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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: "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.;

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.;

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.;

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1976-03-23 SUMMARY: Forty-six immigrants from 19 countries become Canadian citizens at the Victoria citizenship court. Judge Norman L. Oreck presides at the ceremony, and Lieutenant-Governor Walter Owen presents certificates to the participants.

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1984-03-13 SUMMARY: Born 1921. Family history, from China to Canada. Work in home as a child. Mother's work in home. Growing up in Victoria's Chinatown on Fisgard and Cormorant Streets. Shopping for food daily in Chinatown. Kindergarten at Oriental [?] Home. Education at Chinese school and public school. Chinese women working in stores as clerks; their chores and responsibilities. Farm work in Saanich. Tea room women in restaurants. Nancy as an adult. Foot binding -- mother. Kitchen technology. Nancy's experience as a domestic. The discrimination she experiences as a Chinese woman.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Explorer Gareth Wood discusses his involvement in the Footsteps of Scott Expedition to the South Pole. Charlie Campbell, former Vice-President of Canada’s Immigration Appeal Board, talks about the increase in potentially fraudulent refugee claims since the 1978 revision of the Immigration Act.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Segment 7 interrupted by tape change. Jack’s first guest is Minister of Labour, Terry Segarty, discussing Compensation Board changes to deal with the enormous backlog and unreasonable delays. Interview with Bernard Feay follows. Feay makes his own job by creating magazine called Jobs Jobs Jobs. Part of segment missing. Jack interviews unidentified guest [possibly Charles Campbell] about immigration policy and abuses going unchecked. KD Lang snippets are shown while credits run.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: V1988:25/1118 is the first part of show, V1988:25/1117 is the second part. Tina Kay and Florent Goyette discuss the threatened deportment of Mrs. Goyette and immigration issues. In honour of the anniversary of the freeing of the American hostages in Iran, Jack speaks with former US hostage Charles Jones Jr., and Jack Cannon, spokesman for the US delegation. Jack speaks with David Killins, Vice President, Apple Canada; they speak about the new personal computer, the Apple 2E, electronic libraries, electronic supermarkets, and the new computer society.

CALL NUMBER: T2521:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dora Moojelsky and Nastya Popoff, Glade, BC. TRACK 2: Moojelsky and Popoff, continued. Gloria Koorbatoff, Shoreacres, BC. People in Grand Forks, BC. Laura Moroso, Castlegar, BC. Jean Kan;igan, Castlegar, BC.; CALL NUMBER: T2521:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 2: Jean Kanigan, continued. William and Polly Strellaeff, Winlaw, BC. Lucy Hoollieff, Pass Creek, BC. Catherine Popoff, Winlaw, BC. Mike Davidoff, Ootischenia, BC. TRACK 2: Mike Davidoff, co;ntinued. Peter and Patsy Makortoff, Ootischenia, BC.; CALL NUMBER: T2521:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Peter and Patsy Makortoff, continued. Fred Makortoff, Crescent Valley, BC. TRACK 2: Fred Makortoff, continued. Ann Demoskoff, Glade, BC. Mary Kazakoff, Ootischenia, BC. Ann Wasilenkoff, ;Glade, BC. Martha Rilkoff, Raspberry, BC.; CALL NUMBER: T2521:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: Martha Rilkoff, continued. Nellie Verigin, Raspberry, BC. Vera Soukorukoff, Taghum, BC. Mike Gleboff, Ootischenia, BC. Annuta Makaeff, Ootischenia, BC. Fenya Rezansoff, Ootischenia, BC. Maria Ev;dokimoff, Castlegar, BC. TRACK 2: Maria Evdokimoff, continued. Helen Chernenkoff, Castlegar, BC. Ann Postnikoff, Shoreacres, BC. Mable Evdokimoff, Robson, BC.; CALL NUMBER: T2521:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 CALL NUMBER: T2521:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 CALL NUMBER: T2521:0007 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976

PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1979 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 [summer] SUMMARY: Compares living conditions between Hong Kong and Canada, with special emphasis of welfare and education for children; wishes to thank the government for helping the aged; talks of her life in Lascow, China, where she lived for thirty years; she supported her family in Lascow by being a labourer, i.e. washing clothes; considers Canada a haven for old people and list many examples; remembers the war; in China and especially the bombings and the evacuation of people; she felt luck she and her children lived through that period; talks of government sponsor programs for senior citizens; when she fir;st came to Canada she lived with her son and his family and helped to look after the children; her son and the children moved to Calgary, so she lives alone; a friend introduced her to the social clubs and organizations in Chinatown which she belongs; if she was younger, she would learn how to sew and earn her living that way rather than doing hard labour as in the past; talks of her grandchildren; talks of the government and wishes to thank the government for providing the services.

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 [summer] SUMMARY: Came to Canada in September 1950; Chinatown was dilapidated and run-down; some of the houses were tiny. Worked for a fish wholesaler for eight years and also as a farm labourer and shrimp peeler; husb;and was out of work in the shingle mill; didn't speak English but surprised people by being able to go out alone; people thought her very brave; bought a sewing machine on credit and learned to alter ;and sew clothes to earn money; when she first came to Canada she thought people in Chinatown were old-fashioned; they wanted women hidden away; if a woman were to look out a window in her home, she wa;s considered shameless and men would stare at them when they were out; there were not many native Indians in the Chinatown area twenty years ago; there are also more prostitutes in the area now; twent;y years ago she was very naïve and didn't know what these women did for a living; now a Canadian citizen and votes in every election; husband came to Canada at the age of fifteen; during the Sino-Japa;nese war, he was able to send money via San Francisco to support her; talks about the positive aspects of government social assistance to senior citizens; gives the wages she was earning in the fish c;annery; talks about the purchase of a rooming house by herself and her husband.;

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 [summer] SUMMARY: Came to Canada from Hong Kong in 1967 sponsored by her daughter; discusses her initial loneliness, language problems and cold climate when she first arrived; discusses improvement in Vancouver's Chinatown restaurants for the past ten years; belongs to senior citizen clubs in Chinatown and is active in these organisations; differences in social attitudes towards females in Canada and Hong Kong; talks of experiences of the Sino-Japanese war in China; talks of the inequalities in China towards females, i.e. treatment of females at village wedding banquets in China; living conditions and the hardships as a refugee in Hong Kong during the Japanese invasion; discusses the Communist takeover in China and how it affected her family and the confiscation of land and property; description of Vancouver's east side and of the residents; not able to speak English makes it difficult to mix with Caucasians; speaks of freedom of meeting people and enjoying herself now that she lives on her own in Chinatown, and not in the suburbs with her daughter.

PERIOD COVERED: ;1930;-;1979 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1979 [summer] SUMMARY: Immigrated to Canada in 1973; received "Min Com" social assistance shortly after her arrival in Canada; thankful for the different levels of government assistance in Canada for Old people; presently baby-sits grandchildren while her daughter works; worked as a farm labourer in China; compares China and Canada's social welfare system; during the Communist revolution in China, she was classified as ;a middle-class labourer, so survived the purge; speaks of her life experiences during the Sino-Japanese war; her philosophy of life; not active in community affairs; the Chinatown district is unsafe for her at night; discusses women's rights in China before 1949.

