Series consists of compositions by composer Elizabeth Raum. Contents include: handwritten notes, sketches, handwritten and typewritten scores with handwritten notations and edits, and descriptions of the compositions by Raum. Pieces included in the series are: The Man Watching; Olmutz Concerto; Legend of Heimdall; River Rhapsodie; Victims of Eagles; First and Gracious Sight; and Carol in Three-Three Time.

This series contains materials accumulated by Ian McDonald related to the writing of his book “The Red Baron of IBEW Local 213” written about his father, Les McDonald. Materials include digital sound recordings of interviews, research articles, notebooks, consent forms, a draft royalty agreement, a draft chapter and a press marketing questionnaire.

Series contains photograph albums of various railways, elevators, and bridges associated with Swan's career as an engineer. Series also holds two other photographs outside of albums containing Swan and his associates and military Battalion.

Series consists of manuscripts and sections of manuscripts from poems, novels, plays, essays, and other written works by Hood.

Files consisting of many short texts, or untitled texts, have simply been named "Manuscripts." In all other cases, existing file names have been respected or, where available, have been attributed by the archivist according to the manuscript contained in the file.

Series consists of a small notebook containing typed copies of poems from Tao Te Ching by Lau Tzu, translated by Gia-fu Feng and Jane English, printed by Wildwood House, London. Also included in the notebook is Land of the Reed Plains: Ancient Japanese Lyrics from the Manyoshu, translated by Kenneth Yasunda.

This series consists of files related to Brown's various interests. Major topics include companies similar to those for which Brown was a director, interests in Hawaii, materials related to the Yukon, and various groups in which Brown was involved, including several cancer research societies, the Metropolitan Opera (New York), and social clubs in Canada.

This series consists of materials related to Brown's married life and childhood, materials with little to no relevance to his work, and the contents of Brown's scrapbook. A great majority of the series contains documents and correspondence related to functions the Browns hosted. Smaller, though notable, items include the script of a play, school papers, and song lyrics all written by Brown.

File consists of newspaper and magazine clippings collected by Hood, some of which relate to his publications.

Series consists primarily of family photographs. Other photograph subjects include scenes of Vancouver, particularly Stanley Park, as well as images and objects of historical interest. A small amount of textual material,a drawing, and a print are also included.Files names and order have been respected where they existed.

Series consists of final scores, edited scores, notes, and a musical program related to Dorothy Chang’s composition Gateways: Double Concerto for Erhu and Piano. Gateways was commissioned by Nicole Ge Li and Corey Hamm of the Piano-Erhu Project (PEP). Players of the erhu and piano, respectively, they began PEP as a means of exploring the tonal, musical, and cultural blends between two iconic Eastern and Western instruments. For her addition to PEP’s mission, Chang reflected on how she might address the issue of ‘east meets west,’ especially given the solo instruments’ highly distinct and disparate sonic characteristics, performance practices, and musical traditions. Gradually, the piece evolved as a patchwork of musical fragments, moments, and memories gathered from her own multicultural experiences as a first-generation Chinese American, a Western expatriate living in Taiwan, and now an immigrant to Canada. Woven into the three movements are references to a 90’s Chinese pop song, a children’s rhyme, opulent Romanticism, American minimalism, and other influences both subtle and not. The title refers to a Tang Dynasty poem that depicts a gateway as both an opportunity and a barrier, reflecting a deep yearning for a faraway time, place, or memory. The work premiered April 14, 2018 at the VSO Annex Theatre; Ge Li and Hamm served as soloists; William Rowson conducted members of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Series consists of both published sacred, secular, and popular music as well as hand-copied, transcribed music, collected by the members of the Icelandic community in Vancouver. Records include manuscript sheet music, part books, solo sheet music, and etude books; as well as vinyl recordings of various Icelandic music. Documents are arranged into files according to genre of music and language.

The music was collected from V. Baldwinson, the Icelandic Lutheran Church choir, H. Johnson, G. Thorleifson, Anna Camb, Gwen Dowding, E. Sigmar, R. Einarson, J. Goodmundson, R. Rasmussen, O. Stefanson, T. Thorsteinsson, O. Howardson, T. Friđliefosn, R. Ásgeirsson, j. Reykdal, A. Sveinsson, S. Sigurdson, and B. Gudmundson.

