Interview with Susie Hooper
https://search.bvmuseum.org/link/descriptions12322
- Date Range
- November 2, 2021
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- GMD
- sound recording
- electronic record
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Susie Hooper, a special education assistant and member of the Tri-River Metis Association. Recorded by Paulie Threlkeld for the Bulkley Valley Museum on November 2nd 2021 as part of the New Horizons for Seniors oral history project. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access fil…
- Collection
- BVM Oral History collection
- Description Level
- File
- Creator
- Paulie Threlkeld
- Fonds No.
- C5
- Item No.
- 2021.21.81
- Accession No.
- 2021.21
- Physical Description
- 1.70 GB digital records
- Date Range
- November 2, 2021
- Scope and Content
- Interview with Susie Hooper, a special education assistant and member of the Tri-River Metis Association. Recorded by Paulie Threlkeld for the Bulkley Valley Museum on November 2nd 2021 as part of the New Horizons for Seniors oral history project. Includes raw and edited .WAV files, .MP3 access file, and a .pdf release form.
- Type of Record
- Archival Description
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Interview with Susie Hooper - November 2, 2021
Interview with Susie Hooper - November 2, 2021
https://search.bvmuseum.org/media/Digital%20Fonds%20and%20Collections/C5%20BVM%20Oral%20History%20collection/2021.21.81_Hooper,%20Susie/Hooper,%20Susie%202021_11_02.ACCESS.mp3
Hooper discusses her family's history & association with the town of Cawston; growing up as the middle child of five siblings; and moving around during her childhood due to her father's job.
100 Mile House, B.C.; Cawston, B.C.; Richard Lowe Cawston; Williams Lake, B.C.
birthplace; family; family history; moving; siblings
Hooper came to Smithers in 1965 at the age of 7. She discusses topics related to her childhood in town, such as attending Muheim Elementary and Chandler Park Schools, where in town her family lived, the expansion of Smithers since the 1960s, and the destruction of the Bulkley Bridge by ice (on Good Friday, April 1966).
8th Avenue; additions to Muheim School; Anne Griffith; Anne Lepine; Bill Bryant; Chandler Park School; Della Herman; detention; favourite teacher; ice jam; large family; Lefty Gardner; Muheim Memorial Elementary School; Seymour Lake
Bulkley Bridge washout; childhood; high school; home; school; Smithers; teachers; town development; town expansion; town growth
Hooper discusses the life and legacy of her mother, Doreen Cawston (nee Hodgson), who grew up in Barkerville.
Aspen Inn; Barkerville; hardships; Historic Barkerville; Richard Lowe Cawston; Slumber Lodge; The Village (clothing store)
Doreen Cawston; parents
After briefly returning to the topic of high school, Hooper discusses how she met her husband, Doug, and started a family with him.
Alicia Hooper; Covid-19; grandchildren; high school; Justin Hooper; Laura Hooper; Marilyn Cawston; marriage; New Year's dance
children; Doug Hooper; family
Hooper discusses her career as a special education assistant for students in need of extra support. She also briefly mentions working on-call at the Bulkley Lodge.
Barbel Schroeter; Brian Irvine; Bulkley Lodge; BV Learning Centre; catering; Chandler Park School; cooking; driving; lunch hour supervision; Northwest Community College; Wes Giesbrecht
career; schools; special education assistant; students; working
Hooper identifies places in Smithers where she and her family have lived since her marriage, and discusses her garden out at Alder Road.
Alder Road; artwork; Billeter Road; Dick Goble; Doug Hooper; garden tours; Pika Trailer Park
garden; homes; houses
Hooper discusses her husband Doug's lifelong struggle with diabetes, as well as her own involvement with the Diabetes Association.
awards; Bill Goodacre; insulin; Shelly Irvine; volunteering; volunteerism
Canadian Diabetes Association; diabetes; Doug Hooper; health problems
Hooper discusses her Metis heritage and her involvement with the Tri-River Metis Association. Topics include: difficulty of connecting in-person due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Stone Soup event, Metis beadwork and sash, fighting for provincial recognition, and Terry Fox's Metis heritage.
beadwork; community; family background; family history; financial support; First Nations; grants; heritage; Hodgson, Manitoba; Metis Nation British Columbia; Metis sash; Northwest Regional Director; politics; Stone Soup; virtual meetings; volunteering; volunteerism; Zoom meetings
Metis; Tri-River Metis Association
Hooper discusses taking extra courses to become a special needs assistant, and reminisces on her career, colleagues, and eventual retirement. She also mentions the deaths of several former students.
Barbel Schroeter; BV Learning Centre; Claire Borden; colleagues; coworkers; deaths; Frances Davidson; Mary Yellich; Northwest Community College; Pati Struthers; retirement party; Richard Sacharoff; Shawn Levenson; Steve Lockwood; students
career; course requirements; education; lifelong learning; retirement; school district; special needs assistant
Hooper mentions her pride in her children, then discusses volunteering with the Evelyn Hall as well as the awards she has won for her work with schoolchildren and contributions to Smithers.
Childcare Recognition Award; community; country halls; Covid-19; events; parties; Smithers volunteer recognition; Volunteer of the Year
awards; Evelyn Hall; Hooper family; volunteering; volunteerism