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- Title
- Earlier Days at the Dunbar Library - Interview with Jenny Wright:
- Contributor(s)
- Wright, Jenny (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-06-14
- Language
- English
- Description
- Jenny Wright and her son were once regulars at the Dunbar Branch Library.
- Extent
- 00:02:45
- Subject(s)
- Vancouver Public Library - Dunbar Branch, Libraries, Librarians, Storytelling
- Location(s)
- Dunbar-Southlands
- Time Period
- 1980s, 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Human Library:
- Contributor(s)
- Doig, Reive (Journalism Crew), Miller, Rob (Journalism Crew), Pereula, Vladimirka (Journalism Crew), Volliamy, Claire (Journalism Crew), House, Tina (Facilitator), Robinson, Arhea (VPL Staff), Chan, Aaron (VPL Staff), Gibeaux, Meaghan (VPL Staff)
- Type of Resource
- moving image
- Date Created
- 2019-09-08
- Language
- English
- Description
- A library hosts a Vancouver event for the 20 year old Human Library program, where participants sit down with a person to hear their 15 minute practiced story highlighting a unique aspect of their lives to connect people to those they may not ever meet otherwise. One of the "books," David Borja, shares his very personal story and answers questions about the experience.
- Extent
- 00:04:27
- Subject(s)
- Human library, Storytelling
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Capturing Vancouver
- Title
- Local Stories - Interview with Donna MacKinnon:
- Contributor(s)
- MacKinnon, Donna (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-04-29
- Language
- English
- Description
- Donna MacKinnon once worked at the Vancouver Archives, and is currently a local historian and storyteller. She speaks about aspects of both.
- Extent
- 00:02:58
- Subject(s)
- History, City of Vancouver Archives, Storytelling
- Location(s)
- Kitsilano
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City
- Title
- Stories and Traditional Cultures - Interview with Gordon August:
- Contributor(s)
- August, Gordon (Interviewee)
- Type of Resource
- sound recording-nonmusical
- Date Created
- 2017-07-23
- Language
- English
- Description
- Gordon August shares his thoughts on how culture and storytelling are imperative for learning;
- Extent
- 00:03:35
- Subject(s)
- Indigenous peoples, Multiculturalism, Storytelling, Eagles
- Location(s)
- Downtown
- Time Period
- 2010s
- Collection
- Story City