Series consists of original graphic scores, conductor's score, working templates, notes, art prints, and photographs related to the work ‘slippages’ by Montréal based composer and interdisciplinary artist Deborah Carruthers. In 2017, Carruthers served as the inaugural Artist in Residence at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University of British Columbia (UBC). Deborah teamed up with science researchers at the institution as well as the UBC School of Music to find a way to creatively combine sound, science, and visual art for the purpose of increasing public awareness of the climate crisis. Carruthers conducted field work for the project in the Columbia Icefield along the border of British Columbia and Alberta. Inspired by the threatened glacial landscape, Carruthers returned to her Montréal studio and completed a series of paintings, 27 of which were selected and arranged to produce a graphic score. Graphic scores use visual symbols to represent music rather than traditional music notation. Because of their emphasis on the visual, graphic scores are frequently considered works of art in and of themselves. Moving from sight to sound is accomplished through the creation of a geography of the orchestra on a sheet of transparent plastic which is then used to map over Carruthers’ art works and determine which instruments take responsibility for which parts of the images. ‘Slippages’ premiered Friday, October 5th, 2018, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts with the UBC Symphony Orchestra under the baton of the symphony’s Director, Dr. Jonathan Girard. Project documentation includes a notebook holding hand-written texts revealing assimilation of glacial theory, inspirational preliminary sketches, and unique inserts; an audio/video recording of the premier; and a copy of a video component to be shown above the orchestra as it performs the work.

Series consists of scores, sketches, notes, edited drafts, correspondence, inspirational materials, and photographs related to Zosha Di Castri’s composition Sprung Testament: Duo for Violin and Prepared Piano. The work is a collaborative piece between composer/pianist Di Castri and violinist Jenny Koh. Koh was planning a series of concerts for National Sawdust, an innovative arts institution located in Brooklyn, New York, and reached out to various composers/performers to participate. Koh set the theme of the concert, asking each composer to engage with the idea of rebirth and evolution. In response, Di Castri wrote Sprung Testament which encapsulates the concepts of spring and rebirth. In their conversations, the two musicians questioned the journey one goes through in life to transcend personal struggles. Di Castri used sticky mounting putty to modify the piano, thereby creating unique sounds and highlighting Koh’s theme of transformation. Print photographs of the prepared piano can be found in the "Images" file of the fonds. Koh and Di Castri premiered Sprung Testament at National Sawdust on March 15th, 2018.

Series consists of Reed's (unpublished) memoirs, as well as some autobiographical notes and correspondence.

Series consists of musical scores, notes, sketches, concert programs, DVDs, and audio CDs pertaining to three distinct pieces composed by Lori Freedman: Reimsix, To The Bridge, and Concerto Now and Then. Each piece is unique and pertains to a specific era during Freedman’s long musical career. Reimsix was composed by Freedman in 2011 for the flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano. To The Bridge was composed in 2014 for bass clarinet (clarinet in B-flat) and voice. This piece is composed of five miniatures connected by four bridges, hence the naming of the song. The bridge is where the miniatures arrive or depart from a place. Freedman explains her perspective as, “playing music is equally about composition as it is about interpretation and the spontaneous combination of the two — improvisation.” With this piece, Freedman wants to focus on the interconnection between the composer, the performer and the audience. Concerto Now and Then was composed in 2020 for any five musicians. It has previously been performed with a violin, clarinet, cello, alto saxophone, and double bass.

This series contains records regarding Kilian's associate, Scott Morrison.

This series consists of published or printed materials.

Series primarily consists of photographs taken of the Icelandic Lutheran Church, parish leaders, and prominent members of the Church’s congregation.

Includes funeral program, article on Blais in the Vancouver Courier, an obituary, two unsigned articles on her life, and an itemized list of materials donated to the archives from her estate.

Series contains materials related to publicizing the release of the film Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing.

Materials include a promotion trailer, a publicity clip reel, printed annotated transcripts, press kits, publicity posters, magazine reviews, a distribution chart and a publicity report.

Series consists of 100 master video tapes containing the raw footage which serves as the basis for the film Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing (entitled “Taking Health to the Streets” during production). Footage includes sit down interviews with various subject matter experts such as nurses, outreach workers, community developers, mental health counsellors, doctors, public policy advisors, legal professionals, and professors of psychiatry and nursing, as well as verite footage on the streets of Vancouver’s Downtown East Side. Footage was shot over six months in 2006.

Series contains materials related to the two-year production phase of the creation of the film Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing (entitled “Taking Health to the Streets” during production).

