Secret Path Week is a national movement commemorating the legacies of Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack, and takes place annually from October 17-22. This is a meaningful week as October 17th and 22nd respectively mark the dates that Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack joined the spirit world.
Secret Path Week
The call is put out to all Canadians to use Secret Path Week to answer Gord Downie’s call to action, to “Do Something” by creating a reconciliACTION and furthering the conversation about the history of Residential Schools.
The Firehall Arts Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatreare producing and presenting, as part of the 2020DTES Heart of the City Festival, In the Beginning: A Cultural Sharingfrom Wednesday, November 4 to Saturday, November 7, 2020. The five cultural sharing events, which will take place over four days, include Over The Mountains, From The Waters, Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish.
In the Beginning: A Cultural Sharing
Where: Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova, Vancouver)
When: Wednesday, November 4 to Saturday, November 7, 2020
Storyteller, filmmaker and performer Rosemary Georgeson (Coast Salish/Dené) and the Firehall’s Artistic Producer Donna Spencer delve into the stories and history of the Indigenous peoples in the area that is now called Vancouver prior to and during colonization. Over five evolving events, Georgeson, Spencer, and moderator Kim Haxton are joined by Indigenous elders, knowledge keepers, and artists from the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil- Waututh homelands; and those who came down the rivers, across the waters or across the mountains to area.
Miss604 is the proud Blog Sponsor of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation in 2020. The following has been written and contributed by By Angela Chapman, President & CEO of VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Join the High Fives for Health Care campaign and support the health of our community, spread gratitude, and raise vital funds for BC health care.
High Fives for Health Care
Supporting the health of our community, spreading gratitude, and raising vital funds for BC health care. That’s what High Fives for Health Care is all about!
We know. High fiving isn’t in vogue right now, at least in the traditional sense. But with a little creativity and imagination we can safely “redeem” high fives and cheer on our health care heroes who continue to fight on the front lines of this global pandemic.
Post a photo on Twitter or Instagram of your most creative COVID-friendly high five with #HealthCareHighFive
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Join the #HealthCareHighFive contest on Instagram and be entered for a chance to win one of the weekly random prize draws for a $100 gift card and the grand prize voting contest worth $500. To enter, simply follow these instructions:
Post a single photo on Instagram* of the most creative (COVID-19 friendly) high five you can think of
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Raising funds, celebrating resilience and spreading cheer
We all know that conditions like strokes, cancer, addiction and other diverse care needs haven’t paused during the pandemic. Which is why we are fundraising for the most urgent needs of VCH hospitals and health care centres, while sharing stories of remarkable recoveries.
Stories of patients who have survived and overcome devastating accidents, diseases and complex conditions because of donor support.
Join us and help High Fives for Health Care reach “up top”!
Join us over these next few weeks to help spread the word via social media with (COVID-19 friendly) high fives, donate, and bring together the entire community all in the name of helping provide care for all British Columbians.
And be sure to tune into not just one, but two broadcast events on Saturday, November 14! You can listen on CKNW between 2:00pm and 3:00pm, or watch Global TV between 5:00pm and 5:30pm.
Want to learn more? Visit the High Fives for Health Care site today and see how we can all work together to make a brighter – and high five friendly – future!
There are many things I learn from the Stanley Park Ecology Society and one of the more recent is that Stanley Park is home to the biggest maple tree in Canada. To be more specific, it’s the largest-recorded bigleaf maple tree (Acer macrophyllum) in the country.
The largest Big Leaf Maple recorded in Canada is in Stanley Park
Biggest Maple Tree in Canada is in Stanley Park
As a follower of the society on Instagram, and a neighbour of the park in the West End, I am always curious to find new spots in the park I know so well. SPES posted this photo and within a few days, John and I were in the park to try to find this magical spot:
Their caption said it was just off the Rawlings Trail near Hollow Tree and sure enough, we walked across Tatlow from Lost Lagoon, turned on Rawlings and I spotted it from the path. It is 29 metres in height and 3.4 metres in diameter… it’s BIG! It also has a crown spread of 19.5 metres. You can find this gentle giant listed on BC’s Big Tree Registry, in the Champions section. According to the list, Stanley Park also has the country’s largest red alder.
I can’t wait to play “let’s go find that in the park” again soon with the SPES Instagram account! Read my archive of SPES-contributed articles here, which include more giant trees, lagoon slime, flying squirrels, tiny fungus, winter hummingbirds and much more.
K’emk’emeláy
An area of Vancouver was always known for its maple trees:
“K’emk’emeláy was once a thriving seasonal village for Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples for gathering and harvesting seafood. Pronounced “KEM-kem-a-lie,” the site was located at what is now the foot of Gore Street, at the Port of Vancouver’s busy Main Street Dock on the south shore of the Burrard Inlet. “Kemk’emeláy means ‘the place of many maple trees’ or a grove of maples,” says Senaqwila Wyss”. – Read more via CBC Vancouver.
‘Tis the season for scary movies and the lineup of J-Horror at The Cinematheque is the perfect way to satisfy your cravings for a good fright.
J-Horror at The Cinematheque
Where: The Cinematheque (1131 Howe St, Vancouver) When: October 23 to 31, 2020 Tickets: Available online now
There is a haunting lineup of four films that have new restorations, with a digitally refurbished Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) receiving its North American theatrical debut. Here’s the schedule for your nightmare fuel this season:
