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- Title
- 1946 Earthquake - Interview with Wayne Gatley:
- Contributor(s)
- Gatley, Wayne (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-04-27
- Language
- English
- Description
- Wayne recalls the 1946 earthquake, one of his earliest memories.
- Extent
- 00:01:13
- Subject(s)
- Earthquakes, Family, Childhood
- Location(s)
- Marpole
- Time Period
- 1940s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- 1960s Teen Hot Spots - Interview with Ron Pollock:
- Contributor(s)
- Pollock, Ron (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-04-20
- Language
- English
- Description
- Ron talks about visiting folk clubs in Downtown Vancouver as a teenager in the 1960s - his introduction to the "cool scene."
- Extent
- 00:01:01
- Subject(s)
- Folk music, Nightclubs, Teenagers, Inquisition Coffee House, Creative community
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 1960s, 1970s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- 2010 Winter Olympics - Interview with Maria Fiskilis, George Ghiouzelis, and Speros Ganatsios
- Contributor(s)
- Fiskilis, Maria (Interviewee), Ghiouzelis, George (Interviewee), Ganatsios, Speros (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-02-01
- Language
- English
- Description
- Maria Fiskilis, George Ghiouzelis, and Speros Ganatsios discuss their favourite experiences of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
- Extent
- 00:02:10
- Subject(s)
- Olympic Winter Games (21st : 2010 : Vancouver, B.C.), Hockey, Greek Canadians
- Location(s)
- Fairview
- Time Period
- 2000s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- 29th Avenue - Interview with Faye Lum:
- Contributor(s)
- Lum, Faye (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-25
- Language
- English
- Description
- Faye Lum's interest in her neighbourhood led her to learn about the history of one of its streets.
- Extent
- 00:01:02
- Subject(s)
- Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Roads
- Location(s)
- Renfrew-Collingwood
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- About East Vancouver - Interview with Hilda Castillo
- Contributor(s)
- Castillo, Hilda (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-07
- Language
- English
- Description
- Hilda Castillo shares her insights into her Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood.
- Extent
- 00:04:26
- Subject(s)
- Multiculturalism, Parks
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 2000s, 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- About Tatlow Park - Interview with Joan Cubbon
- Contributor(s)
- Cubbon, Joan (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-24
- Language
- English
- Description
- Joan talks about what she likes about Kitsilano (pool, park and beach) and shares a project to restore a stream in Tatlow Park.
- Extent
- 00:01:24
- Subject(s)
- Kits Beach (Vancouver, B.C.), Beaches, Pools, Parks, Stream conservation, Tatlow Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Active life enthusiasts
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Adapting to Canada - Interview with Ms. Joe:
- Contributor(s)
- Joe, Ms. (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- moving image
- Date Created
- 2015
- Language
- Cantonese
- Description
- Ms. Joe talks about being discouraged from carrying her children on her back in Canada, and her willingness to adapt to her new environment. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
- Extent
- 00:00:33
- Subject(s)
- Cultural differences, Chinese Canadians, Parenting
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Chinatown Stories, Story City
- Title
- Admiring Diversity - Interview with Gayle Ball-Parker and Erroll Parker:
- Contributor(s)
- Ball-Parker, Gayle (Interviewee), Parker, Erroll (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-07-23
- Language
- English
- Description
- Visitors Gayle Ball-Parker and Erroll Parker talk about how their visit changed their perception of diversity in Western Canada.
- Extent
- 00:01:57
- Subject(s)
- Indigenous peoples, Multiculturalism
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- An Agricultural Neighbourhood - Interview with Rita MacKay:
- Contributor(s)
- MacKay, Rita (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-09-19
- Language
- English
- Description
- Rita MacKay grew up in the South Cambie area, and lives there still. The rural nature of the area from her 1930s childhood would not be recognized today.
- Extent
- 00:04:20
- Subject(s)
- Neighbourhoods - Historic changes
- Location(s)
- South Cambie
- Time Period
- 1930s, 1940s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Al Jamia Masjid Mosque - Interview with Ihsan Malik:
- Contributor(s)
- Malik, Ihsan (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-08-02
- Language
- English
- Description
- Ihsan Malik describes the first mosque in Western Canada and its significance.
- Extent
- 00:02:42
- Subject(s)
- Muslims, Al Jamia Masjid (Mosque), Pakistan Canadians, Cultural differences
- Location(s)
- Fairview
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- All the Children Loved Me! - Interview with Gloria Rodriguez
- Contributor(s)
- Rodriguez, Gloria (interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-17
- Language
- English
- Description
- Gloria talks about arriving in Vancouver in the 1970s, her love for working with her kids at Van Horne Elementary school and how the cold makes her feel at home.
