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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: 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: 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: 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: Truong/Tram family videos : Muny : baby shower : Ngày Đầy Tháng
Description: A video clip recording from 1992 consisting of a Khmer-Krom family celebrating a birthday. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "The Truong/Tram family’s home movie footage shot in VHS format on January 25th 1992, captures the 1-month old birthday party of their youngest son in Brantford, ON, shortly after moving from Hull, Quebec. A full and lively gathering, their celebration includes families chatting over a community meal, speeches, gift giving, dancing to 80’s music, and loving footage of a peaceful baby enjoying the party. The Truongs/Trams are of Khmer-Krom ethnicity, translating to 'Khmer of the South'. The Khmer-Krom are an [unrecognised] Indigenous group and ethnic minority in the South of Vietnam. Many Khmer people who inhabited the same refugee camps in Vietnam later immigrated together to Canada. When the Truongs/Trams arrived in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau, Quebec) in 1989, they were able to regularly connect with a Khmer community at gatherings like these. The Troung/Tram family have since relocated to Toronto ON where they continue to celebrate and take pride in their identity, and attend Khmer language and dance classes. The Khmer Buddhist Temple of Ontario in Hamilton remains central to them and their community. Mother, Trinh Nha Truong, was happy to share her footage with Home Made Visible because she wants to show other Canadians that ‘our people live in Canada too.’"
Type: VHS
Accession / Box: 2018-018 / 001
Date: 25 January 1992
Identifier: 2018-020 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1148420

Title: Wong family videos : family reunion 70
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows:"A clip documenting the Red Packet (hóngbāo) ceremony taking place at Mr Wong’s 70th birthday celebration in 2002. During this ceremony family members were called up in a particular order to accept a red envelope of money from Mr Wong. Deanna Wong, Mr. Wong’s daughter who found and digitized this video, recalls that family members were called up according to age and lineage. For example, Mr. Wong’s siblings would be called first, followed by their children and grandchildren. In this video Mr Wong's eldest son, Terry was called first, and then, since their middle son Ted was not present, Deanna, the youngest of the three, came next. Following her came Terry's kids from eldest to youngest. And since Deanna nor Ted had children at the time, the eldest cousin and his wife, and their kids etc followed. As the eldest of 13 siblings, Mr. Wong would have had many envelopes to hand out! Originally from Hong Kong, Mr. Wong came to Canada to study engineering at McGill University in the mid-1950s, where he met Deanna's mother. Mrs. Wong's father, Deanna maternal grandfather, immigrated to Canada in 1921 and paid the $500 head tax in order to enter the country. Mr Wong's father, Deanna’s paternal grandfather, was a doctor specializing in acupuncture, which was illegal in Canada at the time, so he settled in California. Now his family lives around the world, including the United States, Singapore, Japan and in various places in Canada. This milestone birthday presented a great opportunity for a family reunion. And to accommodate everyone, this celebration took place in the home of Deanna’s eldest brother and Mr. Wong’s eldest son, Terry. Now a longtime resident of Toronto, Deanna calls Winnipeg home where she and her two brothers grew up. Although they were one of the few families of colour around, she remembers her neighbourhood and her experiences fondly. Her parents, particularly her mother, worked hard to build a Chinese community where the children could have Chinese friends and be exposed to their culture. They started a Mandarin school, even though Cantonese was their mother tongue, and began a summer camp. Family and community come together again at this celebration, one of many for the Wong family."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-040/001(01)
Date: 2002
Identifier: 2019-040/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152082

