Photograph of Lloyd Axworthy, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg who served as Minister of Employment and Immigration, addressing a crowd of students at the Pacific Vocational Institute. Axworthy speaks at a podium in an atrium. The photograph is from Burnaby Today and is taken from behind Axworthy.
Photograph of Lloyd Axworthy, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg who served as Minister of Employment and Immigration, addressing a crowd of students at the Pacific Vocational Institute. Axworthy speaks at a podium in an atrium. The photograph is from Burnaby Today and is taken from behind Axworthy.
Photograph of Lloyd Axworthy, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg who served as Minister of Employment and Immigration, addressing a crowd of students at the Pacific Vocational Institute. Axworthy speaks at a podium in an atrium; a student faces him with another microphone.
Photograph of Lloyd Axworthy, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg who served as Minister of Employment and Immigration, addressing a crowd of students at the Pacific Vocational Institute. Axworthy speaks at a podium in an atrium; a student faces him with another microphone.
File contains photographs of Pierre Alarie, the crew chief for Field Turf International, checking and installing artificial turf at the a new field at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
File contains photographs of Pierre Alarie, the crew chief for Field Turf International, checking and installing artificial turf at the a new field at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
Collected by editorial for use in an August 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-3300-1: "Pierre Alarie, the crew chief for Field Turf International, checks the artificial turf his company is installing at the new field complex off Kensington."
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "The track at Burnaby Central Secondary School is a popular destination for joggers, runners and speedwalkers working out on a Saturday morning."
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
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Photograph of Sports Day at Chaffey-Burke School. Children are participating in activities on a field while adults look on. Houses are visible in the background.
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 4.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
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370-160
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BHS1999-03
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Photograph of Sports Day at Chaffey-Burke School. Children are participating in activities on a field while adults look on. Houses are visible in the background.
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
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Photograph of the Cliff Avenue soccer playoffs. The Aztecs team are shown at half time: Liam, Adam, Jason F., Marvin, Josh, Morgan, and Jonathan. Leanne F. and Jim Owen are in the background.
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
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370-792
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No restrictions
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BHS1999-03
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Photograph of the Cliff Avenue soccer playoffs. The Aztecs team are shown at half time: Liam, Adam, Jason F., Marvin, Josh, Morgan, and Jonathan. Leanne F. and Jim Owen are in the background.
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
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Photograph of children playing the first soccer game of the season at Capitol Hill, the Aztecs (in white shirts) vs. the Timbers. Left to right: Ryan, Jonathan, Marvin, Tiffany, Jason Foxon, and Morgan. The coach is Chris Foxon. Cars can be seen in the background.
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
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370-791
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No restrictions
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No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
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Photograph of children playing the first soccer game of the season at Capitol Hill, the Aztecs (in white shirts) vs. the Timbers. Left to right: Ryan, Jonathan, Marvin, Tiffany, Jason Foxon, and Morgan. The coach is Chris Foxon. Cars can be seen in the background.
Photograph of two City of Burnaby signs attached to fencing outside Swangard Stadium in Central Park. The signs announce the facility's closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Behind the fencing, the stadium's track and bleachers are visible.
Photograph of two City of Burnaby signs attached to fencing outside Swangard Stadium in Central Park. The signs announce the facility's closure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Behind the fencing, the stadium's track and bleachers are visible.
This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.
This portion of the interview is about Sev Morin’s description of Burnaby’s growth and business development along Kingsway and Hastings, the Lake City Industrial Park, and the purchase of property in 1958 for the Heritage Park and Art Gallery.
Date Range
1950-1990
Photo Info
Sev Morin (left) of Severin's in Burnaby (formerly the Gai Paree) hosting a gala New Year's celebration, 1979. Item no. 480-712
Recording is of an interview with Severin "Sev" Morin, conducted by Rod Fowler. Sev Morin was one of eleven participants interviewed as part of the SFU/Burnaby Centennial Committee's oral history series titled, "Voices of Burnaby". The interview is mainly about Sev Morin’s banquet hall, restaurant and night club business on Kingsway, originally named the “Gai Paree Supper Club” (1947-1976) and later “Severin’s” (1976-1985) and “Diego’s” (1985-1994), its function as a Burnaby landmark, and the entertainment and political people he met through his business. He also describes his many volunteer activities in Burnaby, including member of the SFU Senate, Rotary Club, Variety Club and Telethon, fund raising for Burnaby Hospital, and tourism related groups, and his political work for the federal Liberal party. He talks about his parents’ origins, the lives of his brothers Rudy and Rene, and the family’s involvement in establishing the “Gai Paree”. He also shares his views about the business and cultural development of Burnaby. To view “Narrow By” terms for each track expand this description and see “Notes”.
