1880s-1949
Making a Home in the West: Chinese Families in Jasper Place
Making a Home in the West: Chinese Families in Jasper Place Chinese migration to Canada stretches back to the nineteenth century, but for decades it
1964-1990
Misericordia Community Hospital
A history of health care and workers’ struggles. Paula E. Kirman The Misericordia Community Hospital is operated by Covenant Health and is known as Edmonton’s
1880s-1949
The Jasper Place Rustlers
Pioneering hockey champions. Paula E. Kirman Edmonton is a city known for its championship-winning NHL hockey team. However, long before the Edmonton Oilers came into
1964-1990
PAGHABI SA BAGONG TAHANAN: Weaving Ourselves in Our New Home
The Filipino diaspora has been creating its history in Edmonton since the early 1960’s. Yesterday Jasper Place hosts one of the city’s largest ethnic groups,
1964-1990
Shirley Romany
Donna Coombs-Montrose Shirley Romany of a large singe-parent family, arrived in Canada from her native Trinidad and Tobago with early hair styling training in 1963,
1990-Present
Cynthia Palmaria
Cynthia Palmaria was born and raised in the Philippines. Her parents joined the first stream of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) who came to Canada in
1990-Present
Danilo De Leon
Danilo De Leon is a Filipino immigrant who currently makes his home in Jasper Place. The attached transcript contains excerpts from a longer interview conducted
Britannia-Youngstown
The Jasper Place Connections of Edmonton’s Jewish Community
Paula E. Kirman Edmonton’s Jewish community has spent much of its history migrating further and further west, including several stops in and around the Jasper
1990-Present
JAHSENA: Preserving Alberta’s Jewish History
Paula E. Kirman The Jewish Archives and Historical Society of Edmonton and Northern Alberta (JAHSENA) was established as a non-profit society in 1996 and relocated
1949-1964
Joanne Lethbridge Pompana
Joanne Lethbridge Pompana was born in the early ’50s and grew up on 149th Street and 91st Avenue across the road from the Town of
