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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: Children's Education - Interview with Mohini Kumar
Contributor(s): Kumar, Mohini (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Mohini speaks of her decision to stay in Canada for her children's education.
Extent: 0:01:04
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Family
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Communication Across Cultures - Interview with Peggy Leoung
Contributor(s): Leoung, Peggy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Peggy talks about the difficuly of waiting for news about her immigration status but also about how welcoming people in Vancouver are.
Extent: 0:01:42
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Social interaction
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Communication Challenges - Interview with Cathy Yao:
Contributor(s): Yao, Cathy (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-16
Language: English
Description: Cathy talks about the language challenges she has encountered in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:02:40
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Diversity and Civility - Interview with Harjit Dhillan and Manjit S. Dhillan:
Contributor(s): Dhillan, Harjit (Interviewee), Dhillan, Manjit S. (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-03
Language: English
Description: Immigrating to Vancouver in the 1950s and neighbourhood diversity are discussed.
Extent: 00:02:56
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Multiculturalism, Indo-Canadians
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 1950s
Collection: Story City

Title: A Family That Gardens Together - Interview with Tina Ippel:
Contributor(s): Ippel, Tina (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-16
Language: English
Description: Tina talks about her family's fun with gardening.
Extent: 00:02:09
Subject(s): Gardening, Community gardens
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Finding Belonging - Interview with Susan Lewis
Contributor(s): Lewis, Susan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Susan describes the places that give her a sense of belonging.
Extent: 0:01:34
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Social interaction, Communities, Employment, Hockey
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: First Month in Canada - Interview with Prisila Spada
Contributor(s): Spada, Prisila (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Prisala talks about the challenges of her first month in Vancouver.
Extent: 0:00:39
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Friendly Faces - Interview with Dianna Deyholos
Contributor(s): Deyholos, Dianna (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Dianna explains the importance of living in a supportive, friendly community.
Extent: 0:02:36
Subject(s): Public housing, Housing, Communities, Social interaction
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Fun in the City - Interview with Hai Yan Wen:
Contributor(s): Wen, Hai Yan (Interviewee), Huang, J. (Translator)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-16
Language: English
Description: Hai Yan and her daughter talk about some of the things they do for fun.
Extent: 00:02:01
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Chinese Canadians, Restaurants, Amusements
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Langauge and Community - Interview with Auristela Palacios
Contributor(s): Palacios, Auristela (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Auristela describes how she is learning the language and finding community in her new neighbourhood.
Extent: 0:01:06
Subject(s): Venezuelan Canadians, Immigrants - Experience, English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Language Challenges and Friendly People - Interview with Camila de Melo Guedes
Contributor(s): de Melo Guedes, Camila (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Camila explains her language challenges and the friendly people she finds in her new home.
Extent: 0:01:54
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Brazilian Canadians, English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Language Difficulties - Interview with Shake Kiledjian
Contributor(s): Kiledjian, Shake (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Shake explains that her language difficulties are preventing her from finding work.
Extent: 0:00:37
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Employment, English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Life in Film - Interview with Shayla Lopez:
Contributor(s): Lopez, Shayla (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-16
Language: English
Description: Shayla talks about work in the film industry, finding community and using the library to regroup.
Extent: 00:02:14
Subject(s): Motion picture industry, Film crews, Vancouver Public Library
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Military Life - Interview with David Jordan:
Contributor(s): Jordan, David (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-16
Language: English
Description: David talks about his experiences being a military reservist.
Extent: 00:02:07
Subject(s): Canada. Canadian Armed Forces - Recruiting, enlistment, etc
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Moving to Vancouver - Interview with Agnes Mwambodze:
Contributor(s): Mwambodze, Agnes (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Despite the cold weather, Agnes describes the warm welcome she received from her new neighbours.
Extent: 00:02:10
Subject(s): Kenyan Canadians, Christmas, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Neighbourhood Houses - Interview with Megumi Sasaki
Contributor(s): Sasaki, Megumi (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Megumi talks about adjusting to the "hugging culture" here and the friends she has made through the neighbourhood houses.
Extent: 0:01:53
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Social interaction
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: A New Culture - Interview with Elaine Almeida Ferreira dos Santos:
Contributor(s): Almeida Ferreira dos Santos, Elaine (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Elaine wants to gain a better understanding of Canadian culture.
Extent: 0:01:36
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Social interaction, Family
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Political Participation - Interview with Peter Mansen:
Contributor(s): Mansen, Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-16
Language: English
Description: Peter appreciates that Vancouver is a politically active and enlightened city.
Extent: 00:01:48
Subject(s): Politics and culture, Law enforcement
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Winter Fun - Interview with Cherry Li
Contributor(s): Li, Cherry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-03-17
Language: English
Description: Cherry explains why she likes Vancouver weather.
Extent: 0:00:51
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Victoria-Fraserview
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City