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Title: Chen family videos : High Park, May '78
Description: Item consists of a Chinese family's home movie featuring explorations of High Park with children running up and rolling down a hill, children climbing trees, the family enjoying each others company surrounded by Cherry Blossoms, and posing for the camera. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shortly after arriving with her family in 1968 Canada, Millie’s family visit Niagara Falls. This clip is the last recorded film of her older sister, Wendy, before she was killed in a car accident in the fall of that year. The next time the camera is picked up is for the birth of her younger sister Cecilia. The other selected footage feature several outings to cottage country and parks all across Southern Ontario, as well as the Eastern seaboard. Millie’s parents had an immense appreciation for the outdoors and wanted to nurture this relationship in their children. Mavericks in their own way, the Chens encouraged their children to take part in various cultural experiences. Millie and her sister were both trained in the arts and later continue to take part in the arts world through their careers. In February 1977, Millie plays the piano at her recital in a concert hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Always nervous when performing publicly, Millie was grateful to be wearing her mother’s hand made skirt that was long enough to hide her trembling knees. During Cherry Blossom season her family enjoy a beautiful afternoon in High Park. Unlike the present day, the park is mostly empty outside of a few people in the background. Her father who usually is behind the camera can be seen enjoying the day with his family. Over the years, Millie and her mother would occasionally take over the filming to get their father in front of the camera. Her mother is particularly teasing and playful on this day. She can be seen laying in the grass kicking up her feet and winking at the camera."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-057/001(08)
Date: 1978
Identifier: 2019-057/001(08)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153183

Title: Dhoré family videos : hugs
Description: Item consists of an Indo- and Black-Carribean family’s home movie featuring a girl giving a woman a hug. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shanti’s sister’s farm is a treasured place in their family’s collective memories. With 90 acres of land, the farm was a beloved retreat to the country for the Toronto family. In the footage, Leyla can be seen showing her picked grapes to her mother. Above them, Shanti’s mother picks grapes from their pergola. Having recently started ballet classes, Leyla is wearing a pink ballet outfit complete with her own tutu. Endured by her outfit and feeling affection, Leyla is hugged by her grandmother. At almost 4 years old, Layla and her grandmother are preparing the lights (diyas) for Diwali. In the Caribbean, the diyas would be lit outside the home, but since the family lived in an apartment the practise was kept to inside the home. Carefully, Leyla is guided in helping her grandmother. Her mother was a retired nurse to prepare for the holiday. Leyla grew up watching her grandmother during her daily prayers and helping on Diwali. In rare form, Shanti is in front of the camera. As the family documenter, Shanti is usually the one behind the camera. Dressed as a witch, Shanti can be seen posing with her daughter who decided to go as a fairy princess this year before their evening of trick-or-treating."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-059/001(02)
Date: 2001
Identifier: 2019-059/001(02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153186

Title: Chen family videos : 1968 Niagara Fall (before accident)
Description: Item consists of a Chinese family's home movie featuring children and adults playing with a ball at a park, laying on picnic blankets, and eating. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shortly after arriving with her family in 1968 Canada, Millie’s family visit Niagara Falls. This clip is the last recorded film of her older sister, Wendy, before she was killed in a car accident in the fall of that year. The next time the camera is picked up is for the birth of her younger sister Cecilia. The other selected footage feature several outings to cottage country and parks all across Southern Ontario, as well as the Eastern seaboard. Millie’s parents had an immense appreciation for the outdoors and wanted to nurture this relationship in their children. Mavericks in their own way, the Chens encouraged their children to take part in various cultural experiences. Millie and her sister were both trained in the arts and later continue to take part in the arts world through their careers. In February 1977, Millie plays the piano at her recital in a concert hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Always nervous when performing publicly, Millie was grateful to be wearing her mother’s hand made skirt that was long enough to hide her trembling knees. During Cherry Blossom season her family enjoy a beautiful afternoon in High Park. Unlike the present day, the park is mostly empty outside of a few people in the background. Her father who usually is behind the camera can be seen enjoying the day with his family. Over the years, Millie and her mother would occasionally take over the filming to get their father in front of the camera. Her mother is particularly teasing and playful on this day. She can be seen laying in the grass kicking up her feet and winking at the camera."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-057/001(02)
Date: 1968
Identifier: 2019-057/001(02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153188

