BC History Digitization Program – 2014 Projects
In September 2006, the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia Library announced the BC History Digitization Program. The focus of the program is to promote increased access to British Columbia’s historical resources, including providing matching funds to undertake digitization projects that will result in free online access to our unique provincial historical material. Below is a list of successful applicants for 2014.
Project Title: Digitization of Barkerville’s Chinese Language Collections
Organization: Barkerville Heritage Trust
Amount: $12,000
Description: The project will digitize and make available 11,291 pages of hand-written Chinese language documents at Barkerville.
Project Title: ButterFat Magazine Digitization Project
Organization: BC Dairy Historical Society
Amount: $8,135
Description: The ButterFat Magazine Digitization Project will scan 70 bound volumes (~25,000 pages) of ButterFat magazine into searchable digital files.
Project Title: BC’s Natural History: Imaging the Spencer Entomological Collection
Organization: Beaty Biodiversity Museum – Spencer Entomological Collection
Amount: $15,000
Description: The Spencer Entomological Collection will image 1,200 B.C. insect specimens from three views using their Leica LAS montage system.
Project Title: Digitization of British Columbia Sessional Papers 1887-1911
Organization: BC Government Publications Digitization Group
Amount: $4,068
Description: The project will digitize 25 bound volumes of BC Sesssional Papers from Legislative Library’s collection and make them keyword searchable.
Project Title: Capturing our History
Organization: Esquimalt Municipal Archives
Amount: $9,000
Description: The project will digitize and make available historical images of Esquimalt covering the past 150 years.
Project Title: Fred Schiffer: Lives in Photos
Organization: Jewish Museum and Archives
Amount: $2,620.18
Description: The project will digitize approximately 1000 photographs from well-known portrait photographer, Fred Schiffer.
Project Title: Fashion Accessories Digitization
Organization: Museum of Vancouver
Amount: $15,000
Description: This project proposes the digital photography of 2,424 fashion accessories, including women’s and men’s hats, shoes and jewellery, amassed during the nearly 20 years of tenure of former Vancouver Museum curator and costume historian, Ivan Sayers.
Project Title: Japanese Canadian Stories
Organization: Nikkei National Museum
Amount: $9,392
Description: This project will digitize archival and artifact collections of four families reflecting the diverse experience of Japanese Canadians in British Columbia since 1900.
Project Title: Cassiar Asbestos Mining Corporation & Townsite fonds Newspaper Digitization & Access
Organization: Northern BC Archives
Amount: $2,740
Description: The project will see the digitization of the Cassiar Townsite Newspaper from 1958-1976.
Project Title: Prince George Newspaper Digitization Project
Organization: Prince George Public Library
Amount: $15,000
Description: This year the Prince George Newspaper Digitization Project will digitize issues of the Prince George Citizen from 1989-1991.
Project Title: Abbotsford Living History Project
Organization: Reach Gallery and Museum
Amount: $6,000
Description: The project will provide for the digitization of 5,000 photos from the Abbotsford News collection.
Project Title: Businessmen and Educators
Organization: Salt Spring Island Archives
Amount: $3,700
Description: The project will digitize materials from the Cropper and Drake family fonds.
Project Title: Pacific Socialist Education Association Pacific Tribune Collection
Organization: Simon Fraser University Library
Amount: $14,911.23
Description: This project will digitize 4,500 images from the Pacific Socialist Education Association collection taken for the labour publication Pacific Tribune from 1972 to 1992.
Project Title: Digitization of the Squamish Board of Trade Correspondence
Organization: Squamish Public Library
Amount: $7,500
Description: The project will digitize approximately 650 pieces of correspondence of the Squamish Board of Trade from 1926 to 1964.
Project Title: Thompson-Nicola Historical Newspapers Digitization Project
Organization: Thompson-Nicola Regional District Libraries
Amount: $7,500
Description: The project will begin to digitize community newspapers from the Thompson-Nicola region as early as 1895.