Title: Isaac family videos : Sacré-Cœur Christmas concert
Description: Item consists of footage of speeches, performances such as children singing, and audience members at a francophone Catholic school's Christmas recital. Project and donor contributed description follows: "Stella Isaac’s sister films her at her elementary school, École élémentaire catholique du Sacré-Coeur during their annual Christmas concert in 2004 at la Paroisse du Sacré Coeur located at Sherbourne and College. The footage captures a particular experience and community of mostly Black students of Congolese, descent attending the French school, which was located at Sherbourne and Bloor. Now located near Christie Pits, the community and neighborhood is no longer remembered in the same way. On stage during the concert the school’s principal mentions the students’ practice of prayer exemplifying the experience of religiosity at the school. Education at Sacré-Coeur is rooted in Catholicism and Christianity. Stella recalls a time when students in the class would put their Bibles and crosses on their tables before tests for an extra blessing. This was normal practice. Stella enjoyed attending a Catholic School and has fond memories of the experience, especially when receiving mentorship from particular teachers who pushed their students to prepare for success in their futures. ""I have a slight obsession with this time period and this school, especially as it relates to what it was like educating Black students. It was in an environment where I had a teacher that completely pushed us and believed in us and our intelligence. The footage also documents images of Stella’s younger brother, Jordan, who has Down Syndrome. She describes him lovingly: "It was nice seeing my little brother making tons of noise and yelling my sister’s name, rubbing my mom’s face." In relation to Home Made Visible, Stella shares: "It’s great to allow families the opportunity to revisit old footage, explore their history and share that. A lot of people don't think of Black people in Canada just existing. It’s a great way to change the Canadian narrative."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-030 / 001 (01)
Date: 2004
Identifier: 2019-030 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152025

Title: Jabbar family videos : America/Canada Visit Sep 89 Family Video : part 4 of 4
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "Sometime between 1987 and 1988, its summertime and the Jabbar family welcomes uncles and aunts and cousins over for a visit to Canada, staying at their apartment in Scarborough ON. Family was always welcome at the Jabbar household and they are happy and willing to stay for weeks at a time despite the small space. As their first visit to Canada, they take them to tourist sites. Pictured here are views of rides at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). S’s father, who is the eldest sibling of their generation, attracted a lot of family to visit because it is customary for people to always visit the eldest. Since S's father was the first of his siblings to come to Canada, everyone was excited to visit. It was also quite an accomplishment for a man with a physical disability to seek an independent life overseas for himself and his family so this was often admired. The footage shows how multigenerational the gatherings are, which included S's grandmother who had recently came to live with the family."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-032 / 001 (04)
Date: 1989
Identifier: 2019-032 / 001 (04)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152055

Title: Lo family videos : backyard harvest
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "The year is 1981 and the Lo family are spending a summer afternoon picking vegetables and fruits from their backyard. One of the twins, Lorna helps their father harvest cabbage while the other twin, Vivien keeps Aylwin – the youngest and only a year old accompanied on a blanket. Featured through out the clip is the one outdoor activity that remained a family tradition over the year, picking apples from the beloved Crab Apple tree."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (06)
Date: 1981
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (06)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152032

Title: Lo family videos : twins giving a tour of the house
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "Lorna '… remembers filming that specific clip’—the video of the twins giving a home tour of their new home. The camera would routinely come out during gatherings, a feature in the background of their lives, but this was the one home movie Lorna remembers the most. She remembers seeing the house and thinking 'A room dedicated for toys, that was unheard of. I thought it was the greatest thing.' Moving into this home marked a new chapter in the Lo’s family history."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (05)
Date: [between 1978-1982]
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152031

Title: Lo family videos : Christmas : part 4 of 4
Description: Item consists of a video recording that features children opening Christmas presents and performing a dance in a living room. Project and donor contributed description follows: "During this Christmas, the family have their cousin Sau Fong visiting. The children are waving excitedly to the camera as they open and show their gifts. Over the years, uncles and aunts would occasionally stay with the Lo family while studying English at the local college. Home movies were one of the ways they stayed connected to relatives in Macau and shared their life living in Canada. Copies were routinely made to send back."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (04)
Date: [between 1978-1982]
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (04)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152030

Title: Lo family videos : Christmas : part 2 of 4
Description: Item consists of a video recording that features two children playing on a swing set in the winter. Project and donor contributed description follows: "Their extended family are visiting from Macau for their first Winter visit. For many of them it was the first time experiencing the Canadian cold. "I remember we were outside playing in the snow for a really long time… the adults were playing in it just as much as the kids", Lorna recalls. The children can be seen playing on the swing bundled up in coats and snow pants."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-037 / 001 (01)
Date: [between 1978-1982]
Identifier: 2019-037 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152027

