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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: At the White Spot - Interview with Tevie Smith
Contributor(s): Smith, Tevie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-14
Language: English
Description: Tevie Smith worked at the first White Spot, and still has praise for the Vancouver institution.
Extent: 00:00:57
Subject(s): White Spot (Restaurant), Restaurants, Employment
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Story City

Title: City Surprises - Interview with Robin Lough:
Contributor(s): Lough, Robin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Robin Lough is taking a class about community engagement at the Oak Park Fieldhouse in Marpole. She marvels at the "secret" places in the city she is discovering.
Extent: 00:01:14
Subject(s): Communities, Community relations
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: c̓əsnaʔəm: The Great Marpole Midden - Interview with Wayne Gatley
Contributor(s): Gatley, Wayne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-27
Language: English
Description: Wayne talks about the Great Marpole Midden (also known as the Eburne Site, or Great Fraser Midden, and known in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ as c̓əsnaʔəm).
Extent: 00:00:53
Subject(s): Indigenous peoples, National Historic Site of Canada, Kitchen-middens, Marpole Midden National Historic Site of Canada
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1930s, 1940s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Drive and Marpole - Interview with Robert Martin:
Contributor(s): Martin, Robert (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-13
Language: English
Description: Robert shares a bit about his two favourite neighbourhoods - The Drive and Marpole.
Extent: 00:01:23
Subject(s): Restaurants
Location(s): Grandview-Woodland
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Everything You Want Is Here! - Interview with Adriana Clarke
Contributor(s): Clarke, Adriana (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Adriana, who has lived in various cities and countries around the world, is enthusiastic about what Vancouver has to offer.
Extent: 00:02:25
Subject(s): Amusements, Family recreation
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Friendly Neighbours in Marpole - Interview with Ryan Zhang:
Contributor(s): Zhang, Ryan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Ryan reflects on the changes to Marpole and how friendly and neighbourly everyone is.
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Communities, Friendliness, Social interaction
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: It's All About Community - Interview with Shahana Moynihan:
Contributor(s): Moynihan, Shahana (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Shahana tells of her experiences in other cities and countries and why she always returns to Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:23
Subject(s): Communities, Multiculturalism, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Communal living
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Japanese Canadian Neighbours and the Celtic Cannery - Interview with Terry Slack:
Contributor(s): Slack, Terry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: Japanese immigrants made up an large part of the Southlands community from the late 19th to the mid 20th Century, attracted by the opportunity to work at the Celtic Cannery. Terry Slack, long time Dunbar-Southlands resident, relates a story he heard from members of the McCleery family (original white settlers in the Dunbar Southlands area) that sheds light on why the Celtic Cannery (pronounced with a soft "C") may have changed its name from Keltic Cannery. Note: the story of the Cannery is unverified.
Extent: 00:02:41
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Japanese Canadians, Celtic Cannery
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1890s, 1910s, 1920s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Language Learning and Community - Interview with Zhao Lan Fang
Contributor(s): Fang, Zhao Lan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-24
Language: English
Description: Zhao Lan Fang came to join her son when he came to study at Langara college. She has been enjoying the many offerings of the city, and has found the English language learning programs a great source of new friends. Recorded at The Drum Is Calling Festival.
Extent: 00:02:25
Subject(s): English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers, Community centres, Marpole Oakridge Community Centre
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Life on the Blenheim Flats - Interview with Terry Slack:
Contributor(s): Slack, Terry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-14
Language: English
Description: After years of isolation on Iona Island and the Point Grey Booming Ground, young Terry Slack and his family moved to the Blenheim Flats, becoming part of a community deeply involved in fishing, farming and horses.
Extent: 00:04:27
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Greenhouses, Murray and Wood Greenhouses, Horses - Equipment and supplies
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Marpole is a Quiet Little Area - Interview with Bruce Gregg:
Contributor(s): Gregg, Bruce (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Bruce reflects on the past and future of the Marpole neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:02:11
Subject(s): Sports, Marine Gateway, Shopping, Walkability, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Marpole is Becoming More Walkable - Interview with Lorna Lee:
Contributor(s): Lee, Lorna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Lorna reflects on how Marpole has become a more walkable neighbourhood.
Extent: 00:00:53
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Walkability
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Marpole's My Hood, and the City is Beautiful - Interview with Paul Thornton
Contributor(s): Thornton, Paul (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Paul shares his favourite places in the Marpole neighbourhood and votes Vancouver the most beautiful city he's ever lived in.
Extent: 00:01:24
Subject(s): Arbutus Greenway, Parks, Community centres
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Memories of a Marpole Childhood - Interview with Wayne Gatley:
Contributor(s): Gatley, Wayne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-27
Language: English
Description: Wayne remembers what it was like growing up in the Marpole neighbourhood in the 1940s and 1950s.
Extent: 00:01:41
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Fire stations, Church membership, United Church of Canada
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Restoring Citizenship - Interview with Sue Miyamoto:
Contributor(s): Miyamoto, Sue (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Sue talks about restoring her Canadian citizenship after the end of World War II.
Extent: 00:02:46
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Japanese Canadian Internment, Citizenship
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: This is the Best Place to Be - Interview with Doktor Strange:
Contributor(s): Doktor Strange (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Doktor Strange (Stephen Kaplan) talks about his experiences in the Oakridge and Marpole neighbourhoods and some of the changes he's seen over the past four decades.
Extent: 00:02:17
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Gentrification
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: The Toastmasters Are My Second Family - Interview with Kassie Ge:
Contributor(s): Ge, Kassie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Kassie shares her experience with the group Toastmasters International, of which she is a member with the Marpole chapter.
Extent: 00:01:15
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Public speaking, Toastmasters International
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Vancouver Is Totally Different - Interview with Ryan Zhang:
Contributor(s): Zhang, Ryan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Ryan has been to cities all over the world and feels that there is nothing like Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:13
Subject(s): Chinese Canadians, Friendliness, Social interaction, Development
Location(s): Marpole
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City