In 2022, Burnaby was the site of anti-old-growth logging protests. The city was also featured in the Canawest Film Production’s forestry film The Choice of Living, held in the UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections. Burnaby was also previously the home of Canawest Films, a production company that made several films for the B.C. Council of Forestry Industries, such as Red Cedar et Douceur de Vie, Quality Control, and Annual Meeting-1973, all of which are held in the UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections.