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Selina Robinson

Interview with Selina Robinson for On The Record: The BC Jewish Queer & Trans Oral History Project in collaboration with JQT Vancouver. Interviewed by Carmel Tanaka via remote Zoom video call. Selina (she/her) is a Jewish politician who is the mother of a gay son. She is an NDP representative and Member of Legislative Assembly of BC residing in Coquitlam. Selina talks about growing up Jewish in Montreal, and Richmond, BC where the Jewish community was much smaller. She talks about organizing community-led Jewish education in Burquest that focused on inclusion of all sects of Judaism during the ‘90s. Selina talks about working for Jewish Family Services, and their attempts to make safe spaces for gay Jewish kids and their parents. She talks about guidance from her son Aaron, who is similarly pursuing queer Jewish community initiatives. She also tells an anecdote about Aaron’s coming out and how his leaving for university worried her about his preparedness for the world at large. Selina talks about Aaron being openly Jewish growing up and creating positive spaces for him to share his Jewishness with non-Jewish peers, but the difficulties of not knowing the perfect way to parent a queer kid as a straight parent. She also talks about Aaron inviting her to Shabbat dinner with Pride Colours and how proud she was. Selina talks about how Jewish organizations can become more welcoming to queer Jews by including queer Jews in their leadership and becoming more self-reflective.

Mrs. Blanche Macdonald

Black and white portrait of Mrs. Blanche Macdonald (née Brillon).

Blanche Macdonald (née Brillon) (11 May 1931 - 8 June 1985) was a Canadian Métis born in Faust, Alberta of French and First Nations heritage. She launched her career as the winner of Miss English Bay in 1949 before becoming involved in the support of the rights and culture of Aboriginal peoples as well as numerous women's organizations. Blanche was a model, entrepreneur and native rights activist. In 1957 Blanche married John Dickson Macdonald and they had two children: daughter Alexis Seto (née Macdonald) and son Allan Macdonald.

Blanche developed the Blanche Macdonald Institute, a modeling agency and school of fashion in Vancouver, BC. Her career and self-development programs were founded on the philosophy of encouraging people to aspire to their highest potential through personal development. After her death in 1985, the institute was purchased by Lillian Lim who further developed the school and eventually renamed the institute the Blanche Macdonald Centre in the late 90's. Today, Blanche Macdonald Centre is a private college that provide careers in fashion, hairstyling, aesthetics/spa and nail. The college has two campuses, the original campus is located in City Square Mall and the other on Robson Street both in the city of Vancouver.

Marcia Pitch

Oral Interview with Marcia Pitch for the JMABC Artists Scribe. Interviewed by Carol Herbert. Marcia discusses her upbringing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and her parents and grandparents’ origins in Eastern Europe and immigration to Canada. Marcia mentions influences that led her to the arts, including education at the University of Manitoba and doing graduate work in California. In 1969, Marcia experienced the police suppression in response to the People’s Park Revolution in Berkeley. Soon after she returned to Vancouver where she studied education at UBC and volunteered with Amnesty International. She pursued an art style that reflected her strong feelings about politics, war, and the influences of her grandparents’ stories of Eastern European pogroms. Marcia's art includes mixed media collages and sculptures, and producing large scale installations for her gallery exhibitions. Marcia speaks about her upcoming project focusing on sexuality, women’s repression and feminism. She further explains her perspective as an older woman in the art world and the differing responses she has received regarding her art online vs. in person. Marcia relates experiences such as having children, volunteering, and being a part of the recycling community to how they’ve inspired her pieces or participation in the arts community.

Jewish Seniors Housing Survey

A study of Jewish seniors housing and service needs, as a follow-up to a preliminary survey undertaken by the Seniors Advisory Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver in 1992. Written by Wendy Menghi with help from Jean Gerber.

Final Report, Diversity, Identity and Rapid Growth

An in-depth study examining the issues which affect the Jewish community of Greater Vancouver. Topics include historical notes, definitions on who is Jewish, growth rate of the Jewish community of Greater Vancouver, immigrants, inter-provincial migrants, geographic distribution of Jewish members within Greater Vancouver, age structure of the Vancouver Jewish community, seniors, living arrangements of Jewish people in Vancouver, socio-economic characteristics, patterns of Jewish identification, intermarriage, Holocaust survivors, Jewish women and inequality in the labour force, the persistence of invisible poverty, and the emerging agenda.

Number 4, Seniors Count!

Report #4 in a Social Planning Committee series on the Jewish community within the Greater Vancouver area. Focus is specifically on demographic characteristics and special needs of Jewish seniors living in Greater Vancouver.

Part V Immigration and Language

Report is part 5 of the 2001 Census Analysis Series focusing on the Jewish community of Greater Vancouver. Specific focus is on the language and economic characteristics of Jewish immigrants within the Greater Vancouver area.

Part III The Jewish Elderly

Report is part 3 of the 2001 Census Analysis Series focusing on the Jewish community of Greater Vancouver. Specific focus is on the demographic characteristics of the Jewish elderly population within Greater Vancouver.

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