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A Burnaby teacher has received a deaththreat related to policy 5.45, the schooldistricts gay friendly policy designed toprotect staff and students from homopho-bia.

James Sanyshyn, vice-president of theBurnabyTeachersAssociation,brought thethreat up at a Nov. 1 all-candidates debatefor school trustee hopefuls. Sanyshyn wasalso one of the people pushing for theschool board to adopt policy 5.45, and he

directed his com-ments to BurnabyParents Voicecandidate CharterLau, an outspokenopponent of thepolicy.

Charter areyou aware of anyhate threat directedtowards Burnabystaff that may comefrom supportersof your party?

Sanyshyn asked.No I dont, Lau replied.Jamesthenpresentedacopyof thethreat,

a typed letter sent to a Burnaby teacher in

June.The note read:Must immediately withdraw POLICY#5.45! Adhere to basic social principles!You have no right to do so! You want todestroy our children! You are our enemy!You will be shot!

On top of the text, an X was drawnthrough policy 5.45, and there were twosmall knives drawn with blood drippingfrom them.

Can you see a problem with a party

that engenders hatredtowards a minoritygroup and then runson a single issue,Sanyshyn asked, direct-ing his question to othercandidates at the table.Harman Pandher, a

trustee candidate withthe Burnaby CitizensAssociation, responded toSanyshyn.

That is disturbing tohear that, Pandher said.

The type of rhetoric that has come out... in the last year, and during this elec-tion campaign in terms of opposition topolicy 5.45. Its sad to see we cant havea discourse in democracy upon an issue.It is divisive, but I think it comes downto childrens safety protecting childrenof all backgrounds, all identities puttingchildren first, learners first, and thats the

ultimate responsibility of a school board.After the meeting, Gordon World, a

Burnaby Parents Voice school trustee can-didate, said the death threat was terrible.

Regardless of the reasons and whichside you are on, its completely inappro-priate and illegal, World said. We wouldobviously not agree with that tactic foranyone with any policy.

Sanyshyn deferred comment to theteachers association president, RichardStorch, who couldnt say much except thatthe RCMP are investigating.

All I know is one of our membersreceived a death threat, Storch said.

The NOW has learned that one otherperson in the school district has alsoreceived a death threat similar in nature,but that person wishes to remain anony-mous at this time.

The Burnaby RCMP also couldnt revealmuch, as the matter is under investiga-tion.

We dont comment on personal infor-mationwhen someone has called the policeand therefore can not comment on this let-ter you have, wrote RCMP spokespersonBrenda Gresiuk in an email response tothe NOW. What I can say is the police didreceive a report of threats and are activelyinvestigating.

Gay-friendly policy sparks death threatsBURNABY TEACHER ASKS CANDIDATE AT MEETING IF HE IS AWARE OF HATEFUL THREATS

Jennifer Moreaustaff reporter

Editors letter:One-plank platform ofParents Voice evolves.See page 6

Emotional meet-ing: All-candidatesdebate had more thanone tense moment.See page 3

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Burnabys first all-candidatesmeeting for school trustees kickedoff with a bang Tuesday night,as tensions ran high over bully-ing and the school districts anti-homophobia policy.

School trustees from all fourcivic parties were present, alongwith two independent candidates,many fielding tough questionsfrom the audience.

The event was held atthe Burnaby Association forCommunity Inclusions NorlandAvenue office.

Candidates were given lim-ited time to respond to questionsthey received ahead of time, fol-lowed bymore questions from theaudience of roughly a few dozenpeople.

The first round includedTEAM Burnabys Rennie Maierle,Gordon World from BurnabyParents Voice, Burnaby CitizensAssociation incumbent LarryHayes and independent JadeTomelden. The four were speak-ing on the issue of how the school

district can work with communitypartners.

Hayes pointed to successfulrelationships with existing part-ners, such as CUPE workers,while Tomelden identified carefor school-aged children and con-nection to community as twomajor issues.

Maierle called for a similar pro-cess to what was used in devel-oping Burnabys YOUth Hub, acentre for at-risk youth to get helpfor a variety of problems. He alsocriticized Burnaby Parents Voice,(which formed out of oppositionto the school districts gay-friend-ly policy) for being a special inter-est group.

