A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1971
Pender Street in Chinatown in 1972, which was now part of a designated historic area. Item # CVA 780-447. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Archives.
In 1971, Greenpeace was making waves, there was a riot in Gastown and the CBC started filming a very popular series on the Sunshine Coast.
By Chuck Davis,
1971 census figures for Metropolitan Vancouver
The 1971 census showed the metropolitan Vancouver population had topped the million mark for the first time. One remarkable finding of that census was that Delta’s population had more than tripled in 10 years.
Bowen Island 350
Delta 45,860 (1961 pop. 14,597)
Langley City 4,680
Maple Ridge 24,480
High school in Vaughan changes racist name to Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School
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A high school previously known as Vaughan Secondary School has officially changed its name to Hodan Nalayeh Secondary School in honour of a Somali-Canadian journalist from the area who tragically passed away in 2019.
Ten out of 12 trustees in the York Region District School Board voted to confirm the name after many months of mobilizing from Black community organizations and others who said the school s name should accurately reflect the diverse community instead of being named for Benjamin Vaughan an 18th century slave owner who openly opposed abolition.
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Once upon a time–back in the early years of the turbulent 1960s–Harry Jerome was one of the most famous Canadians on the planet.
Jerome was “The World’s Fastest Human,” an unofficial title bestowed by pundits and sportswriters that went to the holder of the fastest time of the 100-metre dash.
Harry Jerome, No. 133, of Canada hits the tape to win the fourth heat of the men’s 100-metre dash quarterfinals at the Olympics in Rome, Aug 31,1960. Finishing second is Britain’s Peter Radford, left, and finishing third is Kenya’s S.S. Antao, right. Jerome, who with Armin Hary of Germany, was considered the co-favourite to win the 100-metres at the Games, had to pull out of the semifnals due to a hamstring injury, costing him a chance at a gold medal. (AP Photo)
Harry Jerome, attacked for being Black on his 1st day of school in 1950s, gets new track named after him
A new $5-million oval coming to West Vancouver Secondary School will be named after the Canadian track and field legend.
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My wife attended the same high school as Harry Jerome in North Vancouver.
Harry was also a grandson of John Howard, the first black Canadian to compete for Canada.
As a sprinter Howard in his day was considered the best hope for a Canadian gold medal at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. But he was unable to deliver on the expectation as his coach Walter Knox accused him of insubordination.
The coach Knox was uncomfortable with a black athlete on Canada’s team in 1912 and threatened to expel him. John Howard was eliminated in the 100- and 200-metre events hindered by a stomach ailment caused by stress stemming from Knox’s essentially racist attitude.