Title: Ozaki family videos : Fun in the Sun
Description: Item consists of a Japanese-Canadian family's home movie filmed in the 1960s. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "In the summer of ’65, Naomi and Akemi run around a sprinkler and play in a wading pool in their backyard. Three year old Naomi, in the red bathing suit, two year old Akemi in the blue bathing suit and their four month old brother, Steven are recorded by their father Doug on the sunny Vancouver summer afternoon."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-047/001(02)
Date: 1965
Identifier: 2019-047/001(02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153189

Title: Dhoré family videos : holding a newborn
Description: Item consists of an Indo- and Black-Carribean family’s home movie featuring a woman holding a newborn Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shanti has recently given birth to her second child, Rohan on April 8th 2001 at Scarborough Grace General Hospital. Her mother (a nurse herself) supported Shanti during the delivery. Leyla, the oldest and only child for the first 6 years of her life meets her younger brother for the first time on video. Born closer to Easter, the rest of the family is able to travels down to meet the new member of the family. Robert who is now 16 is meeting his youngest cousin for the first time."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-059/001(08)
Date: 2001
Identifier: 2019-059/001(08)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153190

Title: Dhaliwal family videos : traditional Sikh marriage in India : Sri Harmandir Sahib
Description: Item consists of a Punjabi-, Jatt-, and Sikh-Canadian family's home movie featuring a portion of a wedding featuring singing and traditional ceremonies. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "In late February in 1985 Jagtar’s after getting married in India for his wedding took a religious pilgrimage to pay respects at the Sri Harmandir Sahib. They visited the Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) to see the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, where the 1984 attacks by the Indian paramilitary troops to oust out Sikh extremists happened. The attacks killed hundreds of people and left tons of damage to the buildings and structures of the Sri Harmandir Sahib complex, the holiest shrine of Sikhism. In the clip you see Jagtar pan the camera to the bullet holes and remnants of the attack. ‘It was a tense and strange situation’. He proceeded in India with caution but was fortunate that his future father-in-law was a powerful man in India and provided protection at his wedding."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-051/001(03)
Date: Feb. 1985
Identifier: 2019-051/001(03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153191

Title: Chen family videos : Feb. Piano concert 77
Description: Item consists of a Chinese family's home movie featuring a girl playing the piano in front of an audience, a woman watering plants at home, and family members in a living room. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shortly after arriving with her family in 1968 Canada, Millie’s family visit Niagara Falls. This clip is the last recorded film of her older sister, Wendy, before she was killed in a car accident in the fall of that year. The next time the camera is picked up is for the birth of her younger sister Cecilia. The other selected footage feature several outings to cottage country and parks all across Southern Ontario, as well as the Eastern seaboard. Millie’s parents had an immense appreciation for the outdoors and wanted to nurture this relationship in their children. Mavericks in their own way, the Chens encouraged their children to take part in various cultural experiences. Millie and her sister were both trained in the arts and later continue to take part in the arts world through their careers. In February 1977, Millie plays the piano at her recital in a concert hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Always nervous when performing publicly, Millie was grateful to be wearing her mother’s hand made skirt that was long enough to hide her trembling knees. During Cherry Blossom season her family enjoy a beautiful afternoon in High Park. Unlike the present day, the park is mostly empty outside of a few people in the background. Her father who usually is behind the camera can be seen enjoying the day with his family. Over the years, Millie and her mother would occasionally take over the filming to get their father in front of the camera. Her mother is particularly teasing and playful on this day. She can be seen laying in the grass kicking up her feet and winking at the camera."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-057/001(05)
Date: Feb. 1977
Identifier: 2019-057/001(05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153192

