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2020.4.4.37 · File · 1974
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of a 1973 BC Land Commission photographic slide and audio tape set entitled "Land Commission Act and the Agricultural Reserve Plan" that was used in original public hearings throughout the province. The 80 slides included with the presentation materials were created mostly by Gary Runka. The audio cassette is a recording of the presentation with speakers Bill Lane, BC Land Commission Chair, and Gary Runka, BC Land Commission General Manager.

2020.4.4.37.02 · Item · 1974
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

This presentation transcript accompanies the 1973 BC Land Commission photographic slide and audio tape set entitled "Land Commission Act and the Agricultural Reserve Plan" that was used in original public hearings throughout the province. The presentation was given by Bill Lane, BC Land Commission Chair, and Gary Runka, BC Land Commission General Manager.

"The Land is Yours"
2020.4.4.38 · Item · [1968 or 1969]
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

This "The Land is Yours" film is a promotional film produced by the British Columbia Department of Agriculture in Kelowna, ca. 1968 or 1969. The film was produced by Gary Runka and hosted by Russ Richardson. Runka and Richardson provide commentary throughout the film. The film was directed by Nobert Hartig.

G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd.
2020.4.5 · Series · 1978-2018
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Series consists of the business records of G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., Gary Runka's consultancy business (co-owned with Joan Sawicki until 1991). G.G. Runka Land Sense Limited was incorporated as a company on 30 Nov. 1978 and dissolved on 30 Nov. 2018. Most business activity ceased after Gary Runka's death in July 2013. The company provided comprehensive professional services in land inventory, environmental assessment, integrated resource management, land and water use conflict resolution and interdisciplinary land use planning. Over the course of the company's operation, Gary Runka and his firm consulted on 681 assignments ranging from very large projects (such as the Site C project) to small residential/commercial land capability assessments.

The records within this series include company information documents, company client and project lists, and an early company accounting ledger. Also included are Runka's business "Communications Planners", which include a page for every business contact with summarized notes about communication with that individual; these provide a very detailed record of company business.

2020.4.5.01 · File · 1978-2018
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of folders containing company information for G. G. Runka Land Sense Limited. Includes photocopied documents of company incorporation (30 Nov. 1978) and dissolution (30 Nov. 2018) for G. G. Runka Land Sense Limited. Also includes a company description, a philosophy statement, a services summary, a brief biography and resume of G. Gary Runka, a client list, a completed projects list, blank letterhead, a presentation pamphlet, company logo, and business cards.

2020.4.5.02 · File · 1978-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of lists of clients served and jobs worked by G. Gary Runka Land Sense Ltd. between 1978 and 2013. These lists reference client numbers that match up to client record files and serve as an important cross-reference tool. Also includes a list of inactive client records that were culled in 2001 prior to the move of company headquarters from Burnaby to Atnarko.

2020.4.5.03 · File · 1978-2005
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File contains a "Master Key" for geographical locations of G. Gary Runka Land Sense Ltd. client jobs located in the Lower Fraser Valley between Vancouver and Langley. The "Master Key" consists of an annotated book: "Soils of the Langley-Vancouver Map Area - Report No. 15 British Columbia Soil Survey - Volume 1 Soil Map Mosaics and Legend, Lower Fraser Valley (Scale 1:25,000)" by H.A. Luttmerding. The numbers adjacent to the annotated outlined areas are LSL client numbers, which not only provide a key to work locations within the region but may also assist in matching unidentified aerial photographs to corresponding client files.

Land Sense Ltd. job ledger
2020.4.5.04 · File · 1978-1980
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File contains the first G. Gary Runka Land Sense job ledger (1 Dec. 1978 - 1 Dec. 1980). Includes detailed handwritten daily accounting and travel records that correlates to work for clients and jobs.

Communications Planner - A
2020.4.5.05 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - B
2020.4.5.06 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - C
2020.4.5.07 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - D
2020.4.5.08 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - E
2020.4.5.09 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - F
2020.4.5.10 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - G
2020.4.5.11 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - H
2020.4.5.12 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - I
2020.4.5.13 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - J
2020.4.5.14 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - K
2020.4.5.15 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - L
2020.4.5.16 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - M
2020.4.5.17 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - Mc
2020.4.5.18 · File · 1987-2014
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - N
2020.4.5.19 · File · 1987-2015
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - O
2020.4.5.20 · File · 1987-2016
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - P
2020.4.5.21 · File · 1987-2017
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - Q
2020.4.5.22 · File · 1987-2018
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - R
2020.4.5.23 · File · 1987-2019
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - S
2020.4.5.24 · File · 1987-2020
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - T
2020.4.5.25 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - U
2020.4.5.26 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - V
2020.4.5.27 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - W
2020.4.5.28 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

Communications Planner - XYZ
2020.4.5.29 · File · 1987-2013
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File is part of Gary Runka's "Communication Planner", a branded time and communications management system by Priority Management Systems. These "Communications Planners" include a page (or pages) for every contact Gary Runka communicated with. Listed on the contact's page are: contact information, related client job numbers, and a summary of the subject of and response to each communication with that individual. The Communication Planner system divides the contacts alphabetically by last name. These contacts can be cross-referenced to the client job files.

