File contains photographs of the Duraisamy family, who moved to Canada from Sri Lanka, displaying how they blend Christian Christmas and Hindu traditions in their home.
File contains photographs of the Duraisamy family, who moved to Canada from Sri Lanka, displaying how they blend Christian Christmas and Hindu traditions in their home.
Collected by editorial for use in a December 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2977-1: "Siva and Kanges Duraisamy, originally from Sri Lanka, have been gradually melding their Hindu and Christian Christmas traditions."
Caption from metadata for 535-2977-2: "The Duraisamy family, originally from Sri Lanka, have been gradually melding Hindu and Christian Christmas traditions since moving to Canada in 1999."
Caption from metadata for 535-2977-3: "Niroo Duraisamy, 8, shows off the letter to Santa Claus he composed on his home computer. Since moving to Canada from Sri Lanka in 1999, his family has gradually incorporated western Christmas traditions into their holiday."
Caption from metadata for 535-2977-4: "Siva Duraisamy tries to figure out why the family's Frosty the Snowman decoration won't light up."
Photograph of David Ali standing inside the prayer hall of a mosque. Ali's shoes are visible in the foreground of the photograph, next to text on a floor tile that reads: "No Shoes Past the Line."
Photograph of David Ali standing inside the prayer hall of a mosque. Ali's shoes are visible in the foreground of the photograph, next to text on a floor tile that reads: "No Shoes Past the Line."
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2006 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Muslims, like David Ali, remove their shoes when entering the prayer hall to preserve the sanctity of the hall and keep it seperate from the outside world."
File contains photographs of Bahá’ís Noushin and Peyman Bahador. Photographs depict the Bahadors embracing beneath a blossoming tree and holding candles as they practice their faith.
File contains photographs of Bahá’ís Noushin and Peyman Bahador. Photographs depict the Bahadors embracing beneath a blossoming tree and holding candles as they practice their faith.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2182-1: "Persian Bahai's like Noushin and Peyman Bahador celebrate their new year in conjunction with the beginning of Spring."
Caption from metadata for 535-2182-2: "Candles are an important component of how Noushin and Peyman Bahador try to achieve tranquility through their Bahai faith."
Photograph of the interior of the new St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbian Cultural Centre on Canada Way in Burnaby. The photograph shows Rev. Desimir Vidovic and Archbishop Anfilohije, of Montenegro, greeting worshippers after opening celebration services, underneath a chandel…
Photograph of the interior of the new St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbian Cultural Centre on Canada Way in Burnaby. The photograph shows Rev. Desimir Vidovic and Archbishop Anfilohije, of Montenegro, greeting worshippers after opening celebration services, underneath a chandelier and in front of windows and an altar.
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Rev. Desimir Vidovic and Archbishop Anfilohije, of Montenegro, greet worshipers after services celebrating the opening of St. Archangel Michael Church and Serbian Cultural Centre, Saturday. The church, on Canada Way in Burnaby, will become the cultural heart for more than 15,000 Serbians in British Columbia."
Recording is an interview with Judith "Judy" (Robins) Hagen conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 7, 2012. Major theme discussed: the neighbourhood of Dover Street.
Biographical Notes
Judy Robins (later Hagen) was born in 1941 and grew up in South Burnaby. Her paternal grandfather, a master stone mason from Devon, moved to Vancouver in 1912 to find work before bringing over the rest of the family. He bought three lots in Burnaby and in 1918 moved his family to a small house on Dover Street (formerly Paul Street). Judy’s father, Jack, married, bought one of his father’s lots and built a new home for his family.
Judy attended school and church nearby, took dance and piano lessons and participated actively in Girl Guides. After high school, she attended the University of British Columbia (UBC) and then Simon Fraser University (SFU), worked for a few years and then married in 1967 before moving to Courtaney, British Columbia.
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.