Title: Piedrahita-Budiman family videos : celebrations and dancing
Description: Item consists of a Colombian and Indonesian-Canadian family's home movie featuring a family gathering filled with adults and children playing and dancing. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Sabrina Budiman’s sister, cousins, aunts, and neighbors grew up as a very close knit family. They are at a family gathering likely at Budiman’s aunt’s place in Etobicoke, ON. The table is set up for a special dinner, and everyone is dressed in celebratory clothing. It’s a party and we see adults and children having a lot of fun dancing together to Lou Bega’s Mambo no. 5, J-Low, Backstreet Boys, and Elvis Crespo’s Suavemente 1998. Being both Colombian and Indonesian and growing up in Toronto, Sabrina remembers dance as a very memorable and significant part of her cultural upbringing. Sabrina carries a mixture of three cultures which she says felt a bit confusing: "It’s something you feel but can’t analyze as a child. Feeling it has more impact. It means that I’m a part of a larger group of people who share the same experiences, although it varies from person to person. Others have had the same struggles, successes, and personal experiences.""
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-049/001(03)
Date: 1999
Identifier: 2019-049/001(03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153193

Title: Khan family videos : Breakfast and a tour of Ridley College
Description: Item consists of a Pakistani-Canadian family's home movie and includes footage of Ridley College and Port Elgin. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Footage of a family eating breakfast cuts to a teenager standing by an old building. Noor’s oldest brother, Fahad is giving their father a tour of his boarding school. This is the first time her father is seeing Ridley College. He relied on extended family in Canada to help settle Fahad in his school. Dressed like any other boy from the 90’s, Fahad leads his father on a grand tour. "Being Pakistani in Saudi Arabia was difficult" Noor mentions as she talks about being separated from her brother as he went to school in Canada. To Noor "it feels like filling in the blank watching these videos…" since she was still a child when her family moved. Shot over a few days, the home movie ends on a barbeque in Noor’s aunt home. Her aunt can be seen making fresh kebabs. "We still have those barbeques… they’re much different now, but we still make kebabs from scratch", Noor recounts."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-036/001(03)
Date: [1998 or 1999]
Identifier: 2019-036/001(03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153195

Title: Dhaliwal family videos : traditional Sikh marriage in India
Description: Item consists of a Punjabi-, Jatt-, and Sikh-Canadian family's home movie featuring family members speaking to one another, driving through the countryside, and speaking one another at a wedding. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Jagtar’s grandfather Sardar Bishon Singh left colonial India in 1902 and after enduring a two year journey via several steam ships from Calcutta, Hong Kong, The Philippines and Hawaii finally arrived on the shores of California in the Port of Stockton in 1904. Sardar Bishon Singh was instrumental in establishing the very first Sikh Gurdwara in North America in Stockton California. Following the devastating major San Francisco earthquake and then the resulting fires which completely destroyed San Francisco in 1906, Jagtar’s grandfather escaped to Vancouver British Columbia on a boxcar, marking the first of his family’s arrival in Canada. His grandfather was eventually able to sponsor his younger brothers son’s arrival to Canada in January of 1960, and Jagtar born in India in December of 1959, arrived to Canada at five years of age on December 18th, 1964. Jagtar returned to India for the first time since his childhood at 25 years old for a traditional Sikh marriage in January of 1985. In this clip, on February 5th, 1985 in Gurdwara Karamsar Rara Sahib or Gurdwara Rara Sahib is situated at village Rara Sahib near Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Jagtar and his soon to be wife Gurinder Kaur, receive a blessing from the Gurdwara Sant Ji elder prior to their wedding. The two elder gentlemen are Jagtar’s future father-in-law Sardar Mewa Singh Kular and father Sardar Hardev Singh Dhaliwal. Here his father is visible in a pale blue suit not far from Sant Ji. This home movie memorializes these two important figures in Jagtar’s life who have since passed, his father-in-law and his father. After his father’s passing, Jagtar says it was fate to see his father here and remember him as a young man. In the next scene, Jagtar is in his ancestral village in Toosey, Punjab, India dressed in his wedding attire. As they are leaving, elders and family women offer their blessings by giving him sweet treats. The car and the groom's family travel down to the Milni ceremony (meeting of the two families) for introduction between the two families. After both sides of the family arrive, the fathers meet and exchange garlands. The uncles at each level exchange an official introduction. Then people gather for tea and refreshments just before going to the Gurdwara, a place of worship. The groom’s side of the family pays respect to the Guru Granth Sahib, a living embodiment of the Sikh’s gurus."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-051/001(02)
Date: Feb. 1985
Identifier: 2019-051/001(02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153196