World brought up Burnabyschanging demographics and stu-dents with special needs or thosewho speak English as a secondlanguage. Parents groups mayneed some tweaking to betteraccommodate people who dontspeak English. He also called forimproved communication withparents.

A Burnaby teacher got up andspoke of how he wants to encour-age critical thinking and expose

his students tomany diverseideas. He talkedof an event hewas involved inwhere studentsgot to meet peo-ple of differentethnic, ideologi-cal and sexualcommunities.

What Imwondering, hesaid, addressingWorld, con-sidering yourgroups appar-ent obsessionwith homosexuals, what wouldthe classroom look like in engag-ing the broader community witha Parents Voice board?

World responded: Effectivelywe are outsourcing the educationof our children when we sendthem to school, he said. All weare asking is, when there is discus-sion or things taught or discussedthat we as a family do not agreewith, we respectfully ask you tohave our students to not partici-pate in that. We are happy to

fulfill those learningoutcomes at home, ...but dont have us askyou to do something,and then not respectour directive.

At one pointlater in the evening,Tomeldens school-aged son stepped upto the microphoneand told the room hehad seen a teachertape another studentsmouth shut.

He then asked thecandidates what theappropriate disci-

plinary action would have been.(The alleged incident purportedlyhappened in a Vancouver school.Tomelden moved her son to aBurnaby school and decided torun for school trustee because ofit.)

The boys question apparentlyhit a nerve with a teacher in theaudience, who got up and said thequestion was inappropriate andthat the child had a responsibilityto go to his teacher. The boy leftthe room, later returning in tears.

The woman addressed thecrowd, saying it wasnt a criticismof the young boy.

I just think as a teacher wewould want that dealt with imme-diately, and I hope the principalof the school would have beennotified immediately, she said.Theres no teacher in Burnabythat would accept that kind ofbehaviour from any of their col-leagues.

Lau responded saying hewould hold all people account-able, regardless of who was doingthe bullying.

The second wave of candidatesspoke on child poverty. HelenWard, with Burnaby ParentsVoice, identified herself as singlemom and called for food vouch-ers, (instead of food given outthrough schools) so parents couldpick the food they prefer, andwanted to get advertising out ofschools.

BCA incumbent BaljinderNarang pointed to the currentinitiatives, including SettlementWorkers in Schools program, inwhich immigrant parents can get

Candidate finds her voice in electionSylvia Gung is a tiny woman, not much

more than five-feet tall, with black hairpulled back in a bun and straight bangsframing a round face. She wrings her fin-gers as she talks, her hands rough anddry from the newspapers she delivers tosupplement her disability income.

Gungs life story and the reason shesrunning for mayor are closely intertwined.

Now 58, Gung moved to Canada whenshe was 27 to earn money to send back toher family in Korea, a family with not a lotof love for daughters.

There were a lot of problems in myfathers family, she says. I could helpfinancially from work outside.

When Gung moved to Canada, she criedfor her first year and developed a kind ofself-imposed silence stemming from whatshe describes only as an emotional disabil-ity. She couldnt speak, and it wasnt justthe language barrier.

Gung worked days and went to schoolat night. It took her five years to utter thewords, yes and no in English. She slowlybegan to find her voice, but still didnt saymuch, and even today she seemsto struggle to speak publicly. Butnone of this is standing in the wayof her mayoral bid.

Gung is an avid writer let-ter, often appearing in the samepapers she delivers the BurnabyNOW and the Newsleader. Shealso writes to the city, the mayor,members of Parliament, MLAs,Ottawa, the distribution depart-ment of the Burnaby NOW even.She writes on news, politics, andhow to improve the newspaperdelivery system for youth.

As a mother of two grownboys, 19 and 20, she volunteeredat New Westminsters Glenbrook MiddleSchool when they were young.

She moved to Burnaby four years agoand has been dissatisfied with the local

political scene and the strong connection tothe New Democratic Party.

There are some things I didnt thinkwere right, for example, homelessness,

she says.She also took issuewith thepro-

posed detention centre plannedfor Burnabys Willingdon areatwo years ago. The prison plan,backed by the Liberals, outragedlocal people, and Liberal MLAJohn Nuraney lost his seat, nowheld by the mayors wife KathyCorrigan, something Gung thinkswas orchestrated by the mayor.

