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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: Childhood Memories - Interview with Wail Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Wail Wong talks about seeing buildings go up and the places he frequented at as a child. Wong discusses the long standing businesses and buildings; describes the businesses he grew up around and other fond memories.
Extent: 00:00:57
Subject(s): New Town Bakery & Restaurant, Modernize Tailors, Ming Wo, Woodward's Stores Limited, Chinese Cultural Centre, Army And Navy Department Store Ltd., Stores, Retail, Department stores, Sun Yat-Sen Gardens
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown Changes - Interview with Ms. Joe
Contributor(s): Joe, Ms. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Ms. Joe discusses some major changes that Chinatown has undergone. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:30
Subject(s): Buildings, Businesses, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, 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: Chinatown Prevails - Interview with Sue Lum
Contributor(s): Lum, Sue (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Lum talks about the freeway debates to demolish Chinatown in 1968-1970 and petitions from the Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants Association (SPOTA).
Extent: 00:00:40
Subject(s): Strathcona Property Owners and Tenants' Association, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Petitions, Communities
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown Rejuvenation - Interview with Wail Wong
Contributor(s): Wong, Wail (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Wail Wong talks about some of the positive changes that Chinatown has recently undergone.
Extent: 00:01:31
Subject(s): Fortune Sound Club (Nightclub), Chinese Canadians, Ming's Restaurant, Multiculturalism, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) Buildings - Interview with Marion Man:
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about the Freemasons building and the legacy of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen.
Extent: 00:00:31
Subject(s): Chinese Community Centre, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Chinese Freemasons Building, Yat-Sen, Sun, 1866-1925
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) Landmarks - Interview with Albert Tsang
Contributor(s): Tsang, Albert (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Albert Tsang outlines the importance of the building that Dr. Sun Yat-Sen stayed in and its history. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:59
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.) - Millennium Gate, Yat-Sen, Sun, 1866-1925, Modernize Tailors, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Chinatown's Legacy - Interview with Melody Ma:
Contributor(s): Ma, Melody (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-29
Language: English
Description: Melody Ma, born and raised in Vancouver, offers eloquent commentary about the vital role Chinatown plays in preserving the history of the Chinese in the city, and to her own identity.
Extent: 00:04:13
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Ciao Expo!:
Contributor(s): Fryeskul, Jim (Contributor)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1986
Description: "Ciao Expo!" spray painted on the Italian Pavilion at Expo 86.
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Expo 86 - Italy Pavilion, Graffiti
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Clowning Around in Vancouver - Interview with Asivak Koostachin:
Contributor(s): Koostachin, Asivak (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-23
Language: English
Description: Asivak Koostachin came to Vancouver for some change. As an emerging performance artist, Asivak found himself in the world of clowning.
Extent: 00:02:00
Subject(s): Creative community, Clowning, Performance artists
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Kate Bevan-Smith
Contributor(s): Bevan-Smith, Kate (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-26
Language: English
Description: Kate Bevan-Smith is a very recent arrival in Vancouver who is soaking it all up.
Extent: 00:04:15
Subject(s): Festivals, Volunteers, Hockey, Music, Railroad travel, Vancouver Canucks (Hockey team), Doors Open Vancouver, Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Community and Family - Interview with Olivia Cheung
Contributor(s): Cheung, Olivia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Ms. Cheung describes how hard her parents worked for their children and about intergenerational family bonds.
Extent: 00:00:55
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Parenting, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Community and Family - Interview with Sue Lum:
Contributor(s): Lum, Sue (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Sue Lum talks about associations and the need for young people to be involved in their communities.
Extent: 00:00:58
Subject(s): Civic improvement, Community associations, Lim Sai Hor Association, Communities
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Community Values - Interview with Chuck Chang
Contributor(s): Chang, Chuck (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: Cantonese
Description: Chang discusses the importance of clan associations and their changing roles in Chinatown. Interview conducted in Cantonese. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:50
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Chinese Benevolent Association, Chinese Freemasons Building, Clan associations, Cultural associations
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Connecting and Reconnecting - Interview with Janet Wees
Contributor(s): Wees, Janet (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-09-08
Language: English
Description: Janet Wees remembers Expo itself as an exciting time, but the opportunity to reconnect with fellow past and present residents of Saskatchewan was even more meaningful. Like many others she has observed how Expo changed the character of Vancouver from small town to big city.
Extent: 00:11:28
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Reunions, Unicorn Pub, Expo 86 - Saskatchewan Pavilion, Olympic Winter Games (15th : 1988 : Calgary, Alta.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Continuum Filming at Plaza of Nations:
Contributor(s): Ho, Vanessa (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Description: Filming of the aftermath of an attack on the VPD for the penultimate episode of Continuum's season 4. The Plaza of Nations was turned into an emergency zone. In the Photo: Rachel Nichols as Kiera Cameron and Erik Knudsen as Alec Sadler.
Subject(s): Actors, Emergency medical services, Nichols, Rachel, Knudsen, Erik, Television - Production and direction
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Hollywood North

Title: CPR Empress Nearing Prospect Point:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1901
Description: Leaving Vancouver. May be the Empress of India when the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary) visited (October 1st).
Subject(s): Ships, Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway Collection

Title: Crab Park - Interview with Nicholas Varga
Contributor(s): Varga, Nicholas (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-10-25
Language: English
Description: Nicholas talks about the efforts to save CRAB Park at Portside from development.
Extent: 00:01:53
Subject(s): Real estate development, B.C. Rail, Vancouver Whitecaps (Soccer team), Parks, CRAB Park at Portside (Vancouver, B.C.)
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s
Collection: Story City

Title: Crowd at the Canadian Pacific Railway Depot:
Contributor(s): Timms, Philip (Photographer)
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1909
Description: Terminus for trains and ships at the foot of Granville. People are possibly waiting to buy lots (in Shaughnessy?). Several people have bicycles.
Subject(s): Railroad stations, Crowds, Architecture, Bicycles, Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway Collection

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