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Title: Lasting Strathcona Connections - Interview with Judy Hanazawa
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy talks about the strong and lasting connections she has with the Strathcona community.
Extent: 00:04:30
Subject(s): School children, Racism, Multiculturalism, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Elementary schools, Schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Life in Chinatown - Interview with Olivia Cheung:
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Olivia Cheung speaks about her childhood in Chinatown and the beginnings of Maxim's Bakery.
Extent: 00:03:06
Subject(s): Maxim's Bakery, Chinese restaurants, Family-owned business enterprises, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: May Wah Hotel - Interview with Larry Wong:
Contributor(s): Wong, Larry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Larry Wong describes his experience living in the back of a tailor shop and the role of the May Wah Hotel for the community.
Extent: 00:02:12
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, May Wah Hotel, Bathing
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Memories of Strathcona School - Interview with Eva Scherger
Contributor(s): Scherger, Eva (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Eva Scherger was born in the 1920s and grew up in Strathcona. Here, she recalls her days at Strathcona School and some of the school's history. Note: Ms. Scherger's recollection that Strathcona School was briefly used for a hospital for Japanese families during the flu epidemic during WWI is accurate; King Edward Secondary was used as a temporary hospital for the rest of the populace during this time.
Extent: 00:01:54
Subject(s): Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Influenza, Elementary schools, Schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1910s, 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Moving the Miller Goodwood Woodworking Shop - Interview with Gilles Cyrenne:
Contributor(s): Cyrenne, Gilles (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-09
Language: English
Description: Gilles discusses the moving of the woodworking co-op and other creative studios in the Downtown Eastside.
Extent: 00:02:18
Subject(s): Miller Goodwood Woodworking Co-op, Woodworkers, Gentrification
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: My Daughter is a Bookworm Thanks to the Library - Interview with Colleen Boudreau:
Contributor(s): Boudreau, Colleen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-06-24
Language: English
Description: Colleen talks about her daughter's experience growing up with the Strathcona Library and what it has meant to the family.
Extent: 00:01:01
Subject(s): Vancouver Public Library - Strathcona Branch, Books and reading, Early literacy
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: New Blood - Interview with Charles H. Tasaka:
Contributor(s): Tasaka, Charles H. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Charles Tasaka speaks about the arrival of new Japanese immigrants to Vancouver and the influence these new ideas have on culture and food.
Extent: 00:01:11
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Japanese Canadians - Nisei, Cookery, Japanese, Immigrant - Experience, Powell Street Festival, Food
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Pearl Harbor Changed Everything - Interview with Akira Horii
Contributor(s): Horii, Akira (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Akira talks about how everything changed for Japanese-Canadians after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Extent: 00:04:14
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Japanese Canadian Internment, Racism, Schools, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Elementary schools, Schools, World War, 1939-1945, University of British Columbia. Faculty of Medicine
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: Powell Street Festival - Interview with Eleanor Kaneda:
Contributor(s): Kaneda, Eleanor (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Eleanor talks about why she is involved with the Powell Street festival.
Extent: 00:00:41
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Powell Street Festival, Festivals
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Powell Street Public Bath - Interview with Akira Horii:
Contributor(s): Horii, Akira (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Akira recalls using a public bath on Powell Street, part of the Japantown Business District.
Extent: 00:00:30
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Bathhouses, Central business districts
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Recreation on the Eastside - Interview with Joe:
Contributor(s): Joe (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-10-25
Language: English
Description: Joe talks about places to get fit and have fun on the Eastside.
Extent: 00:02:49
Subject(s): Weight lifting, Fitness, Horsemanship, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Representing Vancouver East - Interview with Anna Terrana:
Contributor(s): Terrana, Anna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-01
Language: English
Description: Anna Terrana speaks about running for and being elected as a Member of Parliament for Vancouver East between 1993 and 1997; the travel and the responsibility of the position.
Extent: 0:03:58
Subject(s): Italian Canadians, Politics and government, Women in politics, Travel
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1990s
Collection: Story City

Title: Restaurant Ratings - Interview with Jonah:
Contributor(s): Jonah (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-25
Language: English
Description: Jonah describes the restaurants he likes to visit.
Extent: 00:01:03
Subject(s): Restaurants
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Sakura So and Powell St. Festival - Interview with Masao Kano:
Contributor(s): Kano, Masuo (Interviewee), Iwaasa, David ()
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Masao Kano discusses his memory of a past Powell Street Festival and living in the Downtown Eastside.
Extent: 00:01:11
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Sakura So (Residence), Powell Street Festival, Cookery, Japanese, Food
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: School Experiences - Interview with Larry Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Larry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Larry Wong talks about Vancouver's Chinese schools, and how Strathcona School was as a tolerant multicultural place. He also mentions seeing his first interracial kiss at a school play.
Extent: 00:03:03
Subject(s): Elementary schools, Schools, Chinese, Multiculturalism, Ping pong, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Schools, Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1950s, 1970s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: School Experiences - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Cheung's school experience - taking the bus and raising her hand to answer questions in class.
Extent: 00:01:38
Subject(s): Elementary schools, English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers, Childhood, School children, Schools, Chinese Canadians, David Oppenheimer Elementary School
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: School Experiences - Interview with Sue Lum
Contributor(s): Lum, Sue (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Sue Lum talks about her childhood experiences attending Strathcona Elementary School.
Extent: 00:01:11
Subject(s): Elementary schools, Schools, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Chinese Canadians, Childhood, Vancouver Public Library - Carnegie Branch
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1950s, 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Strathcona Branch: Such a Special, Welcoming, and Warm Place - Interview with Sarah Slack:
Contributor(s): Slack, Sarah (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-06-24
Language: English
Description: Sarah is sad to say goodbye to the Strathcona Branch as she found it to be an "incredibly special, welcoming and warm place."
Extent: 00:00:35
Subject(s): Libraries, Social interaction, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Vancouver Public Library - Strathcona Branch
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Strathcona Community Gardens - 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 the satisfaction of growing his own food and the connection he has when working with others in a community garden.
Extent: 00:01:56
Subject(s): Community gardens, Gardening, Strathcona Community Gardens
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Summer Reading Club - Interview with Colleen Boudreau:
Contributor(s): Boudreau, Colleen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-06-24
Language: English
Description: Colleen talks about the impact the Vancouver Public Library's Summer Reading Club has had on her daughter through the years.
Extent: 00:00:43
Subject(s): Books and reading, Early literacy, Vancouver Public Library - Strathcona Branch
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City