He used it to elect his wife asan MLA, she says. The wholething appeared to me as partisan-ship playing a lot in his doings.

Gung also doesnt like the waycity councillors parrot the mayor

in council meetings.It didnt feel right, she says. I think

its unbearable actually.On top of that, the school boards policy

on gender identity and sexual orientationpushed her even further to run for mayor.If there was one non-NDP person on schoolboard, the policy wouldnt have passed soeasily, she says.

Policy 5.45 was designed to protect staffand students from homophobic bullying,but Gung feels its threatening the moralfabric of society. Gung says she doesnthave a problem supporting gay peoplesright to live their lives the way they want,but theres a price. Morals, she says, arevery important for society, and in a way,we are killing them while damaging theframe of society.

If the frame is disturbed, then society isnot sustainable anymore, Gung says. Forevery freedom, theres a responsibility, theresponsibility to keep the frame of societysustainable.

If elected, Gung would do things differ-ently.

The city has to work on improving

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education, family life, improving commu-nication with their children, she says.

Partisanship, homelessness, safety andsecurity of society and family are the thingsshe wants to focus on.

Im very afraid for the safety of soci-ety, she says, adding young people aregoing out, ignoring what their parents tellthem, and becoming neurotic.

Gung sees the mayors job as an oppor-tunity to right everything she sees wrongin society.

I believe I was raised byGod. This is theway hes showing me to go, she says. Imnot at all confident, but I have no choice. Ihave to run. Things are getting too bad. This is frightening for me, this experience toattack the mayor.

In a way, Gungs mayoral bid is verymuch driven by ghosts in her own family.

All my life, Ive seen emergencies inthe family, she says. I want to help otherfamilies. There are other children (sufferinglike I did.)

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help for themselves and their children. Shealso cited some existing examples of districtpartnerships with the citys parks and recdepartment, which supplies leisure pro-grams for kids; the Burnaby fire fighters,who bring snacks to schools; and Costcoand Telus, who provide backpack and sup-plies for students.

Resources end up being ourbiggest challenges, she said.

TEAMs Bonda Bitzer talked offinding efficiencies in the system,especially on the business admin-istration side of the district. Shealso spoke of looking at practicesthat are working in other schooldistricts.

We should send out a searchparty to other districts and see ifthey aredoingwell andbring someof those practices to (Burnaby),she said.

Bitzer opposed a return to localcontract bargaining between school dis-tricts and the province when questioned byan audience member. At one point, anotheraudience member criticized Bitzer, sayingthere were more grievances while she wasworking in the human resources depart-ment at the Burnaby school district, some-thing Bitzer contested after the meeting.

Burnaby Parents Voice candidateCharter Lau brought up an old email froma district staffer, apparently forwarded toone of the groups supporters in error,that suggested the district stall until after

the election in responding to a Freedom ofInformation request from Parents Voiceregarding policy 5.45. Lau also spoke of hisdaughters, and saidoneaskedhim: Daddy,when are you going to stop 5.45?

My daughter doesnt feel safe at schoolfor some reason, Lau said, adding that isone of the reasons why hes running. The

school (district) must work handin hand with parents.

TEAMs Pablo Su also got inthe race because of policy 5.45,and said the current anti-bullyingpolicy is not working.

Su wants student programsthat foster good citizenship andreward acts of kindness. He alsocalled for better earthquake kitsfor schools.

Independent candidate FrancaZumpano talked about the classcomposition issue and the needto retract and retain all Burnabystudents. She also talked of sell-

ing the districts Duthie Union site, an oldelementary school that is now a daycareand is used for district storage space.

We could sell that for $10 million, putthatmoney into our school for food resourc-es etc., she said, adding there should bemore transparency in the system aroundfunds from international education.

Green candidate Helen Chang, who isalso a past school board member, talked ofthe need for something like the Hate CrimeStatistics Act, an American piece of legisla-tion that documents hate crimes.

Meeting: Candidates speak out

Gung: No choice but to enter race

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Last week we published astory detailing a BurnabyParents Voice candidatesconcern about hateful and racistremarks being published onlinevia a gay medias website.