RECORDED: Cumberland (B.C.), 1984-02-02 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Italian immigration; Scavarda family; Cumberland fire; Bono family; family s;ize; Graham family; widows; Italian community; Marocchi family; domestic coal; union camp; travel; bootleggers; brewery; bakery; doctors; roads; Union Bay; Tom Ripley; Union Coal Company; Robert Dunsm;uir. TRACK 2: Walker family; Robert Dunsmuir; Fort Rupert; Minto; Royston; 1912-14 strike; riot act; union camp; old miner; attempted suicide; Italian community; Chinatown; bakery; widows; Waverly Ho;tel; Union Bay; Graham family; Scots; McGarrigles; midwifery; dirty town; Pigeon Lake dump; subsidence; No. 6 explosion.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-12-07 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: James Sharp; Rebecca Sharp Sanders; John Sanders; Sarah Barlow Sharp; Wellin;gton; boarding house; Sarah Sanders Cornish; Chelsea Cornish; Port Alberni coal mine; immigration; Vera Aidenhead Maffeo; Five Acres; Extension; Jingle Pot Road; mine accident; Wellington Hotel; Welli;ngton school; Ladysmith; Extension-to-Ladysmith railroad; Saunders anglicized. TRACK 2: Extension/Ladysmith railroad; Wellington; Sarah Sanders Cornish; Grand Templar's Lodge; John Waddington Hilbert; Black woman; fashion; Emily and John Johns; Sunday school; Simon Leiser; Wellington Hotel.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-03 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Why leave Italy; first impressions; get a job; large family; mine work against nature; battery lamp; Crescent Hotel; singing; music; smells; rats; summer and winter work; nuns; football; Tunnel Hotel; bocce; mules; flood; no wash house; old miner dies; race names; money back to Italy; house in Extension; fire; women's work; cooked; bosses; wet mines; good old days.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1983-05-05 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Immigration; No. 5 mine, Wellington; Wellington; father injured; Extension; Loudon family; Dunsmuir farm; Ardoon; family grocery store; widow; working in Scotland; working in Drumheller; small coal operations; ventilation furnace; No. 5 mine, Wellington. TRACK 2: Bluff; No;. 6 mine, Wellington; No. 5 mine, Wellington; small coal operations; Loudon family; Wellington; wife dies; union; politicians.;

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Michael Wilson, Progressive Conservative Finance Critic, discusses Canadian political issues, the economy, recession, Crown Corporations, the Senate, and US-Canada relations. The Isenberg family came from Germany without the proper paperwork in place, and now face deportation. Jack tries sorting through the myriad issues of immigration and ministerial permits as summarized in the Auditor General’s Report.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1985-08-26 SUMMARY: Came from the south of France in 1982; was a student, her husband is Canadian; talks about marriage and leaving France; how her lifestyle changed upon moving to Canada; social strata more strict in France, more open here; making friends, finding a job; speaking English; support from the Multicultural Association and the Francophone Society; social events, comparison here and France; father's attitudes about education and work for a woman; job at Gibson's, English improved; return to school here; attempts to find work teaching; wants to feel independent; how philosophy has changed, grown; learning English; work on cable TV program; able to approach MLAs; what she misses, going back; differences in childrearing, education; respect; male/female roles here and in France; view of women in France and Canada; how she has changed here; women's movement in France; feeling both Canadian and French; teaching/sharing her language and culture; being part of French groups here; making good friends here is difficult; friend's experiences have been different; suggestions for integrating into Canadian culture; taking courses; classes at different places; clubs and associations; English-speaking people need to be more aware; possibility of exchanging [ideas?] between immigrant and Canadian women; difficulty in going to university here.

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), 1985-08-30 SUMMARY: Came from Hong Kong in 1984; was working in a bank and a school as a secretary; meeting husband; marriage; immigration to Canada; feelings about coming to Canada; speaking English, learning English; c;lasses concentrate on grammar, not conversation; changes in life upon coming here; difficulty in finding work because she can't speak English; what she does with her time; shopping; friends; the Inter;cultural Association; feelings about living in Canada; financial situation; life in Canada and Hong Kong; language problems; becoming more Canadian; Chinese and Canadian customs; life in Hong Kong.;

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1985-08-21 SUMMARY: Came from the Western Ukraine in the Soviet Union in 1979 with her husband; difficulties in coming, language problems; graduated and taught French there; husband got language classes; she took ESL; getting permission to immigrate; finding work here; living conditions here and in Russia; people; easier for her daughter; apartments and medical care in Russia; getting clothes and furniture from the government; family left in Russia; spare time; working here; freedom here; Russian communities here; initial politeness from Canadian; two cultures; speaking Russian at home; adjustment from women immigrants; women having a double load, housework and job; keeping old values; childrearing here and Russia; school system there; going to university in Russia; childrearing there; small ethnic communities; some examples of her Russian clients' problems for professional women coming here; freedom of life here; counseling and work as Mosaic; advice to new immigrants; finding jobs here; support from immigration; getting experience; giving up her profession; women from different cultures have different problems; Mosaic very important help.

