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This is the front side of the certificate for shares, from the Sointula Cooperative Store Limited, issued to John Tynjala.

This is a 2 sided certificate for shares, from the Sointula Cooperative Store Limited, issued to John Tynjala.

The CCFCV provides programs and activities for the Francophone business community of Vancouver. Nos Affaires appears in several formats. This is an incomplete collection ranging from Vol. 3, no. 2, its Annual Report for 1984-5, to Vol. 8, no. 6,…

Cabaret diva-comedienne and performance artist, Astrid Hadad, already a legend in her native Mexico City and across the world, is known for her ravishing voice and outrageous stage presence. Astrid's show is a fusion of song, theatre and…

This series contains the personal and professional correspondence created and received by John Vance during his lifetime and career. The records include a diary from 1934-1935 which chronicles his time under police protection, correspondence with…

Transition : Bulletin d’information was published by the CSFCB. This is an incomplete collection, from April-May 1996 to June 1996, with gaps. It was printed in folded 8 ½ in. x 14 in. format. The Rapport annuel is the CSFCB’s annual report. This is…

Reservoir was a durational work by Rebecca Belmore. The artist used recycled jars to collect water and stockpiled it in the space. The reservoir remained in grunt gallery as an installation for a week following the performance.

The opening reception for Peter Conlin's Freedom, a performative exhibition that ran for for the following two weeks. Conlin used the gallery as a studio to create installations in an improvisational way, setting up several different zones to…

This performance is equal parts professional wrestling and sound assault. The costume (as well as some of the theatrics) is a replica of a 1970's Mexican wrestler. The Yellow Diablo appears in costume preparing for a match and wired with 15…

Item is a typewritten letter to Vance, from L.E.Westman, Hon. Secretary of the Canadian Institute of Chemistry.

Item is a typed letter to Vance from Frank Woodside, Acting Mayor of Vancouver. Woodside invites Vance to a luncheon with visiting American Electrochemical Society members.

This event brings a fresh approach and current elements of urban youth culture into the dialogue of spectatorship and performance. The 1990s saw an explosion of technologized culture. Turntablism, music producers/arrangers, video, and multimedia…

Billy Barker’s legendary gold strike on Williams Creek triggered a multi-billion dollar industrial revolution that literally built a province. Today, the extraordinary historic town of Barkerville stands as a living testament to BC’s golden…

Le Journal Jeunesse was the newsletter of the Club Jeunesse de Kelowna. We only have a single issue, no.2, [1985].  La Grenouillère en ballade was the newsletter of the Club Jeunesse de Kelowna. This is an icomplete collection, from Nov. 1985 to Oct…

Spencer’s mail order catalogues, a subsidiary of David Spencer Limited, aimed to bring affordable fashion, extensive household goods, and myriad services to those residing outside of Vancouver and Victoria. Although its focus was British Columbia,…

Wong Mon Hong was born in Van Winkle in 1901. From 1917 until 1943 he was active in mining, and the operation of two grocery stores and a cafe. He worked for two years in Vancouver, then returned to the Cariboo to continue mining. He died in 1985.…

Over the first two weeks of November, Forkert convened small groups of participants to perform everyday activities together in public and private spaces, drawing attention to the experience of time and the possibilities of spending time together. At…

As an artist who works both in performance and video art, Lida Abdul creates poetic spaces that allow the viewer to interrogate the familiar and the personal. Her work is guided by a ritualized formalism that insinuates the immediacy of myth and the…

This piece is a compilation of four solos. The image and message of Mary Magdalene is portrayed from four historical viewpoints: the medieval, the Elizabethan, the turn of the Twentieth Century, and the modern. The challenge of uniting the physical…

Alastair MacLennan is knowns for long durational performances with concerns of ethic, religious/political bigotry, tolerance, social improvement, death, mutation, and transformation. His performance for LIVE 2003, Rove Over, was part of Black Market…

A performance art fashion show of local artists curated by Mexican performance artist Lorena Wolffer and produced by Lori Weidenhammer. As well as creating a unique group show, Wolffer will be performing her own piece which critiques the effect of…

Groups of participants near a side wall, chatting and eating food together. Still from Picnic by Mima Preston and Gareth Moore.