Title: Dhoré family videos : holding a newborn and men sleeping on the couch
Description: Item consists of an Indo- and Black-Carribean family’s home movie featuring a man holding a newborn and three men sleeping on the couch. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shanti has recently given birth to her second child, Rohan on April 8th 2001 at Scarborough Grace General Hospital. Her mother (a nurse herself) supported Shanti during the delivery. Leyla, the oldest and only child for the first 6 years of her life meets her younger brother for the first time on video. Born closer to Easter, the rest of the family is able to travels down to meet the new member of the family. Robert who is now 16 is meeting his youngest cousin for the first time."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-059/001(12)
Date: 2001
Identifier: 2019-059/001(12)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153197

Title: Edralin family videos : tire swing
Description: Item consists of a Filipino-Canadian family's home movie featuring a woman spinning two children on a tire swing. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "On a trip at a family friend’s cottage in Lindsay Ontario, Martin and his sister Carol are being spun on a tire swing by their mom. They are wearing light jackets, and it looks like it could be the Fall or Spring season. Vacations that the family took together were generally local, about two or three hours away, and they were invited by friends who have access to cottages."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-069/001(07)
Date: 1983
Identifier: 2019-069/001(07)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153198

Title: Edralin family videos : swing set
Description: Item consists of a Filipino-Canadian family's home movie featuring two children and a doll on a swing set. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "At a neighborhood park, close to their townhome on Mississauga Valley, Martin and his sister aged 4 and 2 are playing on the swings, and filmed by their father. On the third swing they’ve placed a Cabbage Patch Doll on the swingset. The dolls were really big in the eighties, and unopened ones were worth a lot of money. Martin and his sister would often go to the park and play together whenever their parents allowed them, but they were never unsupervised. Growing up, Martin only had one cousin who lived in Canada near Pape Station, and then Markham. He spent a lot of time playing with his sister. There is a community of Filipinos in Mississauga, and growing up, the Edralins had a close-knit group of family and friends. In 1983, when the footage was taken, there were no condos in the neighborhood. When Martin used to attend Francis Xavier Secondary School at the intersection of Mavis Rd. and Matheson Blvd, there was a farm across the street. Demographically, the neighborhood has changed immensely. At his elementary school, there were about three Asian families, four black kids who were brothers and the rest of the children were white."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-069/001(05)
Date: 1983
Identifier: 2019-069/001(05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153199

Title: Ozaki family videos : Winter 1968
Description: Item consists of a Japanese-Canadian family's home movies filmed in the 1960s. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "These clips feature Christmas and playing in the snow. Naomi, Akemi and Steven open gifts on Christmas morning. Later, extended family gather to enjoy Christmas dinner. The footage ends on a winter afternoon with Naomi, Akemi and Steven playing in the snow."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-047/001(04)
Date: 1968
Identifier: 2019-047/001(04)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153201

Title: Dhoré family videos : holding a newborn
Description: Item consists of an Indo- and Black-Carribean family’s home movie featuring a woman holding a newborn and a child asking to hold the baby. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shanti has recently given birth to her second child, Rohan on April 8th 2001 at Scarborough Grace General Hospital. Her mother (a nurse herself) supported Shanti during the delivery. Leyla, the oldest and only child for the first 6 years of her life meets her younger brother for the first time on video. Born closer to Easter, the rest of the family is able to travels down to meet the new member of the family. Robert who is now 16 is meeting his youngest cousin for the first time."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-059/001(07)
Date: 1996
Identifier: 2019-059/001(07)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153203

