Air--Pollution--British Columbia

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Air quality studies

  • GR-3784
  • Series
  • 1964-1973

The series consists of records relating to various air quality studies in British Columbia. These records were created by the Environmental Laboratory and its predecessors, the Chemistry Laboratory and the Division of Laboratories of the British Columbia Health Service, for the purpose of pollution and dustfall monitoring in the air.

Included in the records are air monitoring data and analyses from various communities in B.C. These files include raw data from equipment readings, zoning maps, results, correspondence and a paper submission to the Air Pollution Control Association, project cost estimates, correspondence regarding appropriate and new procedures for scientific instruments and the analysis of air quality, documentation regarding site visits, photographs and graphs.

British Columbia. Environmental Laboratory

Airborne garbage

Documentary. The growing menace of air pollution as a result of industrial growth and urban development in BC. Animated cartoons reveal the historical roots of air pollution in Vancouver. Live-action footage includes general views of Vancouver, as well as various sources of air pollution -- smokestacks, sawmill waste burners, traffic, waste incinerators, etc. Efforts to regulate the problem are shown.

British Columbia's natural heritage

The item is a composite print of a documentary film from 1968. It shows the potential health hazards posed by environmental pollution in B.C., and the work of the Public Health Service and Pollution Control Board. Includes scenes documenting various sources of air and water pollution; sewage treatment; field testing of air, water, shellfish to determine health dangers, etc. Begins with a speech by Premier W.A.C. Bennett on the importance of keeping B.C. beautiful, despite the demands of progress.

British Columbia's natural heritage

Documentary. The potential health hazards posed by environmental pollution in B.C., and the work of the Public Health Service and Pollution Control Board. Includes scenes documenting various sources of air and water pollution; sewage treatment; field testing of air, water, shellfish to determine health dangers, etc. Begins with a speech by Premier W.A.C. Bennett on the importance of keeping B.C. beautiful, despite the demands of progress.

British Columbia's natural heritage : short version

The item is an educational film from 1968. It discusses the potential health hazards posed by environmental pollution in B.C., and the work of the Public Health Service and Pollution Control Board. Includes scenes documenting various sources of air and water pollution; sewage treatment; field testing of air, water, shellfish to determine health dangers, etc.

British Columbia's natural heritage : short version

Educational. The potential health hazards posed by environmental pollution in B.C., and the work of the Public Health Service and Pollution Control Board. Includes scenes documenting various sources of air and water pollution; sewage treatment; field testing of air, water, shellfish to determine health dangers, etc.

Gardner S. Eldridge interview

CALL NUMBER: T3349:0001 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-04-26 SUMMARY: Gardner S. Eldridge discusses: his family and childhood years in Vancouver, 1890-1911; his early work as a metallurgist; method of producing cyanide gas developed by one of his former employees in a wood shed in Vancouver's West End; his testing business -- assayer, tester of concrete, inspector of TNT for B.C.; his Methodist upbringing ('whiskey cards" forbidden); innovations in connection with testing work for Britannia Mine; suggested new kind of fertilizer to increase wheat yield; development of his concrete admix, "Plasticrete".;

CALL NUMBER: T3349:0002 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-05-03 SUMMARY: More on Plasticrete. Moves business to Long Beach, California, 1958. Work on automobile emissions, and development of his complete fuel combustion device for cars. More on early days and family.;

Garvin Dezell interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], [196-] SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Garvin Dezell describes the growth and expansion of Prince George including roads, railroads, industry, economy, population, municipal services, sawmills, pulp mills and pollution. Then; Mr. Dezell discusses his political career as mayor and offers some opinions. TRACK 2: Mr. Dezell continues discussing pulp mills, air and water pollution, Prince George as a centre for 100,000 people, population growth, highways and more opinions.

Limits to growth : out-takes

The item is a reel of film out-takes filmed at the time of the Habitat conference. The out-takes depict local environmental problems and other urban concerns, such as traffic congestion, garbage dumps, airport crowding, air pollution and housing shortages.

Miscellaneous film footage

The item consists of five reels of film footage including:

  1. Clayburn Plant, 1965, shots of signs, men inside a lab, man working with a scale, tour group as they watch the manufacturing of bricks: outs
  2. Bennett bonds, Interview with Premier W.A.C. Bennett about new issue of parity bonds. People assemble for a meeting where a man uses graph to show performance of parity bonds. Shots of audience. Premier Bennett addresses group. Audience files out and picks up printed matter: negative picture with optical sound
  3. Columbia Cellulose Ltd., logo: print and negative
  4. Pollution controversy, 1969, Hand picks up booklet titled "Coal and Clean Air in North Vancouver"; shots of Neptune Terminals coal-handling facilities, North Vancouver; interview with man: negative picture with optical sound
  5. Osaka trees Expo, 1968, Falling and hauling logs for the BC Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. Shows scale model of pavilion: negative.

[Pollution & air pollution effects]

Television stock shots. Footage showing the effects of environmental pollution; monitoring equipment; spills; smoke stacks; clean-ups.

Records of the Provincial Health Officer

  • GR-3518
  • Series
  • 1984-1988, 1997-2010

The series consists of the records of the Provincial Health Officer from 1984-1988 and 1997-2010. These records are arranged into subseries for each Provincial Health Officer.

Subseries 1 is the records of H.M. Richards, Provincial Health Officer from approximately 1981 to 1993, though records only cover the dates 1984-1988. Richards had previously been the Assistant Deputy Minister, Preventative Services. Records may also be those of Ron de Burger the later, Assistant Deputy Minister, Preventative services and Robert Fisk, Acting Provincial Health Officer.

The majority of records relate to epidemiology, AIDS and tuberculosis. Records include correspondence, including letters from concerned members of the public and interest groups, draft and final copies of educational material and pamphlets, reference material, and reports.

Subseries 2 is the records of Dr. Perry Kendall, who served as the Provincial Health Officer from 1999-2018. The series consists largely of news releases, correspondence, annual reports, presentations, and notes dating from 1997 to 2010. The series includes records that address the health of the province’s aboriginal population, air quality, fall prevention for the elderly, infant mortality, teenage obesity and activity levels, teenagers’ sex education, and a provincial drug strategy. The series also consists of a VHS recording of Dr. Kendall at a December 15, 2004 press event, as well as a DVD and audio dubbing master for the short informative film “Step by Step : preventing falls among the elderly.”

The records in subseries 2 are arranged by project and were originally housed in file folders within expandable project folders. Files have been removed from the expandable folders due to over-stuffing, however, the first half of each file title reflects the title of the expandable file.

British Columbia. Provincial Health Officer

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