The candidate, GordonWorld, went to a Burnaby schooldistrict meeting and blamed theschool district for creating anatmosphere where he and/orothers would be exposed tohateful and ugly racist remarks.His reasoning, if Ive got thisright, is if the school district hadinvolved the concerned parentsearly in the policy process thenthey wouldnt have had to goso public with their concernsand opinions. When they wentpublic with their concerns, itattracted attention and mediacoverage. That, in turn, alertedother advocacy groups, who, inturn, attacked the parents whowere opposed to the gay-friend-ly policy. And so on, and so on.

This week we learn that aBurnaby teacher, and anotherunidentified individual inthe school district, have bothreceived death threats becauseof their support for a policy that

would help create a safer envi-ronment for gay students in theschool system.

If there can ever be a momentwhen hate and prejudice canbe reduced to irony then thisis that moment. It seems not tohave occurred to those opposedto the anti-homophobia policythat the reaction to the wholediscussion merely underlinesthe need for an anti-homophobiapolicy in the schools.

For readers who are justcatching up on the whole debate this is it in a nutshell: BurnabyParents Voice is a slate thatsprang from a deep-seatedopposition to the school dis-tricts gay-friendly policy. Theopponents of the policy beforethey became media savvy defended their position on somepretty basic grounds: They feltthat the policy would teach theirchildren that being gay was,well, OK. And that was in directcontradiction to their personaland/or religious beliefs. Similarto the old arguments creationistsmade about teaching evolutionin schools the parents believethat the school should not teachtheir children things that contra-dict their own belief system. Inmy opinion, they have the abso-lute right to object to the policy,to teach their children what theywant to, and to pull their chil-dren out of public schools if theywant a religious-based

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ized women. The final toll of lost lives?Anywhere from 27 to 49 the latternumber coming from the serial killersown recollection. Contrast that with theStanley Cup riot where no one has lost

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and insurance companies are out mil-lions of dollars. But it still appears thereis no limit to the police resources thatcan be used on the riot cases. Thousandsof hours of videotape have been viewed,the premier wants the court proceedingsto be broadcast. Again, contrast thatresponse to the womens inquiry wherethe government wouldnt even pitch inlegal funds for parties to prepare pre-sentations to the commission.

And then theres media coverage. We,the media, salivate over every mugshot

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The comparison between resourcesavailable for missing marginalwomen and resources available forpunishing hockey hooligans may seemextreme. But isnt it a strikingly sadreflection on what we seem to placevalue on in our society?

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Does it give B.C. a competitive advantage? Yes, it

does. B.C. has cost-effective renewable hydroelectricresources like nowhere else on earth.

These resources have long been a draw formajor industries. Plus, B.C. has wind, geothermal,biomass, wave and tidal and even solar powerresources in abundance.

Can every community in B.C. aboriginal andnon-aboriginal benefit from renewable energydevelopment? Yes, they can. B.C.s renewable cleanenergy resources are spread throughout the prov-ince. Everyone benefits.

So, no matter how you slice it, renewable cleanenergy gives B.C. its competitive edge, drives newinvestment, creates jobs and spreads economic ben-efits provincewide. What more can one ask for?

Donald Leung, Burnaby

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Time to engage residentsDear Editor:

The number still blows me away: 24 percent. That is the percentage of Burnabyresidents who voted in the 2008 civic elec-tion. Its low, extremely low. Ever sinceI threw in my hat to run for council, thenumber has been on my mind. How do weengage our residents in civic politics? Howdo we get people excited?

I believe the answer lies in the strengthof our neighbourhoods. I have had theopportunity to visit some great commu-nities, rallying around issues that matterto them. It is through these communitiesand their dedicated residents that I havelearned there are no one-size-fits-all solu-tions at city hall.

We need to celebrate the diversity ofour neighbourhoods and seek to representtheir interests at city hall. We must encour-age the development of neighbourhoodassociations where residents can cometogether and engage in their community.City hall must appreciate the diversity wehave within our city and work with theneighbourhoods on solutions that fit theirplace and their people.

When communities become stronger,residents become more engaged, and wecan only hope this means better engage-ment with civic politics.Matthew Stuart, Burnaby Municipal Green Party

System isnt workingDear Editor:

Paul Keenleyside (System works justfine, Letters to the editor, Burnaby NOW,Oct. 21) just doesnt get it when it comesto whats wrong with our voting system,Here it is in a nutshell.

