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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