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Vancouver Island Buildings and Institutions
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Nancy Halpern

Oral interview with Nancy Halpern. Interviewed by Samantha Stokell for SLAIS Oral History class.

Nancy's father's family moved to Vancouver in 1906, when her father Norman Brown was less than six months old. She has stories of her own life in the Vancouver Jewish community and those of her grandparents and parents. She was involved in drama and theatre in the Vancouver and Spokane, WA areas, and worked as a librarian in Vancouver. She was also involved in creating the West Vancouver Jewish Community Association.

Nancy mentions her cousin's daughter, Barbara Liskov (née Huberman) from the States, a professor at MIT who was the first woman to graduate in Computer Science in the U.S., and who is a winner of the Turing Award.

Leah Levitt

Follow-up oral interview with Leah Levitt. Interviewed by Debby Freiman. Leah talks about her extended family, education, and her involvement with B'nai Brith Girls and the National Council of Jewish Women.

Cars on ferry dock, Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C.

Photograph depicts cars parked at the ferry dock in Sidney on Vancouver Island.

Six cars parked in foreground; crowd of people milling around recessed gangplank leading into ferry; people on ferry deck; ocean, houses, and mountains in background.

Jessica Freedman

Oral Interview with Jessica Freedman for the JMABC Artists Scribe. Interviewed by Daniella Givon via remote Zoom call. Jessica was born in Montreal, but recalls moving around as a child to Israel and back to Canada where she grew up in Calgary. She explains immediate family history which included her mother who was a professional actor, and her father and brother who are musicians. She was primarily introduced to the arts through dance and music, though eventually was trained in visual arts at Simon Fraser University. She describes her different careers as a dancer, choreographer, accountant and yoga studio owner and instructor, but pursued arts full time after quitting her job to take care of her mother who was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Jessica explains how her painting style transitioned from realism to more expressive abstracts over time, and how she is inspired by emotions and colour. She also discusses how she is motivated by nature and chaos, collaborating on commissions, and the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, having her art contribute as a light to the world.

Janna Ginsberg

Interview with Janna Ginsberg. Interviewed by Debby Freiman for The Scribe, 2018. Janna talks about her family's history and her experiences growing up with Jewish food. She describes her background in horticulture and talks extensively about her catering business and restaurant, Janna's Select Catering and Tudor Rose. Janna reflects on the food scene in Victoria over the years.

Laundry, Shaughnessy Hospital

Photograph depicts construction of the laundry building at Shaughnessy Hospital, now University Hospital at the University of British Columbia.

One storey building with basement level in foreground of image; six storey building in background.

Written in ink on recto: "GAIN THIS SIDE ONLY WHAT IS NECESSARY", "KEEP IN AS MUCH AS AVAILABLE", "THIS SIDE CORRECT", "THIS SIDE CORRECT". Written on verso: "PROOF ONLY".

This photograph is associated with Bennet & White Construction Co. and Mercer & Mercer, Architects.

Bernie Simpson MLA - Fraserview 1990 - 1995 - Activities Jewish Community [Group of people in front of what appears to be the British Columbia Parliament Buildings]

Photograph depicts Bernie Simpson and a group of unidentified people standing in front of what appears to be the British Columbia Parliament Buildings. Bernie Simpson is in the back row, and is peeking between the two women in the center of the image.

Jeanette Nuttall

Oral history interview with Jeanette Nuttall who arrived in Victoria in June 1890 from Nottingham, England with her husband, Harry, who served in the Canadian army during the First World War. She was a member of Hadassah and B'nai B'rith in Victoria.

Norman & Bernice Brown

Oral history interview with Norman Brown who arrived in Vancouver in 1907 and Bernice immigrated to Vancouver after marrying Norman in San Fransico in 1930. Norman attended Talmud Torah school when he was a child. Both were involved in a variety of Jewish community organizations. Bernice was president of both Federated Jewish Women and National Council of Jewish Women. Norman was president of the Canadian Jewish Council. He discusses memories of early life in Strathcona and Mount Pleasant. Interview ends with a discussion of photographs.

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