Title: Joudaki family videos : Iran vacation
Description: Item consists of footage of landscapes, cityscapes, and heritage sites in Iran. Project and donor contributed description follows: "Both Bita and her father, Abbas, contributed to this write up. Bita felt protective of her family and their image, and chose to contribute a clip that didn’t centre people but a place. The scenery itself is a beautiful valuable contribution of a country in flux. In 1998, Abbas visits Iran with his daughter Bita for the first time in sixteen years since moving to Canada. Bita at the time was a shy eight year-old and recalls that she didn’t speak for the first three weeks of the trip and that this was her first time leaving Canada. In this clip Abbas is alone behind the camera capturing historical sites. He was prompted to take this trip because an Iranian friend in Vancouver couldn’t go home and asked him to make these movies of Cyrus the Great, Isfahan, etc. and to bring them back to show on local Persian TV. He did end up making these movies on a miniDV camcorder but never did give them to his friend. The clip starts out at night time in Shiraz, with the Takht-e Lamshid built for Cyrus the Great. Then moves on to Isfahan, the "Great Mosque" that in farsi they call the Shah Mosque based in Naghsh-e Jahan Square. Abbas recalls at the time wondering how locals knew he hadn’t been living their for 16 years. People could tell that he had left and was living somewhere else. For Abbas, these clips show a country rich with stories and pride. After years of searching for these tapes, they found them again in the summer of 2018 the night before Bita returned to Iran for the second time in her life."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-029 / 001 (01)
Date: 1998
Identifier: 2019-029 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152026

Title: Valcin family videos : Montreal snow storm
Description: Video recording from 1971 consisting of a Haitian family and their neighbours shoveling snow and digging out the street. Recording also features children playing in the snow and a tractor plowing the street. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "On March 4th, 1971, Montreal saw the “Storm of the Century”, a massive snowstorm brought 43cm of snow and 100/km winds to the city. It would take 41 years for this snowfall record to be broken. People lost electricity for as long as ten days. Nadine recalls living on St. Leonard and not being able to see through her patio doors and that the only people who could get around were emergency vehicles and snowmobiles. Of course this major setback meant snow days for everyone, and Nadine’s parents and neighbours got to shoveling. In a predominantly Italian neighbourhood, Nadine suspects her family may have been the only Black family on this street. With no school, five-year old Nadine took pleasure in the Montreal pastime of building snow forts."
Type: video file
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Date: 1971
Identifier: 2018-028 / 001 (02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1149820

Title: Valcin family videos : NYC 1969
Description: Item consists of an a Haitian Canadian family’s home movie featuring the family in New York celebrating a birthday and Christmas. Video was filmed by André and Ginette Valcin. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "It's November 1969 in New York City and the Valcin Family is celebrating Nadine's dad's birthday. Four-year-old Nadine waves at the camera and helps blow out her father's candles. We see Nadine's mother cutting the cake. Later in the day, Nadine, drinking her juice from a cocktail glass, is engrossed in a serious conversation with her father. Her mom is behind the camera shooting on Super 8mm film. At Christmas, the camera is pulled once more, a very exciting time for Nadine who was an only child. This private but celebratory occasion is one the whole family dresses up for. Nadine dons an all-white pantsuit she later swaps for something more comfortable, while her parents sport equally stylish crisp suits. The clothes become secondary to the gift unraveling — the toy car, doll, keyboard, all slowly collecting around her. André Valcin passed in 1999, so the Valcin family was happy to revisit these memories of him."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2018-028 / 001
Date: 1969
Identifier: 2018-028 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1149819

Title: Burke family videos : Christmas '92 : Singing
Description: A video clip recording representing a portion of the VHS cassette from 1992 consisting of a brother cooking breakfast on Christmas and a sister filming a tour of the house. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "It’s Christmas, 1992, and within the short span of this clip the presence of almost Leah Burke’s whole family is felt. From her dad offscreen singing along to gospel (Mahalia Jackson’s ‘Go Tell It On the Mountain), to her brother, the then sullen teenager, seen cooking pancakes for family breakfast, to finally Leah, who weaves through the house filming. She reveals herself as the documentarian in a mirror reflection waving ‘Hi’. In present day, Leah recalls, ‘This is a typical Burke house family moment’."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2018-029/001(05)
Date: 25 December 1992
Identifier: 2018-029/001(05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1150176

