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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: Being Free:
Contributor(s): Kateb, Masa (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2018-11-09
Language: English
Description: Masa shares her experience of coming to Canada and finding freedom.
Extent: 00:01:14
Subject(s): Freedom, Gratitude, Immigrants - Experience, Refugees, Syrian Canadians
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: What Changes You?

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: Building Your Community - Interview with Angelo Pappas
Contributor(s): Pappas, Angelo (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: As an immigrant to Canada, Pappas recognizes the importance of taking part in the building of one's new community.
Extent: 00:01:18
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Hellenic Community of Vancouver (Community Centre), St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Arbutus Street), Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (HEPA)
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Business and Pleasure in the Greek Community - Interview with Panayiotis Kavouras
Contributor(s): Kavouras, Panayiotis (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: Greek
Description: Mr. Kavouras shares his memories of the Greek businesses on West Broadway and other parts of Vancouver. Interview conducted in Greek. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:39
Subject(s): Bars (Drinking establishments), Immigrants - Experience, Small business, Orestes' (Restaurant), Greek Canadians
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Hellenic 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: Canadian Life - Interview with Peter Sayo:
Contributor(s): Sayo, Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-19
Language: English
Description: Peter has lived the "Canadian Dream," moving to Vancouver from the Philippines, getting an education, starting a family, opening a business, volunteering in his community and now enjoying his retirement.
Extent: 00:03:04
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Filipino Canadians, Volunteers, Entrepreneurs, Royal Canadian Legion. Branch 177
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Changes - Interview with Sarah Betschart:
Contributor(s): Betschart, Sarah (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-19
Language: English
Description: Sarah talks about moving to Vancouver from Switzerland, the weather and what she likes about Vancouver people (respect, patience, diversity).
Extent: 00:03:12
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Swiss Canadians, Social interaction
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Charity Work - Interview with Nikki Roussanidis
Contributor(s): Roussanidis, Nikki (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: English
Description: Nikki Roussanidis speaks about being in the Maids of Athena as a teenager and raising money for charity with that group as well as the Daughters of Penelope.
Extent: 00:03:14
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Charities, American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), Teenagers, Greek Canadians
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 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: 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: Coming to Canada - Interview with Fanni Ziakos:
Contributor(s): Ziakos, Fanni (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Fanni Ziakos' parents both came from Greece in the 1960s, where they settled in and worked hard to better their lives and the lives of their children.
Extent: 00:04:13
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Greek Canadians, Children of immigrants, Socrates Greek Cultural School, Education, Literacy, Schools
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1960s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Frank Lufkin:
Contributor(s): Lufkin, Frank (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-11
Language: English
Description: Frank Lufkin moved from Seattle in the late 2000s. Here he talks about his experiences as a new immigrant.
Extent: 00:01:52
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Outdoor recreation
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 2000s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Michael Cuccione:
Contributor(s): Cuccione, Michael (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-15
Language: English
Description: Michael Cuccione's family immigrated to Vancouver when he was a boy of seven. He describes their journey and the experience of settling and starting a life.
Extent: 00:04:47
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Italian Canadians
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Reginald Wise:
Contributor(s): Wise, Regiland (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-06
Language: English
Description: Reginald Wise emigrated from the United Kingdom, and between luck and the kindness of strangers found himself employed and housed within days of his arrival in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:03:40
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, British Canadians, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Sameer Charda:
Contributor(s): Charda, Sameer (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-11
Language: English
Description: Sameer Charda shares his experiences settling in the Lower Mainland, and some of his favourite spots.
Extent: 00:01:09
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Oakridge Centre, White Spot (Restaurant)
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Tieu Tu-Johnson:
Contributor(s): Tu-Johnson, Tieu (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-11
Language: English
Description: Tieu Tu-Johnson escaped from Vietnam in the 1970s and settled in Canada.
Extent: 00:02:30
Subject(s): Refugees, Immigrants - Experience, Vietnamese Canadians
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Vancouver - Interview with Carmen D'Onofrio:
Contributor(s): D'Onofrio, Carmen (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-26
Language: English
Description: Carmen talks about his family's journey to Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:40
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Italian Canadians, Kalena's Shoes (Vancouver, B.C.), Family-owned business enterprises, Small business
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Commercial Drive is a Walking Street - Veralena Casellato:
Contributor(s): Casellato, Veralena (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-09
Language: English
Description: Veralena Casellato speaks about Commercial Drive as a neighbourhood and its changing character.
Extent: 0:02:44
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Immigrants - Experience, Italian Canadians
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Communication Across Cultures - Interview with Peggy Leoung
Contributor(s): Leoung, Peggy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Peggy talks about the difficuly of waiting for news about her immigration status but also about how welcoming people in Vancouver are.
Extent: 0:01:42
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Social interaction
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

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