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Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society

Series consists of records related to the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (VAHMS) including project proposals, committee meeting agendas and minutes, programs and posters from events, budgets, grant applications, photographs, correspondence, and event planning records.

Awards series

This small series consists of curriculum vitae, certificates of recognition, correspondence regarding the visiting Seagram Chair and contracts, letters, award notifications and sales reports for Making Vancouver. The object included is the UBC Killam Teaching Prize Award.

Essays and Criticism series

Series consists of essays and literary criticism by Bullock. The essays include My encounters with Japanese Poetry and Literary Translation: Theory and Practice.

Personal and legal records

Series consists of personal and legal records of Kogawa. Personal records include
documents, day planners, contact lists and cards, notes and a photograph pertaining to her
work at the Prime Minister’s Office and National Archives in Ottawa, correspondence
and other material related to honours and awards, and memorabilia. Legal records include
correspondence pertaining to legal advice and documents and correspondence pertaining
to property investments and agreements with publishers.

Miscellaneous series

Series includes CVs, correspondence, written notes, photographs, and a CD-DA recording of an interview with Kevin Chong.

Audiovisual series

The series consists of a VHS and DVD copy of Fulton’s information on structural change and a CD-ROM from the UN about the women’s movement.

BCHNPPG Chapter Groups: Victoria

The incentive to organize a Victoria chapter of the HoN Group stemmed from the History of Women showcase October 1 and 2, 1994 at the British Columbia Museum. The first meeting was held on January 30, 1995, with Kari Moore elected President. Its main focus was to gather oral histories.

Series consists of minutes, reports, correspondence and photographs relating to the Victoria Chapter of the BCHNPPG.

Governments and Associations series

Series consists of records documenting the Department's relationship with the British Columbia Ministry of Health and various non-governmental organizations, particularly the Canadian Association of Professors of Medicine, and includes correspondence and reports.

DVDs series

Series consists of DVDs pertaining to the Johanneans’ activities, including world reunions. Series is arranged into twelve files.

Correspondence

Series includes print surrogates of email correspondences, arranged chronologically, with colleagues and collaborators on a variety of printing and publishing projects created by Heavenly Monkey, and Heavenly Monkey Editions, as well other printing projects undertaken by Milroy.

Dramatic projects

Series consists of records related to film, television and stage productions that Coupland has been involved with. Records include drafts of screenplays, scripts, publicity, props, call sheets administrative documents, set sketches, video cassettes, and other records related to the creation and publication of Coupland’s dramatic projects.

This series contains records related to the following projects:

  • Generation X (conceptual art video about the book, ca. 1992)
  • Hiroshima 95 peace commercials (texts from Life After God used for commercials)
  • MTV 30 second art films (ca. 1995),
  • Close Personal Friend (documentary written by and featuring Coupland, ca. 1995),
  • Mom’s Cookies (screenplay co-written by Coupland and Ian Verchere),
  • Mon Amour Mon Parapluie (in which Coupland appeared as an actor, 2001)
  • Analogs (screenplay written by Coupland and Ian Verchere, ca. 2000)
  • September 10 (play written and performed by Coupland, September 2004)
  • Everything’s Gone Green (film written and co-produced by Coupland)(ca. 2005)
  • Souvenir of Canada (NFB documentary adaptation of Coupland's book, featuring Coupland, 2005)
  • JPod (television series co-written and co-produced by Coupland, ca. 2006)
  • A Man, A Plan, A Canal (screenplay written by Coupland in 2006)

Major Thematic Grants series

Series consists of articles, correspondence, CVs, grant applications, references and referee information, interviews and reports on research undertaken for the Major Thematic Grants funded by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Files are organized chronologically by the year the grants were given.

Fraser River Project series

Series consists of video recordings made for a documentary on the history of the Fraser Canyon (titled “On The Fraser”), focusing on the First Nations of that region and the building of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. It was a joint project by the UBC Departments of Geography and Theatre and Film, with graduate students led by Raymond Hall (Theatre and Film) and Cole Harris (Geography). All recordings are in Betacam format.

The Working Forest Project

Series consists of photographic materials from the production of The Working Forest of British Columbia. The series is arranged into 3 files based on their media type: photographs, contact sheets, and negatives, and 1 sub-series of slides. The slides sub-series is divided into five files: master slides, The Working Forest slides, Southern Interior slides, Northern Interior slides, South Vancouver Island slides, North Vancouver Island slides, West Vancouver Island Slides, and Fire slides.

