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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: Back When I Knew Them - Interview with Lorne Findlay
Contributor(s): Findlay, Lorne (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-20
Language: English
Description: Lorne Findlay spent several years working in a lively service station in Fairview. His work brought him into contact with several future Vancouver celebrities including Jimmy Pattison and Jack Webster. He also met Frank Baker, a Vancouver alderman, collector and notable restaurateur. Baker is perhaps best known for The Attic, a West Vancouver landmark open from 1968 - 1989. Lorne takes pride in getting Frank one of his first catering jobs. Part of the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House program Inside Stories.
Extent: 00:05:26
Subject(s): Service stations, Pattison, Jim, 1928-, Baker, Frank, Webster, Jack, Attic (Restaurant : West Vancouver, B.C.), Employment
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
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: Coming to Vancouver - Interview with Earl Sunshine:
Contributor(s): Sunshine, Earl (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-11
Language: English
Description: Earl Sunshine shares his experiences of moving to Vancouver, and later working for the PNE.
Extent: 00:01:09
Subject(s): Migrants - Experience, Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.), Carnivals, Employment
Location(s): Hastings-Sunrise
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Expo Atmosphere - Interview with Manfred and Yuko Kraus
Contributor(s): Kraus, Manfred (Interviewee), Kraus, Yuko (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-09-08
Language: English
Description: Yuko and Manfred Kraus both enjoyed the Expo experience, and lament the end of the tradition of World's Fairs. The Kraus' daughter, like many other young Vancouverites took her very first job at Expo 86.
Extent: 00:03:59
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Employment, Urban renewal
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Family, Work, and Living in the Downtown Eastside - Interview with Ruth Kelner (nee Albrecht)
Contributor(s): Kelner, Ruth (Interviewee), Kimbley, Laurel (Lead)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Language: English
Description: Ruth speaks about work, her family, and living in the Downtown Eastside. Additional voice is James Gorman.
Extent: 00:18:00, 00:18:00
Subject(s): Employment, Children, Death, Gangs, Skid row
Location(s): Downtown
Collection: Carnegie Stories

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: Friends for Life - Interview with Rob McDowell:
Contributor(s): McDowell, Rob (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-09-08
Language: English
Description: Friendships formed during Expo 86 have lasted for over 30 years; Rob McDowell shares how his past as an Expo worker has shaped his present social network.
Extent: 00:02:23
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Employment, Friendship, B.C. Pavilion
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Growing Up in Vancouver - Interview with Elsie Lockhart
Contributor(s): Lockhart, Elsie (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-03
Language: English
Description: Elsie talks about her early life in Vancouver and her father's work organizing road crews.
Extent: 00:02:31
Subject(s): Roads - Design and construction, Annexation (Municipal government), Employment
Location(s): Kensington-Cedar Cottage
Time Period: 1930s
Collection: Story City

Title: Job Opportunities - Interview with Patrik Andersson:
Contributor(s): Andersson, Patrik (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2016-09-08
Language: English
Description: Like so many young people, Expo provided Patrik Andersson and his sister with an avenue into the job market, but in very atypical ways. Their stories are examples of how much Expo influenced people's life paths.
Extent: 00:06:37
Subject(s): Expo 86 (Vancouver, B.C.), Employment, B.C. Pavilion
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 1980s
Collection: Expo Retro

Title: Journey to Canada - Interview with Mando and Christos Christodoulou:
Contributor(s): Christodoulou, Mando (Interviewee), Christodoulou, Christos (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Mando and Christos Christodoulou each tell how they ended up in Vancouver from Greece and their restaurant Mandos.
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Restaurants, Employment, Family, Family-owned business enterprises, Cooks, Barbers
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, 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: Leaving the U.S. for a Job in Canada - Interview with Art Bomke:
Contributor(s): Bomke, Art (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Art talks about his reasons for moving from the United States and settling in Vancouver in the 1970s.
Extent: 00:00:57
Subject(s): American Canadians, Employment, University of British Columbia - Faculty, Immigrants - Experience
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Life in Kitsilano - Interview with Bill Pantazis:
Contributor(s): Pantazis, Bill (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-02-01
Language: Greek
Description: Bill Pantazis talks about moving to Canada, settling in the Kitsilano neighbourhood, and his experiences in the Greek community there. Interview conducted in Greek. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:04:19
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Greek Canadians, Family, Employment
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 2010s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Public Library Supports Job Seekers - Interview with Naren Keshav:
Contributor(s): Keshav, Naren (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-16
Language: English
Description: Naren explains how he uses the libraries to meet his career goals.
Extent: 00:01:05
Subject(s): Employment, Public libraries, Vancouver Public Library, Career development
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Teaching at the Greek School - Interview with Roula Liaskas:
Contributor(s): Liaskas, Roula (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-01-26
Language: English
Description: Roula Liaskas spent most of her life supporting her husband, but she also trained to be a teacher in Greece and took great pleasure in teaching the Greek language at Vancouver's local Greek school for two years.
Extent: 00:01:20
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Language and languages, Employment, Children of immigrants - Education, Schools, Teachers
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1960s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Teaching Kindergarten - Interview with Megan Balmer:
Contributor(s): Balmer, Megan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-24
Language: English
Description: Megan shares her experiences as a kindergarten teacher in Vancouver.
Extent: 00:02:33
Subject(s): Teachers, Schools, Employment
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Collection: Story City

Title: UBC Philosophy Department - Interview with Bruno Guindon:
Contributor(s): Guindon, Bruno (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-17
Language: English
Description: Bruno talks about the Philosophy Department at the University of British Columbia where he is a faculty member.
Extent: 00:00:50
Subject(s): University of British Columbia - Faculty, Work environment, Employment, University of British Columbia. Department of Philosophy
Location(s): West Point Grey
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Use Your Voice - Interview with Lois Rullin:
Contributor(s): Rullin, Lois (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-26
Language: English
Description: Lois talks about how she came to live in Vancouver after growing up in Haida Gwaii.
Extent: 00:03:13
Subject(s): Indigenous peoples, Racism, Employment
Location(s): Fairview
Time Period: 1960s, 2000s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Visit From the Patriarch - Interview with Evelyn Economos
Contributor(s): Economos, Evelyn (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Evelyn Economos speaks about working for the airlines and meeting the Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Extent: 00:00:25
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Greek Orthodox Church, Employment, Hellenic Community of Vancouver (Community Centre), Vancouver International Airport
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1990s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City