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Item is an edited recording of a CBC television talk show pilot which features discussions with influential British Columbians, hosted by Charmaine Crooks. The first guest, community activist Jim Green on activism and community development; evictions caused by Expo '86 and his efforts to prevent them; his personal life and his accomplishments and vision. The second guest, artist George Littlechild, speaks about the artist's role in society; his past in foster homes and racism he experienced; his search for his own cultural identity; his Scottish and Plains Cree background; his art and inspirations; his spirituality; and his role models.

Item is an unedited recording of a CBC television talk show pilot which features discussions with influential British Columbians, hosted by Charmaine Crooks. The first guest, artist George Littlechild, speaks about the artist's role in society; his past in foster homes and racism he experienced; his search for his own cultural identity; his Scottish and Plains Cree background; his art and inspirations; his spirituality; and his role models. The second guest, community activist and affordable housing advocate/developer Jim Green, speaks about his position as Community Development Co-ordinator for the Ministry of Employment and Investment and political positions as a means to an end; his upbringing in the southern United States; his efforts to prevent evictions in Vancouver's east end prior to the 1986 Expo; his run for mayor, and his accomplishments and vision for the future. The remainder of the tape captures Charmaine Crooks rehearsing and/or discarded takes, introduction and exit takes eventually used in the edited show, and voiceovers for video profiles.

Photograph shows a small child standing by a row of houses in the slum district of Vancouver.

• Photograph shows makeshift shelters in the "Jungle" on the site of the old Hastings Sawmill and the C.P.R. right-of-way east of Dunlevy Avenue.
• J.S. Matthews' notes on negative: The jungle started with 14 [men] and rose to 240 men.

• Photograph shows makeshift shelters in the "jungle" on the site of the old Hastings Sawmill and the C.P.R. right-of-way east of Dunlevy Avenue. The V.H.C. Elevator No. 2 building is on the top left and a portion of the American Can Co. factory is on the right.
• J.S. Matthews' notes on negative: At the height of it's population two hundred and forty destite men lived beneath these crude shelters.

Photograph shows the shack in which the first fourteen men were sheltered from the rain in the "jungle" on the site of the old Hastings Sawmill and the C.P.R. right-of-way east of Dunlevy Avenue.

• Photograph shows men sitting by a makeshift shelter in the "jungle" on the site of the old Hastings Sawmill and the C.P.R. right-of-way east of Dunlevy Avenue. The American Can Company factory is in the background.
• J.S. Matthews' notes on negative: Another of the crude shelters. Most of the men were Canadians - half had fought in the war.

• Photograph shows railway materials used for making makeshift shelters in the "jungle" on the site of the old Hastings Sawmill and the C.P.R. right-of-way east of Dunlevy Avenue. Part of the Ballentyne Pier is in the background.
• J.S. Matthews' notes on negative: One of a pile of rails beneath which Col. Williams rescued 4 or 5 men - the first.

• Photograph shows men beside makeshift shelters in the "jungle" on the site of the old Hastings Sawmill and the C.P.R. right-of-way east of Dunlevy Avenue.
• J.S. Matthews' notes on negative: The flag is in front of the Harbour Commissioner's office. Col. Williams from his office window first saw the men taking shelter.

• Photograph shows men near makeshift shelters and part of Ballentyne Pier and Elevator No. 2 in the distance.
• J.S. Matthews' notes on negative: Beside the C.P.R. railway tracks, just east of Dunlevy Avenue, and north of the tracks.

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.

J.S. Matthews' notes with print or negative in Archives.