Paperny Film Inc. series

Series consists of miscellaneous material created by Paperny Films that did not fit into the other series. Included are copies of incorporation documents and handwritten notebooks relating to various productions. There are also production schedules, promotional DVDs for the company, and website content files.

Chasing the Cure series

Directed by Aynsley Vogel, the four-episode science documentary Chasing the Cure (2002) (also known as The Cutting Edge) explores the work and personal stories of four Canadian scientists looking for the cure to diseases such as heart disease, cancer and bacterial poisoning. It looks toward the future of medicine in light of this research. The 60-minute episodes focus on the work of Dr. Michael Hayden, a University of British Columbia expert on heart disease and Huntington's disease; Dr. Freda Miller, a Toronto expert on neurobiology and stem cell research; Dr. Brett Finlay, a University of British Columbia professor who is leading researcher of pathogenic E-coli and salmonella; and Dr. Brenda Gallie, a Toronto expert on cancer and a leading Retinoblastoma researcher. In addition to Hayden, Miller, Finlay and Gallie and members of their families, individuals interviewed include Dr. Alan Bernstein, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Dr. Donna Senger, Dr. Nancy Olivieri, Dr. Andrew Potter, Dr. Paul Goldberg, Dr. Ron Warton, Dr. Robert Hancock, Dr. James Scott, Dr. Martin Raff, Dr. David Kaplan, Dr. Chris Bleakley, Dr. Stanley Falkow, Dr. Helen Chan, Dr. Mark Selikowitz, Dr. Simon Pimstone, and Dr. Laura Frost.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Every Body series

In the sixty-minute arts documentary Every Body (2002), Joe Laughlin and his South African dance team use the universal language of dance to bridge continents and cultures. Laughlin is an award-winning Canadian choreographer, dancer and teacher whose dance audiences have viewed theatre and film commissions throughout Canada, the United States, Europe, South Africa and China. He has been the Artistic Director of Vancouver-based dance troupe Joe Ink since its establishment in 1995. In 1996 he received the Clifford E. Lee Award for Choreography, and in 2003 he received the Jacqueline Lemieux Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Dance. Directed by Deb Wainwright, the film documents Joe Laughlin's 2002 Sonke Sisonke/Everybody project in collaboration with the South African dance company Moving Into Dance Mophatong. The project was based on the personal experiences and stories of the dancers. The film resulted in a 2003 Leo Awards nomination for David Paperny in the Documentary Arts / Performing Arts category and an Honorable Mention to Paperny Films at The Film Council of Greater Columbus' 2003 Chris Awards.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Fallen Hero: The Tommy Prince Story series

A sixty-minute biographical history, Fallen Hero: The Tommy Prince Story (1998), focuses on the life and lasting legacy of Tommy Prince (1915-1977), a Manitoba aboriginal soldier. He fought in both World War II and the Korean War. Prince was the most highly decorated aboriginal soldier in Canada. Fallen Hero tells his story from the poverty of his isolated reserve, through becoming a war hero - twice over - to the minefield of being an Indian in downtown Winnipeg. The documentary includes interviews with Prince's daughters, Joyce Hourie and Beryl Prince, and his son Tommy Prince Jr. Other interviews include Al Lennox, Dennis Johnston, Lawrence Smith, Jim Bear, Claude Petit, and Thomas P. Gilday. Directed by Audrey Mehler and narrated by August Schellenberg, it received three Leo Award nominations in 1999, including one each to Mehler and David Paperny for Best Documentary and one to Mehler for Best Director - Documentary.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Indie Truth series

Directed by Carl Bessai, the sixty-minute arts documentary Indie Truth (2002) examines documentaries with some of the world's leading filmmakers, from cinema verit’© to the current digital revolution. Featured in the film are interviews with Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, Wild Man Blues), D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus (Don't Look Back, War Room), Allan King (A Married Couple, Warrendale), Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter), Simcha Jacobovichi (Deadly Currents) and Peter Lynch (Project Grizzly). Additional individuals interviewed include filmmakers Kelly Anderson, Tami Gold, Sunny Yi and Susan Froemke, Lofters producer Zev Shalev, and film theorist Ray Carney. Paperny Films received "The Bronze Plaque" from the 50th Annual Columbus International Film and Video Festival for Indie Truth in 2002.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Star Spangled Canadians series