Title: Chan family videos : Cleaning up
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "Mom and Joyce picking up the wrapping and cleanup, etc."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-035 / 001 (10)
Date: [196-?]
Identifier: 2019-035 / 001 (10)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152076

Title: Javeed family videos : I & A (ages 7 & 3) Feb 2003 video letter for India Grandma : part 1 of 3
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the Javeed family’s apartment in Scarborough ON, two boys aged between 3 and 7 create a video letter to their grandmother who resides overseas in India. Both boys are born and live in Canada. The children are reciting; reciting a shopping list, nursery rhymes like “itsy bitsy spider,” and their ABCs. The video letter of the boys learning to write and spell is a way to build and maintain a relationship with their grandmother from afar. The video documents shifts in communication technologies, at a time prior to the use of communication apps like whatsapp, used to keep in touch with family. Scarborough was quite diverse by the early 2000s, and the boys generally felt connected to their peers, although their mother remembers they had experienced racism and some issues at school. She attests that they grew up differently than she did as a first generation immigrant, wherein she felt like an outsider in Toronto in the early eighties. The family had a lot of discussions as they were growing up about these issues, and ensured the boys were familiar with current affairs.”
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Date: 9 Feb. 2003
Identifier: 2019-034 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152049

Title: Javeed family videos : I & A (ages 7 & 3) Feb 2003 video letter for India Grandma : part 3 of 3
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the Javeed family’s apartment in Scarborough ON, two boys aged between 3 and 7 create a video letter to their grandmother who resides overseas in India. Both boys are born and live in Canada. Muslim by faith, the children practice memorizing the Quran in Arabic. Their parents teach them to recite one line at a time to ensure that they learn at a young age. They know that seeing this would bring their grandmother joy and make her proud. The video letter is a way to connect with her through these recitations of a shared faith as she doesn’t speak English. The video documents shifts in communication technologies, at a time prior to the use of communication apps like whatsapp, used to keep in touch with family. Scarborough was quite diverse by the early 2000s, and the boys generally felt connected to their peers, although their mother remembers they had experienced racism and some issues at school. She attests that they grew up differently than she did as a first generation immigrant, wherein she felt like an outsider in Toronto in the early eighties. The family had a lot of discussions as they were growing up about these issues, and ensured the boys were familiar with current affairs."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-034 / 001 (03)
Date: 9 Feb. 2003
Identifier: 2019-034 / 001 (03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152051

Title: Javeed family videos : I & A (ages 7 & 3) Feb 2003 video letter for India Grandma : part 2 of 3
Description: Project and donor contributed description follows: "In the Javeed family’s apartment in Scarborough ON, two boys aged between 3 and 7 create a video letter to their grandmother who resides overseas in India. Both boys are born and live in Canada. The children are practicing Urdu by reciting what they know: a well-known Indian nursery rhyme about a thirsty crow, and a biryani song that the family made-up because the boys found it amusing. The video letter of the boys practicing Urdu is a way to build and maintain a relationship with their grandmother who doesn’t speak English. The video documents shifts in communication technologies, at a time prior to the use of communication apps like whatsapp, used to keep in touch with family. Scarborough was quite diverse by the early 2000s, and the boys generally felt connected to their peers, although their mother remembers they had experienced racism and some issues at school. She attests that they grew up differently than she did as a first generation immigrant, wherein she felt like an outsider in Toronto in the early eighties. The family had a lot of discussions as they were growing up about these issues, and ensured the boys were familiar with current affairs."
Type: video files
Accession / Box: 2019-034 / 001 (02)
Date: 9 Feb. 2003
Identifier: 2019-034 / 001 (02)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152050

Title: Forcefield
Type: moving image
Date: 2021
Identifier: 3260/theses/3330
Identifier (PID): yul:1153774

Title: Papadatos recording
Description: Recording of group meeting.
Type: videorecording
Fonds: George Papadatos fonds (F0661)
Date: unknown
Identifier: 2014-044 / 007 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:384929