One of my neighbours casts his eightvotes for eight candidates on a slate whoshare his views; they are all elected.

Another neighbour casts his eight votesfor eight different candidates and none ofthem are elected.

The first neighbour has eight council-lors who represent his point of view, theother neighbour has none. This is notdemocracy.

There are people, such as Mr.Keenleyside, who support the present sys-tem because it is what leads to us beingruled by a party that more than 60 per centof Canadian voters voted against.

These people are the mainstream poli-ticians, Conservative, Liberal and NDP,with rare exceptions. Christy Clark put itvery neatly; she opposed the single trans-ferable vote (BC-STV) system when, asshe said, the present system worked verywell for me when she was in politics, butrealized what was wrong when she wasout of politics as a talk-show host, andsupported BC-STV.

David Huntley, Burnaby

Politics: One-plank platformevolves into a full campaignbelief system. The parents lost the battle,the policy passed after an extendedreview. And the parents, rightly andsmartly so, decided to, given the timingof a civic election, form a political slate toget elected and change things from with-in. Good for them. Its what we encouragepeople to do. If you dont like something,get involved and change it.

So, for doing the democratically correctthing again, we say good for them.

But someone in their group realizedquickly that a one-plank platform basedon opposition to a gay-friendly policyin the schools particularly consideringhow much homophobia there is and howmany young people are committing sui-cide when faced with a lack of supportin schools might just look a bit narrow,perhaps even discriminatory or hateful.

So candidates now talk about moreparent involvement in curriculum choices,more flexible school arrangements, lesstalk about sex and more about math. Thissounds pretty darn good to parents whoare feeling powerless in a system seem-ingly managed by the teachers union anddistrict bureaucrats with a lot of lettersbehind their names.

I listened to one well-spoken ParentsVoice candidate on CBC Radio last week.She hit all the right notes about parentalinvolvement and very skillfully avoidedthe gay issue. If I was a parent who hadnot been following the policy controversy,I would have been very tempted to votefor her. And, who knows, she may verywell be a great potential trustee. But asshe has already shown me that she is notup front about why she is running underthe banner, Parents Voice, her candidacyis very unsettling.

Parents Voice didnt start becausethey wanted more say in healthy snacksin schools, more say in fundraising forcomputers, more say in field trips theystarted because they dont want an anti-homophobia policy in Burnaby schools.

For some of them to disguise this ina flurry of other wish-list items smacksof deception and a deliberate attempt tohide their agenda, something they vocif-erously accused everybody else of doing.

You may have a difference of opinionon what should or should not be taughtor even discussed in schools but onething that you hope parents will model ishonesty, and this isnt a good example ofthat virtue.


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on the project, he said he wants amore comprehensive consultation tofind out what his constituents thinkof it.

The first phase of Stewarts consul-tation process consisted of meetingsand correspondence with stakehold-ers, while the second phase involvesgathering opinions from affectedlocal residents using in-person, mailand telephone surveys.

His office has just started receivingthe mail-in surveys back, and hopesto start compiling its report on thecommunitys response to the projectin a few weeks, he said.

Simon Fraser University students

are collecting signatures for a peti-tion, Stewart said, and he intends toinclude that in the information usedfor the report.

Well put all of this together, andsee where we are on this as a com-munity, he said.

Two public meetings will also beheld, most likely in January, accord-ing to Stewart.

TransLink compiled its own con-sultation summary report on the gon-dola project, released on Sept. 12.

The majority of respondents didnot think that the gondola was agood solution to solving some of thechallenges of traveling to and fromBurnaby Mountain.

Of 554 responses, 75 per centstrongly disagreed with the gondolaas a solution, while only 15 per centstrongly agreed.

The primary concern for respon-dents was the cost of the project.The projects estimated cost is $120million.

TransLink is currently working ona business case study for the project.

The gondola would run about 40metres above the ground and treecanopy, over the Forest Grove neigh-bourhood, according to TransLink.

The line would include five tow-ers, up to 70 metres tall, to supportthe cables. Tower locations have notyet been determined.

The Burnaby Board of Tradesannual Business Excellence Awardsgala took place Wednesday night atthe Hilton Vancouver Metrotown.

The theme of the 12th annualawards gala, which honoured thenominees and winners, was theRoaring Twenties.

The winners are as follows: IBMCanadawas awarded Businessof the Year.