- Subject(s)
- Immigrants - Experience, Children, Elementary schools, Schools, Sir William Van Horne Elementary School
- Location(s)
- Oakridge
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Andre Demiris and Mr. Giftonikolios:
- Contributor(s)
- Susie Demiris Miceli (Contributor)
- Type of Resource
- still image
- Date Created
- 1970
- Description
- My dad Andre Demiris and Mr. Giftonikolios (who was a “Psalti” at church) in our deli, “University Delicatessen” which was later converted to our restaurant, Vassilis Taverna. Looks like my dad just got a delivery.
- Subject(s)
- Greek Canadians, Delicatessens, Restaurants
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- Hellenic Stories, Story City
- Title
- Annual Riley Park Block Party - Interview with Brenda Martens
- Contributor(s)
- Martens, Brenda (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-30
- Language
- English
- Description
- Brenda talks about her local block party, an annual potluck get-together with neighbours.
- Extent
- 00:01:04
- Subject(s)
- Neighbourhood watch programs, Cooking, Entertaining, Sustainability
- Location(s)
- Riley Park
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Appreciating Still Creek - Interview with Emily Chan
- Contributor(s)
- Chan, Emily (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-25
- Language
- English
- Description
- Emily talks about the history of Still Creek and the efforts by the Still Moon Arts Society volunteers to help clean the creek of garbage and to revitalize the habitat around it.
- Extent
- 00:01:57
- Subject(s)
- Neighbourhoods, Still Creek (Vancouver, B.C.), Parks, Renfrew Ravine Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Volunteers, Stream conservation, Communities
- Location(s)
- Renfrew-Collingwood
- Time Period
- 2000s, 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Around Oakridge - Interview with Perry Seidelman
- Contributor(s)
- Seidelman, Perry (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-14
- Language
- English
- Description
- Perry Seidelman has lived in the Oakridge area since he was a child. He shares his thoughts and memories of the area and his community.
- Extent
- 00:01:16
- Subject(s)
- Jewish Canadians, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, High schools, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Schools, Volunteers, Museums
- Location(s)
- Oakridge
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Arriving in Vancouver - Interview with Andrea Berneckas
- Contributor(s)
- Berneckas, Andrea (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-25
- Language
- English
- Description
- Andrea talks about her adventurous arrival in British Columbia.
- Extent
- 00:01:57
- Subject(s)
- Relocation, Poetry, Travel, Camping, Hostels
- Location(s)
- West Point Grey
- Time Period
- 1990s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Art, Artifacts and Music - Interview with Barbara Williamson:
- Contributor(s)
- Williamson, Barbara (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-12
- Language
- English
- Description
- Barbara reflects on her appreciation for the Museum of Anthropology at UBC and Early Music Vancouver.
- Extent
- 00:02:04
- Subject(s)
- University of British Columbia. Museum of Anthropology, Early Music Vancouver, Music, Museums, Creative community
- Location(s)
- West Point Grey
- Time Period
- 1970s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Artist Trading Cards - Interview with Leanne Bishop:
- Contributor(s)
- Bishop, Leanne (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-24
- Language
- English
- Description
- Leanne explains the emergence of ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) on the Vancouver art scene.
- Extent
- 00:02:21
- Subject(s)
- Artists, Trading cards, ATCs (Artist Trading Cards), Creative community
- Location(s)
- Riley Park
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- At Home in the Downtown Eastside - Interview with Himy Syed:
- Contributor(s)
- Syed, Himy (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-07-22
- Language
- English
- Description
- After a year's residence on the Downtown Eastside, Himy Sied is still getting to know his neigbourhood and his neighbors, and likes them both more and more each day.
- Extent
- 00:05:55
- Subject(s)
- Social entrepreneurship, Small business, Vancouver Public Library - nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch
- Location(s)
- Strathcona
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- At the White Spot - Interview with Tevie Smith
- Contributor(s)
- Smith, Tevie (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-14
- Language
- English
- Description
- Tevie Smith worked at the first White Spot, and still has praise for the Vancouver institution.
- Extent
- 00:00:57
- Subject(s)
- White Spot (Restaurant), Restaurants, Employment
- Location(s)
- Marpole
- Time Period
- 1930s
- Collection
- Story City