2020.4.6 · Series · 1976-2012
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

Series consists of the client file project records of G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd., Gary Runka's consultancy business (co-owned with Joan Sawicki until 1991). G.G. Runka Land Sense Limited was incorporated as a company on 30 Nov. 1978 and dissolved on 30 Nov. 2018. Most business activity ceased after Gary Runka's death in July 2013. The company provided comprehensive professional services in land inventory, environmental assessment, integrated resource management, land and water use conflict resolution and interdisciplinary land use planning. Over the course of the company's operation, Gary Runka and his firm consulted on 681 assignments ranging from very large projects (such as the Site C project) to small residential/commercial land capability assessments.

The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes. Some client files are accompanied by related maps, photographs, aerial photographs, and/or digital records on storage media.

2020.4.6.011 · File · 1976-1982
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BCFA/B.C. Cattlemen's Association (BCCA) for the "Environmental Impact of Proposed B.C. Hydro Hat Creek Power Project" in Hat Creek. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #011; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes the following reports:

  • BC Hydro, "British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Hat Creek Project Environmental Impact Statement" (April 1981)
  • British Columbia Institute of Agrologists, "Environmental Concerns of the Hat Creek Project", May 1982.
  • S.A. Ridley, "Hat Creek Project Described (The Engineering and Environmental Evolution)", October 1981.
2020.4.6.013 · File · 1978-1980
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing for the "Review of Agricultural Policy - Crownland Allocation and Administration" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #013; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

2020.4.6.014 · File · 1978-1980
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for Peace Valley Environmental Association for the "Peace River Site C" project. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #014; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes the following reports:

  • BC Hydro and Power Authority, "Peace Site C Project Environmental Impact Statement", July 1980
  • BC Hydro, "Highlights of the Proposed Peace River Site C Project", October 1980
  • Peace Valley Environmental Association, "Final Argument in the matter of the Utilities Commission Act, SBC 1980, c.60 and in the matter of an application by the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority for an Energy Project Certificate for the Peace Site C Generation/Transmission Project", October 28, 1982
  • British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, "Peace Site C Project Application for an Energy Project Certificate with Supplementary Material", 1980
  • F.F. Slaney and Company Limited and Associates, "Summaries and Critiques - Environmental - Land Use - Social and Economic Impacts - Application by B.C. Hydro and Power Authority for Energy Project Certificate Site C Peace River", January 1982 (Volumes 1 and 2).
  • Thurber Consultants Ltd., "Lower Peace River sites C and E hydroelectric development proposals : environmental resource atlas, part of a report to B.C. Hydro and Power Authority", June 1976
2020.4.6.016 · File · 1978-1981
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Cattlemen's Association for the "Consultation on Preparation of Land Use Policy Statement" project in Kamloops. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #016; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

2020.4.6.021 · File · 1979-1980
Part of G. Gary Runka fonds

File consists of records created and accumulated by Gary Runka over the course of his consultancy work for BC Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining for the "Overview of Potential Land Use Conflicts related to Proposed Uranium Mining in British Columbia" project in Okanagan-Kettle Valley and Birch Island. This file was numbered as G.G. Runka Land Sense Ltd. client file #021; that client number may be seen referenced elsewhere in the G. Gary Runka fonds. The Land Sense Ltd. client files generally include records such as correspondence, contracts, invoices, project reports, publications, ephemera, memoranda, maps or map excerpts, legal documents, meeting materials, clippings, and handwritten notes.

Includes the following reports:

  • G. Gary Runka, "Overview - Potential Land Use Conflicts: Proposed Uranium Mining - for Royal Commission of Inquiry Health and Environmental Protection Uranium Mining", March 1980
  • Royal Commission of Inquiry Health and Environmental Protection Uranium Mining, "First Interim Report on Uranium Exploration of the Commissioners", April 1979.

Maps include:

  • "Prairie Creek Flats (Summerland) Auger Holes with Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Prairie Creek Flats (Dale Meadows) Post Glacial Uranium Deposit, Summerland, BC", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Oct. 1979 - 3 copies;
  • "Sinkhole Pond Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Oliver Property, North Wow Lake Area, Auger Sections", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Aug. 1979 ;
  • "Brent Flat & Swamp Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Meyers Flat & Swamp Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Sinking Pong & Flats Uranium Content", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Oliver Property, South Wow Lake Area, Auger Sections", D.G. Leighton & Associates Ltd., Sept. 1979 ;
  • "Distribution of Uranium Exploration Mineral Claims and Radioactive Occurrences", BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources adapted by Talisman Graphics, n.d. ;
  • "Uranium Exploration Sites in BC", BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources adapted by Talisman Graphics, n.d.