Directed by David Paperny, Star Spangled Canadians (2000) closely examines the controversy, myths and realities behind the Canadian exodus to the United States and how Canadians perceive and define themselves. It focuses on the stories of individual Canadians living in the United States and their opinions and reasons for doing so. Individuals featured include Vancouver entrepreneur Glenn Ballman; Disney animator Mike Surrey; Don Carty, Chairman of Virgin America & Porter Airlines; journalist and news anchor Peter Jennings; artist Marcus Leatherdale; actor, comedian, and television host Michael Thomas (Tom) Green; Ivan Reitman, film actor, producer and director; and Joe Medjuck, a Hollywood film producer. Additional individuals interviewed include Pierre Gallant, Terry Drayton, Jay Dubiner, Jonathan Houseman, Val Azzoli, Michael Rose, Monty Hall, Bob Schlegel, and several Canadians employed at Microsoft and Dreamworks Animations. Jeffrey Simpson narrates the ninety-minute documentary. In 2001, Paperny Films received a 1st Place Gold Camera Award for Star Spangled Canadians in the Social Issues category at the U.S. International Film and Video Festival.

Series consists of a digital master tape of the production, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Transplant Tourism series

Directed by David Paperny, Transplant Tourism (2003) follows Canadians with kidney disease who grapple with the life-and-death decision to buy an organ on the black market and address the provocative and ethical issues surrounding the organ trade. The sixty-minute documentary travels to Turkey and the Philippines to interview kidney sellers and brokers. In North America, doctors and ethicists express their conflicting views, some firmly against the trade and others in support of regulating it. Individuals interviewed include Globe & Mail columnist and immigration expert Marina Jimenez, Dr. Ona of the Kidney Institute, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of California, and Dr. David Landsberg, Director of Renal Transplantation at St. Paul's Hospital. Saul Rubinek narrates the documentary. In 2004, it received two nominations at the Leo Awards, including a nomination to David Paperny and Dan Schlanger for Best Documentary Program or series, and a nomination to David Paperny, Marina Jimenez and Ian Gill for Best Screen Writer - Documentary Program or series.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Burn Baby Burn series

Done for History Television’s Turning Points of History series, Burn Baby Burn (1993) is an early documentary about the 1965 Watts riots in Los Angeles directed by David Paperny while doing freelance work shortly after leaving the CBC. Large-scale rioting broke out in the Watts neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, in August of 1965, following months of racial tension between the residents of the neighbourhood and law enforcement.

Series consists of a digital master tape and video and audio elements relating to the development of the production.

Glutton for Punishment, Season I series

Glutton for Punishment (2006) is a reality show which follows host Bob Blumer, an LA-based Canadian cook known for the Surreal Gourmet. He travels the world not just reporting on professional food-related contests but participating in them. After a crash course of only a few days, Blumer has to compete against world champions in everything from flair bartending to oyster shucking. The show has various directors, including William Morrison.

Series consists of digital master tapes, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman series

The first Paperny Films independent production, Whisky Man: Inside the Dynasty of Samuel Bronfman (1996), is a documentary about the enigmatic founder of Seagram’s, the world’s largest distillery. Immigrating with his family to Saskatchewan and later Manitoba, Samuel Bronfman turned a family hotel and bar business into a brewery empire. Hosted by television journalist Ann Medina and directed by David Paperny. Interview subjects include several Bronfman family members, including Edgar Bronfman (son), Charles Bronfman (son), Sam Bronfman Jr. (son), Edgar Jr. Bronfman (grandson), as well as Canadian senator Leo Kolber, former Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres, Former Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek, and Scottish Whiskey Baron Ivan Straker.

Series consists of a digital master tape, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Photographs

Textual records include two programs for the 1994 Member Recognition Awards with supporting documentation. Photographs are of Lois Blais along with mostly unidentified people at formal and social occasions. Most are on the occasion of her receiving the 1994 Recognition Award and a tea. Others are taken on her November 28, 1996 graduation from a Masters in Nursing program at UBC.

Digital projects

The majority of records in this series consist of textual, photographic and graphic material related to the earliest iterations of Coupland’s website. In 1996, Coupland launched Coupland.com. This website incorporated prose pieces, various digital renderings of artwork he had created in the past and digital images and collages created specifically for the website. Material crated for the website also influenced Coupland’s later literary and visual art projects.

A Sea Lion called Salena series

The book is a children’s novel published by PEP in 1994. The story’s main character is a young girl named Kristie. Kristie discovers an injured sea lion pup when her best friend moves away. Series consists of a draft of the story.

