Photograph of the exterior of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). The photograph is taken facing east on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue.
Photograph of the exterior of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). The photograph is taken facing east on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue.
Photograph of the exterior of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). The photograph is taken facing east on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue.
Photograph of the exterior of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). The photograph is taken facing east on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue.
Photograph of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) campus, including main buildings and portables. The photograph is taken from a hgh point, facing northeast, on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue. The residential neighbourhood and mountains are visible in the background.
Photograph of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) campus, including main buildings and portables. The photograph is taken from a hgh point, facing northeast, on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue. The residential neighbourhood and mountains are visible in the background.
Photograph of the parking lot at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and the British Columbia Vocational School (BCVS) on Wayburne Drive. The parking lot is full of cars and campus buildings are visible in the background. The photograph is taken facing north.
Photograph of the parking lot at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and the British Columbia Vocational School (BCVS) on Wayburne Drive. The parking lot is full of cars and campus buildings are visible in the background. The photograph is taken facing north.
Photograph of Jen Bacus, a radio broadcast student and staff at the new BCIT campus radio station CFML, standing inside a recording booth next to a light that reads "On Air."
Photograph of Jen Bacus, a radio broadcast student and staff at the new BCIT campus radio station CFML, standing inside a recording booth next to a light that reads "On Air."
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "BCIT's campus radio station, CFML, is about to go on the air, over the air, as the station has been approved for an FM license by the CRTC. Once the station has secured space on a broadcast tower, it will be able to be heard all over Burnaby, New Westminster, parts of Vancouver and Coquitlam. Jen Bacus is a radio broadcast student, and the station's marketing and promotions director."
Photograph of an unidentified striking person standing under a BCIT umbrella during a demonstration. The person is wearing a sign that reads: "BCIT Faculty & Staff Association / On Strike for Quality in Education."
Photograph of an unidentified striking person standing under a BCIT umbrella during a demonstration. The person is wearing a sign that reads: "BCIT Faculty & Staff Association / On Strike for Quality in Education."
File contains photographs of students participating in BCIT's annual "Fawlty Towers" competition. Photographs depict students taping index cards together to form towers inside of a gymnasium.
File contains photographs of students participating in BCIT's annual "Fawlty Towers" competition. Photographs depict students taping index cards together to form towers inside of a gymnasium.
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1580-1: "Davy Chang, a management systems student at BCIT, works on his team's entry in the school's annual "Fawlty Towers" competition. Teams of students were given 90 minutes to see who could design and build the tallest structure, using only cardboard index cards and masking tape."
Caption from metadata for 535-1580-2: "Forestry students Jocelyn Waldbrook and Kara Epp assemble the walls of what will become their team's tower at BCIT's annual Fawlty Towers competition. Teams of students were given 90 minutes to design and build the tallest tower, using only cardboard index cards and masking tape."
File contains photographs of BCIT's annual Open House. Photographs depict robotics/automation students Colin Harraway and Colin Wilson demonstrating a machine that makes battery cells, and Will Dirksen demonstrating confined space rescue with classmate Philip Nishikihama as part of BCIT's occupatio…
File contains photographs of BCIT's annual Open House. Photographs depict robotics/automation students Colin Harraway and Colin Wilson demonstrating a machine that makes battery cells, and Will Dirksen demonstrating confined space rescue with classmate Philip Nishikihama as part of BCIT's occupational health and safety program.
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2150-1: "Colin Harraway and Colin Wilson, students in the robotics/automation program at BCIT demonstrate the machine they built to make battery cells, at the school's annual Open House."
Caption from metadata for 535-2150-2: "Will Dirksen demonstrates confined space rescue with his "victim," Philip Nishikihama, in BCIT's occupational health and saftety program, at the school's annual open house."
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Ljubisav Stamenic, of BCIT, checks out the solar photovoltaic cells in the attic of the school's solar energy demonstration house. The solar energy is converted into electricity which is then fed back into the power grid connected to the house."
Photograph of student Trina La Berge and instructor Jerry Cannon posing next to a row of desktop computers displaying images of scans in BCIT's radiation therapy lab.