Silver Bullet Shredding was award-ed Small Business of the Year. Chris Dikeakos of Chris DikeakosArchitects was awarded BusinessPerson of the Year.Burnaby Family Life was awardedNot-for-Profit Organization of theYear. Left Coast Naturals won in theenvironmental sustainability catego-ry. General Fusion won in the entre-preneurial spirit category. Ballard Power Systems won in the

business innovation category. G&F Financial Group won in theBurnaby community spirit category.

The nominees were announced atthe annual awards luncheon in earlyOctober.

Carter Automotive Family wasinducted into the Burnaby BusinessHall of Fame at the luncheon.

The awards are a joint initiativebetween the board and the City ofBurnaby.

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Perhaps the only thing in commonbetween Westminster in London, Englandand New Westminster is a name.

But on Nov. 6, the Old English Car Clubwants to evoke memories of England andtheoldLondon toBrightonVeteranCarRunwith a two-hour ride from ConfederationPark in North Burnaby to White Rock.

The event commemorates the 1896Motor Car Tour to Brighton by using aroute of similar distance 90 to 100 kilo-metres.

One Burnaby resident looking forwardto the ride is John Clarke, who has manydifferent English cars in various states ofrepair to go with several American cars.

Clarke, who formerly taught tech ed atBurnaby high schools, said working withold cars is his way of relaxing.

Ive been retired 12 years now, and

now I get to engage in all the things Ivealways wanted to do. I love working onold cars, and I do all the restoration workmyself.

Clarkes fleet includes three MG-As,two MG-Bs, a 1969 E-Type Jaguar and a1961 Mark 9 Jaguar that hes currentlyrestoring.

Clarke has yet to decide which one hellhave on the road on Sunday, Nov. 6, butwhichever one it is will be his favourite for the day.

I love all my cars, he said. My favou-rite one is the one Im driving at the time.

The car run starts at 8 a.m. and after thecars arrive in White Rock, there will be aspecial day planned, with music and activi-ties for all participants to enjoy.

For more information, contact SteveDiggins at 604-294-6031 or Steve McVittieat 604-538-2277 or email [email protected].

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Jennifer Moreau of the BurnabyNOW chatted with Simon FraserUniversitys Jordan Paterson, direc-

tor of From C to C:Chinese CanadianStories of Migration.The documentary isshowing on Saturday,Nov. 5 as part of theVancouver AsianFilm Festival. From C

to C earned Paterson a Leo Award forbest one-hour documentary.

Jennifer Moreau: Tell us a bit about your-self. Who are you?

Jordan Paterson: Ive been making filmsfor approximately the past 15 years with acontinuous interest in what we call docu-mentary in its many forms. My recentfilms have focused on issues of migrationrelated to social justice and broader ques-tions about Canada and its self-image. Ialso work at (Burnabys) Simon FraserUniversity in the Teaching and LearningCentre as an educational media producer.

JM: Can you give us a thumbnail sketch ofyour documentary, From C to C?

JP: These stories outline the injusticesfaced by Chinese migrants during the lastcentury and the little-known effects ofmigration on the families and communitiesof migrants. We contrasted these historieswith the views and experiences of contem-porary Chinese-Canadian youth, in orderto hopefully lead us to reflect on the mean-ing of exclusionary legislation for thosewho experienced it, as well as for thosewho did not. So we gain the understand-ing that history is not isolated in the pastbut part of a living present we often takefor granted.

JM:Why did you decide to make this film?JP: The film was funded by Citizenship

and Immigration Canadas CommunityHistorical Recognition Program. My back-ground and interest in migration issuesconnected me to the project through theTeaching and Learning Centre at SFU.This might sound rather rhetorical but I,and the project team, simply hope that bycalling attention to the diverse and trans-national nature of contemporary Chinese-Canadian identities, the film promotesan inclusive vision of Canada that valuesmembers of all communities as global rather than solely national citizens. Youcould say this question of citizenship hasalways been a question of Canada, that infact traditional notions of a loyal nation-hood have gone hand in hand with dis-criminatory practices by government andsociety at large. It is a question anyway.

JM: The film deals with a lot of issuesChinese-Canadians faced as new immi-grants, including some ugly history aroundthe Chinese Head Tax Exclusion Act andVancouvers race riots in 1907. Why is itimportant for you as a filmmaker to highlightthat history?

