DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES

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ORAL HISTORY
INTERVIEWS

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MAPS &
PLACES

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SOCIETY &
CULTURE

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WORKING
LIFE

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RESOURCES
& TOOLS

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1949-1964

Chrystia Chomiak

Myrna Kostash Chrystia Chomiak grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in a modest bungalow in Canora, a core neighbourhood of Jasper Place. Her parents,

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1949-1964

Ken (Bud) Newman

Ken (Bud) Newman was raised and attended school in the Town of Jasper Place in the 1950s and 1960s. Both of his parents had grown

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1964-1990

Goitom “Tom” Fessahye

Donna Coombs-Montrose Eritrea-born Goitom “Tom” Fessahye and his wife came as refugees from Sudan to Edmonton in 1983.  He refreshed his university education and completed

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