Item consists of a sound recording of Burnaby Village Museum interpreter, Eric Damer personifying Ernest "Ernie" Winch by delivering excerpts of quotes from parliamentry speeches in the 1950s. Quotes in this recording, speak to the need and importance of affordable housing for senior citizens. The…
Item consists of a sound recording of Burnaby Village Museum interpreter, Eric Damer personifying Ernest "Ernie" Winch by delivering excerpts of quotes from parliamentry speeches in the 1950s. Quotes in this recording, speak to the need and importance of affordable housing for senior citizens. The recording was part of the Burnaby Village Museum temporary exhibit, titled "Agents of Change".
History
Burnaby Village Museum curator, Jane Lemke compiled a script consisting of various quotes that were gathered from newspaper articles of Ernest Winch’s parliamentary speeches in the 1950s. Ernest E. Winch was a long-time member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation as a Member of the British Columbia Legistlative Assembly (for Burnaby). Ernest Winch was instrumental in the founding of the New Vista Society which provided housing for Seniors living in Burnaby.
A recording of the script was on exhibit as part of the "Agents of Change" exhibit at Burnaby Village Museum in the Summer of 2021.
Subseries consists of a sound recording from the Burnaby Village Museum temporary exhibit "Agents of Change" whereby Burnaby Village Museum interpreter, Eric Damer personifies Ernest "Ernie" Winch by delivering excerpts of quotes from parliamentry speeches in the 1950s. Quotes in this recording, s…
Subseries consists of a sound recording from the Burnaby Village Museum temporary exhibit "Agents of Change" whereby Burnaby Village Museum interpreter, Eric Damer personifies Ernest "Ernie" Winch by delivering excerpts of quotes from parliamentry speeches in the 1950s. Quotes in this recording, speak to the need and importance of affordable housing for senior citizens.
History
"Agents of Change" was a temporary outdoor exhibit on display in Burnaby Village Museum's new Carousel Plaza in the Summer of 2021. The exhibit highlighted stories of notable people who took a stand to promote or support social justice, in the hopes of changing the world. The exhibit included: Kapoor Singh Siddoo, Kwakwa_ka_'wakw Peoples, Eileen Dailly, Ernest Winch, Laura Jamieson and Yun Ho Chang. The exhibit featured audio components that enabled the visitors to hear from the people themselves.
refused to
obey discriminatory laws.
City of Burnaby Archives 370-720
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Left-Wing Roots
Ernest Winch came to BC in 1909 as a
brick-layer, settling in south Burnaby
with his family. He tried unsuccessfully
to win a seat on Burnaby’s council as
a socialist candidate and soon began
working to organize
Collected by editorial for use in a March 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Residents near Ernie Winch Park, in Burnaby's Edmonds area, say they feel like prisoners in their own homes because of the prostitution and drug trade in their neighbourhood."
storage tank on Capitol Hill were
required to service these. Burnaby awarded a contract to E. Winch of McKay Avenue
on January 30, 1912, to erect a pump house at Carleton and Eton for the sum of
$2,200.This structure was to house two 50-horsepower Lancashire Induction motors
fitted with two five-inch two
House of Commons Debates Vol. 132, No. 196, 3rd Session, 34th Parliament. Official Report (Hansard) - Tribute to the late Harold Edward Winch. Speaker: The Honourable John A. Fraser, P.C., Q.C.
Item is a bound volume of the Canadian House of Commons tribute to Harold Winch on February 3, 1993, following his death.
Parallel Title
Debats de la Chambre des communes Vol. 132, No. 194, 3e Session, 34e Legislature. Compte rendu officiel (Hansard) - Hommage a Harold Edward Winch. Presidence de l'honorable John A. Fraser, C.P., C.R.
Item is a guest book from Harold Winch's memorial service, held on February 28, 1993. Signatories include family members and friends, as well as numerous MLAs, MPs, and other political colleagues.
Item is a guest book from Harold Winch's memorial service, held on February 28, 1993. Signatories include family members and friends, as well as numerous MLAs, MPs, and other political colleagues.
Photograph of the installation of the centre pole for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel inside the Don Wrigley Carousel Pavilion at the Burnaby Village Museum. A temporary winch was installed by Westcoast Amusements to raise the pole inside the pavilion.
Photograph of the installation of the centre pole for the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel inside the Don Wrigley Carousel Pavilion at the Burnaby Village Museum. A temporary winch was installed by Westcoast Amusements to raise the pole inside the pavilion.