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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: Being Involved in the Community - Interview with Donna Chan:
Contributor(s): Chan, Donna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Donna talks about her community and volunteer work and how important it is to feel connected and how she passed this on to her children.
Extent: 00:00:30
Subject(s): Volunteers, Neighbourhoods, Communities
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Bino's Coffee Shop - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Olivia Cheung speaks about spending time at Bino's with friends and acquaintances.
Extent: 00:00:44
Subject(s): Communities, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Bino's (Restaurant)
Location(s): Chinatown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Building Your Community - Interview with Katherine Ruffen:
Contributor(s): Ruffen, Katherine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Katherine Ruffen was one of the earliest members of South Hill Neighbours, a society dedicated to building a strong, safe community. She describes some of their activities. Part of the Inside Stories program from the South Hill Neighbourhood House
Extent: 00:02:35
Subject(s): South Hill Neighbours, Associations, institutions, etc., Communities, Community relations
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Chinatown Prevails - Interview with Sue Lum
Contributor(s): Lum, Sue (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Lum talks about the freeway debates to demolish Chinatown in 1968-1970 and petitions from the Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association (SPOTA).
Extent: 00:00:40
Subject(s): Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants' Association, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Petitions, Communities
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinese Library - Interview with Marion Man:
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about her fond memories of working at the Chinese Library.
Extent: 00:01:17
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Cultural differences, Multiculturalism, Chinese Community Library Services Association, Communities
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: City Surprises - Interview with Robin Lough:
Contributor(s): Lough, Robin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Robin Lough is taking a class about community engagement at the Oak Park Fieldhouse in Marpole. She marvels at the "secret" places in the city she is discovering.
Extent: 00:01:14
Subject(s): Communities, Community relations
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming Out on The Drive - Interview with Andrea Smith:
Contributor(s): Smith, Andrea (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-10
Language: English
Description: Andrea Smith shares her experience coming out as a lesbian living in East Vancouver.
Extent: 00:02:12
Subject(s): Lesbians, LGBTQ (Queer community), Coming out (Sexual orientation), Communities
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 2010s, 2000s
Collection: Story City

Title: Communal Living - Interview with Asivak Koostachin:
Contributor(s): Koostachin, Asivak (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Asivak Koostachin has made his own home in the Oakridge area, and extols communal living as an effective way of building community.
Extent: 00:04:00
Subject(s): Communal living, Community relations, Communities
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Community and Family - Interview with Sue Lum:
Contributor(s): Lum, Sue (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Sue Lum talks about associations and the need for young people to be involved in their communities.
Extent: 00:00:58
Subject(s): Civic improvement, Community associations, Lim Sai Hor Association, Communities
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Community Building - Interview with Angelo Pappas
Contributor(s): Pappas, Angelo (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Angelo Pappas discusses his involvement in various associations. He also discusses the Vancouver Greek Community's involvement in the building of the political body of the city, province, and country.
Extent: 00:01:18
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Politics and culture, Communities
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: The Drive - Interview with Earl Sunshine:
Contributor(s): Sunshine, Earl (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-11
Language: English
Description: Earl Sunshine shares his thoughts about the East Side neighbourhood known affectionately as 'The Drive'.
Extent: 00:01:35
Subject(s): Communities, Community relations
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Collection: Story City

Title: Engagement and Impact of Services Like Public Libraries
Contributor(s): Segura, Nicolas (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2018-10-23
Language: English
Description: Nicolas talks about how emigrating from Colombia to Canada has impacted him, and specifically how services such as public libraries engage and impact people.
Extent: 00:01:06
Subject(s): Public libraries, Communities, Immigrants, Public services
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: What Changes You?

Title: Family Feeling - Interview with Pam Sywulych:
Contributor(s): Sywulych, Pam (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Pam compares her own childhood and her friend Katherine's childhood with the family atmosphere currently found in the Main and King Edward area.
Extent: 00:00:45
Subject(s): Communities, Community relations, Family
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Family Life near Falaise Park - Interview with Lois Dick:
Contributor(s): Dick, Lois (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Lois describes living in the Falaise Park area.
Extent: 00:01:50
Subject(s): Communities, Children, Family, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Finding Belonging - Interview with Susan Lewis
Contributor(s): Lewis, Susan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Susan describes the places that give her a sense of belonging.
Extent: 0:01:34
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Social interaction, Communities, Employment, Hockey
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Finding Community - Interview with Anna Zhao:
Contributor(s): Zhao, Anna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-24
Language: English
Description: Anna describes the community support she has found in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:02:51
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Communities, Social interaction, Multiculturalism
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: First Weeks in Hastings-Sunrise - Interview with Robin Lough
Contributor(s): Lough, Robin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Robin is pleased with her new community.
Extent: 00:02:02
Subject(s): Communities, Parks, Cycling, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Fostering the Community - Interview with Larry Wong:
Contributor(s): Wong, Larry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Larry Wong discusses the ways in which Chinatown was a tight community that helped foster its unique identity.
Extent: 00:02:34
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Cultural isolation, Racism, Segregation, Communities, Family
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Friendlier on the East Side - Interview with Emiko Kordyback:
Contributor(s): Kordyback, Emiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Emiko talks about the difference she sees in sociability between the East and West sides of Vancouver.
Extent: 00:00:32
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Social interaction, Communities
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

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