle for nothing, “Be kind to each other”. In closing Arora shares the transportation route she took when emigrating from India to Canada.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Maninder Arora was born in the northern part of Punjab, India. Her sister immigrated to Canada in 1974 after marrying a South Asian Canadian. In 1975, after her father died, her sister was able to bring her mother, her 11 year old brother and Maninder at 16 years of age. After arriving in British Columbia, they first lived with her sister and family before finding a place of their own. Maninder attended Vancouver Technical School and later David Thompson Secondary School and worked in a restaurant on weekends to help her family out. Maninder and her family were members of the Sikh community and attended Akali Singh Sikh Gurdwara on Fraser Street. Maninder left school in Grade 12 to work full time to help her family repay the debt that they owed for their immigration expenses. In the early 1980’s Maninder’s family moved to a house near Marine Drive and Ross Street that her mother was able to purchase. With the help of her sister, Maninder got work as a nurses’ aide at care homes and private hospitals which eventually led her to obtaining certification from Kwantlen College. Maninder married in 1986 and had two children while living in Richmond. Around 1992, she moved from Surrey to Burnaby to be closer to her sister and to provide as safer environment for her children. 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”. James Binks has lived in the Lower Mainland since 2009 after relocating from Ontario. James holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where he conducted researched on heritage, environment, and globalization in India, Nepal, and Italy. At Burnaby Village Museum, James contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Occupations
- Occupations - Nurses
- Migration
- Names
- Arora, Maninder
- Responsibility
- Malik, Anushay
- Binks, James
- Accession Code
- BV022.29.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available on Heritage Burnaby
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
Interview with Maninder Arora, [1974-2022] (interview content), interviewed 7 Dec. 2022
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2022_0029_0006_003.mp3![Love family, [between 1905 and 1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198800450001.jpg?width=280)
Love family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2976
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Love family taken outside on the grass. Their tri-coloured border collie is lying in the front row and a black poodle is standing over him, licking his face. This group is identified as; (back row, l to r) Phoebe Love (later Feedham), unidentified young woman in large h…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Love family taken outside on the grass. Their tri-coloured border collie is lying in the front row and a black poodle is standing over him, licking his face. This group is identified as; (back row, l to r) Phoebe Love (later Feedham), unidentified young woman in large hat, Sarah Love (later Parker), William Michael Parker (later married Sarah Love), Martha (Dot) Love (later Brandrith); (mid row, l to r) Henry Love, George Love, Albert Lewis (neighbor of the Love family); (front row, l to r) Esther Love (later Stanley), Leonard Love, and Hannah (Girlie) Love (later Barnes).
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Names
- Feedham, Phoebe Leonard Love
- Lewis, Albert
- Love, George Richard
- Barnes, Hannah Victoria "Girlie" Love
- Love, Henry
- Love, John Leonard
- Parker, Sarah Maria Love
- Parker, William Michael
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Brandrith, Martha Dorothy “Dot” Love
- Love Family
- Accession Code
- BV988.45.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [between 1905 and 1910]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For a copy print of the same image taken from the Bernard Hill family album, see HV977.123.39
- See also BV022.32.222 for similar photo
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of postcard reads: "LOVE FAMILY"
Images
![Love family, [between 1905 and 1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/198800450001.jpg)
![Group of women and men outside, [c. 1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0047_001.jpg?width=280)
Group of women and men outside
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19330
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [c. 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of five women and two men standing outside in an area with barren tree trunks behind them. Everyone in the group are wearing hats. The women are wearing blouses and long skirts. The woman on the far left is identified as Annie Elizabeth Love Whiting and the young girl on the f…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of five women and two men standing outside in an area with barren tree trunks behind them. Everyone in the group are wearing hats. The women are wearing blouses and long skirts. The woman on the far left is identified as Annie Elizabeth Love Whiting and the young girl on the far right may be Hannah "Girlie" Love.
- Subjects
- Plants - Trees
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.47
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [c. 1910]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
Images
![Group of women and men outside, [c. 1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0047_001.jpg)
Hannah (Girlie) Victoria Barnes (nee Love)
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9866
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1902 (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of biographical information and copies vital stastic records about Hannah (Girlie) Victoria Barnes (nee Love). Hannah (Girlie) was the youngest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and grew up in the Love family farmhouse on Cumberland Street. Hannah married Leslie Beecher Barnes at St. …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Jesse Love farmhouse series
- Subseries
- Love farmhouse research files subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of biographical information and copies vital stastic records about Hannah (Girlie) Victoria Barnes (nee Love). Hannah (Girlie) was the youngest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love and grew up in the Love family farmhouse on Cumberland Street. Hannah married Leslie Beecher Barnes at St. Alban's church in Burnaby on May 14, 1931.
- Accession Code
- BV018.41.77
- Access Restriction
- Subject to FIPPA
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1902 (date of original)-[1998]
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on content of file
![Love family and Albert Lewis, [190-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0222_001.jpg?width=280)
Love family and Albert Lewis
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19800
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph postcard : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Love family and Albert Lewis gathered together in a grassy area in front of a tree. People are identfied in back row (l to r); Henry Love, Albert Lewis, Will Feedham, George Love; middle row (seated l to r) Sarah Love, Martha Dorothy "Dot" Love, Phoebe Love; front row (…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph postcard : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Love family and Albert Lewis gathered together in a grassy area in front of a tree. People are identfied in back row (l to r); Henry Love, Albert Lewis, Will Feedham, George Love; middle row (seated l to r) Sarah Love, Martha Dorothy "Dot" Love, Phoebe Love; front row (seated on grass l to r): Leonard Love, Girlie Love and Edith Love.
- Names
- Love Family
- Stanley, Esther Love
- Brandrith, Martha Dorothy “Dot” Love
- Love, George Richard
- Love, Henry
- Barnes, Hannah Victoria "Girlie" Love
- Clayton, Edith Annie Whiting
- Love, John Leonard
- Feedham, Phoebe Leonard Love
- Parker, Sarah Maria Love
- Feedham, William Charles
- Lewis, Albert
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.222
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See also BV988.45.1 for similar photograph
- See also City of Burnaby Archives photograph print - 204-590
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-18
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Henry, Albert Lewis / Will Feedham_George / Sara, Dot, Phoebe, Edith / Leonard, Girlie"
Images
![Love family and Albert Lewis, [190-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0032_0222_001.jpg)
