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SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews with Germans who immigrated to B.C. They speak about their lives and experience;s. This is part two of two.;

SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. This episode is a documentary consisting of interviews with Germans who immigrated to B.C. They speak about their lives and experience;s. This is part one of two.;

SUMMARY: "The Changing Society" was a CBC radio series about immigration to Canada, and how immigrants change the demographics of Canadian culture. Each program in the series featured interviews with individua;ls of a specific ethnicity. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about Italians who have immigrated to Vancouver. Interviewees speak about their heritage and experiences, and their lives as ;Italians who live in Vancouver.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1974 SUMMARY: J. Roger Elgood, who immigrated to Salmon Arm, B.C. from Leicester, England in 1907, tells about his early experiences farming in BC; the first winter; hardships after his father's death; pacifism in World War I, and the decision to join up with the medical corps; farming in the twenties and thirties; outside jobs and the sale of the farm; political attitudes in the thirties.

RECORDED: Salmon Arm (B.C.), 1974-01 SUMMARY: J. Roger Elgood, who immigrated to Salmon Arm, B.C. from Leicester, England in 1907, tells about his early experiences farming in BC; the first winter; hardships after his father's death; pacifism in ;World War I, and the decision to join up with the medical corps; farming in the twenties and thirties; outside jobs and the sale of the farm; political attitudes in the thirties.;

The series consists of transcript copies of short interviews with immigrants, who discuss their experiences and what Canada means to them. The interviews were held 1974-1975 in Victoria, Vancouver & 100 Mile House (B.C.); Halifax, Wolfville, Canning, Tangier, & Cape Breton Island (N.S.); Charlottetown (P.E.I.); Fredericton (N.B.); Montreal (Que.); Ottawa, Toronto, Sault St, Marie & Thunder Bay (Ont.); Winnipeg (Man.); and Calgary & Red Deer (Alta.). The interviewees are: Alek de March (Poland), journalist; Naemi Riberio (Portugal), janitor; Hubert Beyer (Germany), journalist; Flemming Jorgenson (Denmark), painter; Maria Bergink (Netherlands), housewife; Herman Bergink (Netherlands), insurance adjuster and carilloneur; Darshan (India), taxi driver; Dolores Tepper (Mexico); Pentti Nisula (Finland), mechanic; Joel Slimani (Algeria), waiter; Hans Neumann (Germany), chef; Dennis Alves (Jamaica), waiter; Jean Choi (Korea), waitress; Helmut Wiegert (Germany), hotel-motel manager; Dr. Aftab ;Mufti (Pakistan), university head of computer sciences; Vincent Leung (Hong Kong), mathematics instructor; Siegfried Delsu (Belgium), computer sciences; Felecita Kaleja (Latvia), piano instructor; Jurgen Peill (Germany), farmer; Mr. Pardoe (Wales), retired headmaster; Bastiaantje Speelman (Netherlands), animator-guide-supervisor; Willy Krauch (Denmark), fish smoker; Joseph Bartosek (Czechoslovakia;), delicatessen owner; Jose Castineiras (Cuba), maitre d'hotel; Julijanna Strudwick (Yugoslavia), waitress; Josephine Wicha (Czechoslovakia), restaurant hostess; Tasso Saltaris (Greece), manager; Tadas Januskevicius, known as Ted Janus (Lithuania); Werner Russold (Austria), wardrobe supervisor; Sleiman Wakim (Lebanon), restaurant owner; George Dow (a Palestinian Arab); Magnus and Heidi Ochsner (Switzerland), farmers; Christiane Martin (Germany), cashier; Anar Somani (Tanzania), bank clerk; Yu Kam Chung (Hong Kong), cosmetician;
Lucimar Volpeon (Brazil), translator; Gerardo Mosquerea (Colombia); Carlos Davila Vasquez (Equador); Doris Pegoud (Germany), assistant at ;CBC Radio International; Dorette Schaefer (Germany); Tomas Schuman (Russia); John Mezei (Hungary); Alfred Zbik (Poland), section head at CBC Radio International; Kristina Sandler (Sweden); Lars Ohman ;(Sweden), aeronautical engineer; Ted Petkoff (Macedonia), grocery store owner; "M.W." (Hungary), potter and housewife; [no name] (Germany), stockbroker; [no name] (Germany), builder; Peter C. Newman (Czechoslovakia), editor of Macleans Magazine; Umberto Manca (Italy), broadcaster; Nuzhat Amin (Pakistan), journalist; Joseph Palumbo (Italy); Effie Altonas (Greece), secretary; "Anonymous" (Serbian, Yugoslavia), environmental control officer; Teppe O. Moilala (Finland), drafting and design supervisor; Harry Bansal (India), metallurgist; Helmut Brandstetter (Austria), designer; Mario Gini (Italy), ;building supervisor; Primo Fabio (Italy), superintendent; Giovanna Zovatto (Italy), housewife; Reino Erkkila (Finland); Eva Liigvald (Finland); Maino Mannila (Finland); Mario Silva (Portugal), storekeeper; "Anonymous" (Czechoslovakia), pediatrician; Erik Lindhardt (Denmark), merchandising; Serge Radchuk (Ukraine), lawyer; Hans Gust (Germany), businessman; Halyna Kowal (Ukraine), receptionist; Agust Aguston (Iceland), student; Roman Ivan Kowal (Ukraine), painter-sculptor; Vera Pintyi (Hungary), cleaner; Dr. V.P. Madan (India), mathematics instructor; Frantisek Fiala (Czechoslovakia), mathematics instructor; Meena Vadgama (Kenya), education co-ordinator; Lascelles Black (Jamaica), fine arts student; Max von Hartmann (Germany), hotelier; Ole Pii; (Denmark), pastry cook and artist-craftsman; Irene Hegi (Switzerland), dental assistant; Dr. Helmut Ruebsaat (Germany), G.P. and folk singer; Rudi Diesvelt (Netherlands), leather worker; Ruth Idso (Norway), clerk; Alex Waissbluth (Chile), jeweller; John Giannis Contogiannis (Greece), head waiter; Masaharu Takaya (Japan), floral designer; and Sheila Munieza (Philippines), nurse.
The transcripts range in length from 1 or 2 pages to 15 pages