Materials include included printed annotated transcripts, a printed teaching manual, a domestic stereo mix, edited versions of footage, final copies of the interactive DVD and teaching manual, and CDs containing French translations of the teaching manual.

Series consists of original drawings, scores, handwritten notes and revisions, book/booklets and other materials relating to Szlavnics’ Gradients of Detail. Gradients of Detail was composed by Szlavnics in 2005 especially for Montreal-based string quartet Quatuor Bozzini. Szlavnics compositional process is closely affiliated with her line drawings which became the graphical representation of the score. This visual score was essential to represent the slow sustains and glissandi found throughout this work. The scores are meant to be read from left to right as time (in seconds) and from up to down as the high to low frequency range of pitch, though she cautions against reading this visual representation as exact pitches. These visual artworks must also serve to be art in and of themselves, as that would guarantee that the musical score translated out of it will be strong, according to Szlavnics. She says the forms in Gradients of Detail line drawings are related to the seed pods of the milkweed plant which she drew in Canada in the fall of 2004 just after her father passed away.

This series consists of works that combine sound, images, and text. Series includes CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes and VHS cassettes.

The series consists of DVD recordings of Citizens’ Assembly meetings; DVD copies of photographs in JPG format, promotional materials, copies of the public and private Citizens’ Assembly websites (without discussion forum); CD-ROMs of the Assembly’s final report, various presentations, resources, submission attachments and presentation summaries in PDF and Word formats, audio of Citizens’ Assembly public meetings, and one Betacam recording of footage used in media coverage of the Citizens’ Assembly.

Series contains records supporting the production of Joy Kogawa's nonfiction book "Gently to Nagasaki." Records include draft manuscripts, annotated drafts, notes, correspondence with editors, and extensive source materials. Source materials include magazines, newspaper clippings, and printouts of articles and books. Source materials relate to nuclear energy, nuclear bombs, the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japanese war atrocities, Japanese and Allied personal military accounts of World War two, issues of race, and genocide. Series is arranged by files according to original order.

Series is composed of records related to Ujjal Dosanjh’s federal political career while serving as a federal cabinet minister and as an opposition critic. The contents of the records relate to election campaigns, Minister of Health responsibilities, and a bribery scandal involving politician Gurmant Grewal.

Election materials correspond to federal elections held in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2011. The 2011 election is only represented by correspondence detailing Dosanjh’s loss and congratulatory messages about his political career. A general file includes a mix of miscellaneous records related to his federal career.

Minister of Health topics include: government health services, federal strategy to protect Canadian supply of safe and affordable prescription drugs in relation to internet pharmacies, American bulk import of Canadian prescription medications, and the defence of the Canada Health Act from provincial regulatory frameworks allowing private clinics to charge patients to jump the queue for medical services. Records are in the form of draft regulatory amendments, memorandums to cabinet; correspondence with MPs, members of the public, and American officials; committee reports, news releases, meeting summaries, speaking points, and briefing notes.

The Grewal investigation records includes numerous annotated transcripts, personal notes, media release statements, printed media reaction, word documents and audio files on a two compact discs, correspondence, and documentation of legal defence fees.

A collection of election campaign paraphernalia has been complied spanning Dosanjh’s federal political career with the Liberal Party. These include a name tag, business cards, handouts, pamphlets, leaflets, and posters.

Records related to the Federal Politics series in the form of contemporary media articles and correspondence may be found in the Media and Publicity series and the General Correspondence series.

Series consists of correspondence, reports, clippings and published materials, personnel records, contracts, memos, and other documents related to Berger's role as conciliator regarding the meaning and implementation of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement of 1993. The dispute, between Nunavut Tungavik Inc. and the Government of Nunavut on the one hand and the Government of Canada on the other, related to employment and education and the extent of Canada's commitments in that connection. His 2006 report, <em>The Nunavut Project</em>, proposed far-reaching changes in the languages of education and of the workplace.

Except where otherwise noted, file names been retained and the arrangement reflects the creator's original order.

Source: 2011 letter from Thomas Berger to RBSC, located in Berger's accession file.

The series consists of VHS video of plenary sessions, and assorted promotional material.

Series consists of drafts and correspondence relating to short stories, articles, introductions, forewords, comments, and other material written by Kogawa.

Series consists of material related to Herring's participation in the Burns Club of Vancouver.

