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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: Around Oakridge - Interview with Perry Seidelman
Contributor(s): Seidelman, Perry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-14
Language: English
Description: Perry Seidelman has lived in the Oakridge area since he was a child. He shares his thoughts and memories of the area and his community.
Extent: 00:01:16
Subject(s): Jewish Canadians, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, High schools, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Schools, Volunteers, Museums
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Books and Bridge - Interview with Florence Beytin
Contributor(s): Beytin, Florence (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-21
Language: English
Description: Florence describes finding connection and making friends through books and bridge.
Extent: 00:03:56
Subject(s): Books and reading, Contract bridge, Community centres, Kerrisdale Community Centre, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, VanDusen Botanical Display Gardens, Jewish Canadians
Location(s): Kerrisdale
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: 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: 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: Communal Living - 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 has made his own home in the Oakridge area, and extols communal living as an effective way of building community.
Extent: 00:04:00
Subject(s): Communal living, Community relations, Communities
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Cultural Differences - Interview with Vivian Beciaris:
Contributor(s): Beciaris, Vivian (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Vivian Beciaris speaks about how her name was anglicized and bringing food she couldn't eat to the school Christmas party.
Extent: 00:00:52
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Parties, Children of immigrants - Education
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Dance and Culture - Interview with Neora Snitz:
Contributor(s): Snitz, Neora (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-14
Language: English
Description: Neora Snitz speaks of how her son's interest in folk dancing has helped both of them feel welcome in the Jewish/Israeli community of Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:39
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Jewish Canadians, Israeli Canadians, Folk dancing, Israeli, Creative community
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Diverse City - Interview with Alexandra Nicolas
Contributor(s): Nicolas, Alexandra (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: French immigrant Alexandra appreciates the diversity Vancouver has to offer. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:15
Subject(s): French-Canadians, Multiculturalism, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Grandmere's Life - Interview with Annie Beillard:
Contributor(s): Beillard, Annie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Being an involved grandparent = a very busy life. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:33
Subject(s): Grandparents, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: International Student - Interview with Cordelia Shan:
Contributor(s): Shan, Cordelia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-23
Language: English
Description: Cordelia talks about the difficulties of being an international student and the racism she has encountered.
Extent: 00:06:26
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Racism, Chinese students, Students, Foreign, Chinese Canadians, Langara College
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Keeping Your Mind Open - Interview with Jacque Bodolec:
Contributor(s): Bodolec, Jacque (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Jacque Bodolec always reminds himself that it's especially important for teachers to keep an open mind. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:46
Subject(s): Multiculturalism, Religion
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Langara Area Was Forest - Interview with Vivian Beciaris
Contributor(s): Beciaris, Vivian (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Vivian speaks about the winters of the 1960s and 1970s, and how the area around 49th and Ontario was forest in those days.
Extent: 00:00:18
Subject(s): Winter, Children, Trees, Community development
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Les Francophones en Vancouver - Interview with Michel Poudenx
Contributor(s): Poudenx, Michel (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Michel Poudenx relates his impressions of the Francophone community in Vancouver. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:30
Subject(s): French-Canadians, Multiculturalism
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Les Francophones et les Anglophones a Vancouver - Interview with Carine McEwen
Contributor(s): McEwen, Carine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Carine McEwen has found herself surprised and disappointed at what she sees as a lack of interest in Canada's second unofficial language. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:02:03
Subject(s): French-Canadians, French langauge - Quebec, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Les Réseau-Femmes de Vancouver - Interview with Carine McEwen
Contributor(s): McEwen, Carine
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Description: Carine McEwen talks about the group of french speaking women to which she belongs.
Extent: 00:01:04
Subject(s): French-Canadians, Women - Societies and clubs, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Life is a Comedy - Interview with Helene Creuset:
Contributor(s): Creuset, Helene (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Helene Creuset describes how improv and comedy courses have impacted her personal life. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:54
Subject(s): Comedy, Adult education, Creative community
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Settling Together - Interview with Christie Menzo:
Contributor(s): Menzo, Christie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-14
Language: English
Description: Christie Menzo was very happy to move here with "Vancouver boy." An extra advantage was the welcoming Jewish Community Centre.
Extent: 00:01:21
Subject(s): Jewish Canadians, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
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: Vancouver Life - Interview with Annie Beillard
Contributor(s): Beillard, Annie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-03-31
Language: French
Description: Vancouver's rewards definitely outweigh the sacrifices for French immigrant Annie. Interview conducted in French. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:01:49
Subject(s): French-Canadians, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

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