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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: Benefits of VSB and VPL Partnerships - Interview with Joy Francescini
Contributor(s): Francescini, Joy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-06-23
Language: English
Description: Joy talks about her experiences working at the Strathcona Library Branch and the partnership between the Vancouver School Board (VSB) and the Library that facilitated various author storytelling visits and how she feels grateful to be a part of the development of the children who visited the branch over the years.
Extent: 00:02:50
Subject(s): Creative community, Vancouver Public Library - Strathcona Branch, Books and reading, Authors, Indigenous peoples
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Blending History with Issues of Today - Interview with Judy Hanazawa
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy recounts her experiences as a third generation Japanese Canadian and also of her community work with the Squamish Nation.
Extent: 00:04:48
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Reparations for historical injustices, Racism, Squamish people, Social work, Human rights, Social justice, Indigenous peoples
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Blue Eagle Cafe and Roller Rinks - Interview with Rickie Ahlgren:
Contributor(s): Ahlgren, Rickie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-09
Language: English
Description: Rickie reminisces about the importance of roller-skating rinks and some of her favourite spots in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:01:02
Subject(s): Roller-skating rinks, Blue Eagle Cafe (Vancouver, B.C.), Roller-skating
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Changes in the Downtown Eastside - Interview with Phoenix:
Contributor(s): Phoenix (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-08-02
Language: English
Description: Phoenix explains why she likes the Downtown Eastside and compares the Downtown Eastside today to the one she knew in years past.
Extent: 00:02:06
Subject(s): Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Social interaction
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Childhood Memories in Japantown - Interview with Mary Kawamoto:
Contributor(s): Kawamoto, Mary (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Mary recalls her earliest memories in Japantown as well as weekend trips to Kitsilano and Stanley Park.
Extent: 00:02:04
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Active life enthusiasts
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
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: Chinese Library - Interview with Marion Man:
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about her fond memories of working at the Chinese Library.
Extent: 00:01:17
Subject(s): Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Cultural differences, Multiculturalism, Chinese Community Library Services Association, Communities
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Church Buildings - Interview with Marion Man and Gregory Helem
Contributor(s): Man, Marion (Interviewee), Helem, Gregory (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2015
Language: English
Description: Marion Man talks about churches in Chinatown, including one that is over 100 years old and is still existing at Gore and Pender Streets. Marion continues by talking more about the church that is now called the Strathcona Church and also about the St. Francis Xavier School in Strathcona.
Extent: 00:02:06
Subject(s): Schools, Chinese Canadians, Church buildings, Lord Strathcona Elementary School, Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.), Elementary schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1900s
Collection: Chinatown Stories, Story City

Title: Community Connections - Interview with Mona Loh:
Contributor(s): Loh, Mona (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-06-24
Language: English
Description: Mona Loh talks about the strong connections that library staff have with the community of Strathcona and the challenges that many in the area face.
Extent: 00:02:59
Subject(s): Vancouver Public Library - Strathcona Branch, Early literacy, Economic conditions
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Community Literacy - Interview with Joan Cubbon:
Contributor(s): Cubbon, Joan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-24
Language: English
Description: Joan talks about volunteering with the ONE TO ONE Literacy Society.
Extent: 00:01:59
Subject(s): ONE TO ONE Literacy Society, Literacy programs, Volunteering, Volunteers
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Culture and Language Loss Due to Internment - Interview with Judy Hanazawa
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy talks about the impact of the Japanese internment during the Second World War, two of the most impactful being the loss of language and culture.
Extent: 00:01:07
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Racism, World War, 1939-1945, Japanese Canadian Internment
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Doing Something Tangible to Address Past Wrongs - Interview with Grace Eiko Thomson
Contributor(s): Thomson, Grace Eiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Grace talks about how society can address past wrongs through education.
Extent: 00:01:49
Subject(s): Reparations for historical injustices, Japanese Canadians, World War, 1939-1945, Japanese Canadian Internment, Education
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
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: Five Cent Movies - Interview with Akira Horii
Contributor(s): Horii, Akira (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Akira remembers getting 10 cents from his mother as a child and how he'd buy a bag of peanuts for 5 cents and go to the Star Theatre on Main Street and watch a movie for 5 cents.
Extent: 00:00:36
Subject(s): Childhood, Motion picture theatres, Amusements
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Hollywood North - 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 movies that have been filmed in the Downtown Eastside.
Extent: 00:01:22
Subject(s): Motion picture industry, Ovaltine Cafe (Restaurant)
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: I Want to Work at the Library One Day - Interview with Lily Gee:
Contributor(s): Gee, Lily (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-06-24
Language: English
Description: Lily recounts her childhood visits to the Library Book Mobile in the 1950s and 1960s and how it inspired her to become a Librarian.
Extent: 00:00:59
Subject(s): Vancouver Public Library - Strathcona Branch, Book mobile, Books and reading, Early literacy, Careers
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Japanese Community Gatherings - Interview with Judy Hanazawa:
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy talks about the various places where the Japanese community has gatherings.
Extent: 00:01:20
Subject(s): Social interaction, Church buildings, Reparations for historical injustices, Vancouver Japanese Language School, Tonari Gumi (Japanese Community Volunteers Association), Community relations, Communities, Schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Japanese Language School - Interview with Judy Hanazawa:
Contributor(s): Hanazawa, Judy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Judy talks about her experience as a child attending the Japanese Language School in Strathcona in the 1940s and 1950s.
Extent: 00:00:26
Subject(s): Vancouver Japanese Language School, Schools
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: Japantown Was a Thriving Community - Interview with Grace Eiko Thomson
Contributor(s): Thomson, Grace Eiko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-04-29
Language: English
Description: Grace describes what Japantown was like before the Second World War and some of the issues facing this neighbourhood today.
Extent: 00:01:27
Subject(s): Japanese Canadians, Neighbourhoods - Historic changes, Powell Street Festival, Gentrification, Volunteers
Location(s): Strathcona
Time Period: 1940s, 1950s, 2010s
Collection: Story City