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Actor on set during filming of MacGyver episode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17497
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actor, Kim Zimmer on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actor, Kim Zimmer on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.42
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-1"
Images
Actors on set during filming of MacGyver episode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17479
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors on the site of Burnaby Village Museum during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990. Actor on the left is identified as Robin Mossley and actor on the right is Kim Zimmer.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors on the site of Burnaby Village Museum during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990. Actor on the left is identified as Robin Mossley and actor on the right is Kim Zimmer.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.41
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-1"
Images
Actors on set during filming of MacGyver episode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17481
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum. Actor on the left is identified as Robin Mossley and actor on the right is Frank C. Turner.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum. Actor on the left is identified as Robin Mossley and actor on the right is Frank C. Turner.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.43
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-1"
Images
Actors on set during filming of MacGyver episode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17482
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors and film crew on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location of Burnaby Village Museum. Actor in centre is identified as Robin Mossley.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors and film crew on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location of Burnaby Village Museum. Actor in centre is identified as Robin Mossley.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.44
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-1"
Images
Actors on set during filming of MacGyver episode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17483
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors and film crew on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors and film crew on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.45
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-29
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-1"
Images
Actors on set during filming of MacGyver episode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17484
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors and film crew on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum. Actor standing in centre with cowboy hat and blue bandana is identified as Richard Dean A…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors and film crew on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum. Actor standing in centre with cowboy hat and blue bandana is identified as Richard Dean Anderson "MacGyver".
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.46
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-29
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-1"
Images
Actors on set during filming of MacGyver episode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17485
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors and film crew on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.Actor on the far left is identified as Richard Dean Anderson "MacGyver".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of actors and film crew on set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.Actor on the far left is identified as Richard Dean Anderson "MacGyver".
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.47
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-29
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-1"
Images
Adminstration building and entrance to Burnaby Village Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17505
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Village Museum adminstration building, parking lot and entrance. A group of visitors are walking through the parking lot towards the entrance.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Village Museum adminstration building, parking lot and entrance. A group of visitors are walking through the parking lot towards the entrance.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.66
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 1200
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-29
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-19"
Images
Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12344
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1998 (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (32 min., 59 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.
- Scope and Content
- Film, titled "Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte" is an instructional training video about the fundamentals of Blacksmithing taking place at the Burnaby Village Museum. The film is narrated by experienced Blacksmith Jeff Chenatte who provides historic background in the art of blacksmithing and demo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (32 min., 59 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.
- Material Details
- Film opens with SMPTE colour bars
- Scope and Content
- Film, titled "Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte" is an instructional training video about the fundamentals of Blacksmithing taking place at the Burnaby Village Museum. The film is narrated by experienced Blacksmith Jeff Chenatte who provides historic background in the art of blacksmithing and demonstrates detailed step by step instructions in how to use the forge and various tools and machinery in the Village Museum’s Blacksmith Shop.
- Creator
- Kroon, Morgan H.
- Chenatte, Jeff
- Responsibility
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.34
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1998 (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Photographer
- Kroon, Morgan H.
- Notes
- Transcribed title from film
- Film credits read: “Directed Shot & Edited / by Morgan H Kroon / Written by / Jeff Chenatte / Thanks to / Jeff Chenatte / Maurice Guibord / Shadbolt Centre / Cineworks / Burnaby Village Museum”; “Burnaby Village Museum / Education Dept 1998”
Images
Video
Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte, 1998 (date of original), digitized in 2020
Blacksmith Shop with Jeff Chenatte, 1998 (date of original), digitized in 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0034_001.m4v![Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0033_001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12343
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (2 min., 9 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.
- Scope and Content
- Film footage highlights about the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel. Film opens with title “Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Step back in time” followed by a montage of various events, programs and exhibits taking place at the museum. Montage is supported with background music and choral singi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (2 min., 9 sec.) : VHS, 29 fps, col. , sd.
