Did you hear? The BC Provincial Heritage Fair in 2014 will be in...
*drumroll*
Kamloops!
Friday-Saturday, May 8-9, 2020, at the Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate
Friday, 15 November 2013
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Komagata Maru - 100 year anniversary
Do you know that the 100-year anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident is in 2014? What a fantastic opportunity to create a Heritage Fair project on this landmark event in BC's history. Don't know what it is or where to start? Check out Komagata Maru Journey for an interactive learning experience (Teachers, there are lesson plans!).
Thursday, 5 September 2013
Welcome back!
Welcome back to another school year and pretty soon, another Heritage Fair! It's never too early to start planning :)
You are invited to attend the Heritage Fair Welcome Back Social on Wednesday, September 18, 3:30pm at the Delta Museum, 4858 Delta Street (Ladner). Please RSVP to cballard@deltamuseum.ca.
You are invited to attend the Heritage Fair Welcome Back Social on Wednesday, September 18, 3:30pm at the Delta Museum, 4858 Delta Street (Ladner). Please RSVP to cballard@deltamuseum.ca.
Thursday, 11 July 2013
B.C. honours Heritage Fair students, announces funding
VICTORIA - This year the Province is honouring 58 student participants and their history-based projects at the Royal B.C. Museum during the sixth annual Provincial Heritage Fair in Victoria, July 4-8, Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson announced today.
Continue reading the article here.
Continue reading the article here.
Saturday, 6 July 2013
Sunday Showcase
11:00am Opening Ceremony at St. Ann's Academy
12:00pm Project Showcase at Royal BC Museum
3:00 End of Showcase, students leave
Follow the blog!
Follow the BC Heritage Fairs Alumni's blog at http://www.bcheritagefairs.ca - do you recognize who is on the front page?!
Friday, 5 July 2013
Outdoor Adventures
Jam-packed day of activities, starting with a nature walk at Goldstream Park where we learned about the importance of the estuary.
Followed by a visit to Fort Rodd NHS where we learned about the important role this site played in defending the West Coast.
Then it was off to Chinatown where we learned about the significance of Victoria's Chinatown to the history of Victoria, Canada and China.
And if that wasn't enough, it was into the swimming pool to really tire the kids out!
Thursday, 4 July 2013
And we're off!
After traveling for nearly five hours -- by bus, by ferry, and then by bus again -- the Richmond-Delta delegation have finally made it to Victoria.
Friday, 28 June 2013
Part 5 of 5: An Interview with Tristen
*
This is the last in a series of interviews conducted by Manvi Ansal,
Provincial Fair 2011 Alumnus, with each of the Richmond-Delta Provincial
Fair 2013 delegates.
Name: Tristen Wong
Grade: 5
City: Richmond
Project Title: Blood and Iron: Chinese Canadians coming to work on
the CPR
Tristen’s topic is still important in today’s world because when
many people think about the CPR, they think about the Caucasian and Scottish
people that built it, but they don’t even realize that Chinese immigrants
helped make it too. Without the Chinese, there would be no CPR. When Tristen
heard that she had to narrow her topic, she chose it on the Chinese Immigrants
that made it, not about everybody that contributed.
The greatest challenge of
making her project was to make her project straight, neat and perfect because
she didn’t want it to be messy. She also said that when she had to write a
report, she had to do at least 6-7 drafts until it because good enough.
Tristen would change the actual project
board because it was yellow, but she wanted to change it to blue. It would be
like the sky. She had a model of the railroad on her board, and she didn’t
think it would make sense for the sky to be yellow.
Tristen got surprised when John A. MacDonald gave a speech about
the CPR, he didn’t mention anything about the Chinese. Also, the Chinese were being paid 1 dollar
when the whites were being paid 2 dollars. They didn’t know that they were
being cheated because in China they were used to earning 9 cents.
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Part 4 of 5: An Interview with Jolie
* This is the fourth in a series of interviews conducted by Manvi Ansal, Provincial Fair 2011 Alumnus, with each of the Richmond-Delta Provincial Fair 2013 delegates.