The series consists of print copies of submissions made by the public to the Citizens’ Assembly on various topics related to electoral reform. Some submissions include attachments or scanned originals of submissions sent in hard copy.

Series consists of records relating to the memorial service held for Campbell Jackson at the University of Alberta Faculty Club, on June 17, 2003. Records include photographs and an audio cassette recording of the memorial service, as well as copies of Campbell Jackson's obituary, memorial booklet, a speech, and a list of those in attendance.

Series contains material related to a draft autobiography and to several planned but never completed biographies. Correspondence includes communications with publishers and discussions with numerous writers regarding the content of their writings and source material.
A notepad, handwritten in the 2000’s by Dosanjh, provides a draft of an unpublished autobiography. Proposed titles include, “My Experiments with Exile,” and “Crisis of Conscience.” Communications with publishers regarding the autobiography are included.
Material related to several unpublished biographies, form bulk of the series. Correspondence with two authors, Lisa Crawford and Shari Graydon, are extensive. The latter provided Donsanjh with numerous drafts, outlines, timelines, and questionnaires, to gather source material and feedback. The drafts contain many of Dosnajh’s personal corrections and revisions.
Also included in the series are source materials in the form of historical newspaper clippings and early advocacy writings related to the life of Dosanjh.

Series contains copies of books and ephemera issued by Heavenly Monkey Editions and includes setting copies, detailed page layout schematics, dummy of final book, final printing schedule and sequence, proofs and impressions, makeready copies, printing plates, printing blocks, and various other documents used in the creation of each item.

This series contains written review of the work of Crawford Kilian.

From 1991-2002 Ratsoy was Associate Dean of Health Sciences at the B.C. Institute of Technology. Series includes a letter and clippings by and about Ratsoy and the School of Health Sciences at BCIT.

The series consists of clippings of electronic and print articles from a variety of publications, mentioning the work of the Citizens’ Assembly.

Series includes PPG Council meeting Minutes and a report on RNABC proposed legislation.

The Community Living Coalition (CLC) was a group of people and organizations who supported individualized funding for people with intellectual disabilities. The group gathered together as an advocacy body to work with the B.C. provincial government to address cutbacks in community living services and support, develop new governance structures for community living, and promote individualized funding.

Series includes meeting minutes, reports, news releases, and correspondence created from the activities of the CLC and Jackie Maniago's participation in the CLC.

Series consists of posters, promotional material, and newspaper articles about Greenboathouse Press and Jason Dewinetz. Some promotional material for the Greenboathouse Reading Series can be found in the Administration series.

Series contains correspondence, notes and proposed programs for the Robeson Memorial Concert held on May 18th, 2002.

Series contains notes, contact information sheets and correspondence specifically related to the oral history project.

Series consists of audio recordings made by the Robeson memorial concert committee of various activists and organizers involved with the initial Paul Robeson Peace Arch Concert. These activists include Ben Swankey, Ace Hadrell and Betty Donaldson. Bundled with each audio recording are paper notations which provide details about the interviewee and the interview itself. This series also contains the final, edited compact disc which the committee published as part of the project.

Series consists of proposed budgets and other annotated financial material related to the Robeson Memorial Concert and Oral History Project.

Series relates to Coupland’s venture into clothing design in collaboration with Roots Canada Ltd. Under the tagline “Canada Goes Electric,” Coupland designed a limited-edition clothing line as well as various leather goods which were released in stores and online in 2010. This project marked the first time that Roots partnered with an outside designer in this way.

Series includes textual records relating to the design and research of the clothing items. Also included in the series are finished production garments and leather goods, as well as items not approved for production; strikeoffs; fabric and leather samples; and finishing material such as patches, zippers, labels, and fasteners.

Series consists of materials related to presentations by Lois Blais.

Series consists of one ledger of accounts.

Series consists of clippings, correspondence, notes and legal documents related to the Trinity Western University v. British Columbia College of Teachers case heard in the Supreme Court of Canada in 2001. Berger represented the British Columbia College of Teachers, who had denied an application for teacher’s program from Trinity Western University, based on the grounds that the University did not allow homosexual students.

Series consists of correspondence, clippings, reports, and other documents accumulated by Berger and related to the Sardar Sarovar Dam projects subsequent to Berger's involvement therein, on behalf of the World Bank, in 1991-1992. Also included are materials related to Berger's speaking engagements concerned with this topic. Except where otherwise noted, file names been retained and the arrangement reflects the creator's original order.