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 Simon Fraser University player Sinead O'Meara and an unidentified Jokers Blue II player in action during a Vancouver Women's Field Hockey Association Division 2 game at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
Photograph of Simon Fraser University player Sinead O'Meara and an unidentified Jokers Blue II player in action during a Vancouver Women's Field Hockey Association Division 2 game at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "SFU forward Sinead O'Meara moves around a Jokers Blue II defender in Vancouver Women's Field Hockey Association Division 2 action, Saturday at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex West. The game ended in a scoreless draw."
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.
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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."
File contains photographs of players in action during a BC Lower Mainland Men's Div II rugby game between Simon Fraser University and Pocomo, at Hume Park in New Westminster.
File contains photographs of players in action during a BC Lower Mainland Men's Div II rugby game between Simon Fraser University and Pocomo, at Hume Park in New Westminster.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1929-1: "An SFU ball carrier manages to elude the grasp of a Pocomo tackler in BC Lower Mainland Men's Div II rugby action, Saturday at Hume Park in New Westminster."
Caption from metadata for 535-1929-2: "An SFU ball carrier manages to pitch off a pass before being tackled by a Pocomo defender in BC Lower Mainland Men's Div II rugby action, Saturday at Hume Park in New Westminster."
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.
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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."
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Dr. Andrew Blaber, of Simon Fraser University, is studying the physiology of freedivers, some of whom can hold their breath for up to eight minutes."
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."