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- 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
- Booming Ground - Interview with Terry Slack
- Contributor(s)
- Slack, Terry (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-14
- Language
- English
- Description
- From their first Canadian home on Iona Island, young Terry Slack and his family moved to the foot of what is now the Marine Drive lookout, spending a few years living beside the booming grounds.
- Extent
- 00:01:39
- Subject(s)
- Immigrants - Experience, Booms (Log transportation), Schools, Kerrisdale Elementary School, Elementary schools, Schools, Active life enthusiasts
- Location(s)
- Dunbar-Southlands
- Time Period
- 1950s
- Collection
- Story City
- 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
- Class Trips - Interview with Barb Mikulec
- Contributor(s)
- Mikulec, Barb (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-08
- Language
- English
- Description
- Barb remembers taking her Emily Carr Elementary School students to the future site of VanDusen Garden for free skating on the ponds.
- Extent
- 00:01:30
- Subject(s)
- VanDusen Botanical Display Gardens, Skating, Emily Carr Elementary School, Elementary schools, Schools
- Location(s)
- Shaughnessy
- Time Period
- 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Favourite Places - Interview with Kira Yee
- Contributor(s)
- Yee, Kira (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-04-26
- Language
- English
- Description
- Kira Yee talks about two places in her Cedar Cottage neighbourhood.
- Extent
- 00:01:35
- Subject(s)
- Playgrounds, Shopping, Active life enthusiasts, Charles Dickens Elementary School, Elementary schools, Schools
- Location(s)
- Kensington-Cedar Cottage
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Growing Up in Hastings-Sunrise - Interview with Margery
- Contributor(s)
- Margery (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-12
- Language
- English
- Description
- Margery talks about MacDonald School and her dog, Rover.
- Extent
- 00:01:42
- Subject(s)
- Dogs, Sir William Macdonald Elementary School, Street-railroads, Teachers, Children, Elementary schools, Schools
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1920s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Growing Up in Kitsilano - Interview with Dora Coutts
- Contributor(s)
- Coutts, Dora (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-03
- Language
- English
- Description
- Dora talks about life at General Gordon School, and her childhood favourites, including games, shoes, and candy.
- Extent
- 00:03:02
- Subject(s)
- General Gordon Elementary School, Children, Multiculturalism, Games, Candy, Elementary schools, Schools
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1950s
- Collection
- Story City
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Safety for Kids - Interview with Sean Blackman
- Contributor(s)
- Blackman, Sean (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-11
- Language
- English
- Description
- Sean recalls how physical injuries at school were not as much of a priority when he was a kid.
- Extent
- 00:01:30
- Subject(s)
- First aid in illness and injury, Elementary schools, Schools, Lord Tennyson Elementary School (Vancouver, B.C.), 1912, Parks
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1980s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- School, Church, Community - Interview with Kumi Kakinuma
- Contributor(s)
- Kakinuma, Kumi (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-05-05
- Language
- English
- Description
- Kumi shares her thoughts on schools and the friendliness of people on the East side of Vancouver.
- Extent
- 00:01:08
- Subject(s)
- Italian Canadians, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (Vancouver, B.C.), Elementary schools, Schools, Social interaction, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School
- Location(s)
- Grandview-Woodland
- Time Period
- 1990s, 2000s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- School Days - Interview with Herb Torrance
- Contributor(s)
- Torrance, Herb (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-09-13
- Language
- English
- Description
- Herb talks about growing up in Vancouver during the years of WW II and just after.
- Extent
- 00:02:25
- Subject(s)
- Childhood, Lord Tennyson Elementary School (Vancouver, B.C.), 1912, World War, 1939-1945, Elementary schools, Schools
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 1930s, 1940s
- 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
- Teaching at Strathcona - Interview with Ted Watkins
- Contributor(s)
- Ted Watkins (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-12-23
- Language
- English
- Description
- Ted discusses his experience teaching at Strathcona Elementary School.
- Extent
- 00:03:21
- Subject(s)
- Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Schools, Elementary schools, Multiculturalism, Teachers, Books and reading
- Location(s)
- Strathcona
- Time Period
- 1950s, 1960s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- West Side Schools - Interview with Marion Reid
- Contributor(s)
- Reid, Marion (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-04-25
- Language
- English
- Description
- Marion describes memories of Queen Mary Elementary school and Lord Byng Secondary School.
- Extent
- 00:02:43
- Subject(s)
- Schools, High schools, Elementary schools, Children, Neighbourhoods - Safety, Active life enthusiasts, Lord Byng Secondary School, Queen Mary Elementary School
- Location(s)
- West Point Grey
- Time Period
- 1940s, 1950s
- Collection
- Story City