Project Title: Discovered: Images of the Kootenay Outlet at the turn of the 20th Century
Organization: Touchstones Nelson
Amount: $1,330
Description: The project will feature 152 digitized glass-plate negatives depicting the Kootenay Lake Outlet area at the turn of the 20th Century.
Project Title: Student Newspaper 50th Anniversary Digitization Project – Phase II
Organization: Trinity Western University Archives
Amount: $2,954.70
Description: Phase II will see completion of the digitization of the TWU student newspapers to 2012.
Project Title: Uno Langmann Family Collection of BC Photographs Project
Organization: University of British Columbia Library
Amount: $14,956
Description: The project plans to digitize 15,300 photographs and postcards from the Uno Langmann Family Collection covering B.C. from the 1850s to the 1950s.
Project Title: Digital Conversion of Selected BC Conference TV Broadcasting Videotapes
Organization: United Church – Bob Stewart Archives
Amount: $3,210
Description: The project will digitize 45 broadcast tapes of the Conference’s former television program Pressure Point (1975-2001).
Project Title: bcgenesis: The Colonial Despatches 1863
Organization: University of Victoria Libraries
Amount: $10,000
Description: The project will continue by digitizing Vancouver Island and BC despatches for 1863, linking them page for page to transcriptions of each despatch.
Project Title: Pacific National Exhibition fonds
Organization: City of Vancouver Archives
Amount: $7,655.76
Description: This project will digitize 7128 photographic prints from the Pacific National Exhibition fonds. Images depict the broad variety of activities that have taken place at the Exhibition between 1920 and 1980.
Project Title: The Province Newspaper Negatives Phase II
Organization: Vancouver Public Library
Amount: $14,567
Description: The project will digitize and make available images capturing important events in Vancouver and British Columbia from the 1950s to the early 1960s.
For more information please contact:
Mimi Lam
Coordinator
BC History Digitization Program
bc.historydigitization@ubc.ca
Bronwen Sprout
Head
Digital Programs and Services
Roy Kiyooka: a commemorative exhibit
Resistant to mainstream ideas of national identity, artistic success, and artistic conventions, Roy K. Kiyooka’s flexible, unconventional use of language in his poetry voices his Japanese-Canadian ‘inglish’ and questions his Canadian identity in light of the internment faced by Japanese-Canadian citizens during World War II. Kiyooka’s poetry has been anthologized in Canadian poetry collections and in the posthumously published Pacific Windows, edited by Roy Miki. In 1987, his Pear Tree Pomes was short listed for the Governor General’s Literary Award. However, despite his national recognition, Kiyooka remains relatively unknown outside academic and literary communities. In recognition of the twentieth anniversary of his passing, the students of ASTU 400M are showcasing original print chapbooks of Kiyooka’s work and archival material to commemorate his enduring influence and unforgettable contribution to Vancouver’s (and Canada’s) artistic scene.
Hosted at Rare Books & Special Collections on floor 1 of Irving K. Barber Learning Commons, the exhibition runs March 17-31, 2014 and is accessible 10am-4pm Monday through Friday and 12pm-5pm Saturdays.
Recommended Resources for more information:
Vancouver Art Gallery., & Kiyooka, R. (1975). Roy K. Kiyooka: 25 years : an exhibition organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Vancouver, B.C.: Vancouver Art Gallery.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | N6549.K457 A85 2002
O’Brian, J., Sawada, N., Watson, S., & Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. (2002). All amazed: For Roy Kiyooka. Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | N6549.K457 A85 2002
TED Vancouver’s live stream March 17-21 from UBC Vancouver
We are excited to invite you to TED 2014: The Next Chapter: 30th anniversary
celebration. TED Vancouver is being hosted by the city for the first time at
the Vancouver Convention Centre, March 17-21, 2014. We will be live-streaming
from UBC for our students, faculty and staff to enjoy for free!
There are 20 sessions over the five days between 8:30am to 8:00pm. Watch live
on three digital screens in the 2nd floor concourse of the Irving K. Barber
Learning Centre, 1961 E Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1.