Title: Ozaki family videos : Canada Day Centennial Parade and Party
Description: Item consists of a Japanese-Canadian family's home movies filmed in the 1960s. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Neighbourhood children parade down a residential street in Vancouver celebrating Canada’s centennial in 1967. Amongst children dressed in outfits celebrating Canada or their country of origin, Naomi is dressed as a pioneer homesteader, Akemi is wearing a kimono and Steven is dressed as John A. Macdonald. The parade and after party were organized by their father, Doug and another neighbourhood parent."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-047/001(03)
Date: 1967
Identifier: 2019-047/001(03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153204

Title: Khan family videos : Ontario Place and sunset
Description: Item consists of a Pakistani-Canadian family's home movie featuring the family taking the subway, riding attractions at Ontario Place, and includes views of the CN tower and a sunset over Lake Ontario. Home movie also includes footage a baby smiling , giggling, and interacting with other children while sitting on a couch. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Travelling via Subway on the Bloor Line, a family is visiting Ontario Place during the summer of 1995. Less than a year old, Noor resides in Saudi Arabia with her mother, while one of her older brothers attends a boarding high school in Ontario. Her father is with his wife’s extended family and spends the majority of the time behind the camera. Scene of the water park and the children playing is captured along with the skyline of Toronto."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-036/001(01)
Date: 1-3 Aug. 1995
Identifier: 2019-036/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153205

Title: Ozaki family videos : Birthdays
Description: Item consists of a Japanese-Canadian family's home movies filmed in the 1960s. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "These clips feature birthdays for two of the Ozaki children in 1966. Steven Ozaki is celebrating his first birthday indoors with extended family in April. Naomi Ozaki is celebrating her fourth birthday in May with neighbourhood children inside the family home and in the family's backyard in Vancouver."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-047/001(01)
Date: 1996
Identifier: 2019-047/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153206

Title: Piedrahita-Budiman family videos : Scarborough Bluffs beach and barbeque
Description: Item consists of a Colombian and Indonesian-Canadian family's home movie featuring a day at the lake with children playing and adults barbequing. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "The year is 1999 and Sabrina Budiman aged 4, and her family is spending a day at the beach in the summertime, at the Scarborough Bluffs beach. Sabrina and her sister call it "ethnic BBQ" because the family brought their own charcoal BBQ, make lots of delicious food, fry up some fish and "stink up the place." A picnic table is set up with a beautiful tablecloth, and the footage documents an entire day spent at the beach. Sabrina shares that this experience was a large part of her childhood, and today we often see lots of immigrant families gathered at the Bluffs Beach in large groups with similar set-ups that include lots of food and colorful decorations. Sabrina carries a mixture of three cultures which she says felt a bit confusing: "It’s something you feel but can’t analyze as a child. Feeling it has more impact. It means that I’m a part of a larger group of people who share the same experiences, although it varies from person to person. Others have had the same struggles, successes, and personal experiences.""
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-049/001(01)
Date: [2000 or 2001]
Identifier: 2019-049/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153208

Title: Edralin family videos : badminton
Description: Item consists of a Filipino-Canadian family's home movie featuring two adults playing badminton in a backyard with a creek in the background, a man dancing, and a child reading a book on a bench. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Martin’s parents are playing badminton on a trip at a family friend’s cottage in Lindsay Ontario. Vacations that the family took together were generally local, about two or three hours away, and they were invited by friends who have access to cottages. His grandfather was the only one who was active, and joined badminton tournaments. Martin’s uncles used to play tennis competitively in the Philippines."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-069/001(08)
Date: 1983
Identifier: 2019-069/001(08)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153209

Title: Dhoré family videos : children spinning and laughing
Description: Item consists of an Indo- and Black-Carribean family’s home movie featuring a child spinning in circles while carrying another child who is laughing and giggling. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Robert, Shanti’s nephew swings 2-year-old Layla around on his family’s farm in Puslinch. Ten years older than Leyla and an only child, he cherished the weekend and summer visits from his younger cousin. Her mother was an active swimmer in her youth and was excited to take up her old hobby on the family farm. Layla gestures to her grandmother in the pool who is clearly enjoying her self. Smiling brightly and leisurely swimming around she tells Layla how cold the pool is and not to come in."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-059/001(05)
Date: 15 Jul. 1996
Identifier: 2019-059/001(05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153212

