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Title: 1946 Earthquake - Interview with Wayne Gatley:
Contributor(s): Gatley, Wayne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-27
Language: English
Description: Wayne recalls the 1946 earthquake, one of his earliest memories.
Extent: 00:01:13
Subject(s): Earthquakes, Family, Childhood
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: 28 People in a Rooming House - Interview with Jackie Hooper
Contributor(s): Hooper, Jackie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Jackie recounts the living conditions and the various rooming houses from her childhood in the West End.
Extent: 00:01:32
Subject(s): Apartments, Housing, Living conditions, Family
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Appreciate the Small Things:
Contributor(s): Dhaliwal, Nicholas (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2018-10-04
Language: English
Description: Nicholas shares his story of loss and how this helped shift his focus and appreciate things around him.
Extent: 00:01:10
Subject(s): Grief, Gratitude, Family
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: What Changes You?

Title: Appreciation for Each Day:
Contributor(s): Watters, Lily (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2018-11-15
Language: English
Extent: 00:01:02
Subject(s): Grief, Gratitude, Family
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: What Changes You?

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: Children and Community - Interview with Helen Nicolidakis Soulsbury:
Contributor(s): Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Helen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-01-26
Language: English
Description: Helen's experience of having drifted away from the Greek community in University and then coming back to the Hellenic Community Centre and the Greek Orthodox Church once her children came into the picture.
Extent: 00:02:44
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Greek Orthodox Church, Family, Children, Children of immigrants
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Children's Education - Interview with Mohini Kumar
Contributor(s): Kumar, Mohini (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Mohini speaks of her decision to stay in Canada for her children's education.
Extent: 0:01:04
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Family
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Connections - Interview with Fay Fergusson:
Contributor(s): Fergusson, Fay (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-28
Language: English
Description: Fay explains how she finds joy in theatre, art and books and how she strives to maintain connection with others.
Extent: 00:05:07
Subject(s): People with disabilities, Theatre, Artists, Artists with disabilities, Art - Exhibitions, Books and reading, Family, Social interaction, ConnecTra Society
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Death of My Mother:
Contributor(s): Littlewolfe, Justin
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2019-03-13
Language: English
Description: Justin talks about how the death of his mother eighteen years ago changed his life forever and how those eighteen years have been difficult. He has forgiven himself and others and helps youth in his community.
Extent: 00:01:13
Subject(s): Grief, Family, Youth - Services for
Time Period: 2000s, 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: 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: Father Demetrios Partsafas and Family:
Contributor(s): Maria Camara (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1975
Description: Father Demetrios Partsafas with Presvytera Irini, oldest child, Socrates and twin girls, Maria Camara and Stella Kasidoulis. Father Partsafas and his young family came to Vancouver in 1974. This was taken in Vancouver near their home at West 20th and Oak Street.
Subject(s): Clergy, Greek Canadians, Family
Location(s): South Cambie
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Food and Restaurants - Interview with Ms. Yung
Contributor(s): Yung, Ms. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Yung says she goes out to eat with her daughter who comes to Chinatown for grocery shopping. She comments on the many store closures and the way in which this has affected Chinatown. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:03
Subject(s): Grocery shopping, Hon's Restaurant, Family, Bak Lok Restaurant, Chinese restaurants
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s, 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, 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: From Syria to Canada
Contributor(s): Alodat, Hiba (Journalism Crew), Martel, Beck (Journalism Crew), Michaels, Kyra (Journalism Crew), Yu, Chloe (Journalism Crew), Yu, Mylo (Journalism Crew), House, Tina (Facilitator), Stewart, Karl (VPL Staff), Chan, Aaron (VPL Staff), Petro, Ingrid (VPL Staff)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2019-07-24
Language: English
Description: A young artist tells the story of her journey coming to Canada as a refugee with her family.
Extent: 00:07:21
Subject(s): Artists, Citizen Journalism, Drawing, Family, Family, Portraits, Mother and child, Muslims, Refugee Camps, Refugees, Syria, Syrian War, Teenage girls, Teenagers, War
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Capturing Vancouver

Title: Fruit Trees - Interview with Jack Ford
Contributor(s): Ford, Jack (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2014
Language: English
Description: Jack describes the shared housing he lived in as a child and some of the features of the Georgia Street area at the time.
Extent: 00:02:22
Subject(s): Family, Apartments, Housing, Living conditions
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Collection: West End Stories

Title: Fun and Family - Interview with Jeff Stackhouse
Contributor(s): Stackhouse, Jeff (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-09-08
Language: English
Description: Jeffrey Stackhouse and his family spent many hours at Expo 86. He shares his top 5 list of attractions and activities.
Extent: 00:08:05
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Fireworks, Family, Rainbow War (Live-action/animation film), McBarge (Restaurant), Mummies
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Greek Dances - Interview with Helen Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Nikki Roussanidis and Sophia Karasouli-Milobar:
Contributor(s): Nicolidakis Soulsbury, Helen (Interviewee), Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee), Karasouli-Milobar, Sophia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Nikki Roussanidis speaks about selling tickets to the various Greek association balls and dances at Nikki's father's gas station, as well as attending many such events over the years as a child.
Extent: 00:03:16
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Folk dancing, Greek, Family, Creative community
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Growing Up in Ahousat - Interview with Susan Adamson
Contributor(s): Adamson, Susan (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 1983-07-25
Language: English
Description: Susan Adamson speaks about her life growing up in Ahousat, British Columbia, her family background, her relationships, and her reasons for coming to the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver and her experiences there.
Extent: 00:30:45, 00:30:45
Subject(s): Fishing, Marriage, Alcoholism, Family, Children, Family violence, Residential schools, Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools, Indigenous peoples
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Carnegie Stories

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