JP: Its about social justice. It is clearto me that the discrimination Chinese-

Canadians faced was perhaps the worstlegislative discrimination in Canadianhistory outside of the tragedy experienceby our aboriginal peoples. We can learn agreat deal from the legal history alone. It isour historical fight for civil rights. Thereare already some excellent films on thissubject focusing specifically on the headtax redress issue which is very impor-tant but we felt that by framing this filmin nation building and citizenshipperspectives would allow more people tounderstand and identify with the issuesin and outside of Chinese-Canadian com-munities.

We interviewed over 20 people fromChina and Canada on camera. It is a widerange of voices with varying perspectiveson this complex history. What was inter-esting was the differing accents on thehistory between interviews in Canada andChina.

I felt it was important to pull theseperspectives together into a kind of virtualdialogue, and I think the film benefits fromthis dialogue. Interviews include CharlieQuan, who is 104 years old and the oldesthead tax payer in Canada to my knowl-edge, George Chow a Second World Warvet who saw combat in Normandy, localactivist Sid Chow Tan and new immigrantyouth from Guangdong, China.

JM:Many of the immigrants who paid thehead tax to come to Canada have passed on.Did you feel you were trying to preserve theirstories before that personal history was lost?

JP: Of course oral histories are at thecenter of this project, and we did our bestto document what we could within theproject. But there are those in the film likeprofessor Henry Yu in the history depart-ment at the University of B.C. that are real-ly defining new pedagogical approachesto history making in this regard. Videobecomes a kind of writing for youth who

wish to document their elders experience.A documentary does this as well, but it canbe confined to what documentarian AlanKing called the tyranny of genre, whichin some ways ostensibly restricts what youcan offer an audience in terms of a properethnographic oral history or experimenta-tion, etc. Every filmmaker has to addressthis problem but sometimes you questionwhether you have actually overcome thistyranny at all. But I think the valueof oral history is there in the film, andcertainly the veterans, the elders we inter-viewed in China and Mr. Charlie Quansstories are invaluable in this regard. Itsnot every day you get to hear the life storyof someone who is 104 and has been aspolitically active as Charlie in the head tax

redress campaign.JM: Your film includes the younger genera-

tion of Chinese-Canadians and the stories oftheir parents and grandparents. What discon-nect, if any, did you see between those genera-tions? Do the younger kids understand howhard it was for their families?

JP: The disconnection is ultimately oneof communication or the lack of opportuni-ty for communication for those who sharea common migration or ancestral historybut today are very different in terms oftheir identities. New immigrant youth thatwe interviewed clearly understood thegravity and importance of the experienceof long-time Chinese-Canadians they

Film looks at the Chineseexperience in CanadaLessons learned?

ON MY BEATJennifer Moreau

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Glimpse into history: Railwayworkers for CPR, circa 1883 one ofmany images featured in Jordan Patersons documentary,From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration, which is screening at the Vancouver Asian Film Festival on Saturday, Nov.5. The film has won a Leo Award.

Story telling: Filming on site in the Canadian Village Kaiping, China for JordanPatersons documentary, From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration.

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met, but the youth do not identify with thesame kind of individual loyalty to nation-hood. I dont want to generalize too muchon this because some youth feel intenselyCanadian, while others do not. But theidea of national identity bound by multi-culturalism is certainly in question here, atleast from my perspective.

JM:What was the biggest piece of learningfor you while making From C to C?

JP: First, how difficult history can be tointerpret and then present within a film,let alone a one-hour film. Second, the vastlegal history that defined the experienceof these people. There is just so much dis-criminatory legislation at the civic, provin-cial and federal levels. It really opens youreyes to how policy can slip into discrimi-nation with the best intentions.

Third, how we have only begun toshare our histories between Canada andChina and how surprised people are atsome of the historical facts on either side ofthe Pacific.

JM:What is the most important message

for you as a filmmaker working on this project?What do you want the viewer to take awayfrom this?

JP: Remember and respect the profoundcontribution of Chinese-Canadians in thebuilding of this country and dont thinkfor a second that we are out of the woods.We all have to address our own racismand think about building an inclusiveCanada that doesnt discriminate racially,economically or physically. Its a tall order,but we can set an example. We are still ayoung country defining the rules in theemergence of a complex century.