Title: Papadatos recording
Description: Consists of a short video recording of television programming and live performances taken by George Papadatos on half-inch video tape during his time living in Toronto.
Type: videorecording
Fonds: George Papadatos fonds (F0661)
Date: unknown
Identifier: 2014-044 / 007 (02)
Identifier (PID): yul:384928

Title: Trojan Horse Cafe performance
Description: Recording of a live performances by Greek musicians and singers at the Trojan Horse coffee house located on the Danforth.
Type: videorecording
Fonds: George Papadatos fonds (F0661)
Date: 12 June 2017
Identifier: 2014-044 / 007 (03)
Identifier (PID): yul:384927

Title: A Collection and Re-Creation of Bahamian Traditional Dances
Description: Consists of a portion of a major research project completed through York University's Department of Dance by Roderick T. Johnson, focusing on the history and development of traditional dances in the Bahamas, including quadrille, heel and toe polka, calypso waltz, sculling dance, ring play dances (brown girl in the ring, bellaby, jump-in-dance, knock the conch style), and festival dances (junkango dance, goombay dance, fire dance). Video credits include: Artistic director/producer: Roderick T. Johnson Videoproducer/director: Peter Freele Videographer: Kouladjie Kambiz Costume designer: Roderick T. Johnson Narrator: Hal Sullivan Script Editor: Rebecca Brosseau, Mary Jane Warner Dance Segment Production: Video Department, York University Studio and post-production facilities: Division of Instructional Development, University of Windsor. Committee Members: Mary Jane Warner, Nina De Shane, Jeff Henry Dancers: Marion Eva Waldamann, Gregor Breedy, Patrick Parson, Rebecca Brosseau, Roderick Johnson, Urie P. Thomas Special Thanks: Dr. Mary Jane Warner, York University Dance Department, Marshall Pynkoski, Jeannette Zingg, Rebecca Brosseau, Constance Hammermaister, Millicent Johnson, John Wilson, Dr. Walter Zingg, Dr. Gail Saunders, Clement Bethel, Keva Bethel, Cris Leelan, Bill Galligan, Beverly Johnson, Victor Johnson. Music: "Bone Fish Medley" by Kayla Edwards and the Research Group, Heel and Toe Polka by the American Folkway Society, "Bellamena" arranged by Clement Bethel, Produced by Kayla and the Research Group, 1990; "Brown Skin Gal" by Joseph Spence, "Junckango Dance" by Bahamian Junkanoo Band, "Goonbay Dance" by Bahamian Goombay Band, and "Fire Dance" recorded by Marshall Stern (American Folkway Society).
Type: Videocassettes
Accession / Box: Department of Dance, York University
Date: November 1992
Identifier: ASC41092
Identifier (PID): yul:1120738

Title: Benzaine family videos : La Ronde
Description: Item consists of a Morocan family's home movie featuring two children and a woman entering the park to ride the carousel, bumper cars, and ferris wheel amongst many other children’s rides. Footage contains a 360 degree cityscape views of the Jacques-Cartier bridge, Longueuil, and Montreal (ncluding the Olympic Stadium). Donor(s) and project contributed description follows: "A couple take their young daughter down to La Ronde on a warm sunny afternoon. Opened since 1967, this amusement park continues to be a popular family attraction during the summer season and a common childhood experience for many Montrealers. Yousra remembers going to the park with her family every couple of years and the excitement this visit would bring. She recounts how they"would be out from the day until night". When asked about her memories of the day, Yosura remembers most clearly the bumper cars and atmospheric nostalgia of being in that place. Like many families with home movies on older formats, she grew up seeing the tapes throughout the years, but stopped once her family no longer had a VHS player. Born and raised in Montreal, but with Moroccan heritage Yousra describes herself as being"someone with two identities [we] are culturally bilingual… I try to define myself and not let others define me.""
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-072/001(01)
Date: 1998
Identifier: 2019-072/001(01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153686