Title: Edralin family videos : dancing the wave
Description: Item consists of a Filipino-Canadian family's home movie featuring children interacting with the camera and two women in the background setting a picnic table for a barbeque in the backyard. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "The year is 1983, and Martin’s dad is filming him and his sister, aged 4 and 2 in their backyard home on Mississauga Valley Blvd. in Mississauga. Their dad wanted to see them dance, and they adorably practice "the wave." There is a community of Filipinos in Mississauga, and growing up, the Edralins had a close-knit group of family and friends. In 1983, when the footage was taken, there were no condos in the neighborhood. When Martin used to attend Francis Xavier Secondary School at the intersection of Mavis Rd. and Matheson Blvd., there was a farm across the street. Demographically, the neighborhood has changed immensely. At his elementary school, there were about three Asian families, four black kids who were brothers and the rest of the children were white."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-069/001(01)
Date: 1983
Identifier: 2019-069/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153214

Title: Dhoré family videos : squeezing newborn’s cheeks
Description: Item consists of an Indo- and Black-Carribean family’s home movie featuring a close up of a newborn and a child squeezing his cheeks while saying "gougi gougi goo." Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shanti has recently given birth to her second child, Rohan on April 8th 2001 at Scarborough Grace General Hospital. Her mother (a nurse herself) supported Shanti during the delivery. Leyla, the oldest and only child for the first 6 years of her life meets her younger brother for the first time on video. Born closer to Easter, the rest of the family is able to travels down to meet the new member of the family. Robert who is now 16 is meeting his youngest cousin for the first time."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-059/001(10)
Date: 2001
Identifier: 2019-059/001(10)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153215

Title: Chen family videos : 1968 Niagara Fall (before accident)
Description: Item consists of a Chinese family's home movie featuring adults and children in front of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara and family members taking care of a baby in a stroller. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shortly after arriving with her family in 1968 Canada, Millie’s family visit Niagara Falls. This clip is the last recorded film of her older sister, Wendy, before she was killed in a car accident in the fall of that year. The next time the camera is picked up is for the birth of her younger sister Cecilia. The other selected footage feature several outings to cottage country and parks all across Southern Ontario, as well as the Eastern seaboard. Millie’s parents had an immense appreciation for the outdoors and wanted to nurture this relationship in their children. Mavericks in their own way, the Chens encouraged their children to take part in various cultural experiences. Millie and her sister were both trained in the arts and later continue to take part in the arts world through their careers. In February 1977, Millie plays the piano at her recital in a concert hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Always nervous when performing publicly, Millie was grateful to be wearing her mother’s hand made skirt that was long enough to hide her trembling knees. During Cherry Blossom season her family enjoy a beautiful afternoon in High Park. Unlike the present day, the park is mostly empty outside of a few people in the background. Her father who usually is behind the camera can be seen enjoying the day with his family. Over the years, Millie and her mother would occasionally take over the filming to get their father in front of the camera. Her mother is particularly teasing and playful on this day. She can be seen laying in the grass kicking up her feet and winking at the camera."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-057/001(01)
Date: 1968
Identifier: 2019-057/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153216