Name: Jolie Leung
Grade: 7
City: Richmond
Project Title: The Chinese Immigration Act 1923
Jolie’s topic is about the
experience of the immigrants and is still important
in today’s world because there are a lot of Chinese people in Vancouver and
that history shapes the future of us. Jolie’s project has definitely inspired
her to learn more about this topic and see what happened.
Her topic told her
about the life of the immigrants and how hard it was. People forbid the Chinese
to enter Canada, expect people who got scholars…etc. It was a law made by the
government in 1923. The government thought Chinese were corrupt and dirty and
how they were pests.
The greatest challenge throughout making the project was
doing the interviews. She spoke to the head activist, Sid Chow-Tan who was one
of the relatives of the Chinese. She
also spoke to Professor Henry Yu, whose family was in Canada, while he and his
mother were in China. It was hard finding the people to interview.
One thing
Jolie would is that she would change some of the posters she used in some of
her projects and turn them into her own posters. Also, she would like to change
her creative component into a drawing instead of a poem. Jolie was surprised
when the white people got some people from China to build the Canadian Pacific
Railroad and once they were done, they sent the Chinese people back to China.
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Part 3 of 5: An Interview with Anisha
*
This is the third in a series of interviews conducted by Manvi Ansal,
Provincial Fair 2011 Alumnus, with each of the Richmond-Delta Provincial
Fair 2013 delegates.
Name: Anisha Gill
Grade: 5
City: Delta
Project Title: Komagata Maru
Anisha’s topic is still important in today’s world because people
are still mad about it. They should have apologized sooner to the Indians. It
has made an impact on Indians in today’s world. They probably don’t think well
of Canada.
Her project has inspired her
to be proud of her culture. Sikhs did a lot to make a living in Canada. They
fought hard and they wouldn’t give up. She is happy they did.
The greatest challenge
throughout doing her project was doing the layout because she had too much
information about her topic, so she had to cram it all in. She would change her project by adding
higher vocabulary and to find a way to make my project fit all my information
neatly.
Anisha was surprised when the
Indians came to Canada, they got sent back. It was rude how the Canadians
forced them to go back only because they were Indian. If she could share one thing about her project on Global news, it
would be how a person named William C. Hopkins was the one that sent the
Indians back. That is just so racist.
Canadians should know about her project
because it was a black mark in Canadian history and Sikhs have developed a lot
since 1914. Now people don’t care what happened back then, but it should matter
because people deserve to know what happened in the past.
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
Part 2 of 5: An Interview with Hillary
*
This is the second in a series of interviews conducted by Manvi Ansal,
Provincial Fair 2011 Alumnus, with each of the Richmond-Delta Provincial
Fair 2013 delegates.
Name: Hillary Nelson
Grade: 5
City: Delta
Project title: A Vision of Tomorrow (The George Massey Tunnel)
Hillary’s topic is still important today’s world because it was the
only road tunnel below sea level in Canada, making its roadway the
lowest road surface in Canada. Hillary goes through the George Massey tunnel
every day and she has always wondered how it got built or how it got its name,
and stuff like that.
Her greatest challenge throughout making her project was
probably getting the information about how much money it cost to build the
tunnel. She noticed that one book said another when another website said
another. It was hard to choose.
She thinks one thing she would have liked to
change about her project was to put the interview with Doug Massey on the board
instead of in a book because more people would have paid more attention to it.
One thing that surprised Hilary was how the people built the tunnel underwater,
because part of it had to go under the water. She thought that it would be very
difficult.
If there was one thing she could share on Global or National news,
she said that it would be that only one person died out of the whole
construction of the tunnel. She said
that more people died in the making of any other average tunnel than this one.
Canadians should know about her project because it was the lowest road made in
Canada.
Monday, 24 June 2013
Part 1 of 5: An Interview with Jonathan
* This is the first in a series of interviews conducted by Manvi Ansal, Provincial Fair 2011 Alumnus, with each of the Richmond-Delta Provincial Fair 2013 delegates.
Name: Jonathan Bridson
Grade: 7Name: Jonathan Bridson
City: Richmond
Project Title: La Conserverie Monstre (The Monster Cannery)
His project opened up a lot of
other questions to be answers like “Why is the job so dangerous?” He was
surprised about the cannery and while he was doing it, he said that most of his
questions were answered.
The greatest challenge throughout making the project
was when his teacher told him to redo the poster 2 weeks before the fair
because it wasn’t good enough. Another thing was getting the information. He
would change some things about his project like he would prefer to do it in
English. He had only been in French immersion for 2 years. Last but not least,
translating all the information in French.
Jonathan was surprised about the
injuries and how the Chinese had to do hard work that was too dangerous, and
that there were very scary tools to use. If Jonathan could share one thing on Global news it would be about how
many people died there and how there are still places in the world that have
working conditions like this. He thinks that too many people did there. He
thinks that people should start taking action.
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Provincial Fair Preview: First Peoples House
This
year’s Provincial Fair students will be welcomed by indigenous dancers
and singers at the First Peoples House on the University of Victoria
campus. Find out more at http://www.bcheritagefairs.ca/provincial-fair-preview-first-peoples-house/
Friday, 14 June 2013
Minister Moore Announces New Programs to Support Canada's History
The Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official
Languages, today introduced a series of new measures to help promote
Canadian history, including the first ever Government of Canada History
Awards, new Heritage Minutes, and the official Canada History Week.
Read more:
http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1370873738331/1370873756081
Read more:
http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1370873738331/1370873756081
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Save-the-Date: Sunday, July 7
You are invited to the Provincial Fair Showcase on Sunday, July 7, 11:00am-2:00pm at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria.
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Slideshows from the Fair
Please follow the links below for slideshows from the Fair. Thank you, Kimberly, for putting these together!
Slideshow - Part 1
Slideshow - Part 2
Slideshow - Part 3
Slideshow - Part 4
Slideshow - Part 5
Slideshow - Part 1
Slideshow - Part 2
Slideshow - Part 3
Slideshow - Part 4
Slideshow - Part 5
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Provincial Fair
Congratulations to the five projects that have been selected for showcase at the BC Provincial Heritage Fair in Victoria.
-
Komagata Maru by Anisha Gill, McCloskey Elementary School
-
A Vision for Tomorrow by Hillary Nelson, Neilson Grove Elementary School
-
Chinese Immigration Act by Jolie Leung, Choice School
-
La Conserverie Monstre by Jonathan Bridson, McNeely Elementary School
- Blood & Iron by Tristen Wong, Richmond Christian School
Friday, 10 May 2013
Eat Your Primary Sources! Or, Teaching the Taste of History
A fascinating look at incorporating your taste buds in the learning and teaching of history:
http://activehistory.ca/2013/05/eat-your-primary-sources-or-teaching-the-taste-of-history
http://activehistory.ca/2013/05/eat-your-primary-sources-or-teaching-the-taste-of-history
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Provincial Fair
Students selected for the Provincial Fair will be announced later this week or early next week. Thank you for your patience!
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Award Recipients
Canada's History Award
#75 - Juno Beach
United Empire Loyalists Award
#23 - Sir John Franklin
1812 and More Award
#21 - The Heroine of 1812
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BC Heritage Branch Historic Places Award
#39 - Barkerville
BC Magazine Award
#82 - Chinese Building the Pacific Railway
BC Hydro Power Pioneer Award
#6 - Paldi
BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award
#11 - History of the Richmond Review
BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award
#12 - Komagata Maru
BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award
#55 - Mossy Masterpiece
BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award
#63 - L'histoire de Canadiens d'origine japonaise
BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award
#57 - A Vision for Tomorrow
BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award
#64 - History of a Canadian Pioneer
BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award
#99 - Chinese Immigration Act
BCHFS Stellar Achievement Award
#102 - Blood & Iron
Local Historian of Richmond Award
#106 - The Monster Cannery
Local Historian of Delta Award
#108 - Reifel Bird Sanctuary
Family History Award
#47 - Early Chinese Arrivals
Aboriginal Award
#100 - Residential Schools
Significant Canadian Award
#113 - Rick Hansen
National Significance Award
#30 - The Deadly CPR
Industry Award
#5 - The History of the Britannia Mine Museum
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Sport Award
#123 - Montreal Victorias
Artistic Merit Award
#69 - The Steveston Samurai
Archives Award
#76 - La Conserverie Monstre
Honourable Mention
#88 - Lumberjacks
Student Choice Award
#101 - The Arrow
Sunday, 5 May 2013
Success!
