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Title: 29th Avenue - Interview with Faye Lum:
Contributor(s): Lum, Faye (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Faye Lum's interest in her neighbourhood led her to learn about the history of one of its streets.
Extent: 00:01:02
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Roads
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Appreciating Still Creek - Interview with Emily Chan
Contributor(s): Chan, Emily (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Emily talks about the history of Still Creek and the efforts by the Still Moon Arts Society volunteers to help clean the creek of garbage and to revitalize the habitat around it.
Extent: 00:01:57
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods, Still Creek (Vancouver, B.C.), Parks, Renfrew Ravine Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Volunteers, Stream conservation, Communities
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2000s, 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: Being Involved in the Community - Interview with Donna Chan:
Contributor(s): Chan, Donna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Donna talks about her community and volunteer work and how important it is to feel connected and how she passed this on to her children.
Extent: 00:00:30
Subject(s): Volunteers, Neighbourhoods, Communities
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Belonging to the Neighbourhood - Inteview with Chitha Manoranjan
Contributor(s): Manoranjan, Chitha (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Chitha talks about his family's journey to the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood, his involvement with the Still Moon Arts Society and community development, the Renfrew Ravine, the Moon festival, and the Mural at 29th Station and importance of community and placemaking.
Extent: 00:01:36
Subject(s): Community development, Parks, Renfrew Ravine Park (Vancouver, B.C.), Still Moon Arts Society, Community arts projects, Volunteers, Creative community
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Breaking Ground - Interview with Konstantin Nikolaou
Contributor(s): Nikolaou, Konstantin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Konstantin Nikolaou speaks about being a kid when the East Van Greek Orthodox Church was being built at Boundary Road and helping clear the land.
Extent: 00:01:11
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Greek Orthodox Church, Children, Church buildings
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Building the Italian Cultural Centre - Interview with Anna Terrana:
Contributor(s): Terrana, Anna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-09
Language: English
Description: Anna Terrana speaks about her involvement in the construction of the Italian Cultural Centre and being the editor of Il Marco Polo newspaper from 1974-1978.
Extent: 0:03:29
Subject(s): Italian Canadians, Italian Cultural Centre (Vancouver, B.C.), Newspapers, Canadian newspapers
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: Columbus Masters Soccer Team - 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 speaks about his involvement with the Columbus soccer team.
Extent: 00:00:46
Subject(s): Soccer, Sports, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Community Activism - Interview with Esther Yuen:
Contributor(s): Yuen, Esther (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-02
Language: English
Description: Esther talks about community activism and her involvement in the Collingwood Neighbourhood house.
Extent: 00:03:05
Subject(s): Volunteering, Volunteers, Community development, Collingwood Neighbourhood House
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Community Organizing as a Single Mother - Interview with Anna Terrana:
Contributor(s): Terrana, Anna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-01
Language: English
Description: Anna Terrana speaks about the impact of being a single mother and community organizer.
Extent: 0:00:28
Subject(s): Italian Canadians, Parenting, Italian Cultural Centre (Vancouver, B.C.), Activists
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s
Collection: Story City

Title: Family Life near Falaise Park - 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 living in the Falaise Park area.
Extent: 00:01:50
Subject(s): Communities, Children, Family, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Feel Connected to the City - Interview with Emily Chan:
Contributor(s): Chan, Emily (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Emily talks about her experience returning to Vancouver after 8 months in Australia, and how connecting by volunteering and being involved in activities helps grow community.
Extent: 00:00:48
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods, Volunteering, Volunteers
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Fun in Collingwood - Interview with Shirley Mexter and Bev Graham:
Contributor(s): Mexter, Shirley (Interviewee), Graham, Bev (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Sisters Shirley and Bev talk about the notable places and fun activities they enjoyed while growing up in Collingwood in the 1940s.
Extent: 00:02:55
Subject(s): Parks, Childhood, Sports, Restaurants, Street-railroads, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Greek Dancing - Interview with Konstantin Nikolaou:
Contributor(s): Nikolaou, Konstantin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Konstantin Nikolaou speaks about the importance of Greek dancing in community cohesion.
Extent: 00:02:15
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Folk dancing, Greek, Creative community
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Greek Language School - Interview with Konstantin Nikolaou:
Contributor(s): Nikolaou, Konstantin (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Konstantin Nikolaou speaks about going to Greek language school as a youth and the changes to Greek language school in the present day
Extent: 00:03:44
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Schools, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: The Italian Cultural Centre - 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 has been involved in the Italian Cultural Centre for most of his adult life. He talks about its past and future.
Extent: 00:01:47
Subject(s): Italian Canadians, Italian Cultural Centre (Vancouver, B.C.), Volunteers
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Collection: Story City

Title: Keeping Home - Interview with Irene Maas:
Contributor(s): Maas, Irene (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-12
Language: English
Description: Irene Maas recalls the early days of her adult life - settling into a Collingwood home with her husband, having children and then losing her husband while her children were still young. Widowed, she kept her home and added to it as a foster parent.
Extent: 00:02:20
Subject(s): Family, Children, Foster parents, Widows
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1940s
Collection: Story City

Title: Kids After School - Interview with Yuki:
Contributor(s): Yuki (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-05
Language: English
Description: Yuki compares her own experiences in Japan after school with those of her children today growing up in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:52
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, Children, Parenting, Family
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Lots of Changes with Renfrew - Interview with Donna Chan
Contributor(s): Chan, Donna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-25
Language: English
Description: Donna talks about the changes in the Renfrew-Collingwood neigbourhood over the years, particularly in the area around the Collingwood Neighbourhood House on Joyce Street.
Extent: 00:00:38
Subject(s): Gentrification, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Communities
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Maker Girls (Part One) - Interview with Christie Hsu and Zeneca Kubota:
Contributor(s): Hsu, Christie (Interviewee), Kubota, Zeneca (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-08-02
Language: English
Description: Christie and Zeneca talk about their volunteer experience with the Maker Girls movement where girls are introduced to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through free community programs.
Extent: 00:04:42
Subject(s): Makerspaces, Girls in science, Coding, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Volunteers
Location(s): Renfrew-Collingwood
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

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