UBC Robson Square theatre will also be live-streaming between 8:30am to 5pm for
your convenience.
Check out the schedule of events to find the talks that interest you:
http://conferences.ted.com/TED2014/program/schedule.php
There are also 5 All-Stars sessions, Tues-Thurs afternoons:
http://conferences.ted.com/TED2014/program/all-stars.php
Speakers include, astronaut Chris Hadfield, anthropologist and ethnobotanist
Wade Davis, and philanthropists Bill & Melinda Gates. For the complete speaker
line-up visit:
http://conferences.ted.com/TED2014/program/speakers.php
There is strictly limited seating on a first come first serve basis. All
attendees must have student, staff or faculty ID.
Watch live on campus and join in the conversation online. #TED2014
Healers of children: What is the latest thinking about kids’ health?
Distinguished experts in children’s health care and moderated by Global TV’s Sophie Lui, a UBC alumni expert panel features notable specialists in emergency medicine, allergies, sports injuries, and developmental issues (such as ADHD) give a panel presentation that sorts truth from fiction and provides sage advice for parents.
Moderator
Sophie Lui – Morning News Anchor, Global TV
Panelists
Dr. Edmond Chan, FRCPC – Head of Allergy and Immunology, BC Children’s Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, UBC
Dr. Margaret Colbourne, MD’87, FRCPC – Emergency Physician, BC Children’s Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, UBC
Dr. Barbara Fitzgerald, MD’85, FRCPC – Developmental Paediatrician, Sunny Hill Health Centre; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, UBC
Dr. Kristin Houghton, MD’98, MSc’08, FRCPC – Paediatrician, BC Children’s Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, UBC
Select Resources Available at UBC
Chan ES, Choi MSC, Simons FER, Watson WTA, Becker AB. Choice of Formula for Infants with a Sibling who had an Allergy to Cow’s Milk. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003; 111 (2): S104-5. [Link]
Shiff, N. J., Abdwani, R., Cabral, D. A., Houghton, K. M., Malleson, P. N., Petty, R. E., … & Tucker, L. B. (2009). Access to pediatric rheumatology subspecialty care in British Columbia, Canada. The Journal of rheumatology,36(2), 410-415. [Link]
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Africa Awareness Week – Day 5 – Closing Ceremony
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Based on our AAI mandate (to involve Africa in the creation of Global Citizens), our closing ceremony will open up the stage to include and engage the global community. Using art and creative expression as a medium shared by diverse cultures, we will situate the re-writing of the African story in a global context by inviting various cultural groups on campus to join us in closing the week through the arts.
Africa Awareness Week – Day 2 – Student Speaker Series
Webcast sponsored by Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. What are the African Dreams of the students within Vancouver? How do students see themselves being active actors in Re-Writing the story of Africa? 6 students will give 15 minute presentations (much like Ted Talks) about their dreams for and within Africa, and the role that they hope to play in the actualization of these dreams. This will be followed by a moderated discussion within the group.
Facilitator:
Beza Feleke is a 2010 UBC Alumnae – graduated with a degree in Anthropology with a focus on Medical Anthropology. In her years at UBC, Beza was extensively involved in student clubs and community initiatives – such as -Caribbean African Association, African Awareness Initiative,International Peer Program , Peer Program Executive Committee etc. As an Ethiopian-Canadian immigrant, Beza recognized the importance of community service within her local and global community – currently the co-founder of a youth-led initiative – Habesha Mentorship Vancouver Program and on the Board of Directors of a Non-profit organization – DESTA (Development of Ethiopian Society Through Action) – Beza has come to celebrate her journey as an immigrant, a women of colour and ultimately a global citizen. Beza is currently working as a Clinical Assistant in Cardiology for Providence Health Care -she wishes to pursue a career in public health and community advocacy work.
Habesha MVP Blog: http://habeshamvp.wordpress.com/about/
Speakers:
A native of Nairobi, Kenya, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo has steadily built a name for herself as a poet, performer and writer. In 2010 she published her first collection of poems, “Blue Mothertongue“, set in Nairobi and the African diaspora around notions of home and identity. The work was produced in part with the support of a St. Lawrence University fellowship. Ngwatilo’s poems and essays have been translated into German and Swedish, and published in English literary journals in Kenya and North America.
