Photograph of Health Minister Dennis Cocke sitting in a combination bath-wheelchair with supervisor Vera Curtis in a nurse's uniform, and director of nursing W.M. Reid standing in front in a black suit during the opening of the then new extended health care wing. Cocke was a provincial minister of …
Photograph of Health Minister Dennis Cocke sitting in a combination bath-wheelchair with supervisor Vera Curtis in a nurse's uniform, and director of nursing W.M. Reid standing in front in a black suit during the opening of the then new extended health care wing. Cocke was a provincial minister of health in Dave Barrett's New Democratic Party government, which ran the province from 1972 to 1975, and was the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing New Westminster from 1969 to 1986.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Health Minister Dennis Cocke took a load off his feet for a moment Sunday. At Burnaby General Hospital to open the new extended care wing, he tried out a combination bath-wheelchair. Supervisor Mrs. Vera Curtis, centre, and director of nursing Mrs. W.M. Reid look on."
This portion of the recording pertains to Kay (O'Cook) Jackson's memories of her husband and growing family. She tells the story of going down to Bellingham to meet up with friends, when she met a college friend of theirs named Don Jackson (her future husband). Kay describes their home in Cascade H…
This portion of the recording pertains to Kay (O'Cook) Jackson's memories of her husband and growing family. She tells the story of going down to Bellingham to meet up with friends, when she met a college friend of theirs named Don Jackson (her future husband). Kay describes their home in Cascade Heights near Burnaby General Hospital and goes on to tell a number of anecdotes involving the hospital.
Date Range
1953-1970
Photo Info
Burnaby South High School class, Kay O'Cook (later Jackson) is in the middle row, third from the right, [1952]. Item no. 549-038.
Recording is an interview with Kay (O'Cook) Jackson conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 16, 2012. Major themes discussed are: growing up in Burnaby and volunteering at the Burnaby Hospital.
Biographical Notes
Fred O'Cook operated a radio repair shop on Kingsway near McKay Avenue in Burnaby. In 1935, his daughter, Kay O'Cook (later Jackson) was born.
Kay attended Kingsway West Elementary School and then Burnaby South High School. After graduating, she worked at Sears for a few years; in Vancouver and then in Burnaby when the new Sears department store opened on Kingsway.
Kay (O'Cook) Jackson met her husband, Michigan-born Don Jackson through mutual friends. After their marriage, Don Jackson emigrated to Canada, and he and Kay bought a new house in Cascade Heights near Burnaby Hospital where they raised their three daughters.
Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.
File contains photographs of Joan Sawicki throughout Burnaby. Photographs depict Sawicki with a hot dog at an event at Old Orchard Mall; casting a ballot; posing with John Nuranly outside Burnaby Hospital; and attending an event at the Community Living Society.
File contains photographs of Joan Sawicki throughout Burnaby. Photographs depict Sawicki with a hot dog at an event at Old Orchard Mall; casting a ballot; posing with John Nuranly outside Burnaby Hospital; and attending an event at the Community Living Society.
Photograph of a dietician at the Burnaby Hospital, identified as Linda Bellman. Bellman is reviewing charts and information with a small desktop computer.
Photograph of a dietician at the Burnaby Hospital, identified as Linda Bellman. Bellman is reviewing charts and information with a small desktop computer.
File contains photographs of the Normanna seniors' residence, on 4th Street, and the Cascade Residence at Burnaby Hospital. Photographs depict Keith Anderson and Margaret Douglas-Matthews on Normanna's outdoor patio; senior Ina Soros in her room at Normanna; and resident care aides (unidentified an…
File contains photographs of the Normanna seniors' residence, on 4th Street, and the Cascade Residence at Burnaby Hospital. Photographs depict Keith Anderson and Margaret Douglas-Matthews on Normanna's outdoor patio; senior Ina Soros in her room at Normanna; and resident care aides (unidentified and Taz Hanif) at work in the Cascade Residence.
Collected by editorial for use in a June 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2445-1: "Keith Anderson and Margaret Douglas-Matthews, in one of the secured outdoor patios at the new Normanna residence."
Caption from metadata for 535-2445-2: "Ina Soros is able to surround herself with her own personal things in her room at Normanna, including a stuffed cat much like her beloved cat of 15 years, Rusty."
