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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: Around Oakridge - Interview with Perry Seidelman
Contributor(s): Seidelman, Perry (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-05-14
Language: English
Description: Perry Seidelman has lived in the Oakridge area since he was a child. He shares his thoughts and memories of the area and his community.
Extent: 00:01:16
Subject(s): Jewish Canadians, Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, High schools, Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, Schools, Volunteers, Museums
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 1950s, 1960s
Collection: Story City

Title: Beekeeping in Dunbar - Interview with Diane Martin:
Contributor(s): Martin, Diane (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-24
Language: English
Description: Diane Martin and her family volunteer at the Dunbar Community Centre helping tend the beehives.
Extent: 00:00:45
Subject(s): Volunteering, Volunteers, Beehives, Dunbar Community Centre
Location(s): Dunbar-Southlands
Time Period: 2010s
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: Canadian Culture - Interview with Cordelia Shan:
Contributor(s): Shan, Cordelia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-11-23
Language: English
Description: Cordelia describes making friends and learning about Canadian culture.
Extent: 00:04:38
Subject(s): Social interaction, Canadians - Social life and customs, Immigrants - Experience, Chinese students, Students, Foreign, Chinese Canadians, Langara College, Volunteers
Location(s): Oakridge
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Canadian Life - Interview with Peter Sayo:
Contributor(s): Sayo, Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-09-19
Language: English
Description: Peter has lived the "Canadian Dream," moving to Vancouver from the Philippines, getting an education, starting a family, opening a business, volunteering in his community and now enjoying his retirement.
Extent: 00:03:04
Subject(s): Immigrants - Experience, Filipino Canadians, Volunteers, Entrepreneurs, Royal Canadian Legion. Branch 177
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Central Living - Interview with Dr. Denise Hall:
Contributor(s): Hall, Denise (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-24
Language: English
Description: Dr. Denise Hall has lived and worked in central Vancouver - downtown, Yaletown and now the Olympic Village.
Extent: 00:03:06
Subject(s): Volunteering, Volunteers, Festivals, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Urban transportation, Ferries, Aquabus
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
Time Period: 1980s, 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Coming to Canada - Interview with Kate Bevan-Smith
Contributor(s): Bevan-Smith, Kate (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-26
Language: English
Description: Kate Bevan-Smith is a very recent arrival in Vancouver who is soaking it all up.
Extent: 00:04:15
Subject(s): Festivals, Volunteers, Hockey, Music, Railroad travel, Vancouver Canucks (Hockey team), Doors Open Vancouver, Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Location(s): Mount Pleasant
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 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: A Different Community Garden Model - 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 the popularity of community gardening in Vancouver, with its waitlists, and how the Little Mountain Riley Park Community Garden's different approach to community gardening organization will hopefully allow them to put resources into different areas including education. The success of their model depends on enthusiastic and dedicated participants to join.
Extent: 00:00:35
Subject(s): American Canadians, Community gardens, Volunteers, Parks - Public use
Location(s): Riley Park
Time Period: 2010s
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: Fundraising - 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 fundraising for the Hellenic Community Centre as a youth.
Extent: 00:00:55
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Teenagers, Volunteers
Location(s): Arbutus-Ridge
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Gathering at the Community Centre - Interview with Daljit Kaur Mattu
Contributor(s): Mattu, Daljit Kaur (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2017-07-06
Language: Punjabi
Description: Mrs. Mattu recalls her first impressions of Canada, and how her volunteer work connects her to her community. Interview conducted in Punjabi. Video slideshow includes English subtitles.
Extent: 00:00:50
Subject(s): Community centres, Volunteers, Sunset Community Centre, Immigrants - Experience, Indo-Canadians
Location(s): Sunset
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Giving and Getting - Interview with Shyah Yan Zarrabi:
Contributor(s): Zarrabi, Shyah Yan (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-07-24
Language: English
Description: Shyah Yan Zarrabi, recently moved to Vancouver from Ontario, finds community through festivals and volunteerism. Recorded at The Drum Is Calling Festival.
Extent: 00:03:16
Subject(s): Volunteering, Volunteers, Festivals, The Drum is Calling Festival
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: Greek Day on Broadway - Interview with Georgia Tsonis:
Contributor(s): Tsonis, Georgia (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-02-05
Language: English
Description: Georgia Tsonis shares her observations of the Greek Day festival.
Extent: 00:01:49
Subject(s): Greek Canadians, Greek Day (Festival), Volunteers, Folk dancing, Greek
Location(s): Kitsilano
Time Period: 1970s
Collection: Hellenic Stories, Story City

Title: Helping Others - Interview with Johnny Jaworski:
Contributor(s): Jaworski, Johnny (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: sound recording-nonmusical
Date Created: 2017-06-08
Language: English
Description: Johnny talks about his involvement with non-profit social services and his plans to start a non-profit program to help people help themselves.
Extent: 00:03:43
Subject(s): Volunteering, Volunteers, Charity, Jacob's Well Ministry
Location(s): Downtown
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: Story City

Title: I Volunteered as a Settlement Mentor:
Contributor(s): Brouwer, Peter (Interviewee)
Type of Resource: moving image
Date Created: 2019-01-18
Language: English
Description: Peter talks about how volunteering with and witnessing the struggles of refugee families in Canada has given him an appreciation of his own refugee parents and the struggles they faced.
Extent: 00:01:14
Subject(s): Volunteers, Immigrants - Experience, Refugees, Syrian Canadians
Time Period: 2010s
Collection: What Changes You?

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