Appointments series

Series consists of correspondence, travel itineraries, copies of speeches, agendas, minutes and other materials relating to various events and meetings attended by Michael Smith between 1994 and 2000. Identified as "Appointments" in Smith's filing system, the events/activities have been filed chronologically.

Correspondence series

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence to and from Mark Achbar and other communication related to the individuals from the production team.

Call Me Average series

Directed by James Dunnison, Call Me Average (2004) documents the legacy of Vancouver-based Canadian artist Joe Average through his life, art, attitudes and activism. A self-taught native pop artist inspired by BC natives, Average was awarded the RCA Award by the Queen in 2004 for his contribution to the Arts and the gay community. Call Me Average, told in his voice and from his perspective, provides insight into Joe's imagination and the events that have shaped his life and art. In addition to an interview with Joe, the film draws upon his art, archival images of his public life, private photographs, and interviews with his friends and colleagues, including Jaime Griffiths, Anne Carlson, Mary Brownstone, Michael Harding, Marc Lieberman, Richard Taylor and Dr. Laura Louie. Also interviewed is former Vancouver mayor Philip Owen. Alternate titles for this film are Joe Average and Anything But Average. The thirty-minute documentary earned Paperny Films several distinctions, including an Honorable Mention at The Film Council of Greater Columbus' 52nd Annual Columbus International Film and Video Festival in 2004; a nomination and award to David Paperny and Trevor Hodgson for Best Documentary Program or series -- History / Biography / Social / Political at the Leo Awards in 2005; a nomination in the Documentary Biography category and a Jury Award to Trevor Hodgson and David Paperny (Producers) and James Dunnison (Director) at the Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival's Golden Sheaf Awards in 2005.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Murder in Normandy series

In Murder in Normandy (1999), director David Paperny uses documentary and dramatic techniques to present the events of a little-known war crime involving the murder of 145 Canadian Prisoners of War by the infamous SS Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) during the Battle of Normandy. This ninety-minute production recreates the ensuing war-crimes trial of Kurt Meyer, a Nazi officer accused of ordering the execution, and examines why Canada's first-ever war crimes trial did little to redress the deaths. Murder in Normandy features interviews with Meyer's son Kurt Meyer Jr., former S.S. officer Hubert Meyer, Canadian veterans McGregor Scobie and Wady Lehmann, and Gregory Pollard, the nephew of a Canadian soldier killed during the war. Also included are interviews with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and historian Howard Margolin, author of Conduct Unbecoming: The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy. Ann Medina narrates the film. In 2001, Paperny Films received a Silver Screen Award in the Films in History category at the US International Film and Video Festival for Murder in Normandy.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

On the Edge: The Life and Times of Nancy Greene series

On the Edge: The Life and Times of Nancy Greene is a biography of Canada's most famous skiing champion culminating with her gold medal giant slalom victory in the 1968 Grenoble Olympics. Greene was a Canadian National Ski Team member from 1959 to 1968 and won 17 Canadian Championship titles in all disciplines. In 1968 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, The sixty-minute documentary features Greene's photographs and scrapbook clippings, footage from the Olympic Games and interviews with Greene and fellow teammates. Also included in the documentary are interviews with Greene's husband, Al Raine, a former director of Canada's National Ski Team, and their two sons, Willy and Charley, and a discussion of the family's Sun Peaks development in the B.C. interior. On the Edge also features footage of Greene skiing at the National Ski Team Benefit Golf Tournament in Calgary, and Canadian skiers Ken Read and Karrin Lee-Gartner speaking about how Greene inspired them. The film is directed by David Paperny and narrated by Jerry Thompson.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

On Wings and Dreams series

On Wings and Dreams (2002) is a historical biography documenting the nearly twenty-year struggle between distinguished pilots Grant McConachie, founder of Canadian Pacific Airlines, and Gordon McGregor, founder of Trans-Canada Air Lines (Air Canada), for control over Canada's share of the aviation industry. Individuals interviewed for the sixty-minute documentary include Don McConachie, aviation consultant Eric McConachie, Don Cameron, Canadian aviation writer Peter Pigott, Clayton Glenn, former Air Canada Vice-President, and Claude Taylor, former President and CEO of Air Canada. The production is directed by Melanie Wood and narrated by Marlee Walchuk. An alternate title for this documentary is Dare Devils.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