The 11th Annual Richmond Delta Regional Heritage Fair was a huge success!
Numbers:
123 Heritage Fair projects created by 172 students
30 classes participated in 12 different schools
500 visitors over two days
Photos and List of Award Recipients to come!
Congratulations and Thank You!
Congratulations Students! Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge about Canadian history and heritage.
Thank you Teachers for guiding your students through this Heritage Fair experience.
Thank you Volunteers & Judges! This event would not be possible without you interviewing students about their researching, leading them to their activities throughout the day, assisting with activity stations, monitoring projects in the evening, distributing food and so much more!
Thank you Sponsors for making this all possible!
Thank you Teachers for guiding your students through this Heritage Fair experience.
Thank you Volunteers & Judges! This event would not be possible without you interviewing students about their researching, leading them to their activities throughout the day, assisting with activity stations, monitoring projects in the evening, distributing food and so much more!
Thank you Sponsors for making this all possible!
- Federal Government of Canada
- BC Arts Council
- BC Heritage Fairs Society
- Richmond School Board
- Delta School District
- Richmond Heritage Commission
- Britannia Shipyards, National Historic Site
- Chinese Canadian Stories
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery, National Historic Site
- Kimberly Baker
- Richmond Art Gallery
- Richmond Public Library
- Roberta Price
- Shannon Nordling
- Sylvan Learning Centre
- Wildlife Rescue
Thank you FIeld Trip Sites:
- Britannia Shipyards, National Historic Site
- Steveston Tram
- Steveston Museum
Thank you Food Sponsors:
- COBS Bread
- Envision Financial
- Safeway
- Starbucks Coffee
- Subway
- Asian Canadian Writers Workshop
- BC Heritage Branch
- BC Hydro Power Pioneers
- BC Magazine
- Black Bond Books
- Britannia Mine Museum
- Canada's History
- Chinese Canadian Historical Society
- Friends of the Richmond Archives
- H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
- London Heritage Branch
- Museum of Anthropology
- Museum of Vancouver
- Nikkei National Museum
- Provincial Capital Commission
- Ronsdale Press
- Royal BC Museum
- United Empire Loyalists
- Tradewind Books
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club
Friday, 3 May 2013
Here we go!
The 11th annual Richmond Delta Regional Heritage Fair kicks off today!
The Richmond Museum and Delta Museum & Archives are pleased to present over 120 Heritage Fair project displays at the Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate.
For more information, download the Program Brochure: click here.
Here is a sneak peek of what to expect!
More photos to come.
The Richmond Museum and Delta Museum & Archives are pleased to present over 120 Heritage Fair project displays at the Richmond Cultural Centre, 7700 Minoru Gate.
For more information, download the Program Brochure: click here.
Here is a sneak peek of what to expect!
More photos to come.
Saturday, 27 April 2013
Heritage Fair Projects - what to expect?
As always, expect a wide variety of topics and themes from Canada's past. Here is just a taste of what you will find at the Richmond Delta Regional Heritage Fair this year:
- The History of the Britannia Mine
- The Battle for Women's Rights: The Famous Five
- Who were the Metis?
- La Conserverie Monstre
- Juno Beach and The Canadian Scottish Regiment
- Alexander Graham Bell: Genius or Supplanter?
- The White Baby of the North
- The Montreal Victorias
Friday, 19 April 2013
School Fairs
We have seen some outstanding projects at the School Fairs and wanted to share some photos. Congratulations to ALL students for their hard work!
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