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Naturalization register (alphabetical) showing name, occupation, county of origin, place of residence and various processing dates. The place of residence includes Nicola, Douglas Lake, Merritt, Aspen Grove, Voght Valley, Otter Valley, Coutlee, Quilchena, Canford, Middlesboro and Pennask Lake.

CALL NUMBER: T2800:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1909-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gloria Harris discusses background: father emigrated from Russia via Germany, mother from Budapest in 1909 &1911; met and married in Vancouver. Immigrant observations on Montreal St: Strathcona a melting pot; details of neighbours' music, religious practices, help in times of illness. Learning English. Discrimination. Depression: helping the young unemployed off the freights; father's difficulties in getting work; cases of poverty. TRACK 2: Jewish organizations helping immigrants in '20s and later. Religious life: holiday rituals, Schara Tzedeck synagogue, Friday night hom ritual. McLean Park and United Church summer programs. School incident involving anti-Semitism. Seen as 'foreign' when trying to get work. Strathcona School: teachers, school nurse, eye tests. World War II for the Chinese and Japanese. CALL NUMBER: T2800:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Describes local gangs giving local girls protection. Brothel next door in late '40s and how she got it closed. Meeting prostitutes while working in bottle shop at age 13. Other brothels on Union Street. Views on prostitution. Bootlegging: frequency of; social functions of; European custom; first visit to local bootlegger; bootlegging to finance children's' higher education. Russian loggers boarding at friend's house. Russian and Ukrainian music. Russian and Ukrainian halls. TRACK 2: Discusses: school May Day at Powell Street grounds; riot on Hastings Street; 1939 Declaration of War; radio newscasts and newspaper extras; radio programs of the '40s; Italian boys in Canadian Army; Anglicization vs. retaining heritage; stereotypes of Jews. CALL NUMBER: T2800:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Jewish community PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1960 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Gloria Harris discusses neighbourhood characters: Mrs. Cibular, Mr. Marino, retarded men, teacher Miss Sutherland. Bootlegging to finance education. Degeneration of neighbourhood ca. 1949; neighbours moving out. Immigrants of '50s. Inter-racial relations and jobs according to nationality. Importance of education. TRACK 2: Discusses: burial practices; Rabbi Pastinsky; and importance of radio in daily life. (End of interview)

CALL NUMBER: T2617:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1920 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-01-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: arrival from Italy, 1910; family members; Strathcona School -- teachers, Bessie Johnston; social life -- evenings on porch; kids games; school concert; skating on False Creek; Miss Greggs buying her shoes; chores; Dr. McKay; brother's accident; successful members of the community. TRACK 2: More on Dr. McKay. Discusses: World War I; house on Union St.; washing floors; Smith and Salter woodyard; bakery oven; tram trip in 1910; hole in Peter's stocking. CALL NUMBER: T2617:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1910-1945 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses: first home at 565 Union St. (1910); chores; how father started bakery; mother's accident 1929; mother's background and character; father's family; father's death, 1931. Italian stores on Union: Miniciello's, Tosi's, Benny's, Juriatto's. Uncle's stores. Mr. Tosi. Joe Tosi. Branca store. Places to play. Animals in yard. Old houses torn down. TRACK 2: More on old houses. No ethnic friction at school. Mrs. Johnston. Gypsies. Black families. Fountain Chapel. Japanese and Omai. Italian reaction to Japanese evacuation. Italians interned. Sacred Heart Church. Italian funerals. Christmas. Depression shantytown. Panhandling. Purse snatching. Italian reaction to city redevelopment. CALL NUMBER: T2617:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : Italian-Canadians PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1977 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-14 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discusses Italians moving out of neighbourhood and Chinese buying in. In early days, the streets were livelier. Continuation of purse-snatching story. Chinese stay at home. Country customs in her youth. Parents speaking Italian. Secretary for Vancouver Italian-Canadian society. Function of Vancouver Italian-Canadian society. (End of interview)

