Digitization of Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection, B.C. titles Phase 2 Complete
The University of the Fraser Valley Library has completed its digitization of Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection, B.C. titles Phase 2. The project digitized 44 titles along with the 80 titles digitized in the previous iteration of the BCHDP project.
The digitization of the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection, B.C. titles Phase 2 was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program and made available through Digitization Program and is available via Arca.
For more information about the 2023/2024 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.
British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association. (1918). British Columbia Fruit [Book]. University of the Fraser Valley Library, Vancouver, B.C. Link.
Digitization of the Aldergrove Star Newspaper Project Complete
The Alder Grove Heritage Society has completed its digitization of the Aldergrove Star Newspaper. Digitization of the Aldergrove Star Newspaper provides a wealth of information about Aldergrove’s history and is a valuable resource for those conducting research into the area’s history.
The digitization of the the Aldergrove Star Newspaper project was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program.
For more information about the 2022/2023 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.
Donor Kurt Langmann viewing one of the microfilms donated to the Alder Grove Heritage Society in July 2021. Photo by Scott White
Hieu Pham-Fraser
Hieu Pham-Fraser
EDI Scholar-in-Residence
Hieu Pham-Fraser has worked as an educator for over 27 years. She is currently a District Principal supporting schools in the area of equity, diversity and inclusion in the Metro Vancouver area. To do anti-racism work in schools, Hieu draws from her own lived experience; her work with English language learners; and the multiple roles she has taken on as an educator in the public K-12 school system. Hieu believes that anti-racism work is an action-oriented framework and that everyone can be successful to share the responsibility to create and maintain diverse and inclusive spaces for all.
Hieu wrote The Little Girl because she saw a need for our society to understand what systemic racism can look like, sound like and feel like, even for very young children. This book is enjoyed by many children aged 2 to 18, especially children of Asian descent as they can see themselves represented in stories. However, the lessons go much deeper for many adults as themes of microaggressions, structural racism and implicit bias can be reflected after reading this book.
Hieu lives in Richmond with her husband, son and their dog, Cocoa. When she isn’t working, she enjoys gardening, reading and spending time with her good, critical friends who push her to think deeper and laugh harder.
Upcoming event:
“Antiracism is Action-Oriented with Hieu Pham-Fraser” on Thursday, March 4, 2024, 2.00-3.30pm at the Pena Room at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s Peña Room (RM 301).
Ky Sargeant
Ky Sargeant
EDI Scholar-in-Residence
Ky Sargeant is a professional EDI consultant and educator who brings an empathetic human-centred approach to all of her work, driven by an international lived experience. Having lived and worked in multiple cultures, she has developed a keen ability for compassionate communication and a critical eye toward the structural impacts felt by people of diverse identities. They believe in fostering deep connections with the people they work with and co-creating innovative solutions for inclusion.
As a student, they led numerous grassroots inclusion efforts to support the experiences of LGBTQ2+, BIPOC, and neurodiverse students at the UBC, before joining the EDI committee at the Sauder School of Business to assist senior administration. She has a great appreciation for academic scholarship and is passionate about teaching. She strives in her work to build safe environments for the discussion and learning of EDI topics. Outside of the university, she has supported a range of corporate and non-profit organizations. Her projects include regularly leading workshops on inclusive culture, conducting facilities audits, providing coaching, and building professional training curriculums.
Her skills as a facilitator shine most through her communication skills, where she strives to combine her love for performance art and comedy to make EDI concepts accessible to all learners. She has over 8 years of public speaking experience and has performed at events such as Vancouver Pride and TEDx UBC.
Upcoming Event
“Finding Joy and Staying Alive: Maintaining Balance in the Push for EDI” on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 – 2.00-3.30pm at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s Peña Room (Rm 301).
Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra (Sharn)
Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra (Sharn)
EDI Scholar-in-Residence
Dr. Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra (Sharn) is the founder of Belonging Matters Consulting and a sessional faculty in the Department of History at UFV and UBC. Before this, Sharn worked as Coordinator at the South Asian Studies Institute at UFV for more than 12 years and as co-curator and co-manager of the Sikh Heritage Museum, National Historic Site and Gur Sikh Temple (gurdwara). Sharn’s Ph.D. looks at the affective experiences of museum visitors through a critical race theory lens with the dissertation titled “Museums as Spaces of Belonging: Racialized Power in the Margins.” Sharn is a passionate activist, building bridges between community and academia through museum and cultural work. She is a past member of the BC Museums Association and past Director of the Pacific Canada Heritage Centre – Museum of Migration. Sharn has been featured most recently in the Knowledge Network series “B.C: An Untold History,” is a published author, and has been featured on local, and international podcasts and media. She has lived in Abbotsford with her husband, two boys, and mother-in-law, for more than thirty years.
Upcoming Event
“Archives as Past, Present, and Future: Film Screening and Panel Discussion” on Wednesday, October 25th, 3:00PM – 5:30PM at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s Peña Room (RM 301).
Digitization of Tegami: Reaching Out Across Distance Complete
The Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre has completed its digitization of Tegami: Reaching Out Across Distance. The Eiji Yatabe Collection and Shinobu Family Fonds signifies the importance of the letters of correspondence written by numerous Japanese Canadians during the 1940s forced uprooting and dispossession.
The digitization of the Tegami: Reaching Out Across Distance was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program.
For more information about the 2022/2023 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.
Source: Nikkei National Museum
Digitization of Sara Diamond: Activism & Cultural Acts in Vancouver (1974-1994) Project Complete
VIVO Media Arts Centre (Satellite Video Exchange Society) has completed its digitization of Sara Diamond: Activism & Cultural Acts in Vancouver (1974-1994). This project digitized 10 videotapes, 15 audio cassettes, 449 photo materials and 858 pages and textual materials related to Sara Diamond’s practice in Vancouver over two decades. Diamond was influential in the B.C. labour, feminist, independent video and LGBTQ2S+ movements, and was an innovator and influencer in Vancouver’s cultural community.
The digitization of Sara Diamond: Activism & Cultural Acts in Vancouver (1974-1994) was digitized with support from the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre through its BC History Digitization Program.
For more information about the 2022/2023 BC History Digitization Program Projects, click here.
Sara Diamond
Activism & Cultural Acts (1974-1994) VIVO Activism & Cultural Acts