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Title: 500 block Carrall Street west side:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1906
Description: Looking north with the Chinese Empire Reform Association of Canada, centre. Chinese businesses and men. Wagons.
Subject(s): Horse-drawn vehicles, Chinese Canadians, Buildings, Stores, Retail, Chinese Empire Reform Association of Canada
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Philip Timms Collection

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: B.C. Royal Cafe - Interview with Wail Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Wail Wong reminisces about restaurants that he frequented as a child.
Extent: 00:00:26
Subject(s): B.C. Royal Cafe, Childhood, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Business and Cultural Shifts - Interview with Albert Tsang
Contributor(s): Tsang, Albert (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Albert Tsang talks about the time when Chinatown used to be the only place you could shop for Chinese goods. Tsang explains why he thinks Chinese businesses are outside of Chinatown now and addresses complaints about outside cultures starting businesses in Chinatown. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:40
Subject(s): Western businesses, Cultural shifts, Multiculturalism, Chinese restaurants, Chinese Canadians, Businesses
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Canadian Culture - Interview with Cordelia Shan:
Contributor(s): Shan, Cordelia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-23
Language: English
Description: Cordelia describes making friends and learning about Canadian culture.
Extent: 00:04:38
Subject(s): Social interaction, Canadians - Social life and customs, Immigrants - Experience, Chinese students, Students, Foreign, Chinese Canadians, Langara College, Volunteers
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Changes in Chinatown - Interview with Ms. Chan
Contributor(s): Chan, Ms. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Ms. Chan discusses buildings that are changing in Chinatown and the increase of high-rises. She believes that the essence of Chinatown is gone and mentions her difficulty when communicating with westerners. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:56
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) - Millennium Gate, Buildings, Cultural shifts, Cultural differences, Chinese Canadians, Chinese restaurants, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Changes in Chinatown - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Olivia discusses the stagnating aspects of Chinatown and possible solutions.
Extent: 00:02:36
Subject(s): Grocery shopping, Chinese Canadians, Businesses, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Changes in Chinatown - Interview with Marion Man:
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man discusses the reasons behind the decline of Chinese stores and businesses.
Extent: 00:00:27
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians, Businesses, Grocery stores, Gentrification
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Childhood Memories - Interview with Gregory Helem:
Contributor(s): Helem, Gregory (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Gregory Helem speaks about his childhood memories.
Extent: 00:01:28
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Family, Woodward's Stores Limited
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown Changes - Interview with Ms. Joe
Contributor(s): Joe, Ms. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Ms. Joe discusses some major changes that Chinatown has undergone. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:30
Subject(s): Buildings, Businesses, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown Childhood - Interview with Eileen Kon:
Contributor(s): Kon, Eileen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-30
Language: English
Description: Eileen recounts her early childhood experiences in Vancouver's Chinatown.
Extent: 00:04:59
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Chinese Canadians, Multicultural education
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Chinatown Rejuvenation - Interview with Wail Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Wail Wong talks about some of the positive changes that Chinatown has recently undergone.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Fortune Sound Club (Nightclub), Chinese Canadians, Ming's Restaurant, Multiculturalism, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown's Legacy - Interview with Melody Ma:
Contributor(s): Ma, Melody (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-29
Language: English
Description: Melody Ma, born and raised in Vancouver, offers eloquent commentary about the vital role Chinatown plays in preserving the history of the Chinese in the city, and to her own identity.
Extent: 00:04:13
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Chinese Men Laying CPR Track Near Glenogle:
Contributor(s): Unknown (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1924
Description: Chinese Men Laying CPR Track Near Glenogle.
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Railroads - Employees, Railroad construction workers, Railroads - Track, Railroads - Rolling-stock
Time Period: 1920s
Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway Collection

Title: Church Buildings - Interview with Marion Man and Gregory Helem
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee), Helem, Gregory (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about churches in Chinatown, including one that is over 100 years old and is still existing at Gore and Pender Streets. Marion continues by talking more about the church that is now called the Strathcona Church and also about the St. Francis Xavier School in Strathcona.
Extent: 00:02:06
Subject(s): Schools, Chinese Canadians, Church buildings, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Elementary schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Community and Family - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Ms. Cheung describes how hard her parents worked for their children and about intergenerational family bonds.
Extent: 00:00:55
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Parenting, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Community Values - Interview with Chuck Chang
Contributor(s): Chang, Chuck (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Chang discusses the importance of clan associations and their changing roles in Chinatown. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:50
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Chinese Benevolent Association, Chinese Freemasons Building, Clan associations, Cultural associations
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Everybody Here is So Friendly - Interview with Kassie Ge:
Contributor(s): Ge, Kassie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Kassie talks about her experiences living in Vancouver and how she has found people to be very friendly and helpful.
Extent: 00:00:48
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Friendliness, Helpfulness, Social interaction
Location(s): South Cambie
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Family Values - Interview with Randall Yip
Contributor(s): Yip, Randall (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Randall Yip shares a story about his grandfather.
Extent: 00:00:35
Subject(s): Marriage, Chinese Canadians, Family, Streets - British Columbia - Vancouver - Granville Street
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Food and Restaurants - Interview with Albert Tsang and Chuck Chang:
Contributor(s): Tsang, Albert (Interviewee), Chang, Chuck (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Albert Tsang and Chuck Chang talk about their first experience dining out at Sai Woo, and the way in which the business has changed. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, New Town Bakery & Restaurant, Sai Woo (Restaurant)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City