The Life and Times of Henry Morgentaler series

Directed by Audrey Mehler, The Life and Times of Henry Morgentaler (1999) is a biography of Holocaust survivor, social activist and abortionist Dr. Henry Morgentaler. Born in Poland, Morgentaler immigrated to Canada in 1950 and studied medicine. From 1967 to the present, he has been a pro-choice abortion activist and established clinics for women throughout the country. Although he spent time incarcerated for his work, he continued his crusade. He played a prominent role in influencing the Supreme Court of Canada's 1988 decision to strike down Canada's abortion law, making abortion legal. He was the first president of the Humanist Association of Canada from 1968 to 1999 and remained the organization's honorary president. The sixty-minute documentary follows Morgentaler and his son Bamie back to Poland to places of significance in his early life. It includes archival footage and interviews with close supporters, including Gertie Katz, writer/activist June Callwood, and political commentator Judy Rebick, counterbalanced with the views of pro-lifer advocates like Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life. Also included in the documentary is a visit to Bordeaux Jail in Montreal, where Morgentaler was incarcerated for 1tenmonths in 1975. Audrey Mehler received "The Bronze Plaque" for The Life and Times of Henry Morgentaler at the 48th Annual Columbus International Film and Video Festival in 2000.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video and audio elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Victory 1945 series

Directed by David Paperny and Susan Ridout, Victory 1945 (2004) is a two-part historical documentary focusing on the vivid, personal stories of the dramatic final months of the war, leading up to VE (Victory in Europe) Day, May 8th, 1945, as told by Canadian World War II veterans who served overseas, and their girlfriends and wives that were waiting at home. It tells not only the story of Canadian's efforts overseas in the last days of the war and their impact on the war but of the reality that they came back to Canada and switched to a world and country at peace. The documentary is based on the memories of Canadian veterans and their wives, including Alex Colville, a war artist who became a world-renowned painter and Companion of the Order of Canada, Peter Stursberg, a CBC war correspondent and member of the Order of Canada, author David Dickson, later a Supreme Court judge in New Brunswick, John Dougan, who would have a long career as a Canadian ambassador, and others. The documentary also includes interviews with several post-war immigrants who left a war-ravaged Europe, including Holocaust survivor Celina Lieberman, former German U-Boat engineer Werner Hirschmann, and a ten-year-old German boy named Holger Herwig, now a military historian at the University of Calgary. Victory 1945 is narrated by Steve Burgess.

Series consists of a digital master tape, a set of video elements and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Brewery Creek series

Brewery Creek (1998) is a “docu-soap” following the lives of individuals living in condos in a converted brewery. Six episodes of 15 minutes each follow the lives of the residents of the artist’s loft for two months. David Paperny and Audrey Mehler directed.

Series consists of a digital master tape, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

My Fabulous Gay Wedding (First Comes Love), Season I series

The first season of the reality shows My Fabulous Gay Wedding (2005) features host Scott Thompson (Kids in the Hall) preparing unique weddings for same-sex couples in only two weeks. Each episode focuses on a single couple and the planning team's work in making the festivities fabulous. The show followed closely on the heels of legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada, airing in the United States on the LOGO channel First Comes Love. Producers David Paperny and Trevor Hodgson won a Leo award in 2006 in Best Information or Lifestyle Series. Directed by Daniel Gelfant.

Series consists of digital master tapes, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter series

The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter (1993) is based upon a series of video diaries recorded by Dr. Peter Jepson-Young in the early 1990s about HIV and AIDS which documented his battle with the disease. Born in British Columbia in 1957, “Dr. Peter,” as he was more commonly known, was diagnosed with AIDS in 1985. When he could no longer practice medicine, he began “The Dr. Peter Diaries,” video segments that aired on CBC until his death in 1992. The documentary is comprised primarily of these two-minute segments. The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter was directed by David Paperny and nominated for an Academy Award in 1994 for Best Documentary Feature. The documentary helped lead to the further establishment of the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation in Vancouver.

Series consists of digital master tapes, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

Thirst for Life series

The one-hour-long documentary Thirst for Life (2006) is hosted by Bob Blumer, host of Glutton for Punishment and the Surreal Gourmet, as he investigates the scientific proof of the health benefits of wine drinking. Interviews include Serge Renauds, the originator of the concept of the “French Paradox” and pioneer researcher in health and wine, winemaker and researcher J.L.Tesseidre Montpellier, Dr. Curtis Ellison Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health and director of the Institute of Health and Lifestyle, Boston, Dr. Eric Rim of the Department of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, and Dr. Joe Mazza, Senior Food Scientist, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre. Directed by Aynsley Vogel.

Series consists of a digital master tape, video and audio elements, and textual material relating to the development of the production.

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