Series consists of Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project records which were created under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission. The series consists of interviews with 23 people interviewed during 18 sessions which were conducted between September 2015 and January 2016. The purpose of …
Series consists of Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project records which were created under the direction of the Community Heritage Commission. The series consists of interviews with 23 people interviewed during 18 sessions which were conducted between September 2015 and January 2016. The purpose of the project was to explore the history of the Burnaby Mountain area which includes the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area and Centennial Pavilion area, Simon Fraser University, the Trans Mountain tank farm, neighbourhoods such as Lochdale, Forest Hills, and Forest Grove, and watersheds such as the Stoney Creek watershed. A diverse group was interviewed who covered a wide range of topics such as recreation and other uses made of the mountain, the history of setting aside and managing parkland on the mountain, the mountain as home, and values assigned to the natural features of the mountain. The people interviewed included past and present employees of Burnaby's Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department; retired Burnaby city planning staff; retired Simon Fraser University professors; members of the Burnaby Mountain Biking Association, Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society, and the Stoney Creek Environment Committee; people who lived or live in adjacent neighbourhoods and have memories of the mountain from the 1930s onwards; past and present city council members and citizen representatives on the Parks Commission. The interviews range from 1 to 2 1/2 hours in length and cover a time period primarily between 1930 and 2015.
This portion of the interview is about Mary Lumby talking about her move to UniverCity in 2007, why she likes living there and some of the disadvantages. She talks about the challenges of creating a sense of community in UniverCity, comparing it to the active involvement of Forest Hills and Forest …
This portion of the interview is about Mary Lumby talking about her move to UniverCity in 2007, why she likes living there and some of the disadvantages. She talks about the challenges of creating a sense of community in UniverCity, comparing it to the active involvement of Forest Hills and Forest Grove residents in civic affairs, and about problems of isolation on the mountain top, and separation between campus and the residential area.
Recording is of an interview with Mary Lumby conducted by Kathy Bossort. Mary Lumby was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission’s Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about Mary Lumby’s experience living in Forest Hills, raising her children there, and her involvement in community groups and advocating for improved community services in the Forest Hills and Forest Grove neighbourhoods, and her later move to UniverCity. She talks about the history of the Forest Hills subdivision and what she liked about living there, its links with Forest Grove, and challenges facing both communities as a result of their isolation. Her description of living in UniverCity provides an interesting comparison in how community is created. Mary Lumby also talks about her teaching career, her volunteer activities especially related to the environment, the relationship Trans Mountain tank farm had with adjacent neighbourhoods when she lived in Forest Hills, and what the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area means to her.
Biographical Notes
Mary Lumby was born in Vancouver B.C. She moved to Burnaby and the Parkcrest area in 1977, and then to the new Forest Hills subdivision. Later she moved into another developing community, UniverCity, at the top of Burnaby Mountain and adjacent to the Simon Fraser University campus. Mary has been an active community member, volunteer and community advocate. She has been particularly interested in environmental issues, as a teacher, volunteer coordinator for civic events, and citizen representative on Burnaby’s Environment Committee. She continues to be active in community affairs and enjoys living on Burnaby Mountain.
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.
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2006 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Francis Campbell addresses the haggis before cutting into it during Robbie Burns Day festivities at Simon Fraser University on Wednesday."
File contains photographs of Todd Wong on the Simon Fraser University campus, posing in a SFU T-shirt and kilt with a dragon puppet and other objects. Wong was the founder of "Gung Haggis Fat Choy," a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year.
File contains photographs of Todd Wong on the Simon Fraser University campus, posing in a SFU T-shirt and kilt with a dragon puppet and other objects. Wong was the founder of "Gung Haggis Fat Choy," a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year.
Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1866-1: "Todd Wong, aka Toddish McWong, is getting ready to celebrate Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a convergence of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year that he cooked up while trying to come up with an idea for "a really good house party" when he was a student at Simon Fraser University."
Caption from metadata for 535-1866-2: "Todd Wong, aka Toddish McWong, dreamed up Gung Haggis Fat Choy, a combination celebration of Robbie Burns Day and Chinese New Year, while he was a student at Simon Fraser University in the early 1990s. The school will celebrate the newfound holiday with the first Gung Haggis Fat Choy Canadian Games, feature dragoncart races, a lion dance, highland dancers and bag pipers, at Convocation Mall on Jan. 28."
Photograph of mountain bikers Tom Webster, Gary Hall, Ron Burton, and Dino Sartori standing on a trail on Burnaby Mountain. One of the mountain bikers poses in the foreground on a mountain bike, while the other three stand in the background; one holds a rolled map and reviews another open map.
Photograph of mountain bikers Tom Webster, Gary Hall, Ron Burton, and Dino Sartori standing on a trail on Burnaby Mountain. One of the mountain bikers poses in the foreground on a mountain bike, while the other three stand in the background; one holds a rolled map and reviews another open map.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Tom Webster, Gary Hall, Ron Burton and Dino Sartori are working with the City of Burnaby to ensure continued access for mountain bikers to the trails on Burnaby Mountain."
Photograph of Simon Fraser University volleyball player Heather Androsoff. She is posing behind a volleyball net in a gymnasium with a volleyball tucked under her arm.
Photograph of Simon Fraser University volleyball player Heather Androsoff. She is posing behind a volleyball net in a gymnasium with a volleyball tucked under her arm.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "An ankle injury has forced SFU's Heather Androsoff, who's graduating this year, to miss the last month of her volleyball career."