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community -- health care PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1950 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-11-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dr. Leung discusses background: born 1916 in Canton; arrived 1922 with father (Methodist missionary); trained as doctor at University of Toronto (Chinese not allowed to enter law and pharmacy; but could enter medicine). Discusses: health problems in mid 1940s had to do with community being composed largely of elderly males, few families; some sanitation problems but communal living quarters were very clean; World War II in Toronto; then joined army as officer, served in Terrace, then at Shaughnessy Hospital; records fear of Japanese attack, details of war effort at Terrace. Getting franchise: Foon Sien's efforts; post-war Chinese population composed of families, many more people. Use of herbs in Chinese medicine, mainly to prevent illness; herbalists in stores well-trained but he is skeptical of benefits of herbs. (End of interview);

CALL NUMBER: T2799:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community PERIOD COVERED: 1922-1977 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-09-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harry Con discusses background: born 1922 in Canada; went to China as a boy; returned to Vancouver in 1934 and went to Strathcona School where he learned English; mother was Canadian-born; father immigrated at age 15, worked on railroad, then in sawmills; father Chinese foreman at Capilano Timber (Hastings Park area); conditions of work for father. Con served in WW II; after discharge in 1945, he worked for "Chinese Times", then as principal of Chinese Community School (run by Chinese Freemasons); father a Freemason, as is Harry; relates functions of organization pre and post WW II. Discusses: sending bones back to China; Chinese emigration; discrimination; integration; history of Freemasons as a political organization supporting Sun Yat-sen. Begins narration of urban renewal crisis in Strathcona during '60s; formation of Chinese Property Owners Association under wing of Chinese Benevolent Association (CBA). TRACK 2: Urban renewal crisis (cont'd). Phase I and II of urban renewal. Organization meeting for SPOTA in late '68 where he was elected co-chairman. Discusses his candidacy for School Board in 1968, and political tactics of Chinese Community and of SPOTA. SPOTA's legitimacy as spokesman for Chinese community, 4th level of government on Strathcona Rehabilitation Committee (SRC). Other workers in SPOTA and his resignation. Issue of narrowing roads led to his resignation. Sien Lok Conference in Calgary, Robert Andras & brother Ron Con. Ron's work in Toronto. Freeway and Columbia Connector debates: part played by CBA and by SPOTA and CCC (Chinese Cultural Centre); Reasons for SPOTA's success.

CALL NUMBER: T2799:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Strathcona neighbourhood : the Chinese community PERIOD COVERED: 1920-1965 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-09-24 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Harry Con discusses: his return to Canada in 1934 and practice of detaining immigrants in Immigration Building; living conditions in 1920s for Chinese in Chinatown; father's work as labour contractor at Capilano Timber; Chinese Empire Reform Association vs. Dr. Sun; split between Freemasons and Nationalists after Republic established; Freemasons no longer a political organization. Wong Foon Sien: head of CBA and head of Hoysun Ningyung Districts Association; spokesman for Chinatown. Discusses: the threat to close Chinese school in 1930s; learning to speak English; retaining Chinese culture; strong family system of traditional culture. TRACK 2: Discusses World War II: joining up to press for full citizenship rights; service in Southeast Asia in Secret Service (British). 1963-64 revitalization of Chinatown: protest over Quebec connector; money of new Hong Kong immigrants; Chinese Cultural Centre; Chinatown Historical Planning Committee. (End of interview);