Caption from metadata for 535-2445-3: "At the old Cascade Residence in Burnaby Hospital, storage space is wherever staff can find it, including alcoves in the hallways."
Caption from metadata for 535-2445-4: "Privacy is at a premium in the Cascade Residence at Buranby Hospital. Taz Hanif, a resident care aide at the facility for 23 years, brings new linen for a room that is home to six residents."
Photograph of Mayor Tom Constable and nurse Elizabeth Mitchell looking over a model of the new Burnaby General Hospital complex during the contruction site's ground breaking ceremonies. The addition would nearly double the capacity of the then 237-bed hospital.
Photograph of Mayor Tom Constable and nurse Elizabeth Mitchell looking over a model of the new Burnaby General Hospital complex during the contruction site's ground breaking ceremonies. The addition would nearly double the capacity of the then 237-bed hospital.
Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "BURNABY HOSPITAL BEGINS / Construction on a $29.4 million addition to Burnaby General Hospital is scheduled to start any day. At ground breaking ceremonies Monday, Mayor Tom Constable and nurse Elizabeth Mitchell look over a model of the new complex. The addition will nearly double capacity of the 237-bed hospital. Health Minister Dennis Cooke, right, piloted the bulldozer that broke the ground. Mr. Cooke said the addition is just part of a total of $194 million in hospital construction currently underway in the province.
Photograph of Annie Chiang, a Burnaby Central Secondary School student, painting a window at Burnaby Hospital in preparation for a celebration for the hospital's volunteers.
Photograph of Annie Chiang, a Burnaby Central Secondary School student, painting a window at Burnaby Hospital in preparation for a celebration for the hospital's volunteers.
Collected by editorial for use in a May 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Annie Chiang, of Burnaby Central Secondary School, puts the finishing touches to her painted window at Burnaby Hospital. Students from the school were decorating the windows in the cafeteria of an evening celebration honoring the hospital's volunteers."
Collected by editorial for use in a November 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Randy Dalmonico, of the Burnaby Firefighters' Union, enjoys some of the kids' items in the Pediatric Short Stay Unit at Burnaby Hospital, which was built and equipped with a large donation from the firefighters. The Union was recently honored with a Community Service Award to recognize the $150,000 to $200,000 it raises for various charities in the city."
Photograph of three RCMP officers and firefighter in the parking lot of Burnaby General Hospital. The three RCMP officers are saluting to healthcare workers.
Photograph of three RCMP officers and firefighter in the parking lot of Burnaby General Hospital. The three RCMP officers are saluting to healthcare workers.
History
Photograph was taken by Richard Liu on May 12, 2020 around 7:00pm. Richard helped organize a 'stick-tap' to salute front line health care workers at the Burnaby Hospital. The Vancouer Canuck's mascot "Fin", Mayor of Burnaby Mike Hurley, MLA Anne Kang and MLA Katrina Chen, MP Peter Juilan, the RCMP Chief, the Fire Chief and Transit Police Chief were in attendance.
These 'salutes' to health care workers were common in April and May during the earliest and most uncertain months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many local neighbourhoods across Burnaby, the Lower Mainland and the Province began regularly gathering at 7:00pm to bang pots and pans, honk horns, and generally celebrate and acknowledge the work of health care professionals.
The presence of "Fin" was added because the Vancouver Canuck and NHL were not playing, so Fin was available to make the rounds. His visits were often surprises. Fin played the Canucks goal horn through the Fin Mobile roof speakers, with green and blue flashing lights. Fin visited six hospitals, as well as Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.
The Cascade-Schou neighbourhood, sometimes referred to as the Cascade Heights area, includes both the Burnaby General Hospital site, the Discovery Park facilities and is bordered on its eastern boundary by BCIT. Despite these health and science developments, the neighbourhood can still be considered to be a residential community. The housing stock includes single family homes as well as newer multi-family residences that developed throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Photograph of Ann Brown, acting chief technologist in radiology at Burnaby General Hospital showing William McCarthy, chair of Burnaby Hospital's "Picture of Health Campaign" an out of date angiography unit.
Photograph of Ann Brown, acting chief technologist in radiology at Burnaby General Hospital showing William McCarthy, chair of Burnaby Hospital's "Picture of Health Campaign" an out of date angiography unit.