Photograph of members of the Qun Ying Athletic Club from Gilmore Community School performing the lion dance under the Convocation Mall roof at Simon Fraser University, as part of Lunar New Year celebrations.
Photograph of members of the Qun Ying Athletic Club from Gilmore Community School performing the lion dance under the Convocation Mall roof at Simon Fraser University, as part of Lunar New Year celebrations.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Members of the Qun Ying Athletic Club from Gilmore Community School perform the Lion Dance to bring in the Chinese New Year at Simon Fraser University on Wednesday afternoon."
Photograph of Simon Fraser University Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Clark, standing in the foreground with his arms crossed. In the background, SFU basketball players Brent Charleton and Aaron Christenson play a one-on-one basketball, dressed in their uniforms.
Photograph of Simon Fraser University Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Clark, standing in the foreground with his arms crossed. In the background, SFU basketball players Brent Charleton and Aaron Christenson play a one-on-one basketball, dressed in their uniforms.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "SFU Men's Basketball Head Coach Scott Clark poses for a photo while players Brent Charleton and Aaron Christensen play a game of one-on-one."
Photograph of Brent Charleton and Aaron Christensen, both SFU basketball players, in the midst of a one-on-one basketball game inside the university gymnasium. Both players wear their basketball uniforms.
Photograph of Brent Charleton and Aaron Christensen, both SFU basketball players, in the midst of a one-on-one basketball game inside the university gymnasium. Both players wear their basketball uniforms.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "SFU Men's Basketball star Brent Charleton plays one-on-one with team-mate Aaron Christensen at SFU gymnasium on Thursday afternoon."
File contains photographs of the unveiling ceremony for the new Terry Fox dollar coin at Simon Fraser University. Photographs show the Vancouver Children's Choir singing underneath a projection of the coin, and Derek Wong holding up one of the coins in front of his face.
File contains photographs of the unveiling ceremony for the new Terry Fox dollar coin at Simon Fraser University. Photographs show the Vancouver Children's Choir singing underneath a projection of the coin, and Derek Wong holding up one of the coins in front of his face.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2177-1: "The Vancouver Children's Choir sings at the unveiling of the new Terry Fox one dollar coin, Monday at Simon Fraser University."
Caption from metadata for 535-2177-2: "Derek Wong shows off one of the first Terry Fox one dollar coins following a ceremony to unveil the new coin Monday at Simon Fraser University."
Photograph of Mike Trafananko participating in a sprint test inside a gymnasium during the Playground to Podium Sport Talent Search at Simon Fraser University.
Photograph of Mike Trafananko participating in a sprint test inside a gymnasium during the Playground to Podium Sport Talent Search at Simon Fraser University.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Mike Trafananko, of Coquitlam, breaks through the timing beam in the sprint test at the Playground to Podium Sport Talent Search, Saturday at Simon Fraser University. The Playground to Podium program is a joint initiative of Pacific Sport at 2010 LegaciesNow to identify young athletes with the potential to compete in various winter sports such as bobsled."
Photograph of two members of the Simon Fraser Student Society preparing protest signs outdoors on campus. The sign behind them reads: "National Day of Action, Feb 4, 2004, Reduce Tuition Fees."
Photograph of two members of the Simon Fraser Student Society preparing protest signs outdoors on campus. The sign behind them reads: "National Day of Action, Feb 4, 2004, Reduce Tuition Fees."
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Josephine Wong, the Science rep for the Simon Fraser Students Society, and Nammi Pooroushasb, the Society's research and policy co-ordinator, prepare signs for Wednesday's annual National Day of Action to protest rising tuition fees."
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Claudia Nobauer and Amanda Van Barsen dance for lower tuition fees at the National Day of Action student protest, Wednesday at Simon Fraser University. About 200 students attended the rally at Convocation Mall before joining a larger protest march in downtown Vancouver. Similar protests were held across Canada."
File contains photographs of Terry Hewitt geocaching on Burnaby Mountain. Photographs depict Hewitt standing in a sculpture garden, reading a plaque, using a GPS device, and uncovering a cached box.
File contains photographs of Terry Hewitt geocaching on Burnaby Mountain. Photographs depict Hewitt standing in a sculpture garden, reading a plaque, using a GPS device, and uncovering a cached box.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1794-1: "Terry Hewitt gets a reading on his Global Positioning Satellite receiver, as he hunts for a treasure box hidden somewhere on Burnaby Mountain. He's a geocacher, a worldwide community of outdoor enthusiasts who search for treasure boxes of trinkets, hidden by fellow geocachers, following a series of cryptic clues and satellite coordinates."
Caption from metadata for 535-1794-2: "Terry Hewitt accumulates clues that will lead him to the hidden treasure on Burnaby Mountain."
Caption from metadata for 535-1794-3: "Geocachers use Global Position Satellite receivers to decipher the location of small treasure boxes hidden away in parks or in the wilderness."
Caption from metadata for 535-1794-4: "After a series of clues lead him into the sculpture garden at Discovery Park on Burnaby Mountain, Terry Hewitt plots his next move that will get him closer to the hidden treasure box."
Caption from metadata for 535-1794-5: "Terry Hewitt is an avid geocacher, following clues and satellite coordinates to find treasure boxes hidden by fellow geocachers."
Caption from metadata for 535-1794-6: "Having followed a series of clues and satellite coordinates, Terry Hewitt finds the treasure box hidden on Burnaby Mountain. The box contains a log in which fellow geocachers record the date they found the box, and trinkets. When geocachers find a box, they exchange a trinket for one of their own, and then return the box to its hiding place."