Title: Edralin family videos : slide
Description: Item consists of a Filipino-Canadian family's home movie featuring children climbing up and coming down a slide. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "At a neighborhood park, close to their townhome on Mississauga Valley, Martin and his sister aged 4 and 2 are playing on the slide, and filmed by their father. The languages spoken are Filipino and English. It looks slightly overcast, and the children are wearing light jackets, so it could be in the Fall or Spring season. One memory that stands out about playing on the slide for Martin is that the metal felt really hot on the skin in the summer. Martin and his sister would often go to the park and play together whenever their parents allowed them, but they were never unsupervised. Growing up, Martin only had one cousin who lived in Canada who lived near Pape Station, and then Markham. He spent a lot of time playing with his sister. There is a community of Filipinos in Mississauga, and growing up, the Edralins had a close-knit group of family friends. In 1983, when the footage was taken, there were no condos in the neighborhood. When Martin used to attend Francis Xavier Secondary School at the intersection of Mavis Rd. and Matheson Blvd, there was a farm across the street. Demographically, the neighborhood has changed immensely. At his elementary school, there were about three Asian families, four black kids who were brothers and the rest of the children were white."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-069/001(06)
Date: 1983
Identifier: 2019-069/001(06)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153218

Title: Chen family videos : birthday cake
Description: Item consists of a Chinese family's home movie featuring three adults and a girl blowing out candles on a birthday cake, reading a booklet titled "happy birthday mom," removing the candles, and slicing the cake. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shortly after arriving with her family in 1968 Canada, Millie’s family visit Niagara Falls. This clip is the last recorded film of her older sister, Wendy, before she was killed in a car accident in the fall of that year. The next time the camera is picked up is for the birth of her younger sister Cecilia. The other selected footage feature several outings to cottage country and parks all across Southern Ontario, as well as the Eastern seaboard. Millie’s parents had an immense appreciation for the outdoors and wanted to nurture this relationship in their children. Mavericks in their own way, the Chens encouraged their children to take part in various cultural experiences. Millie and her sister were both trained in the arts and later continue to take part in the arts world through their careers. In February 1977, Millie plays the piano at her recital in a concert hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Always nervous when performing publicly, Millie was grateful to be wearing her mother’s hand made skirt that was long enough to hide her trembling knees. During Cherry Blossom season her family enjoy a beautiful afternoon in High Park. Unlike the present day, the park is mostly empty outside of a few people in the background. Her father who usually is behind the camera can be seen enjoying the day with his family. Over the years, Millie and her mother would occasionally take over the filming to get their father in front of the camera. Her mother is particularly teasing and playful on this day. She can be seen laying in the grass kicking up her feet and winking at the camera."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-057/001(07)
Date: [between 1968 and 1977]
Identifier: 2019-057/001(07)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153220

Title: Chen family videos : 1973 Winter High Park
Description: Item consists of a Chinese family's home movie featuring adults and children skating on Grenadier Pond. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shortly after arriving with her family in 1968 Canada, Millie’s family visit Niagara Falls. This clip is the last recorded film of her older sister, Wendy, before she was killed in a car accident in the fall of that year. The next time the camera is picked up is for the birth of her younger sister Cecilia. The other selected footage feature several outings to cottage country and parks all across Southern Ontario, as well as the Eastern seaboard. Millie’s parents had an immense appreciation for the outdoors and wanted to nurture this relationship in their children. Mavericks in their own way, the Chens encouraged their children to take part in various cultural experiences. Millie and her sister were both trained in the arts and later continue to take part in the arts world through their careers. In February 1977, Millie plays the piano at her recital in a concert hall at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Always nervous when performing publicly, Millie was grateful to be wearing her mother’s hand made skirt that was long enough to hide her trembling knees. During Cherry Blossom season her family enjoy a beautiful afternoon in High Park. Unlike the present day, the park is mostly empty outside of a few people in the background. Her father who usually is behind the camera can be seen enjoying the day with his family. Over the years, Millie and her mother would occasionally take over the filming to get their father in front of the camera. Her mother is particularly teasing and playful on this day. She can be seen laying in the grass kicking up her feet and winking at the camera."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-057/001(09)
Date: 1973
Identifier: 2019-057/001(09)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153223

Title: Dhoré family videos : grandma swimming the cold pool
Description: Item consists of an Indo- and Black-Carribean family’s home movie featuring an adult in the pool and a child watching. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Robert, Shanti’s nephew swings 2-year-old Layla around on his family’s farm in Puslinch. Ten years older than Leyla and an only child, he cherished the weekend and summer visits from his younger cousin. Her mother was an active swimmer in her youth and was excited to take up her old hobby on the family farm. Layla gestures to her grandmother in the pool who is clearly enjoying her self. Smiling brightly and leisurely swimming around she tells Layla how cold the pool is and not to come in."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-059/001(06)
Date: 1996
Identifier: 2019-059/001(06)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153224