SUMMARY: "The Changing Society" was a CBC radio series about immigration to Canada, and how immigrants change the demographics of Canadian culture. Each program in the series featured interviews with individua;ls of a specific ethnicity. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about Greeks who have immigrated to Vancouver. Interviewees speak about their heritage and their experiences, and their live;s as Greeks who live in Vancouver.;

SUMMARY: "The Changing Society" was a CBC radio series about immigration to Canada, and how immigrants change the demographics of Canadian culture. Each program in the series featured interviews with individua;ls of a specific ethnicity. This episode consists of Bavarian folk music recorded in Germany by Jurgen Hesse.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds from across Can;ada. Jurgen Hesse asks many immigrants the question, "What does Canada mean to you?" Attitudes towards Canada, and the life experiences which led these immigrants to Canada, are examined. This progra;m is part one of two.;

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1975 SUMMARY: A variety of German immigrants to Canada and BC comment on their reasons for coming to Canada; their first experiences on arriving; how they feel about Canada; attitudes of different German immigrants; the German contribution to Canadian life; their adaptation to Canadian life and links to Germany; Germans as good citizens and successful Canadians.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds from across Can;ada. Jurgen Hesse asks many immigrants the question, "What does Canada mean to you?" Attitudes towards Canada, and the life experiences which led these immigrants to Canada, are examined. This progra;m is part two of two.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds on a variety of; topics, including: a Chilean family that was deported to Spain; an interview with Peter C. Newman; and a discussion of Japanese Canadians.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: a Chilean person in Vancouver who has completed an extensive survey on the social and economic needs of the city's Spanish-speaking community; the search for freedom as a reas;on for immigration; an inside look at the civil war in Lebanon; multicultural policy; and why it is fashionable to form ethnic stereotypes.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: a man who quit his job in the Immigration Department; the views of Canadian Jews on the actions of the Isreali state; and the reemergance in Canada of ancient Japanese art. NO;TE: The last half-hour of this 1.5-hour broadcast is missing.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: an interview with a man who helped Russian athletes defect during the Montreal Olympics; members of the Vancouver Sikh community discussing their religious symbols; the issue ;of Greek manliness; the Canadian Citizenship Act; and a feature on the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: problems facing immigrant children in Canadian schools; a panel discussion on immigrant labor and its place in the Canadian economy; Chilean music; literature written in Canad;a in non-traditional languages (i.e., not English or French).;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds from across Can;ada. Jurgen Hesse asks many immigrants the question, "What does Canada mean to you?" Attitudes towards Canada, and the life experiences which led these immigrants to Canada, are examined. This program; is part two of two; part one is not available.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: an interview with a cabinet minister from BC about his immigrant origins; a Chinese group that hosts a community radio program in Vancouver; an interview about ethnic art with; a Lithuanian artist; and a talk about Sikh's issues with wearing hardhats and other safety gear, which conflict with their religious beliefs. NOTE: The last half-hour of this 1.5-hour program is miss;ing.;

SUMMARY: "Identities" was a CBC radio series that used interviews to examine various ethnic communities and their attitudes towards Canadian life. This episode consists of interviews and sounds about a variety; of subjects, including: an interview with woman who just immigrated to Canada from Lebanon, who discusses the war in Beirut from an insider's perspective; a documentary on work and "the immigrant dre;am", in which 7 first-generation Canadians discuss their experiences; a man who discusses Sufism as an appealing new faith for young Canadians; and an interview with a Russian farmer who lives in Chil;liwack, B.C. NOTE: The last half-hour of this 1.5-hour program is missing.;