August

JOURNEYS Education Kits offer object-based and multimedia learning tools for classroom use to learn about Japanese Canadian internment. The kit includes historical artefact replicas, primary and secondary source documents, and sample lesson plans suitable for students from grades 5 to 12. More information, and an order form, here: https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/education/journeys-education-kits/

Visit the Museum on your own. Gallery resource materials are available to support and enhance your self-directed exploration.

Self-guided visits can take place in our Vancouver History Galleries and/or our featured exhibits. The following temporary exhibits will be featured in 2024/2025:

1. Cesna?em: The City Before The City
2. That Which Sustains Us
3. Unity Indigenous Plant Garden
4. The Work of Repair: Redress & Repatriation at the Museum of Vancouver
5. Deep-Seated Histories: Chairs from the Collection
6. Future Makers: Chairs by New Designers

Discover the hidden secrets and stories of the forest in this sensory journey through nature. Awaken your senses as you explore the temperate rainforest. Use magnifiers and look for tiny life forms, meet bugs, feed trees, and transform into a bat while learning how all of these forest elements are connected.

Keywords: nature, park, parks, outdoor, outdoors, ecology, forest, hands-on, interactive, explore

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Beaver Lake is one of Vancouver’s last natural wetlands, and it is home to incredible plants and animals. What makes the wetland ecosystem a good place to live? How do diverse communities of animals eat their way along the food chain? Roll up your sleeves and explore Beaver Lake wildlife up close with dip nets, magnifiers and games.

Keywords: nature, park, parks, outdoor, outdoors, ecology, forest, wetland, hands-on, interactive, explore, conservation, animals, plants

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Go on a quest for nature knowledge! The Eco Quest takes your students through the Ecology Centre’s displays. Get interactive with our displays as you find the answers to the scavenger hunt questions and decode the secret message.

Optional: enjoy a short nature film in our theatre.

Understand the role of salmon as a Cultural Keystone Species for Indigenous Peoples on the West Coast of Canada in Salmon People! 

Salmon is, and always has been, central to the lives, economies, and cultures of many Indigenous Peoples of the West Coast. Understanding this significance is central to understanding the worldviews of the Peoples who have lived here since time immemorial.  

Engage with replica fishing tools, explore fish species, and learn about past and present Indigenous fishing methods through storytelling and a variety of Indigenous-created resources.