Photograph of student Trina La Berge and instructor Jerry Cannon posing next to a row of desktop computers displaying images of scans in BCIT's radiation therapy lab.
This portion of the interview is about Basil Luksun and Jack Belhouse talking about Simon Fraser University and problems created by its isolated site on Burnaby Mountain. They talk about the building of the Burnaby Mountain Parkway, and tell stories about the cooperative planning between City and S…
This portion of the interview is about Basil Luksun and Jack Belhouse talking about Simon Fraser University and problems created by its isolated site on Burnaby Mountain. They talk about the building of the Burnaby Mountain Parkway, and tell stories about the cooperative planning between City and SFU staff for UniverCity.
Recording is of an interview with Basil Luksun and Jack Belhouse conducted by Kathy Bossort. Basil Luksun and Jack Belhouse were two of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the history of setting aside parkland by dedication on Burnaby Mountain, the 1974/76 delineation of the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain, and the dispute between Burnaby and Simon Fraser University over land ownership and control on Burnaby Mountain, as discussed by two retired participants in these events from the City of Burnaby’s Planning and Building Department, Basil Luksun and Jack Belhouse. They also talk about their interaction with the public in developing policies, particularly for the 1974 report “The Public Meetings - Phase One”, and the importance of a strong policy base for long range planning and the patience needed to assemble land for large parks. They talk as well about their careers, their close working relationship in the department, and the cooperation between City and SFU staff in the development of UniverCity.
Biographical Notes
Basil Luksun was born and educated in South Africa, immigrating to Canada and Burnaby in 1972 to escape the harmful effects of apartheid. He holds a BSc degree from the University of Cape Town and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Town Planning from the University of Witwatersrand. He joined the City of Burnaby’s Planning and Building Department in 1973, working his way up through the organization to Director of the department before retiring after 39 years in 2012. When he started work in the 1970s, the City of Burnaby was focusing on green space planning projects and he takes great pride in these projects as well as the city’s focus on long-term planning. Basil lived in the Capital Hill area from 1972 to 1990. He currently resides in Vancouver and has two sons, Warren and Derek.
Jack Belhouse was born in 1946 in Vancouver and attended UBC, York University and SFU (1965-1972), majoring in urban geography. He began working in Burnaby’s planning department as a summer student in 1968, and was offered a full-time position when he graduated from university. He became Director of the Planning and Building Department before retiring after 38 years with the city in 2006. He and Basil Luksun worked closely together in long range planning in the department. Jack lives in Coquitlam with his wife Linda and has two children, Brad and Lori.
Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
Photograph of an unidentified person holding a piece of metal and posing in front of the control panel for an NC9-FS press brake at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Photograph of an unidentified person holding a piece of metal and posing in front of the control panel for an NC9-FS press brake at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Photograph of BCIT students Nicki These and Terese Haugejorden shining Dixon Chow's shoes in the plaza outside of the college, during the college's Shinerama fundraising campaign for cystic fibrosis research.
Photograph of BCIT students Nicki These and Terese Haugejorden shining Dixon Chow's shoes in the plaza outside of the college, during the college's Shinerama fundraising campaign for cystic fibrosis research.
Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Nicki These, Teresa Haugejorden and Dixon Chow, all Integrated Management Studies' students at BCIT, prepare for the school's annual fundraising Shinerama, to be held throughout the Lower Mainland on Wednesday. More than 500 shoe shine kits have been distributed to teams of students, and all proceeds go to Cystic Fibrosis research."
Photograph of the British Columbia Vocational School complex on Willingdon, next door to the British Columbia Institute of Technology. It would be renamed the Pacific Vocational Institute in 1978, and in 1986, would merge with the British Columbia Institute of Technology and remain a part of that i…
Photograph of the British Columbia Vocational School complex on Willingdon, next door to the British Columbia Institute of Technology. It would be renamed the Pacific Vocational Institute in 1978, and in 1986, would merge with the British Columbia Institute of Technology and remain a part of that institution to the present.