Ngwatilo has presented her work at major African and European festivals, including Zimbabwe’s HIFA, South Africa’s Poetry Africa Festival, Berlin’s International Poetry Festival and other prestigious festivals in The Netherlands, Sweden and Germany. In 2013 she was an Artist-in-Residence at Bundanon Trust in Australia.
Ngwatilo enjoys creating unique collaborative poetry-in-performance concepts in an aesthetic dubbed “Puesic” [pew-zik], in which various instruments and mediums come together to ‘tell’ the poem. In 2011 she collaborated with UN Messenger of Peace ambassador and musician Sara Mitaru to produce the EP album titled “Introducing Ngwatilo.”
Ngwatilo’s current work explores the lived experience of diverse rural Kenyan communities. The project took her across the country between 2012 and 2013 to live with several families over a period of 10 days each. This work is the focus of her thesis in her studies at UBC’s Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing.
As an actress, Ngwatilo appears on the small screen in some of Kenya’s more notable drama series. She makes her film debut in Ekwa Msangi’s forthcoming Focus Features Africa First short film, “Soko,” currently in production.
Useful links:
Ngwatilo at TEDxNairobi: http://youtu.be/MJcc6Slt0UA
Introducing Ngwatilo on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ngwatilo-mawiyoo/id490312750
Ngwatilo in Performance [Puesic]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23ym0Qvg14s
Amartei Armar hails from the land of gold and cocoa (Ghana). He takes great pride in where he is from, as he believes that it is through cultural diversity and uniqueness that we find the will to innovate and bring a fresh perspective to what exists currently. The current Vice President Marketing for the Africa Awareness Initiative and BFA Film Production student, his dream is to journey back to Ghana and start a cultural renaissance by revamping the ideas and practices of Ghana’s ancient civilization and modernizing it to fit this current age. He ultimately wants to give all artists a stronger voice within Africa, as they are keepers of culture and have arguably the greatest role in preserving our history. Currently, Amartei is shooting his 4th Year Thesis Project, “Arc”, and is very excited for all of you to see it!
Born and bred in Southern Africa, Nabet and Fares Fani have had the bounty of living in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa. Both have graduated with commerce degrees from the University of Cape Town; Nabet specializing in Organizational Psychology and Fares in Finance and Economics. With a strong belief in education as a key that unlocks the doors of progress they have, as of 2005, been acting as facilitators and trainers of the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program, a global educational initiative, inspired by the teachings of the Baha’i Faith, that fosters the development of youth ages 11 -14. They have served in this capacity in Namibia, South Africa and now in Canada where Nabet is currently dedicating a year of service to continue working with youth populations in Surrey, whilst Fares is coordinating the program in a neighbourhood in Burnaby. Besides his love for service, Fares is an avid tennis and chess player and was chosen to represent the Namibian national tennis and chess team.
Daisy Gobina is a fourth year student at UBC, studying Political Science and an Economics minor. Being a witty person Daisy moves everyone around her with her words. So simple and straight forward yet so funny and engaging. She has been heavily involved in the African Awareness initiative and serves as the clubs Vice President Administration. Passionate about AAI’ s dream, she has helped build the community within the club which in itself is a mini family. She aspires to be involved in policy making in the future for her country (Cameroon). Having an opportunity to influence and impact people’s lives in a much larger way.
Jacob Gebrewold is an 18 year old entrepreneur, poet and activist that is engaged as a speaker in events across Vancouver and British Columbia. As an award-winning poet, Jacob often clashes with key systemic issues that lead to social injustice and despair in our world. In this talk, Jacob will be challenging the harmful means by which black men find identity that perpetuates disparity between social classes and the negative circumstances that are common in the African-North American community.
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Mawiyoo, N. (2011). The end of a love affair (mina agossi). World Literature Today, 85(5), 53-53. [Link]
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