Biographical Notes
Severin “Sev” Rene Morin was born September 21, 1927, in Bonneville, Alberta, to Rene Pierre Morin (1878-1963) and Anne Marie (nee Lachiver) Morin (1886-1956). Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morin and their son Rene Francois (1905-1954) immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, from France in 1913, where Rene Pierre Morin worked for the C.N.R. and a second son Adolphe “Rudy” Ferdinand (1922-1969) was born, followed by their third son Severin. In 1943, after R.P. Morin retired, the family moved to Burnaby to a house on Sperling Avenue. Sometime earlier the two older Morin brothers found work in Trail at the smelter and developed musical careers. In 1946/47 the Morin family purchased property on Kingsway and built a banquet hall, the “Gai Paree Supper Club”. Sev and Rudy Morin managed the club and Rene F. Morin moved to Burnaby to join them with his band. The supper club, with its live music and dance floor, became a popular meeting place and wedding venue, eventually expanding into a restaurant and nightclub in the 1970s. The “Gai Paree” was renamed “Severin’s” in 1976 and “Diego’s” in 1985, closing finally in 1994. Sev Morin’s business life included three record stores which he owned with his friend Jack Cullen. Through these businesses Sev Morin was well known in the entertainment and hospitality industry. He and his restaurant also hosted political and social events that made the restaurant a community landmark. Sev Morin contributed many volunteer hours to community and charitable organizations, including an appointment to the SFU Senate, fundraising for the Burnaby Hospital, Director of the Variety Club and Rotary Club, and consultant for a variety of tourism related ventures. He also was active in the federal Liberal Party. Sev Morin and his wife Pauline married in 1950 and had three children. Sev Morin died at age 86 on March 28, 2014.
Rod Fowler returned to university as a mature student in the 1980s after working about twenty years in the field of economics and computerization in business in England, Europe and Western Canada. He graduated with a BA from SFU in both History and Sociology in 1987, his MA degree in Geography in 1989, and his PhD in Cultural Geography at SFU. He taught courses in Geography, Sociology, History and Canadian Studies at several Lower Mainland colleges, before becoming a full time member of the Geography Department at Kwantlen University College.
Interviews were digitized in 2015 allowing them to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council.
Photograph of apprentice senior program analyst Don Cowell standing at Simon Fraser University's computer center, holding a sheet of printout, as he smiles at the camera. A woman is sitting at the desk next to him, which holds the console typewriter, reaching to hang up the phone. She is also smili…
Photograph of apprentice senior program analyst Don Cowell standing at Simon Fraser University's computer center, holding a sheet of printout, as he smiles at the camera. A woman is sitting at the desk next to him, which holds the console typewriter, reaching to hang up the phone. She is also smiling. This is the "control unit" for the "first computerised on-line library loan system in Canada".
Photograph of Eric Emery, the project manager of a Simon Fraser University development project, standing over a 3D model of the proposal. Maps and other photographs related to the proposal are visible in the background.
Photograph of Eric Emery, the project manager of a Simon Fraser University development project, standing over a 3D model of the proposal. Maps and other photographs related to the proposal are visible in the background.
Photographs of the exteriors of four Simon Fraser University (SFU) residences: Shell House, Madge Hogarth House, Louis Riel House, and McTaggart-Cowan Hall
Photographs of the exteriors of four Simon Fraser University (SFU) residences: Shell House, Madge Hogarth House, Louis Riel House, and McTaggart-Cowan Hall
File contains photographs of Moscrop Secondary School. Photographs depict portables outside the school, with residential homes visible in the background; the school parking lot; and students gathering on the stairs and in the front lobby of the school.
File contains photographs of Moscrop Secondary School. Photographs depict portables outside the school, with residential homes visible in the background; the school parking lot; and students gathering on the stairs and in the front lobby of the school.