- Scope and Content
- Film footage highlights about the Burnaby Village Museum and Carousel. Film opens with title “Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel / Step back in time” followed by a montage of various events, programs and exhibits taking place at the museum. Montage is supported with background music and choral singing, there is no narration.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Responsibility
- City of Burnaby
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.33
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- See also: BV020.4.36; BV020.4.38; BV929.4.29b
- Notes
- Transcribed title from film
Images
![Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0033_001.jpg)
Video
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020
Burnaby Village Museum & Carousel Highlights, [1993] (date of original), digitized in 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0004_0033_001.m4vFarm museum directory : a guide to America's farm past
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1304
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 630.074 STE
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, PA
- Publisher
- Stemgas Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1998
- Physical Description
- 72 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "October 1998", handwritten in ink on front cover and title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Agricultural museums
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Notes
- " ... compiled in cooperation with the Association for Living Historical Farms & Agricultural Museums, Inc."--T.p. verso.
Heritage Seed Program : 1991 seed listing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6698
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Call Number
- 635 HER 1991
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 635 HER 1991
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Place of Publication
- Uxbridge, Ont.
- Publisher
- Heritage Seed Program
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 34 p. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Seeds
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
- Notes
- Includes index (back cover).
Heritage Seed Program : 1992-1993 seed listing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6699
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Call Number
- 635 HER 1992-1993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 635 HER 1992-1993
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Place of Publication
- Uxbridge, Ont.
- Publisher
- Heritage Seed Program
- Publication Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 41 p [2]. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Seeds
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
- Notes
- Includes index.
Heritage Seed Program : preserving and enjoying our horticultural heritage, April 1992, vol. 5, no. 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6697
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Call Number
- 635 HER v. 5 no. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- ISBN
- 0848-0753
- Call Number
- 635 HER v. 5 no. 1
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Place of Publication
- Uxbridge, Ont.
- Publisher
- Heritage Seed Program
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- v. : ill ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Seeds
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
Heritage Seed Program : preserving and enjoying our horticultural heritage, December 1992, vol. 5, no. 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6695
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Call Number
- 635 HER v. 5 no. 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- ISBN
- 0848-0753
- Call Number
- 635 HER v. 5 no. 3
- Author
- Canadian Organic Growers
- Place of Publication
- Uxbridge, Ont.
- Publisher
- Heritage Seed Program
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- v. : ill ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Seeds
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Crops
![Interurban tram 1223, [between 1993 and 1994] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0004_1262_001.jpg?width=280)
Interurban tram 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17224
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1993 and 1994]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of BC Electric Railway Interurban Tram number 1223 under wooden shelter on site at the Burnaby Village Museum. The ground is covered with snow.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of BC Electric Railway Interurban Tram number 1223 under wooden shelter on site at the Burnaby Village Museum. The ground is covered with snow.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Rail
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Accession Code
- BV020.4.1262
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1993 and 1994]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-31
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Interurban tram 1223, [between 1993 and 1994] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0004_1262_001.jpg)
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
- 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
Documents
Audio Tracks
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
Mayor Drummond getting a shave
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16823
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 3 May 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Doug Drummond seated in the barbershop chair as Museum Interpreter, Eric Damer prepares to give him a shave inside the Burnaby Village Museum McKay Barber Shop. A group of visitors have gathered inside to watch. The original owner of the McKay Barber Shop, Ernie Tillack …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Doug Drummond seated in the barbershop chair as Museum Interpreter, Eric Damer prepares to give him a shave inside the Burnaby Village Museum McKay Barber Shop. A group of visitors have gathered inside to watch. The original owner of the McKay Barber Shop, Ernie Tillack is standing next to the mayor. This took place during the official opening of the McKay Barbershop.
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1849
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 3 May 1998
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Original display doll from Bell's Dry Goods
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16999
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs : col.negatives ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of fourteen photographs of an original display doll from Bell's Dry Goods store. The doll was on loan to the Burnaby Village Museum from Mary Agnew.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Subseries
- Bell's exhibit photographs subseries
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 14 photographs : col.negatives ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of fourteen photographs of an original display doll from Bell's Dry Goods store. The doll was on loan to the Burnaby Village Museum from Mary Agnew.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1966
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1995
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2021-07-07
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- 14 photographs include numbering on verso of each in blue ink: "P95-2 to P95-10"; "P95-21 to P95-25"
- Original negatives from roll# "P95-1"
Images
Set during filming of MacGyver episode
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17498
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1990
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of set during the filming of MacGyver, Season six, Episode eight, "MacGyver's Women". Episode was aired in November 1990 and was filmed on location at Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.2.64
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1990
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 1200
- Scan Date
- 2021-09-29
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from negative roll "P90-19"
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