Title: Kwan family videos : Birthdays in Greater Vancouver Area
Description: Item consists of footage of children playing, celebrating birthdays, opening presents, and eating sweets. Project and donor contributed description follows: "This footage documents a series of four of Derek Kwan’s birthdays in Vancouver in the nineties between October 1991 and 1994. In October 91, the setting is a McDonald’s ball pit in the greater Vancouver area. Surrounded by friends, family and cousins, Kwan and other kids are wearing the McDonald’s card paper hats eating birthday cake, with his mom sitting behind him. At present opening time, seen in the shot is his uncle, cousins, and grandma. For Derek’s 3rd birthday in October 1992, we are located in Richmond, a suburb 20 minutes away from the city of Vancouver. We are indoors and adults are encouraging Derek to hit a piñata of Mickey Mouse’s head that was made by Derek’s mom, Victoria. She loved to create themed birthday parties, and DIY party favors with her friends, and Derek remembers having a piñata every year, until he got too old for it. Victoria made the piñata incredibly strong, and it’s very difficult to break. Eventually the adults jump in and start helping the kids break through the Mickey piñata. Derek shares: "Disney holds cache to it as a kid growing up in the 90s as the happiest place on earth." Each year, when Derek opens his gift, he consistently receives boxes from the Bay, which he notes is interesting as a staple Canadian store. At his third birthday he also receives a table hockey set, another inherently Canadian gift, and the family excitedly surrounds the set. At Derek’s fourth birthday in 1993, we are located at Chuck E Cheese. Much like the McDonalds ball pit, Chuck E Cheese was a go-to sport for 90s kids birthday parties. Derek receives action figures, and a ninja turtle toy. Documented at Derek’s fifth birthday in 1994, is Derek’s childhood home in East Vancouver, where he lived during elementary and high school. We see the backyard and kids playing surrounding the basketball hoop. Derek shares that thoughts of being Chinese took a back seat and he didn’t think too deeply about it growing up. East Vancouver was very diverse and being white was the minority. He grew up around Chinese, Vietnamese, Pilipino and East Indian people. Although race wasn’t a forefront in Derek’s mind, it was brought to his attention during family functions when everyone spoke Cantonese, and for cultural festivals like Chinese New Year."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-033 / 001 (01)
Date: 1991-1994
Identifier: 2019-033 / 001 (01)
Identifier (PID): yul:1152022

Title: Baksh family : Mahaica Market, Guyana
Description: A video clip recording from 2003 consists of black and white footage featuring wide and panning shots of market stalls, mid and close shots of merchant interactions with customers, and tracking shots of customers walking through the market. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "As a child, Shenaz wandered Mahaica Market with her mother shopping for the weeks groceries. As an adult and as a filmmaker, Shenaz wanted to capture her childhood memories and archive the vendors in the market. For Shenaz, recording her trip back to her childhood community had less to do with being Guyanese and more to do with being a filmmaker and an artist."
Type: video file
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Date: 2003
Identifier: 2018-033 / 001 (03)
Identifier (PID): yul:1150169

Title: Burke family videos : Christmas '92 : Sunrise
Description: A video clip recording representing a portion of a VHS cassette from Christmas Day in 1992 featuring the narration of a sunrise and featuring panning shots of a snowy street and building in Peterborough. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "'This is Friday, Dec 25th, 1992,' Leah’s dad, Sam, begins the voice-over in this clip made in the Burke’s family home in Peterborough, ON. Her father describes the beautiful sunrise that clear Christmas morning. It contrasts the weather from just a week prior when there was a record breaking 70 cm of snow, which was the worst snowfall in the province in 90 years. This filming style and voice-over in the Burke’s home movies was characteristic of her father, Leah says, 'He wouldn’t wait for anybody, he would just start filming.'"
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2018-029/001(04)
Date: 25 December 1992
Identifier: 2018-029/001(04)
Identifier (PID): yul:1150175

Title: Long family videos : Horseback riding
Description: Item consists of a home movie following a girl riding a horse on a trail. Project and donor(s) contributed description follows: "Cindy’s dad is filming her at the age of 8 horseback riding at Algonquin Park during her family’s first visit. Since then, her family has developed a love of camping, and now camps in Ontario’s provincial parks a few times a year."
Type: video files
Fonds: Home Made Visible collection (F0723)
Accession / Box: 2019-039/001(05)
Date: 2003
Identifier: 2019-039/001(05)
Identifier (PID): yul:1153691