JM:Where can our readers see your film?JP: The Vancouver Asian Film Festival

will be screening the film this Saturday,Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Cineplex OdeonTinseltown (International Village) theatresin Vancouvers Chinatown. The film is partof a larger program of Asian CanadianFilms and a panel on the importance oforal history with UBC historian Henry Yuand filmmaker Karin Lee.

For more on Patersons documentary, visitwww.sfu.ca/fromctoc.

Chinese: Documentary revealshistory of legal discriminationcontinued from page 13




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Diwali marks anauspicious occasion forHindus, Sikhs and Jainsrepresenting the triumphof good over evil a themethat can be celebrated bypeople of all cultures,said Arun Suri, the soci-etys president.

The celebration is atthe Bonsor RecreationComplex on Sunday, Nov.6, at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10.

For more info, call 604-376-3783.

Collectibles saleThe auxiliary to the

Burnaby Hospital is hold-ing another collectiblessale. There will be someitems for stocking stuffers,a mink stole, dishes and,most likely, some greatvintage finds.

The sale is at theBurnaby Hospital inthe third floor kiosk, onWednesday, Nov. 9, from8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Moneyraised goes towards help-ing patients at the hospital.

Donations are appreci-ated, and volunteers willpick them up if need be.Call 604-524-6365 or [email protected].

Help the homelessWith the possibility of

one of the coldest wintersin years around the corner,SFU students in the Beedieschool of business areholding a clothing drivefor homeless youth.

Its unacceptable, saidCarmen Cheng, one of thestudent organizers. Allthese youth my own age,on the streets because ofabuse, forced to face theharsh conditions of home-lessness. When we heardhow cold this winter willbe, we came together tomake a meaningful impact

on the community.The students are col-

lecting new or gentlyused clothes until Nov.14. People can drop offdonations at NestersMarket in the UniverCitydevelopment on BurnabyMountain, or at the SFUcampus: either in theWest mall complex on thesecond floor or the Westacademic quadrangle, byRenaissance Coffee.

If you have 10 or morecoats, the students willpick them up. Just [email protected]. For more info, checkout their Facebook page:www.facebook.com/stu-dents4coats. A second group of stu-dents enrolled in the samebusiness school at SFUis also collecting items tokeep the homeless warmthis winter. They are col-lecting winter clothes andaccessories for LookoutEmergency Aid Society.

They will have donationboxes at Burnabys EileenDailly pool on Nov. 5 and6, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Formore info, go to winterofwarmth.weebly.com. Blanket B.C. Society is

collecting donations forthe season. The non-profitgroup gathers blankets fordistribution to the home-less. To help, drop offdonations until Nov. 6 atBrentwood Town Centre.For more info, go to www.blanketbc.org. GregoryOuld is the founder ofBlanket B.C., which heruns with the help of hisyoung son, among othervolunteers. The Burnaby TeachersAssociation is running itsSock it Poverty campaignfor the third year.

The annual drive col-lects donations of socks,toques, gloves, scarves,cash and toiletries for theBurnaby Task Force onHomelessness.

The items are collectedthrough local schools, butpeople can donate at theassociation headquartersat #115, 3993 Henning Dr.,during office hours, from8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The bureaus annual Christmas cam-paign provides toys and food for low-income families in the city.

Executive director Stephen DSouzatold the NOW prior to the opening thatits quite likely theyll see an increase infamilies turning to themfor help this holiday sea-son thanks to the uncer-tain economy both herein B.C. and across theglobe.

I think that thereare a lot of families thathavent been struggling in the past, thatmaybe had a comfortable income, theyvehad their hours cut, or lost one of their jobs(in a two-income family), and theyre justtrying to get by this year, he said.

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Registration began Tuesday and runsuntil Nov. 30 at the bureaus temporarymain location at Metropolis at Metrotown,Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.,Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6p.m. There are also a handful of alter-nate locations for families to register at,

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Staff, family andfriends of the McGill branch of theBurnaby Public Library are gearing upfor their second annual dramatic readingof Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol inearly December, in support of the BurnabyChristmas Bureau.

The evening, set for Dec. 9 from 7 to 9p.m., will also include choral interludes offavourite Christmas carols.

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