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Title: At Home in the Downtown Eastside - Interview with Himy Syed:
Contributor(s): Syed, Himy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-22
Language: English
Description: After a year's residence on the Downtown Eastside, Himy Sied is still getting to know his neigbourhood and his neighbors, and likes them both more and more each day.
Extent: 00:05:55
Subject(s): Social entrepreneurship, Small business, Vancouver Public Library - nə́c̓aʔmat ct Strathcona Branch
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Bakery Life - 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 working for two East Van bakeries: Dad's Cookies and Weston Bakery.
Extent: 00:01:49
Subject(s): Small business, Bakeries, Dad's Cookie Company, Weston's Bread, Employment
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: 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: Business Sense - Interview with Raj Neely:
Contributor(s): Neely, Raj (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-19
Language: English
Description: Raj compares the three neighbourhoods she's lived in: West End, North Van and Kits; she talks about the friendliness of businesses.
Extent: 00:02:20
Subject(s): Small business, Social interaction, Neighbourhoods
Location(s): West End
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Butcher, the Baker.... - Interview with Christine Nicolas:
Contributor(s): Nicolas, Christine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Christine Nicolas expressed appreciation for the personalized services she receives in the small businesses of Kerrisdale Village. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:28
Subject(s): Small business, Food
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Child's Local Market
Contributor(s): Derkson, Roland (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Extent: 00:06:14
Subject(s): Small business, Grocers, Family-owned business enterprises
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Chinatown
Contributor(s): Caturla, Ting (Journalism Crew), Sakamoto, Hayoto (Journalism Crew), Stephens, Rhonda (Journalism Crew), Wikelund, Cate (Journalism Crew), House, Tina (Journalism Crew), Ramirez, Roberto (VPL Staff), Stewart, Karl (VPL Staff), Gibeaux, Meaghan (VPL Staff)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2019-06-09
Language: English
Description: A look at historical Chinatown's monuments and important locations, as well as a spotlight on the very real threat to the neighbourhood by gentrification.
Extent: 00:04:53
Subject(s): Gentrification, Small business, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden
Location(s): Chinatown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Capturing Vancouver

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 Over Time - 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 the changes that have occurred on Commercial Drive over the years.
Extent: 00:01:32
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Family-owned business enterprises, Small business, Kalena's Shoes (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Culinary Life - Interview with Jackie Byrn:
Contributor(s): Byrn, Jackie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-22
Language: English
Description: Returning home to Vancouver after several years in the United States, Jackie Byrn worked as a food journalist, then opened and ran a culinary school and a popular Kerrisdale restaurant.
Extent: 00:06:18
Subject(s): Small business, Restaurants, Self-employed women, Women Chefs, Jackie's (Restaurant), Parry, Malcolm
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Downtown Eastside, a Creative Community - Interview with Gilles Cyrenne:
Contributor(s): Cyrenne, Gilles (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-10
Language: English
Description: Gilles describes all the vibrant creative activities found in the Downtown Eastside, the Heart of the City Festival, and his upcoming book of poetry.
Extent: 00:02:21
Subject(s): Poetry, Artists, Artists' studios, Housing, Gentrification, Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, Small business, Creative community
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Dunbar Theatre - Interview with Greg Rudloff:
Contributor(s): Rudloff, Greg (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Dunbar Theatre has remained a neighbourhood anchor since the 1930s.
Extent: 00:01:04
Subject(s): Theatres, Small business, Dunbar Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Dunbar Theatre - Interview with Ray Poulter
Contributor(s): Poulter, Ray (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: The Dunbar Theatre has remained a staple in the area since the 1930s. Mr. Poulter, a former employee, gives us a behind the screen look.
Extent: 00:04:45
Subject(s): Theatres, Small business, Dunbar Theatre (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Dunbar's Business District - Interview with Ray Poulter
Contributor(s): Poulter, Ray (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: As a Dunbar resident for over 80 years, Mr. Poulter has clear memories of the commercial enterprises along Dunbar Street.
Extent: 00:03:37
Subject(s): Small business, Home delivery services, Grocers
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Esson's Family Bakery - Interview with Sharon Esson
Contributor(s): Esson, Sharon (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-19
Language: English
Description: Sharon tells about the Esson's Family Bakery in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:56
Subject(s): Bakers and bakeries, Bakeries, Small business, Family-owned business enterprises
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1910s, 1960s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Everyone Was a Character - 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 the character of the people on The Drive when he was growing up.
Extent: 00:01:34
Subject(s): Italian Canadians, Small business, Social interaction, Family-owned business enterprises
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Family Bakery - Interview with Anna-Maria Kapetanakis:
Contributor(s): Kapetanakis, Anna-Maria (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-01-26
Language: English
Description: Anna-Maria Kapetanakis tells the story of her family's arrival to Vancouver from Greece and the bakery they ran in order to survive in the 1970s.
Extent: 00:03:17
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Family-owned business enterprises, Pastry - Filo, Bakeries, Small business
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: The Family Businesses - Interview with Pia Tofini-Johnson and James Johnson:
Contributor(s): Tofini-Johnson, Pia (Interviewee), Johnson, James ()
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-20
Language: English
Description: Pia Tofini-Johnson recalls the early days of both the family's businesses - an Italian newspaper and a travel agency.
Extent: 00:04:00
Subject(s): Italian Canadians, Small business, Family-owned business enterprises, Newspapers, Travel agencies
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: Food and Heritage - Interview with Inez Cook:
Contributor(s): Cook, Inez (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-25
Language: English
Description: Inez Cook was adopted into a white family, but as an adult connected with and showcases her Indigenous culture through her restaurant, Salmon and Bannock.
Extent: 00:03:08
Subject(s): Indigenous peoples, Small business, Restaurants, Food
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: I Love This Neighbourhood - Interview with Erin Seeley:
Contributor(s): Seeley, Erin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-30
Language: English
Description: Erin takes us through a list of some of her favourite mom & pop stores in the Riley Park neighbourhood, talks about her involvement in the Little Mountain Neighbourhood House, and enthusiastically gushes about her home and neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:05:30
Subject(s): Small business, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Communities
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

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