Title: Dhaliwal family videos : traditional Sikh marriage in India
Description: Item consists of a Punjabi-, Jatt-, and Sikh-Canadian family's home movie featuring family members speaking to one another, driving through the countryside, and speaking one another at a wedding. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Jagtar’s grandfather Sardar Bishon Singh left colonial India in 1902 and after enduring a two year journey via several steam ships from Calcutta, Hong Kong, The Philippines and Hawaii finally arrived on the shores of California in the Port of Stockton in 1904. Sardar Bishon Singh was instrumental in establishing the very first Sikh Gurdwara in North America in Stockton California. Following the devastating major San Francisco earthquake and then the resulting fires which completely destroyed San Francisco in 1906, Jagtar’s grandfather escaped to Vancouver British Columbia on a boxcar, marking the first of his family’s arrival in Canada. His grandfather was eventually able to sponsor his younger brothers son’s arrival to Canada in January of 1960, and Jagtar born in India in December of 1959, arrived to Canada at five years of age on December 18th, 1964. Jagtar returned to India for the first time since his childhood at 25 years old for a traditional Sikh marriage in January of 1985. In this clip, on February 5th, 1985 in Gurdwara Karamsar Rara Sahib or Gurdwara Rara Sahib is situated at village Rara Sahib near Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Jagtar and his soon to be wife Gurinder Kaur, receive a blessing from the Gurdwara Sant Ji elder prior to their wedding. The two elder gentlemen are Jagtar’s future father-in-law Sardar Mewa Singh Kular and father Sardar Hardev Singh Dhaliwal. Here his father is visible in a pale blue suit not far from Sant Ji. This home movie memorializes these two important figures in Jagtar’s life who have since passed, his father-in-law and his father. After his father’s passing, Jagtar says it was fate to see his father here and remember him as a young man. In the next scene, Jagtar is in his ancestral village in Toosey, Punjab, India dressed in his wedding attire. As they are leaving, elders and family women offer their blessings by giving him sweet treats. The car and the groom's family travel down to the Milni ceremony (meeting of the two families) for introduction between the two families. After both sides of the family arrive, the fathers meet and exchange garlands. The uncles at each level exchange an official introduction. Then people gather for tea and refreshments just before going to the Gurdwara, a place of worship. The groom’s side of the family pays respect to the Guru Granth Sahib, a living embodiment of the Sikh’s gurus."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-051/001(01)
Date: Feb. 1985
Identifier: 2019-051/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153225

Title: Dhoré family videos : picking grapes
Description: Item consists of an Indo- and Black-Carribean family’s home movie featuring a women and a child picking grapes from the pergola. Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "Shanti’s sister’s farm is a treasured place in their family’s collective memories. With 90 acres of land, the farm was a beloved retreat to the country for the Toronto family. In the footage, Leyla can be seen showing her picked grapes to her mother. Above them, Shanti’s mother picks grapes from their pergola. Having recently started ballet classes, Leyla is wearing a pink ballet outfit complete with her own tutu. Endured by her outfit and feeling affection, Leyla is hugged by her grandmother. At almost 4 years old, Layla and her grandmother are preparing the lights (diyas) for Diwali. In the Caribbean, the diyas would be lit outside the home, but since the family lived in an apartment the practise was kept to inside the home. Carefully, Leyla is guided in helping her grandmother. Her mother was a retired nurse to prepare for the holiday. Leyla grew up watching her grandmother during her daily prayers and helping on Diwali. In rare form, Shanti is in front of the camera. As the family documenter, Shanti is usually the one behind the camera. Dressed as a witch, Shanti can be seen posing with her daughter who decided to go as a fairy princess this year before their evening of trick-or-treating."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-059/001(01)
Date: 2001
Identifier: 2019-059/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153226