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by Rebecca BollwittDisclosure: Sponsored Post — Sponsored by the BC Sports Hall of Fame Please review the Policy & Disclosure section for further information.
You don’t expect to break a sweat at a museum but that’s one thing that I always found so engaging about the BC Sports Hall of Fame. Among the memory-jogging artifacts, exhibits steeped in BC sport history, and Honoured Member profiles, the Participation Zone’s tread wall, running track, and bubble hockey were always favourites during my family visits.
BC Sports Hall of Fame’s Vancouver 2010 Gallery
Visit the BC Sports Hall of Fall This Season
This season they have even more to experience, as the home of the iconic Challenger Map, the Indigenous Sport Gallery, the infamous World Hockey Association Avco Cup on display, and the new Greg Moore Simulator. The Hall of Fame has 800 square feet of interactive displays that celebrate the internationally decorated race car driver from Maple Ridge, who was inducted in 2000. Now it features a revamped iRacing simulator.
All of these new features compliment the permanent collections such as the Rick Hansen and Terry Fox Galleries. The galleries are open most Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 10:00am to 5:00pm (subject to stadium event closures) and is located at 777 Pacific Boulevard, at Gate A of BC Place.
Class of 2023 Announcement & Open House
The BC Sports Hall of Fame will be announcing their latest inductees on Tuesday, October 25, 2022. Register for free to attend this event with Hero in You ambassador and Honoured Member Lori Fung Methorst who will be revealing the Class of 2023 selections.
Directly after the Class of 2023 announcement event, join athlete ambassadors Richard Peter and Clara Hughes for an afternoon Open House at the BC Sports Hall of Fame. There will be free admission from 12:30pm to 3:00pm that day.
You will also be able to share what a successful 2030 Games would mean to you. Working under the leadership of Líl̓wat (Lilwatl), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, the 2030 Feasibility Team is exploring the possibility of hosting the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in British Columbia. This is an Indigenous-led, privately funded process that can and should set a precedent for how we work collaboratively as sport leaders, government officials, Indigenous communities, and venue hosts to review opportunities that can greatly benefit our country and its citizens.
It’s a great time to plan your weekend at the BC Sports Hall of Fame, which celebrates extraordinary achievement in BC sport history and inspires future generations to make their dreams come true.
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by Rebecca BollwittDisclosure: Sponsored Post — Sponsored by ZenSeekers Please review the Policy & Disclosure section for further information.
Responsible tourism uplifts travel experiences that create positive impacts for all involved – not just the traveller. Here’s how your travel plans can help build learning and respect and you spend and stay locally, think sustainably, seek and follow the wisdom of your Indigenous hosts and appreciate that travel is a privilege.
My friends at ZenSeekers and the Rural Island Economic Partnership challenge you to visit BC’s Rural Islands respectfully – here’s how!
Learning How to be a Respectful Visitor to BC’s Rural Islands
Gratitude and respect are essential in all healthy interactions–to preserve balance and demonstrate care.
‘Namgis First Nation Hereditary Chief William Cranmer inside the U’mista Cultural Centre in Alert Bay on Cormorant Island. Photo by Melissa Renwick for ZenSeekers.
Starting with Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, home to the ‘Namgis First Nation and one of Canada’s leading Indigenous cultural experiences, the U’mista Cultural Centre. Learn from from ‘Namgis Hereditary Chief William Cranmore and his people to gain perspective on what it has meant for the ‘Namgis to reclaim their heritage and come back transformed.
Whenever I put a rainy photo in my Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend post, there ends up being a gloriously stretch of sunshine Friday to Sunday. However, after months with no significant rainfall, and plenty of clouds with droplets appearing in my weather app, I hope this is an accurate representation of the next few days! But fear not event lovers, there’s still plenty to enjoy even if we need to dust off our Gore-Tex:
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend October 21-23
In honour of Small Business Week in BC (October 17-21) the YMCA of Greater Vancouver is launching a free self employment program. This is designed to support for people who are unemployed and under-employed who have decided to take on small business operations as their next career step.
Free Self Employment Program from the YMCA
Unemployment numbers continue to be low, with many returning to work post-pandemic, though some remain unemployed or underemployed due to a myriad of disruptions in the economy. Through the pandemic, many have re-evaluated what they want for their career. Self employment provides an option to those who may need flexible work hours, to take care of their family and themselves.
Small Business Week is an opportunity to celebrate entrepreneurs and spark innovation. However, not everyone has the same access to the tools and resources to get their idea off the ground. The YMCA’s Self-Employment Program bridges this gap.
This 48-week, online program includes living supports up to $638 per week while in the program, and gives you the tools to launch your own business.
“Thousands of people have accessed our services in the 36 years of delivering Self-Employment Programs, and we know that with the right framework and support, people can build successful and sustainable careers,” says Kirsty Peterson, Director of Employment & Training, YMCA of Greater Vancouver.
The program takes participants from business concept, all the way to running day-to-day business operations. A highly skilled team of experts will provide blended support through one-on-one coaching, email, and the use of a Learning Management System. The YMCA’s Teams will coach participants to translate business concepts into viable business launches and each participant will create and deliver a comprehensive business plan at course completion.
Following the digital pivot of the company’s annual storytelling project, Zee Zee Theatre returns to a free, in-person model with The Rainbow Elders & Allies Collection. Co-curated by Allan Morgan, Melanie Ray, Alysha Collie, and Dallas Yellowfly, this year’s theme amplifies the stories of 2SLGBTQI+ elders whose histories have led to the advancements of Vancouver’s queer history, and future.
Zee Zee’s 12th edition of this community engagement project provides the opportunity for event-goers to speak one-on-one with a Rainbow Elder to break down their ideas of difference, twenty minutes at a time.
The Rainbow Elders & Allies Collection
When: November 5-6 and 12-13, 2022
Where: Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch (350 W Georgia St)
Admission: No RSVP necessary. Sign up at the door of the Third Floor Atrium
“The stories of our Rainbow Elders come from the perspective of a singular experience in the history of the world. Many of us navigated through a time where being homosexual was diagnosed as a mental illness, and societal disdain rampant and dangerous” says co-curator, Allan Morgan. “The changes we have witnessed and advocated for have changed the landscape immensely. Through these simple tales from our elders shared one-on-one with another human, we can help weave the tapestry of our rainbow cloth.”
Meant to build intergenerational understanding and dismantle misconceptions, Producer Jordy Matheson reminds audiences that this event “consists of storytellers of diverse sexualities, genders, and lived experience sharing true stories from their lives. As an audience participant you get the chance to sit across from one of these storytellers in a 20 minute one-on-one experience. Because so much of LGBTQ2SI+ history has not been documented, it is vital to listen to the people who hold this history, to remember them, and to carry these stories forward. Some are painful, others heartwarming, but all deserve to be told.”
Through these explorations of story, division is tackled head on in a safe, and accessible space in order to find common ground, and narrow the ideological gaps that divide us. As Vancouver’s Rainbow Elders battled power structures in order to live proudly today, The Rainbow Elders & Allies Collection reminds us that there is empowerment in experience, and perspective, as knowledge of our histories can only lead to a prouder and louder future.
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